Album Review – Chandler Dozier’s “Bakersfield East”
10 CommentsMany can capture the sound. Few can deliver it so effortlessly like it’s what they were born to do. Country music might’ve just found its next great traditionalist star.
30 Years Ago: Vince Gill Releases The Perfect Country Eulogy
26 CommentsCountry music isn’t just here to entertain. It is here to heal. And few songs have the healing power, and present such grace and adulation for a fallen friend, loved one, or fellow country great.
August 29th is a MASSIVE Release Day in Country
32 CommentsWhoa, the release day we have lined up for Friday, August 29th is going to be WILD. Some of the names you might recognize. Some of them might be new to you. But they’re all worth paying attention to.
The Reason the 2025 Field & Stream Festival was Cancelled
24 CommentsThe Field & Stream Music Festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row. The festival was set to be held in Winnsboro, South Carolina October 3-5, 2025
Talking “The Hook” on Tony Mantor’s “Almost Live … Nashville” Podcast
10 CommentsWhat is The Hook? It’s a songwriting showcase filmed live that features established songwriters, and ANYONE else who wants to perform for a live audience and a panel of experts.
On Chapel Hart Announcing a Hiatus
13 CommentsThey’re always showing up to functions and award shows, making big impressions at places like the Grand Ole Opry, yet they’ve always been on the outside looking in when it comes to breaking out into country stardom.
Album Review – BigXthaPlug’s “I Hope You’re Happy”
86 CommentsIt’s not just that it isn’t country. It’s that it’s just not good. If this is who you want to integrate country music with, and use to highlight the genre’s Black roots, you will do significantly more harm than good in that pursuit.
Man Bites Dog: Estranged Drummer Mark Herndon Reunites with Alabama
34 Commentsomething most country music fans and fans of the Hall of Fame band Alabama though would never happen in our lifetimes transpired Saturday night, August 23rd in Alabama.
Braxton Keith is Right To Take a Stand Against Beer Throwing at Shows
57 CommentsNo seriously folks, throwing stuff at the stage at country music concerts is not cool. It’s dangerous, it’s disruptive, and it’s getting out of hand. And no, this is not a mainstream country issue.
No, Aaron Lewis, “California” is Not The Problem with Country Music
153 Comments“It’s been infiltrated by California, just like everything else.” This answer is simply a stock, reactionary, culture war-inspired, flinging of red meat to a right wing constituency that is not rooted in truth whatsoever.
2025 Mempho Music Fest Offers Killer Sunday Country Lineup
7 CommentsWe already knew this year’s event would feature some of the best in country and roots. What we didn’t know until their recent daily lineup reveal is that all these killer artists would be performing the same day.
On Morgan Wallen Bowing Out of Grammy Consideration
42 CommentsOne artist that we know won’t be submitting their work to the Recording Academy happens to also be the biggest artist in all of “country” music. Morgan Wallen has let it be known that he won’t be submitting.
Joshua Ray Walker Reveals New Concept Album “Stuff”
6 CommentsAfter recently battling Cancer, Joshua Ray Walker had ample time to write and record a whole host of material, and to ponder things in life none of us should have to in our younger years.