Saving Country Music’s 2021 Album of the Year Nominees
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It’s that time of year to once again commence a discussion about the best stuff released in country music. Excruciating work went into whittling the selections for Saving Country Music’s Album of the Year to 11 nominees, and even then it feels scandalous that still more weren’t selected.
5 of 6 Turnpike Troubadours Reunite at the Corner of Easton & Main
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For months folks were convinced that the show Saturday night, December 4th pairing up the side projects of Turnpike Troubadours fiddler Kyle Nix called the 38’s, and bass player/songwriter RC Edwards called RC and the Ambers, was a front for a secret Turnpike Troubadours reunion show.
Country Music Legend Stonewall Jackson Has Passed Away
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One of country music’s critically-important performers from the Golden Era of the 50’s and 60’s, and one of the Grand Ole Opry’s most regular performers throughout the years, has passed on to that big stage in the sky. Stonewall Jackson was not a nickname.
Gram Parsons / Austin Steel Guitarist Neil Flanz Has Died
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There are few tours that are more legendary to the history of country music than the six-week tour that Gram Parsons embarked on in 1973 behind his album GP. Yes, there were certainly bigger tours with higher grossing receipts, or tours that featured a more scintillating lineup.
Turnpike Troubadours Fans Frustrated As Red Rocks Tickets Sell Out
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Fans of Oklahoma’s Turnpike Troubadours were super excited to learn earlier this week that after a 2 1/2-year hiatus, the band was finally getting back together, and was planning a reunion show at the legendary Red Rocks amphitheater in Colorado on May 14th, 2022.
Album Review – Jason Boland’s “The Light Saw Me”
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It’s all been done in country music. You’ve heard that before, right? Well Jason Boland has never been one to acquiesce to that idea, even while still putting together a legendary career as one of Red Dirt’s stanchest traditionalists. So a concept record about an alien abduction? Sure.
“Nashville Scene” Abruptly Cancels 20+ Year Country Critics Poll
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For 21 years, the Country Music Critics Poll published in Nashville’s alternative newsweekly the ‘Nashville Scene’ has been one of the leading indicators of critical consensus about a given year’s songs, albums, artists, and performers in the country music space.
Album Review – Nick Sizemore’s “Where The Lonesome Roam”
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Capturing a classic country sound with a faraway feel, Nick Sizemore carried a handful of his original songs into the studio with producer Brett Robinson and captured just about the perfect mood for this material. Morose and melancholy, Nick Sizemore seizes the essence of the sad country song both in writing and sound.
Yes, Hank Jr. Addressed His Prolonged Hall of Fame Induction in Speech
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Hank Williams Jr. was finally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on November 21st, 2021, and unfortunately, if you weren’t there in person, you weren’t able to see it for yourself. We are able to part and piece together what Hank Jr. said in his acceptance speech though.
Interview with Ashley Rindsberg on the ‘Burning Castle’ Podcast
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Just a quick personal note here. I don’t conduct many interviews these days, and grant even less of them. But recently, novelist and media commentator Ashley Rindsberg reached out through a mutual friend and said he wanted to speak for his Burning Castle podcast.
Turnpike Troubadours Announce Reunion Show at Red Rocks
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Hanukkah has officially commenced with its eight crazy nights, and the 12 days of Christmas are right around the corner. And it appears the week straddling the end of November and the beginning of December might be filled with a bevy of early Christmas presents for Turnpike Troubadours fans.
Song Review – Paul Cauthen’s “Country As *uck”
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Texas-based country performer Paul Cauthen is supposedly putting this country music trend of telling people how country you are on blast in his new song “Country As *uck.” But like certain other parody songs, it’s guilty of the same crime it’s supposedly criticizing.
The Turnpike Troubadours Are Back Together
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Don’t ever take the moments you share with your favorite artists and bands for granted, because you never know when they could get scuttled and go away forever. That is the lesson of the last 2 1/2 years for the Turnpike Troubadours. And thankfully, that painful lesson is finally over.