Kacey Musgraves Just Wanted Fans to Two-Step at Surprise White Horse Show
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What strangely went under-reported is that on Thursday (10-8), Musgraves stopped into Austin’s famed honky-tonk The White Horse to play a surprise intimate show for the two-stepping crowd, reprising a bunch of old school country covers.
80 Years of John Prine Celebrated in Chicago
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John Prine was born October 10, 1946. This year he would have turned 80 years old, and the Prine Family and Hello in There Foundation decided to do something special: bring the celebration back to John’s original home in Chicago.
New Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Playlist (#186)
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It’s no longer good enough just to be “country.” In fact, many of the ’90s country knockoff singles are getting rejected for this playlist these days. Country is in a more country era for sure. But the quality of songs is also in a resurgence.
The Spirit of Todd Snider Graces the Latest Episode of The Hook
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The spirit of songwriting legend Todd Snider was in the room for sure when the latest installment of The Hook convened on October 4th at Sagebrush in Austin. Special guest for the episode was songwriter HalleyAnna Finlay.
Questions Remain After Ella Langley Cancels Tulsa Show Amid Threats
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Ella Langley has cancelled her show set for Friday, October 9th at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma after a caller threatened “great harm to the people at this event in the way of shots fired and bombs.”
Jack White-Produced Loretta Lynn Album to be Re-Issued
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Loretta Lynn’s Grammy-winning landmark album ‘Van Lear Rose’ produced by Jack White will finally be reissued after having spent over half a decade offline. Originally released in 2004, it’s considered one of Loretta’s best records.
Album Review – Margo Cilker’s “Little White Cross”
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Margo Cilker’s ‘Little White Cross’ is a beautiful collection of Western stories backed by country and Americana music that allows you to explore a host of strong emotional experiences imbued with meaningful connections.
Roger Miller Gets New Featured Exhibit at Country Hall of Fame
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The man, the myth, the weirdo in the best of ways, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who could equal or imitate what Roger Miller did during his illustrious and ultimately Country Music Hall of Fame career.
Kaitlin Butts Releasing Track List for New Album Via Cool Local Venues
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Speaking to the extra hustle and Kaitlin’s creative streak, she’s revealing the track list for “Hello, Honky Tonk” by enlisting some of the coolest honky tonks and country venues around to announce the individual tracks.
‘Rolling Stone’ Gaslights Public About The Chicks ‘Loving’ Country
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Like so much that ‘Rolling Stone’ publishes these days, this headline, and this statement is categorically and provably false. In fact, it’s so false, the exact opposite is the case, and it’s shocking in its either sheer ignorance, or its attempt to gaslight.
Randy Rogers Band Announces New Collaborative Album “Songbook”
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There aren’t a lot of reasons the release a “Greatest Hits” album these days in the age of streaming. So as the Randy Rogers Band reaches 25 years of playing and recording songs, they’ve cooked up a somewhat novel concept.
Inaugural Austin Steel Guitar Fest Helps Restart Hall of Fame Inductions
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It was only a few short years ago where the discussion around the steel guitar was whether the instrument that has been so instrumental to the appeal of country music would survive into the next decade.
Album Review – Miranda Lambert’s “Crisco”
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This album is fine. It’s meant to be fun. It’s meant to be fluff. And similar to the Sturgill Simpson/Johnny Blue Skies “disco” album from earlier in the year, if you take this business too seriously, you run the risk of the joke being on you.