Album of Unheard Johnny Cash Songs On The Way
15 CommentsJohnny Cash is 20 years gone, but we haven’t heard the last from the Man in Black just yet. Announced earlier this week, a cache of 11 demo tracks recorded in 1993 have been unearthed to be released as the album “Songwriter.”
Waylon Grandson Whey Jennings Readies Debut Album
35 CommentsIt’s not that Whey Jennings is the new kid on the block. Those who follow the Waylon Jennings clan or Outlaw country have likely seen his name around since he first emerged singing songs in 2012.
Album Review – Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – “Revelations”
27 Comments‘Revelations’ by Sarah Shook and the Disarmers will wrap you in the warm embrace of electric and angry underground country, while also serving it up through curiously infectious melodic prowess.
Jesse Daniel Adds Dates to Anticipated 2024 Tour
9 CommentsTired of the daily grind? Worried about the future of country music? Need a honky tonk revitalization? Then there is just about nothing better to get your mind right than seeing Jesse Daniel out on tour.
Album Review – Kacey Musgraves – “Deeper Well”
68 Comments“Deeper Well” might have a few more memorable songs and mark a return to a more organic sound for Musgraves, but that “something’s missing” feeling persists. It seems to be marked by boredom.
CMT Awards Overlook Roger Clemens, Mindy McCready Affair
55 CommentsOn the 2024 CMT Awards Sunday evening (4-7), long time Toby Keith friend and Major League Baseball pitching legend Roger Clemens came out to start off a musical tribute to Toby Keith who passed away in February.
49 Winchester Announces New Album “Leavin’ This Holler”
23 CommentsIt’s from the hills and hollers of Appalachia that country music first came into being. And it’s from those same hills and hollers where a new generation of artists have risen to save country music in the modern era.
On Morgan Wallen’s Latest Arrest (The Chair Incident)
133 CommentsOnce again, Morgan Wallen has made an embarrassment of himself. And once again, it’s an embarrassment that unfortunately country music has to answer for since Wallen continues to crown the genre.
Beyoncé: “This Ain’t a Country Album.” Billboard: “Yes It Is.”
84 CommentsBeyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is officially the #1 album on the Billboard Country Albums chart. This is despite Beyoncé explicitly stating in a March 19th statement, “This ain’t a Country album,” and later underscoring this statement.
Jerry Abbott, Country Songwriter and Father of Pantera Brothers, Has Died
13 CommentsTo the rock world, Jerry Abbott was known as the father of heavy metal legends “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott and Vinnie Paul Abbott. But before his sons got into music, Jerry Abbott was a country singer, guitar player, and songwriter.
The 2024 CMT Awards Were Absolutely TERRIBLE
112 CommentsI saw Jason Aldean perform on the 2024 CMT Awards, and now I’m a RACIST! Aldean performed in front of the 27-story University of Texas Tower in Austin, and murdered it harder than Charles Joseph Whitman.
Album Review – John Moreland’s “Visitor”
15 CommentsMusic might be marked by the presence of sound, but it’s the music of John Moreland that compels the hushing of everything else to allow the quietest and most reflective of moments to prevail.
Your Annual Reminder that the CMT Awards Don’t Matter
45 CommentsThe CMAs. The ACMs. The CMTs. The PCCAs. None of them come even close to truly recognizing the “best” that country music has to offer in a given year. It’s questionable if any of them truly deserve your undivided attention at all.