Giving Thanks That Bluegrass Is BACK!
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I know what some will say: Bluegrass has always been here. And that’s most certainly true. But for these subgenres of country music to sustain, they need fresh blood every few years, both in the form of exciting new performers, and new fans. And in 2021, bluegrass is enjoying both.
Charley Crockett Releases New Tour Dates w/ Killer Openers
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Charley Crockett is one of the hardest working men in country music, and he is continuing his relentless touring schedule by heading out West, and then making his way back east to close out 2021. He’s also bringing along some great openers that are worth seeing all by themselves.
Long Time Dallas Moore Guitarist Chuck Morpurgo Dies
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For 27 years, if you saw country music modern Outlaw Dallas Moore perform, you very likely saw guitarist Chuck Morpurgo along with him. Even when Dallas Moore went on solo acoustic tours or played one-off shows, Chuck Morpurgo tagged along as accompaniment.
Sarah Shook Announces New Pete Anderson-Produced “Nightroamer”
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Look alive boys and girls, because word just came down about what will be one of the most anticipated albums in independent country in 2022. The punk-infused and honky-tonk heavy outfit from North Carolina called Sarah Shook and the Disarmers have let it be known…
‘Big D and Bubba’ Show Ribs Bobby Bones with New Billboard
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Well well well, it looks like we’ve got some playful ribbing out there between big country music morning radio shows. Recently, a billboard appeared in Mt. Juliet just outside Nashville proclaiming, “Go Away Big D and Bubba,” similar to previous Billboards from Bobby Bones.
How ‘Yellowstone’ Went Above & Beyond to Help Zach Bryan
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Yellowstone’s support of these artists has been significant due to the popularity of the show, turning viewers onto music they might otherwise not be exposed to. Yellowstone is very much a player in the independent country insurrection we’ve been experiencing.
Cody Jinks Is Finding Traction on Mainstream Country Radio
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Maybe pigs can fly. Maybe monkeys will fly out of Mike Myers’ butt. And maybe mainstream country radio will play Cody Jinks if it’s just given a chance, or a choice. The effort to bring Cody Jinks to the mainstream country airwaves has already born fruit.
Album Review – Hayes Carll’s “You Get It All”
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Hayes Carll came out promising that his seventh record would lean more heavily on the country influences of the native Texan compared to his previous releases. And sure, “You Get It All” probably is a bit more country-sounding. But more importantly, it’s a good record.
A Real Hank Williams Ghost Story Inspired David Allan Coe’s ‘The Ride’
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There’s just about nothing that will give you deeper chills in country music than the delivery of the final verse in the song “The Ride” written by Gary Gentry, J. B. Detterline Jr., and performed by David Allan Coe. It’s almost like seeing a ghost. That may not be by accident.
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#92)
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For the latest update to the playlist, the ladies rule the roost, making up the majority of the newest additions as they set the pace in country and roots music at the moment for new singles, along with Brent Cobb dropping a badass new song on us ahead of a new Gospel album.
Halloween Review – The Bridge City Sinners “Unholy Hymns”
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Halloween isn’t just for trick-or-treaters and haunted houses. It’s a country music holiday too. 364 days of the year, we don’t always have the perfect opportunity to delve into the dark side of country music—the Gothic roots inspired by the sinister revelations of Appalachian folk.
New FOX TV Series to Portray Country Music’s Fictional First Family
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“Monarch” will star Susan Sarandon as the ailing “Queen of Country Music” Dottie Cantrell Roman, Trace Adkins as her husband Albie, and British actress Anna Friel as Nicolette “Nicky” Roman, who is the heiress to the “First Family of Country Music.”
Album Review – Emily Scott Robinson’s “American Siren”
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Emily Scott Robinson is just composing on such elevated wavelengths of articulative insight and poetic delivery, her music is incapable of comparing to contemporaries or falling into platitude, forcing you to draw correlations with vaunted songwriting legends of the past as peers.