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And May Turnpike Always Stay Together
Ryan Adams Threatens Lawsuit Against New York Times
NPR First Listen: Ray Charles, ‘Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music Vol. 1 & 2’
NPR First Listen: Yola, ‘Walk Through Fire’
Jamey Johnson & Bill Anderson “Everybody Wants to Be 21” Video
New Randy Rogers Band Song “Crazy People”
Jason Isbell & Father John Misty to Co-Headline Summer Tour
Willie Nelson Announces Luck Reunion Lineup
I’m With Her Receive Artist Of The Year Title At 2019 International Folk Music Awards
John Prine on CBS This Morning
Cody Johnson Does Things His Way on Warner Music Nashville Debut
Charles Wesley Godwin: The Farce the Music Interview
Charles Wesley Godwin – His ‘Autobiography of an Appalachian Boy’
Washington Post Article on Margo Price where Trigger is quoted
Dolly Parton: Making the most of everything
The Spectacle and Sensation of Shania Twain by Robbie Fulks
Mike Ness of Social Distortion Signs With Concord Music Publishing
Joe Hardy, Producer and Engineer For ZZ Top, Steve Earle & More, Dies at 66
Gillian Welch And David Rawlings Perform Oscar-Nominated ‘Buster Scruggs’ Song
Brooks & Dunn Reveal New Star-Studded Duets Album
February 15, 2019

Album Review – Charles Wesley Godwin’s “Seneca”

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When you hear an artist like Charles Wesley Godwin sing, there is no need to power cycle your sense of disbelief. The sinewy roots of West Virginia’s hardscrabble existence seem to be intertwined with Godwin’s synapses and muscle tissue, almost as if he’s a construct of the land itself, like a scrub tree clinging to life.

January 15, 2019

African American Influence on Country Music Can’t Be Understated, or Overstated

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For many years, the influence and contributions of African American musicians in country music went mostly overlooked, or overshadowed by their Caucasian counterparts. However there has been a recent trend by media and even some artists to overstate the influence of African Americans.

January 14, 2019

Unheard Townes Van Zandt Songs Accompany New “Sky Blue” Album

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A new posthumous collection of Townes Van Zandt recordings is on its way from Fat Possum and TVZ Records. Made in early 1973, the songs come from a recording session with journalist, musician, and close Townes Van Zandt friend, the late Bill Hedgepeth. They were recorded in Hedgepeth’s home studio in Atlanta.

January 14, 2019

George Strait Debuts New Willie Nelson Tribute Song “Sing One With Willie”

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It’s both weird that fellow Texans and country legends Willie Nelson and George Strait have never collaborated together or even performed side by side in their illustrious careers, and yet it also makes perfect sense. But it was bound to happen eventually that the two would sing together.

January 13, 2019

Pioneering Musician, Performer, & Label Owner Bonnie Guitar Has Died

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Legendary and pioneering guitar player, country music star, label owner and businesswoman Bonnie Guitar has passed away according to close friends and family. She died Sunday morning (1-13) in Washington State, where she was born, lived most of her life, and launched a record label that had major implications in music.

January 13, 2019

Legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd Ed King Guitar Now in Custody of Jason Isbell

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An iconic guitar owned by Ed King of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and that once was stolen from the “Sweet Home Alabama” co-writer at gunpoint, is now in the custody of the King of Americana, Jason Isbell. “Don’t think I’ve played a finer electric guitar than this one. It haunts me now,” Isbell said after playing it the first time.

January 13, 2019

“All My Ex’s” Songwriter Whitey Shafer Has Died

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A legend of country music songwriting, and one that put the painful experience of divorce into words and song like none other has gone to the great honky tonk in the sky. Sanger D. Shafer, known popularly as Whitey Shafer, passed away on Saturday, January 12th according to reports.

January 12, 2019

Tracy Byrd Is Back, and Is Hitting The Road Hard and Heavy

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With all the re-emphasis on 90’s country lately, what better time for 90’s country star Tracy Byrd to re-emerge with a big tour. Tracy Byrd continued to make live appearances here and there, but he re-emerged in 2016 when he released his first record in 10 years, the self-funded and self-promoted ‘All American Texan.’

January 12, 2019

Patty Griffin Announces New Self-Titled Album

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Like a lazy Sunday morning, a Patty Griffin song can frame life perfectly, and put everything into perspective. This gift is the reason artists such as Emmylou Harris, Miranda Lambert, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and the Dixie Chicks have selected her songs to record, and the Grammys have awarded and nominated her efforts.

January 11, 2019

Album Review – Randy Houser’s “Magnolia”

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Tag Randy Houser’s Magnolia as yet another entry into the evidence file that the era of Bro-Country continues to wane, and it’s slow but steady expiration has allowed the latitude of some established artists to return, giving them the ability to select and record the material of their choosing, and reuniting them with their more […]

January 10, 2019

UPDATED: ‘Highwomen’ Supergroup with Brandi Carlile & Amanda Shires On The Way

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A new country music supergroup is on the way that will combine the talents of Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, and Margo Price. Called the Highwomen, it will take inspiration from legendary country music supergroup The Highwaymen. Jim Lauderdale is also involved in the project as a co-writer.

January 10, 2019

Dillon Carmichael Lands Big Tour Opening Opportunities for 2019

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One of the biggest discoveries in 2018 was Dillon Carmichael and his debut, Dave Cobb-produced album Hell On An Angel. This hard country, heart-pounding honky tonk record was nominated for Saving Country Music’s Album of the Year, and put this young man with a country music pedigree on the radar of the real country crowd.

January 9, 2019

Meet King Calaway: Country Music’s Manufactured Boy Band

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Looking for yet another reason to be embarrassed as a country music fan? Well here comes King Calaway. Who or what is “King Calloway” you ask? Never heard of them? That’s okay, nobody has. Up until a couple of days ago, there was absolutely no information about this project entered into the public record whatsoever.

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