Album Review – Nick Sizemore’s “Everything”
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Outlaw country, throwback classic country, Western, countrypolitan to even singer/songwriter stuff, Nick Sizemore throws the kitchen sink at you with this album and scratches all your country music itches.
The Spiking New Property Taxes on Nashville’s Lower Broadway Explained
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The few independently-owned businesses left in Nashville’s popular Lower Broadway district that don’t just appeal to tipsy out-of-towners are facing an existential crisis as a massive spike in property taxes is coming due.
And Then There Was One: The Band Perry’s Latest Iteration
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The constant relaunches and various iterations spanning multiple genres, spectacularly failing and then being reconstituted into something “new” will give you whiplash just reading about it.
Charley Crockett Reveals New 20-Song Album “Age of the Ram”
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Charley Crockett’s Sagebrush Trilogy of albums will be completed when he releases the Shooter Jennings-produced ‘Age Of The Ram.’ To complete the trilogy, it will take 20 overall tracks.
It’s Not Just About Acme Feed & Seed. It’s About The Soul of Nashville
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Nashville has a choice, and it’s one with major implications on how the city will be perceived heading into the future, its economic viability as a tourist destination, and how the musicians of Nashville are supported.
Death Threats and Defections: 2026’s Rock The Country Fest
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Where in previous years the Rock The Country announcements came with excitement by many and some eye rolls, this year was proceeded by widespread rebuke and condemnation of the performers.
Ryan Bingham To Release New Full-Length Album – First in 7 Years
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The Americana musician, actor, and Texan has been staying busy otherwise, including regularly touring with The Texas Gentlemen. Now that partnership will be codified via the new album.
On The Eagles ‘Greatest Hits’ 50th Anniversary, Pondering Its Country-ness
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It’s fair to ask if The Eagles’ ‘Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)’ released 50 years ago today should it be considered a country album, or at least, mostly or partly country, or country-inspired.
How Robert Duvall Helped Save Billy Joe Shaver (RIP)
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Captain Augustus “Gus” McCrae, Colonel Kilgore, Consigliere Tom Hagen, ol’ Mac Sledge, and so many more. These are the fictional characters that all feel larger than life to us thanks to Robert Duvall.
Lee Brice’s New Song “Country Nowadays” (A Rant)
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“Country Nowadays” does NOT represent actual country music these days at all. It represents one man’s over-ripened perspective as he overextends himself by feverishly grasping for attention for his dying career.
Album Review – Ward Davis – “Here I Am”
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Never let the Outlaw visage obfuscate your view that these are the songwriters who often most fearlessly plumb their way into the innermost depths of human emotion.
Blue Ox Festival Boasts Big Lineup for 2026
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In 2026, The Blue Ox Festival features a stacked lineup of country and roots talent, topped off by some of the top live performers of the discipline, some of the greatest live acts in all of music.
George Strait, Miranda Lambert to Receive Songwriting Honor in Texas
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“King” George Strait, Miranda Lambert, along with Keith Gattis and Don Cook will be this year’s Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees in a ceremony set to transpire on February 21st.