Texas music, Southern rock, and country artist Tanner Usrey was arrested recently in Collin County, TX, and charged with Driving While Intoxicated (called DWI in Texas), and two drug possession charges.
If you know anything about country music, you know how integral the Fender Telecaster guitar has been to the music’s twangy sound over the years. A major roster of talent will assemble to celebrate 75 years of the Telecaster.
Hole in the Wall in Austin, TX near the University of Texas campus comes with a songwriting history few other venues can rival. Townes Van Zandt and Blaze Foley not only held court on Hole in the Wall’s stage…
Now signed to Warner Records Nashville, Braxton Keith could have contemporized his sound and smoothed off the pointy, twangy edges. But if anything, as time has gone on, Braxton has double down.
You can most definitely do worse in mainstream country than Luke Combs. In 2026, you can also do much better. But when you’re Luke Combs, you’re not just an artist, or a singer. You’re a franchise.
Take a trip back to a time when olive green and crushed velvet were acceptable architectural accents, bell bottoms were mainstream fashion, and everything indoors smelled like secondhand smoke from long and skinny cigarettes.
As soon as the 2026 4th of July Picnic cover art was released to the public, it started to receive some side eyes. Though sometimes it can be hard to tell if something is AI or not, Willie’s guitar Trigger was the giveaway.
Called “Alan Jackson’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere Fest,” it pairs some top mainstream names with some certified country legends, and gives it all a bit of an Southern latitude twist.
Don’t be daunted by the ludicrous amount of songs and albums being released all the time. Let Saving Country Music be your helpful musical Sherpa, sifting through it all to find the best stuff and present it in one place.
There’s lots of news on the Silverada front, with a new song “Highway Man” just released, the band telling fans it’s the start of a “new era,” as well as the early announcement of their upcoming album called “Living Proof.”
His unexpected death on March 27th at the age of 67 leaves a Jon Dee Graham-sized hole in the dead center of Austin, TX and alt-country music that will be impossible to plug.
Over it’s tenure, Duett’s became both a beloved venue for locals, and a destination spot for people from Austin, New Braunfels, San Antonio, and beyond. Bands like Silverada took a shine to the place.
Flatland Cavalry gets you excited with a clever title and really cool cover art, and then delivers upon the ambitious expectations these things set with strongly infectious songs that don’t coast when it comes to substance.
Billy String can pack out arenas all by himself, but he’ll be sharing headliner duties with Willie Nelson on the 4th at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater in Austin, TX at the Circuit of the Americas.
Acclaimed songwriter and performer Chip Taylor died on Monday, March 23rd. And as can be expected and probably warranted, the remembrances all started off with how he was the writer of “Wild Thing.”
Instead of worrying about sales and stats, Ashley’s decided to double down on what she does best, and what brings here the most meaning: unflinchingly brutal and honest songs that burrow deep into the emotional reservoirs of life.
The Turnpike Troubadours will be taking their Saving Country Music 2025 Album of the Year The Price of Admission, and their Song of the Year “Heaven Passing Through” on the road in 2026.
What else was Vince Gill going to say to a loaded, ambush question? He wasn’t going to say, “No, Taylor Swift’s pop and her music sucks.” He’s Vince Gill, and will give a Vince Gill answer. But the problem wasn’t Vince’s answer.
Yes, there are new, never before heard recordings from the “Gentle Giant” Don Williams on the way. And no, this is not a false alarm, or some AI gimmick. These are genuine unearthed recordings from the Don Williams vault.
He was the heartbeat of Colter Wall’s backing band The Scary Prairie Boys for over a decade. But beyond all of this, Jason Simpson was a valued member of the music community in Kentucky.
SXSW continues to be both an enigma and a mess. But Saving Country Music continues to approach the event like it was initially meant to be: to discover and reveal musical talent that deserves more recognition.
The records just keep on coming for Ella Langley and her mega hit “Choosin’ Texas.” But this one might be the biggest of them all, taking Ella somewhere that no woman in country music has ever gone before.
When you’ve expended all of the plaudits and accolades due to a career that’s nearing the century mark in tenure, you’re resigned to only one word left to describe greatness: Willie.
From Albany, Kentucky right near the Tennessee border, Colton Bowlin brings those homespun, sincere country sentiments to sounds that infuse the original influences of Appalachian music into more modern expressions.