New Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#165)
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If you only ever interact with one thing Saving Country Music does, it should be this playlist. The articles are too long and too opinionated? Don’t have the time? This playlist boils everything down to direct suggestions.
Crickets Member and Country Songwriter Sonny Curtis Has Died
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Sonny Curtis was a skilled guitar player, a clever songwriter, and someone who left his fingerprints all across American culture in indelible ways, including as a member of The Crickets.
Billy Strings Doubles Down on Bluegrass In Big Speech
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On Thursday evening (9-18), Billy Strings walked away with the coveted Entertainer of the Year at the IBMA Awards. But one of the biggest conversation pieces from the entire event was Billy’s keynote address.
Hit Country Songwriter Brett James Dies in Plane Crash
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It is a tragic end, and a major loss for a towering member of country music’s songwriting community. Hit songwriter Brett James had songwriting credits on an incredible 26 No. 1 tracks.
It Finally Happened. Billy Strings and Luke Black Join Forces On Stage
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On Wednesday evening (9-17) at The Signal in Chattanooga’s Choo Choo complex, the train tracks of Billy Strings and Blake Black finally converged, with Black joining Strings on stage.
Music Media Collective Looks To Address Crisis in Music Journalism
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Local, independent, and objective voices seem fewer and farther between in music media as legacy media institutions are gutted, public funding dries up, and attention is channeled elsewhere.
Album Review – Gavin Adcock’s “Own Worst Enemy”
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He’s country music’s wrestling heel. He’s an incessant internet troll, a living meme, and an embarrassment to himself and everyone around him. If he was a hockey player, he’d be a goon. But he’s not willing to fight.
Ole 60 Announces Debut Album “Smokestack Town”
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It’s not every day that a band that already has a Certified Platinum single (“Smoke & A Light”) and is scheduled to headline their first arena before the end of the year is announcing their debut album.
Biggest Takeaways from AmericanaFest 2025
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Though some individuals like to focus on the big names, Saving Country Music takes the opportunity to scout for under-supported talent. Here are some of the best artists witnessed in 2025.
Album Review – Jake Worthington’s “When I Write The Song”
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COUNTRY music ladies and gentlemen, and in such a concentrated form, significant density, and voluminous quantity, it could almost counterbalance the entirety of mainstream country’s Bro-era output.
Denzel Irwin, a.k.a Santa of Santa’s Pub, Has Died
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He was Nashville’s ever-present and year-long version of Santa Claus, and his haunt Santa’s Pub is like the North Pole of the South. His real name was Elmer Denzel Irwin.
On Zach Bryan Trying to Fight Gavin Adcock
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Zach Bryan got drunk, and decided he was going to be a tough guy. It probably was not the smartest of decisions. Gavin Adcock is a troll, and the first rule of how to deal with a troll is to not feed them.
Vince Gill Releases New Extended Version of Legendary Song
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To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of “Go Rest High On That Mountain,” an extended version of the song has been released. It includes a verse that Vince Gill commonly includes when singing it live.