You’ve been warned before around these parts, but now we have confirmation. Colter Wall has a new album on the way called “Memories and Empties,” and this thing is going to be COUNTRY.
The Two Step Inn Festival in Georgetown, TX has become one of the premier festivals in the independent/throwback country space over the last few years, while always throwing in a few curve balls.
The issue of independent artists having their albums deleted from streaming services due to erroneous streaming fraud claims has gone from an isolated incident to a growing epidemic.
Cindy Walker was one of the most important and prolific songwriters in country music history, penning some 500 recorded songs, and some 400 of them charting in the Top 40.
Texas native Jack Blocker demands your attention with his debut album ‘The Land On Most High.’ Little patience or persuasion is necessary to find yourself on the agreeable side of what’s going on here.
“The Hook” is a songwriting showcase featuring established songwriters, and ANYONE else who wants to show up and sign up for an opportunity to perform their unreleased song in front of an audience and a film crew.
Talk about a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. That’s exactly what 20 Tyler Childers fans got on Wednesday, September 17th after they donated to a fundraiser Childers was running for the Shriner’s Hospital.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville has announced the theme for their next major exhibit. About every couple of years, the Hall of Fame features a big exhibit that delves into some era or influence.
But whether your Freedom of Speech hero is Charlie Kirk or Jesse Welles, it should be for all of us to protect our neighbor’s right to “say exactly what [they] mean all the time.”
Once again the wild and disparate misfit toys that get cobbled together under the designation of “Americana” did their best to make themselves presentable, hitched a ride downtown, and took over the Mother Church.
As fall breaks and the end of the year fast approaches, it’s time to look at what’s on tap for the rest of 2025 in country before Christmas music ushers the music industry into the Holidays.
