Leave it to Sturgill Simpson to do the most Sturgill Simpson things possible when releasing his latest album “Mutiny After Midnight,” officially recorded under his pseudonym Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds.
Part of the magic about the music of Keith Whitley is that he was able to accomplish so much in such a short period of time. He passed away tragically in 1989 at the age of 34 right as his career was taking off.
Well now. Country music’s wrestling heel and town drunk has hauled off and recorded himself an entire record of classic country music covers, and in a classic country sound, and in alleged tribute to all the past greats.
The Droptines have tapped into some original alt-country chemistry that’s been sorely missing in the roots music diet, and have spent the last couple of years since releasing their debut self-titled album.
When Todd Daniel Snider died on November 14th at the age of 59, it left a huge, gaping void in the songwriting community that won’t soon be filled, if ever. A tribute has come together in Texas.
Congratulations ‘Rolling Stone,’ you have finally found the veritable bottom of what anyone would ever be able to classify as “musical journalism.” This is so bad, this is so egregious…
On his new album, Eric Lee Beddingfield resurrects those old country music dreams, and fulfills that part of himself that never went away. And in the process, reminds us all it’s never too late to do a resurrection of our own.
It’s a festival. It’s a homecoming. It’s a family reunion. It’s the Braun Brothers Reunion, and it’s one of the longest-running traditions in Texas music held in Idaho each summer hosted by Reckless Kelly.
Gee, who would have thought that condoning and encouraging teenage and barely 21-year-old fans to throw beer on each other would descend into unmitigated chaos on a consistent basis?
Founding member of The Dixie Chicks and well-regarded bass player Laura Lynch died in a car accident in Texas on December 22nd, 2023. Lynch founded The Dixie Chicks with multi-instrumentalist sisters Martie and Emily Erwin.
On February 24th, Graham was involved in a major collision on the Interstate in New Mexico. “He has a broken back, broken neck, and broken ribs and they are not done with all of the tests,” says his daughter.
It comes as a shock to many that the name of Jason and the Scorchers has emerged via the documents released as part of the Jeffrey Epstein Files. Incidentally, the band Blues Traveler is also named.
Madison, Indiana just over the Kentucky border, and right on the Ohio River is just about one of the best small towns in America to visit. And what better time to take it in than during the Unbroken Circle Festival.
Charley Crockett was scheduled to perform eight dates all across Canada heading into early March. Now none of them will be fulfilled due to a 10-year-old marijuana charge in the US. Marijuana is legal in Canada.
Cloud 9 is more pop than country in total, and includes a few full-blown pop songs. But the country influences here are inescapable, almost curious in frequency—and for actual country fans, refreshingly welcome.
Fresh off his win for Best Traditional Country Album at the 2026 Grammy Awards, Zach Top had some great insight into this moment in country music from his perspective as an artist.
If you only pay attention, interact, or share one thing from Saving Country Music, make it be this playlist. It’s all about boiling it all down to the songs, artists, and albums that are saving country music right here, right now.
There are few more valuable assets in the arsenal of present-day country music than the voice of Emily Nenni, and how she so deftly wields it through her enveloping original songs.
It’s one of the coolest events that happen during SXSW each year. It’s the Luck Reunion, and it’s hosted by Willie Nelson at his Western town just outside of Austin called Luck, TX.
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 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.
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’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.
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.
