The brother of Johnny Cash and acclaimed country music performer himself, Tommy Cash, has passed away. Born on April 5th, 1940, he was 84 years old. The news was confirmed by Bill Miller of the Johnny Cash Museum.
Like many other mainstream festivals, in 2024 the Gulf Coast Jam started looking beyond the major label/Music Row rosters for talent as independent performers are surging in popularity. Now Tyler Childers will headline.
George Strait just released his first album in some five years with Cowboys and Dreamers, and many country fans are finding a lot to love about the album. Here is a track by track look at the album.
Well deep fry my okra. You want country? You damn well better, and bring your appetite, because Shawna Thompson is serving up heaping helpings of it. There’s no shrinkflation in twang happening here.
Just announced, Hayes Carll and the Band of Heathens have officially formed a supergroup called Hayes and the Heathens. They’ll release an eponymous debut album, with a new single “Any Other Way” out now.
Well look at this little duo from Alabama, blowing up on socials, getting a tap on the shoulder by Post Malone to open up on his arena tour, and releasing an album that some are saying is the best all year.
It’s never smart to judge and upcoming mainstream album on a lead single. It’s often the worst of the album. But it’s also fair to judge “Friday Night Heartbreaker” as being pretty bad.
When running down a list of the greatest living songwriters, you damn sure better make sure Joshua Ray Walker is somewhere on there, if not near the top. He didn’t win Saving Country Music’s Song of the Year by accident.
Nobody is listening to Cowboy Carter. It was the most lauded release all year by the press, is supposedly supported by the biggest Stan army in the world, and sits at #133. Meanwhile, Zach Bryan has 3 albums in the Top 20.
George Strait did his duty, to God, to country, to family, and to country music. He owes us nothing more. Anything else is gravy. Yet he still takes moments to contribute like he does on “Cowboys and Dreamers.”
The new song comes from the new Oak Ridge Boys new album called “Mama’s Boys” to be released on October 25th. The album is not just a tribute to their own mothers, but mothers around the world.
If you need your faith restored in the present and future of country music, just pipe up a record from Zephaniah Ohora, or make the effort to see him live. There is a purposefulness and a purity behind Zehphaniah’s music.
Try to look cool. This is Dwight Yoakam we’re talking about after all. But forgive folks if they can’t contain their excitement that the modern King of the Bakersfield Sound has another album loaded up and ready to go.
It’s a good time to be a country music fan. No reason to reach for the Backstreet Boys, Diplo, or Nelly to entice fans to the event. If anything, they give the whole lineup an ick factor it doesn’t need.
Sometimes when sifting through the volumes of old country songs, you’re left outright stunned by the depth and foresight some of them include. The beauty of country music is often found in its simplicity…
Tami Neilson will be making her Grand Ole Opry debut on Tuesday, September 17th, as well as her debut at Dollywood on September 9th. But her brother Jay will unfortunately not be by her side.
Aren’t you lucky that you’re connected in with Saving Country Music, which is the website numerous other websites use to stay informed about all the albums coming out each week. It’s darn near a full time job.
Pony Bradshaw has made it his personal conquest to reconstruct the romantic notions of the Southern vernacular, and use it to grace music whose audience will spill well beyond the region’s borders.
Ritch Henderson is in touch with some of the most potent inspirations and experiences to allow him sing right from the soul in a way that separates his songs from the massive onslaught of new recorded music.
Some people like to believe that kvetching about the state of country music is a recent sport. In truth, complaining about country music’s direction is a tried and true tradition that has been around since the beginning.
Enough messing around. Wyatt Flores is now ready to release a legitimate 14-song LP under the name Welcome To The Plains on October 18th, and with all new songs as opposed to repackaging songs already out there.
As we near the end of summer, it’s time to look forward to the fall and the final push of top notch albums for this year. The summer saw some of the strongest releases we’ve seen in years, and the fall is already shaping up…
As Dwight Yoakam’s lead guitar player, bandleader, and producer, Pete was fundamental to forging the revitalized Bakersfield Sound that put a neotraditionalist like Yoakam at the top of country starting in the mid ’80s.
Though Johnson’s Memorial Day anthem “21 Guns” was admirable, his cover of “Trudy” by Charlie Daniels was entertaining, and “What A View” was a fine love song, “Sober” is really where we hear Jamey Johnson in top form.
