Jon Pardi did the Christmas album right. And because it’s Jon Pardi, he also did the Christmas album country, making this album a welcomed addition to any country household’s Holiday rotation.
Founding member of The Dixie Chicks and well-regarded bass player Laura Lynch has died in a car accident in Texas. Lynch founded The Dixie Chicks in 1989 as a bluegrass and traditional country band. She was 65 years old.
Unlike a Song of the Year, the Single of the Year is supposed to be a jam or a ditty that gets stuck in your head. It just happens to be that the Turnpike Troubadours version of this type of song still comes with an emotional component.
For many other artists, Billboards & Brake Lights would be like a Greatest Hits compilation of all of their quality songs. You hear a song like “Superman” and wonder how someone else hadn’t written this song before.
Make no mistake about it. Jelly Roll is not a country artist. The music he makes is not country music, with some minor exceptions. And not to be pedantic or arrogant about it, but this is pretty inarguable.
The only way the original roots of American country music have been able to endure in popular culture throughout all of these years is by finding willing hosts that allow the music to exist in their hearts.
Every year there’s that handful of artists that you discover and it’s hard to comprehend how you got along without them previously. In 2023, there seems to be even more of these artists than normal.
The band’s new album Wandering Star comes at a time when so much is happening in country music independent of the mainstream, it’s hard to even keep up, and a band like Flatland Cavalry can almost get overlooked.
“I was gonna write a speech,” Johnson said as he took the podium. “But like everything else I did while I was here at Jacksonville State I have procrastinated until the last possible second.”
Many Willie songs were sung, some legendary collaborations ensued, Miranda Lambert’s fringe was longer than Snoop Dogg’s spliff, and pound for pound, it was more entertaining than any country music awards show.
Take a breather from bad Christmas music to get a head start on some of the best music that’s coming out ahead of the new year. Some of the best stuff in 2023 was released in the final weeks and months.
There is perhaps no artist, no performer in the history of country music whose impact, influence, appeal, and footprint so far outpaced the recognition he received in life and death than Gary Stewart.
For one weekend last February, Billy Strings took over Music City with a trifecta of sold-out concerts. It wasn’t the first two shows at the expansive Bridgestone Arena, but the third at the intimate Mother Church…
Joshua Ray Walker is one of the greatest singers, and one of the greatest songwriters of the new generation of country music performers. Throughout 2023, Joshua Ray Walker has been suffering through some health issues.
Willie Nelson celebrated his 90th Birthday with two epic shows earlier this year at the Hollywood Bowl in California on April 29th and 30th. A massive list of performers was assembled to toast Willie.
Like a steel train locomotive with three helper engines pinned and hauling 38 box cars chock full of 100% prime Angus American-made twang, Robert Henry and the Repeaters come barreling into your country music heart.
We’ve run down some of the best songs and the best singles in country music in 2023. Now it’s time to dredge up the worst of the worst, which in 2023 sees multiple songs attempting to rework older songs.
Hank Williams Jr. doesn’t tour very often. He’d rather spend his time in a deer blind or out on a dock these days. But the Country Music Hall of Famer is always good for a couple of weeks of tour dates each year.
The question you should be asking is not what a list forgot that you already know about, but what the list covers that you’ve never heard before. There’s no value in an outlet reaffirming what you’re already aware of.
Saving Country Music spends the vast majority of the time focusing on artists and bands that get overlooked and under-appreciated in popular country music. But that doesn’t mean that mainstream country is entirely terrible.
There are many Christmas music playlists out there. But only one focuses only solely on country music, on brand new recordings all from this year including new original songs vying to become classics, and is painstakingly curated.
Some have criticized George Strait over the years for not writing more of his own material. But there is nobody in country music who is more aware of how important his songwriters were to him than George Strait.
Billy Strings has just released an epic 38-minute live track and video. But we may be burying the lede here about why this release is important in the Billy Strings universe.
A Song of the Year nominee needs to be something that can change a life, change someone’s perspective, or change the world we live in. Yes, this is all quite a tall order, but this is where a good song can take you.
