It’s Rodeo Houston that’s the massive Texas rodeo that commands the biggest stage and has the biggest national impact. But frankly, Rodeo Austin has a much better lineup this year.
Cody Jinks will be spending the lion’s share of 2026 not headlining his own shows, but heading out on tour with heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch as part of their 20th Anniversary Tour.
A well-known Austin, TX musician and former contestant on NBC’s The Voice was arrested on sexual assault charges in October of 2025. Scartocci became known as “Mr. Monday Night.”
It’s small, but it’s mighty, and it’s become one of the most sought-after festival experiences in the United States—so much so that it sold out even before the lineup was announced. It’s the Laurel Cove Music Festival.
2026 is off to a very promising start with new singles and albums, and the Top 25 Playlist is here to be the shortest distance you and discovering them. Just click play and find your next favorite songs, album, or artist.
Bob Mason has been playing in a bluegrass outfit called the Piper Road Spring Band for 52 years. “We started when we were 4 years old,” he jokes. They played the Grand Ole Opry in 1978.
Declared a favorite modern songwriter by distinguishing music fans, Drayton Farley has taken inspiration from fellow Alabaman songwriters like Jason Isbell and amassed a song catalog that is the envy of many.
The ongoing saga of the historic Ernest Tubb Record Shop on Lower Broadway in Nashville just hit another devastating snag. It closed again on Thursday afternoon (1-15) after opening in October.
Major independent country mega festival FairWell Fest in Redmond, Oregon will not be returning in 2026. There’s also good indication that it will not be returning at all after first being held in 2023.
January 10th would have been the perfect time to put to bed a long-running controversy with the Grand Ole Opry about how Hank Williams was kicked out for drunkenness and missing rehearsals in 1952.
Two of the topmost talented women in country music and Americana are joining forces for a unique tour in 2026, coinciding with the Semiquincentennial, or the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
When folks go to listen to Wanted: The Outlaws on streaming services, Tompall Glaser’s contributions won’t be there. As folks started noticing recently, Tompall’s tracks have been grayed out.
Genre, era, generation, nor country of origin can contain the grief that grips the music world on a cold Saturday night in January as word of the passing of Bob Weir is disseminated.
You better not get caught rattling off the names of insurgent country artists from the great state of Kentucky and omit Brit Taylor. She might be based in Nashville now, but Kentucky bleeds into everything.
Chris Stapleton isn’t riding off into the sunset anytime soon, and he also doesn’t appear to be taking a step down from an arena/stadium level. If anything, he’s looking to step up his game in 2026.
Alan Jackson became a country music Hall of Famer singing them. But it was his long-time behind-the-scenes songwriting partner Jim McBride who was responsible for co-writing so many of his songs.
The “Choosin’ Texas” phenomenon is now starting to break out of the country realm into the wide consciousness, and puncture the zeitgeist. This week, the song went Top 5 in the Billboard Hot 100.
It looks like Sturgill Simpson, or “Johnny Blue Skies” as he goes by now will likely have new music in 2026. And according to the singer and guitarist for The Black Keys, Dan Auerbach, don’t be surprised if he’s involved.
If your New Years resolution was to ditch the empty calories of pop country, and start a routine of healthy music chock full of twang, truth, and top quality songwriting, this is a great place to start.
With the existential threat that music derived from Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses to human creators and the integrity of the music industry, Saving Country Music is enacting a new policy.
Welcome to 2026! You made it. Now it’s time to prepare for the rest of the year. Music helps. This page will guide you through the first part of the year to let you know who is releasing albums each week.
Before we look forward to 2026, let’s look back at 2025 and remember the important individuals we lost, from big superstars, to songwriters, side players and other contributors. They all lent a hand to the music we love.
When Buck White of The Whites passed away in January of this year at the age of 94, Stu Phillips officially became the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry. Phillips was an Opry member for 58 years.
If you’re looking for that perfect Christmas playlist that specializes in country music, and is dedicated to new songs or new versions of old classics released this calendar year, then you’ve come to the right place.