“There’s so many wonderful country artists that, I guess probably the country music field, they probably thought, well, we can’t really leave out some of the ones that spend their whole life doing that,” Parton says.
The NFL spent little time building anticipation in who might perform at this year’s Super Bowl in February of 2025. On Sunday, September 8th, they announced that Kendrick Lamar will be this season’s Super Bowl entertainment.
Just appreciate that Dwight Yoakam never won a CMA Award. All the success that Yoakam has enjoyed in his career, and he’s never even been recognized by the Country Music Association with an award.
I get it. You saw Cross Canadian Ragweed’s cryptic post on their website and social media that appears to be their logo wrapped in red cloth, or something. And now you feel like you have ants in your pants.
For the last six weeks or so, Saving Country Music has been monitoring and investigating the drama-filled lineup rollout of “Gordy’s Hwy 30 Music Festival Texas Edition” set to happen for the second year in Fort Worth.
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.
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.
Sagebrush has been a music venue, bar, and business for over 70 years. The building was first built in the 1940s as an army barracks. It later became “Gil’s Club” in 1955.
When you see images of Childers in concert, you might think he’s apoplectic like he just found a pubic hair in his spaghetti. But this is just Tyler Childers expressing his passion. You might even find yourself making similar faces.
Beyoncé does not consider herself a country artist, and she does not consider her 2024 album Cowboy Carter as a country album. Full stop. Saying that Cowboy Carter is a country album is a canard sown out of whole cloth.
You almost hate to even broach this subject from fear of giving it too much oxygen. But no, Tom Petty did not hate country music. He loved country music. Tom Petty was a roots rocker from Florida influenced by country.
Tyler Childers played a benefit concert of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation on Sunday, August 4th. This is the story of how Childers got involved in the tribe and took up the cause.
There is nothing more doltish and annoying than the low IQ commenter who decides to pipe up in the comments section of a social media post with the canned and thoughtless line “No one cares.”
During the Toby Keith tribute, Tyler Hubbard was scheduled to sing Toby Keith’s most simple and silly song, “Red Solo Cup.” If you had to hand off a song to a former member of Florida Georgia Line, it would be this one.
Clearly the crowd in attendance thought the duet was killer. Most of the reception has been positive. But there has also been quite a few criticizing Tyler Childers for agreeing to the collaboration.
For nine years, “Honky Tonk Tuesday Nights” organized by Nashville musicians Brendan Malone and Kevin Martin of The Cowpokes has been the small local gathering with massive international impact on country music.
Post Malone’s “country” album “F-1 Trillion” isn’t even out for another month, and he’s already dominating the narrative at a time when country music was finally dominating much of the narrative in popular music all on its own.
The Austin City Limits Hall of Fame should be reserved for the performers from Austin and Texas that are seminal to the city and the state’s music scene. ‘Austin City Limits’ was founded to bring the music of Austin to the world.
It’s not just Zach Top’s music, nor just his history. It’s the cut of his jib. It’s the contours of his character. It’s the full package that assures you that the future of country music is in good hands.
It’s certainly fair to characterize it as one of the worst National Anthem performances in history. But it’s not fair to characterize Ingrid Andress as a talent-less hack. Her performance was so bad, it almost defies explanation.
Even before he recently announced a diagnosis with what we all hope is a treatable form of Cancer, anyone who asked me to name the best singer of this generation would receive the answer “Raul Malo” back without hesitation.
Despite Zach’s arena and stadium headliner status, this hatred and misunderstanding for his music among grassroots fans is quite severe and loud, and ultimately, damaging to the independent country community.
The two Kelce brothers host a podcast together called New Heights, and have the internet all agog after Jason Kelce (the brother NOT having intercourse with Taylor Swift) twisted off on country music during the latest episode.
In many respects, the passing of a country artist is not where their career and legacy ends. It’s just the beginning. Near the end of their career and especially after their death is when the real work starts.