Charley Crockett New Album “Clovis” Pulled From Streaming
Well this sucks.
Charley Crockett shocked everyone on Tuesday, April 28th when at about 8:00 PM Central, he dropped a new 14-song album called Clovis, just three weeks after releasing his third and final album with major label Island Records, Age of the Ram. Even for the prolific Charley Crockett, the turnaround time was pretty remarkable, and appeared to be intentional to in part undercut Island who was still promoting the previous album.
“Every time I find out I signed a deal I don’t like, and I go to these fuckin’ business people, and tell them I don’t like the deal, I don’t think it’s fair, they say ‘Tough luck kid, you shouldn’t of fuckin’ signed it.’” Charley Crockett said. “As soon as I hold them to that same standard, I’m the fuckin’ bad guy,” (laughing).
Now all of that is up in the air as streaming service users in the United States and elsewhere noticed on Wednesday afternoon (5-6) that all the tracks on Clovis were greyed out, if the album could be found at all. Those who downloaded it are patting themselves on the back at the moment, while some fans in other countries are still seeing it—not uncommon when licensing or publishing issues come into play.
What’s come in the play here, keeping many for hearing Charley’s sweet new album that some are claiming is his best yet? Saving Country Music has been shaking trees all afternoon and evening, but so far, nothing is falling as far as solid information on what might be happening.
It’s certainly not out of the realm of possibility that Island Records wasn’t too happy with Clovis and Crockett’s attitude, and found a stitch in the contract that forbids Crockett from releasing new music for a certain period of time, sort of like a recorded music radius clause. But this has not been confirmed. Since Crockett released Clovis entirely by himself without a label, perhaps it’s just some sort of technical snafu that needs to be resolved.
So far Crockett has not addressed the situation publicly, only posting an image of the cover art earlier on Wednesday with the simple caption “My Way.” UPDATE: at about 10:15 am on Thursday (5/7), he posted a TV test pattern on social media with the caption “Pleases Stand By.”
More information when more is known. But no, you’re not being punk’d by Spotify. Clovis is currently a ghost.
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May 6, 2026 @ 7:38 pm
Most of it is still on Spotify, but it doesn’t have the first two tracks it starts at “One Eyed Jack”
May 6, 2026 @ 7:42 pm
It might be cached in your system like that. It’s currently greyed out in its entirety on Spotify, and not present at all on Apple Music or Amazon.
May 6, 2026 @ 10:01 pm
FWIW I bought it on Amazon for $8.99 last week and it works for me. I have no idea whether the record company pulled it or if he did but he can play this for all it’s worth. If the industry is harassing him, they make him the underdog that the fans cheer on by buying his stuff.
Trig, you and I know how skilled he is at manipulating the media. This is the guy that bought billboards to promote his album during the pandemic. He can get at least some of the money he put into this back off the higher profile, merch, ticket sales and just media attention. Look at the stories posted here over the last two weeks and see who has the highest number of mentions in the titles.
Today’s music business is the wild West and the industry hasn’t figured out how to tame it yet. Hell, they haven’t recovered from Napster yet and still think that physical media and corporate radio are the only revenue streams for an artist.
May 6, 2026 @ 10:26 pm
Well if you purchased the digital tracks, they’re yours to keep.
I really don’t know what’s going on here, and it might be that Charley Crockett doesn’t know either. This doesn’t feel like some sort of ploy to me from Charley. Most any recording contract is going to have stipulations about how an artist can’t release new music in a certain time period after the last album or the contract ends. It might also have non-defamation clauses. Of course, you can negotiate to get all of this stuff out, but who knows what Charley’s contract said. Clearly, he was pretty unhappy with Island.
May 6, 2026 @ 11:31 pm
But if the record company has the right to pull the album, why didn’t they do it immediately instead of letting it stay online for a week and get a bunch of streams and reviews?
We all know that artists don’t make shit off streaming and they are being used as free samples to sell the other stuff. Can the label stop him from selling “Clovis – The album they don’t want you to hear” merch? The fact that the digital files are out there means that fans can pass them around like we used to in the old days. This could turn into a PR nightmare for the label.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:14 am
Because it created a media buzz that will help his flagging Island Records sales.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:39 am
Is that still the case (re: retaining digital tracks even if pulled from where you bought it)? I ask because there was a story a year or two ago about Sony shutting down their Movie & TV show store and folks losing access even to episodes or movies they purchased as a result.
It sounds like Amazon and the like haven’t gone THAT far yet, but it also isn’t a 0% chance it ever happens. It’s why avoiding DRM (if you can) is important when purchasing entertainment and/or saving a local copy to your personal device vs. keeping it on Amazon (or Apple or Google’s) servers.
May 7, 2026 @ 9:20 am
I bet you have covered it, but wasn’t there a deal with Curb Records holding up releases or something? Maybe Hank III?
May 7, 2026 @ 9:34 am
Saving Country Music started as an organization called “Free Hank III.” Hank Williams III was being restricted from releasing his music by Curb Records, who was purposely taking records he turned in to shelve them for release after his contract expired. Then when he started speaking out about it, they exercised a non-defamation clause against him so he couldn’t even speak publicly about it. So Free Hank III spoke for him.
Subsequently, Tim McGraw went through a very similar thing. He finally walked away from Curb, and when he signed to Big Machine, Curb started releasing new music from him to undercut his Big Machine release.
Know why we’ve gotten so little music from Mo Pitney? He’s signed to Curb. They make artists sign multi album deals, then only release albums every five years or so to keep artists under contract indefinitely.
I have no idea what kind of deal Charley Crockett had with Island. I have no idea what his beefs are. But by default, I am going to start from a position that all artists should have control over their own art, not major corporations. Yes, Charley signed the contract. That doesn’t mean Island didn’t do him wrong, or isn’t in violation of the contract themselves. To me, the free flow, and freedom over art is the imperative. But I also am not going to accuse Island of anything until I know more.
Also, we don’t know that this has to do with Island. It could be a technical thing with TuneCore, or something else. We’ll just have to see.
May 8, 2026 @ 2:41 pm
I had a hit producer tell me years ago that being signed to Curb was like being in the witness protection program. I also had a friend who was signed to Warner who said the same thing about that label. Over the years I was told that labels sign singers that sound similar to one of their artists to development deals only to keep them in limbo and from competing with their artist. Whether this is true or not, I have no idea, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
The fact that Crockett isn’t clearing this up with a statement is a head scratcher.
May 8, 2026 @ 4:31 pm
To Jimmy – I said the same thing about Curb in another post in relation to my old friends Dale Watson and Jann Browne. Curb was notorious for signing artists and then allowing them to wither on the vine.
Earlier this year, Charley said something about labels signing artists and using them as leverage to sign others and manipulating them in other ways but I didn’t connect the two until you brought it up.
I’ve suspected that there was bad blood between Charley and Island as far back as the Grammys but don’t have anything concrete to report.
May 9, 2026 @ 8:18 am
“Earlier this year, Charley said something about labels signing artists and using them as leverage to sign others and manipulating them in other ways but I didn’t connect the two until you brought it up.”
It all seems so cut throat, Linda. But then, nothing about the music business surprises me anymore.
May 6, 2026 @ 7:58 pm
Hopefully it’s back ASAP, really great album.
May 6, 2026 @ 8:07 pm
Wow this sucks I have been really loving this album
May 6, 2026 @ 8:43 pm
I downloaded it onto an offline device (download it as in YouTube Music/premium). Was thinking all day about listening to it again to see why I liked or didn’t like some things.
Off to make a bootleg off of this device before I sync it to Wi-Fi next time. Audio cable out, audio recorder input, voila shitty quality bootleg til whatever this is get sorted out. Usually when I do something like this I end up shooting the artist some money.
Was he selling it separately or was it only on streaming?
May 6, 2026 @ 10:09 pm
Amazon was selling the digital version for $8.99 and the one I got still plays. There’s no news so far as to when/if physical media and merch will be available. Since the actual album was just recorded in late March and Shooter would have needed time to mix it, etc., maybe the stuff just isn’t ready yet.
Which makes me wonder if he pulled it himself and will reveal a brand new line of Clovis CDs, vinyl and merch any day now.
May 7, 2026 @ 4:56 pm
I checked and they stopped selling it. They have no control over your own version that you purchased because it’s an MP3. The downloading I’m talking about is that format where premium users of streaming services can download temporarily for offline use.
May 6, 2026 @ 10:37 pm
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/clovis-charley-crockett/cq2enoo8vai54?qref=dpa
Got it downloaded for less than $18.
May 6, 2026 @ 11:28 pm
It’s not shown on Amazon music anymore but for some reason I can still play it as I write (cached?). How odd? Maybe Island were not happy with a release so soon after Age of the Ram or this was some contractual clause that prohibited such a quick release of new music? It would be interesting to know the reason for it disappearing. Hopefully, it will be back and I am sure it will at some stage in the future. I am going to give it another listen before it disappears. It is a good album as are almost all his albums.
May 6, 2026 @ 11:47 pm
Correction….played a few songs and then disappeared altogether….
May 7, 2026 @ 2:57 am
That sucks… I’ll bet it’s the label… I downloaded it and was listening to it yesterday a bunch. It’s completely gone this morning. Seeing one of his shows this summer. I’ve never been more happy to support an artist.
May 7, 2026 @ 3:28 am
Still available on Tidal for me, but might be cached ’cause that’s where I listened to it originally. Greyed out on Spotify.
May 7, 2026 @ 3:54 am
I listened to it this morning. But in France, only 9 songs are available on Spotify. I can’t listen to the whole album.
May 7, 2026 @ 4:20 am
In Italy you can still play it on spotify.
That’s one of the problems of this mainly digital world.
May 8, 2026 @ 1:26 am
Of course Trig was right and i can’t listen anymore….shame…
May 7, 2026 @ 4:33 am
FWIW you can’t search it on youtube Music. Some of the songs were put on playlists before the album was removed but they are all greyed out.
May 7, 2026 @ 5:06 am
I stand by my original opinion on this. I think he’s acting like a child, signing deals he shouldn’t, and kicking up a fuss after the fact. Looks like someone is trying to keep him honest.
Of course there’s a clause in the contract that stipulates when he can release new music after the term is up. There always is!
May 7, 2026 @ 7:41 am
Agreed. Signed a deal, then says he doesn’t like the deal? Is he dumb, dyslexic, or illiterate? Unlikely. Claiming a label pulled the wool over your eyes these days, after being in the business for over a decade and putting out 17 albums, is either an admission you’re a moron, or an asshole. Either way, not a good look. Tired of this guy being a perpetual victim, bitching and moaning about everything.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:07 am
Most artists act surprised when a business behaves like a business. Because most singers are generally idiot savants – good at one thing and hopeless at others.
Then again, when they receive unconditional support from fans because “suits bad” what do you expect?
When I buy a car, I don’t expect the salesman to give me a 100% friendly deal. For some reason, singers think labels should and then act surprised when limitations are imposed. Be on guard when money is involved.
Garth and Buck knew.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:46 am
Probably a bit of an attempt to have the “Streisand Effect” as well. If he can play “abused artist” card loud enough it elevates his future music – or at least that is perhaps the attempt.
Let’s be honest, it sort of already has worked. Crockett releases SO many albums that they can get lost in the shuffle a bit. “Clovis” has probably benefited in terms of awareness over “The Age of Ram” just because of this story.
I think a lot of things are at play here – Crockett’s stubbornness and bitterness about his record deal, but also probably an awareness that in the “Attention Economy” getting your name in the headlines isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Sad as that is to say about our current society.
I maintain that much like Jason Isbell’s tweets or Morgan Wallens drunken escapades, it’s never a great thing when an artists non-musical exploits are the focus more than their actual playing, writing, signing, etc.
May 7, 2026 @ 9:11 am
The difference here is that Charley could be seen as fighting for his artistic integrity rather than just getting drunk and stupid.
May 7, 2026 @ 10:14 am
Is that really it? Is there any indication that Island Records stifled his creativity? I didn’t see Charley Crockett recording covers of Kenny Chesney songs or anything.
It seems he is more annoyed that the label has told him “No” at various points (probably regarding marketing and the pace of album releases) OR he thought signing with them would make him a household name and that hasn’t happened. Though Crockett is certainly one of the biggest names in Country music outside the radio ones.
Look – 9.9/10 I am going to be on the side of the artist when it comes to label disagreements. But I also think we have to call a spade a spade, there have been indications on this very site that Crockett might not be the easiest guy to work with (see all the fired managers) at times and certainly he has seemingly welcomed courting controversy at various points the last. year.
Wouldn’t surprise me in the least if there is a lot more to this than just “fighting for artistic integrity” than what you are indicating. And it also doesn’t change my point – it’s always dangerous (in my mind) when artists profile becomes bigger for their actions off the stage than for what they do on the stage. We are not there yet by any means, but the Canada thing, the Podcast comments thing, this label feud, etc. also can’t be completely dismissed as all innocent actions either.
Crockett has been great at leveraging YouTube and social media to make a name for himself and build up his image. Wouldn’t shock me if this is all part of that effort – raise his profile by enhancing his “Outlaw” image.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:13 pm
Matt wanted to sign with Island Records because Bob Marley did.
He solicited them.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:15 pm
When he first signed with Island there was an article somewhere quoting him saying he wanted to put out a lot of records and an Island exec said “I know.” There has been so much press about Charley being stubborn about doing things his own way that the label had to know what they were getting.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:37 pm
Charley spent his advance on an overpriced producer and then kept borrowing.
Scooter made hay.
May 7, 2026 @ 6:23 am
currently up on spotify. ymmv.
May 7, 2026 @ 6:39 am
No it’s not. This has been confirmed.
Whenever you go to a streaming service to listen to an album, especially if you’ve listened a couple of times, the service is going save that music in your cache memory, or short-term memory on your device. That way it’s easier for your device to play the music continuously so if there is an internet disruption or some other issue, the music doesn’t stop. After a few hours or days, it will then remove those files. If you’re still seeing it via streaming, this is likely what’s happening. That’s why others are reporting some songs are there, but others aren’t. It’s because Spotify saved certain songs, but not the album. You can also “save” an album on your device, which is NOT downloading, but compelling Spotify or the streaming service to make that cached copy, and keep it there indefinitely.
Also, some people might have downloaded the album. For others, perhaps their region or country of origin has not been affected by the takedown yet. But it has been taken down. Thousands of people are posting screenshots showing they are not able to access the music. They’re not insane people. That’s the whole reason I decided to publish this post without any real explanation of WHY the music was taken down. But I was able to check with someone who works in the distribution side of music to confirm the album has been made unavailable.
May 7, 2026 @ 7:00 am
“ymmv”.
May 7, 2026 @ 7:09 am
I’m not a 14-year-old girl so I don’t know what that means, but I’m guessing it means you can be right and wrong at the same time, so good for you. I more just wanted to get that explanation out because as many people are posting screenshots of the unavailable album, others are screaming at them that they’re lying because they can still hear it.
May 7, 2026 @ 7:11 am
“screaming”.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:02 am
It means your mileage may vary.
Expect teenage abbreviations from teenage minds.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:20 am
expect middle-aged divorced white dad with no visitation rights comments from middle-aged divorced white dad with no visitation rights minds.
May 7, 2026 @ 10:43 am
I really enjoy how you shuffle falsehood, gentile.
Months ago, you lied and said I was an incel. Now, I morphed into a middle-aged divorced White* father.
I can’t wait to see what month’s lie is!
*White is capitalized.
May 7, 2026 @ 12:35 pm
two things can be true. incel doesn’t mean virgin. we know you don’t get to see those kids.
May 7, 2026 @ 9:21 am
middle aged whites built the modern world you live in sweetie.
May 7, 2026 @ 2:29 pm
and everyone is having a really good time in it.
May 7, 2026 @ 4:58 pm
Re: middle aged whites built the world
I am laughing my ass off at how ignorant you are, snowflake
May 7, 2026 @ 5:04 pm
No more comments on this thread. Have no idea what any of this has to do with Charley Crockett and his album.
May 7, 2026 @ 6:33 am
I think there is a solid chance that charley is pretty clever and knew this might happen when he released, and welcomed the additional buzz and associated marketing if it did get removed . It plays nicely into his image as an outlaw, and if he can get the album back streaming, could help the promotional push around it a lot.
Bummed the album got removed though i dig it
Jeremy pinnell rips
May 7, 2026 @ 6:46 am
“I think there is a solid chance that charley is pretty clever and knew this might happen when he released, and welcomed the additional buzz and associated marketing if it did get removed”
I think this is a greater possibility than this all being some 7D chess, Kabuki theater marketing ploy. Or, he could have just been unaware that there was a stipulation in his contract saying he couldn’t release new music until X amount of days after his contract expiration. After all, he drove all the way to the Canadian border and got turned away for not having his paperwork in order. When you’re self-managed, these things can come up and bite you.
May 7, 2026 @ 9:27 am
I mean he basically said outright that he had no idea what the Island deal was when he signed it. So if this is a misunderstanding of the contract, that would be the least-surprising plot twist in this whole saga.
May 7, 2026 @ 9:58 am
When did he say that?
May 7, 2026 @ 10:02 am
As I recall, an article in the LA Times last year made it sound like he signed with Island because they gave him what he wanted as far as creative control is concerned.
May 7, 2026 @ 3:58 pm
That’s how I interpret “Every time I find out I signed a deal I don’t like…”. If he knew what was in the deal when he signed it, why would he “find out” he signed a deal he didn’t like? If he knew he didn’t like the deal before he signed it, why didn’t he say, “every time I feel forced into one of these deals I don’t like…”?
He says he found out that he signed (past tense) a deal he doesn’t like (present tense). I’m not sure how else to interpret that other than that there were terms of the deal he signed that he wasn’t aware of at the time. And therefore maybe yet other terms that he still isn’t aware of.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:18 pm
Charley’s wife is his handler.
May 9, 2026 @ 10:52 am
That never ends well.
See also; Merle Haggard, Randy Travis, Ozzy Osbourne
May 7, 2026 @ 7:05 am
The entire album is still available to download on Qobuz. I’d go grab it now while you still can.
May 7, 2026 @ 7:14 am
it’ll somehow some way be back eventually right?
May 7, 2026 @ 7:16 am
in soviet russia clovis streams you.
May 7, 2026 @ 7:28 am
Here in Austria/Europe everything worked fine in the morning. Then “Waylon Rides Again” disappeared from the song list. Next step was that all remaining 13 songs wer greyed out. Now it says: The titles of this publication are not available.
May 7, 2026 @ 7:41 am
I have Spotify premium and only two tracks are available: ‘Hallelujah Trail’ and ‘Image of a Woman’
May 7, 2026 @ 8:18 am
Charley just posted on Facebook a photo of a test pattern with the words “Please stand by” and a location of Clovis NM.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:30 am
Peep the song he tagged on the post
May 7, 2026 @ 10:28 am
Leave room in this tongue bath for Island not doing CC wrong but the opposite. Can the editorial of this site stop gassing CC up? He can’t sell tickets. Not selling albums or streaming. It’s a train headed to bottom of the well. At least there’s fun pictures and content to look at along the way.
If the above is wrong please report facts confirming otherwise.
And by the way — unless Davy Crockett fathered a child at the age of 5 there is no way CC has any relation to Davy Crockett.
May 7, 2026 @ 11:27 am
Well, I’ll take my tongue out of Charley Crockett’s ass long enough to report that there’s no indication Charley Crockett’s tour isn’t selling through well, or that he’s “not selling albums.” Not that it’s relevant to anything going on here, but Crockett’s career has seen him playing in larger and larger venues, and there’s no reason to think his career is circling the drain.
Again, I don’t really know what’s going on here, and most definitely leave open the possibility the album got pulled because Crockett did not follow the rules of his contract. Whatever praise I might have given Crockett in this new article certainly doesn’t raise to the level of hate you shared in your comment.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:25 pm
Selling albums, or tickets, against a debt is the problem,
Willie Nelson worked a deal. Charley is trying to, but he is not Willie.
He will never have that one hit song that gets the ball rolling. He can’t sing.
17 albums and nothing.
May 7, 2026 @ 10:46 am
This is all likely one issue. Charley signed a deal he didn’t understand (Carley’s fault? His manager? his lawyer?, who knows). He gets pissed off when they execute the contract. Then, because he likely doesn’t know what his contact says, he releases Clovis and violates his contract. Back to being pissed off
May 7, 2026 @ 12:32 pm
What’s the point of this? If you can successfully identify any fault on the part of Charley Crockett then you don’t want this album to be available for people to listen to? You want record labels to not allow artists to release music the artist wants to release? You want corporations controlling our lives and taking our money? What’s the desire to find any reason to blame Charley Crockett? Why do you want to do that?
May 7, 2026 @ 2:05 pm
Good grief.
Record labels only have power over someone’s music if they sign a contract. Want to release anything you want? Don’t sign a deal with stipulations.
Want a proven platform with professional oversight, paperwork – see Crockett’s denial at the Canadian border – and financial backing? Then, the folks writing the checks are going to want a say.
May 7, 2026 @ 10:46 am
I’m wondering if there’s a stipulation in his Island contract that says that Island has any rights to music recorded under their contract. That’d make them able to release something like a “Sagebrush Triology” box set with outtakes and demos on a 10th anniversary or something.
Maybe not, but it’s the first thing that came to my mind.
May 7, 2026 @ 11:30 am
Good point Andrew. We know he recorded Clovis when he was still with Island, assuming his contract did not end until after Age of the Ram was released. Maybe they have a “first right of refusal” or something. I still think the more likely scenario is there was a stipulation saying he could release new music for a certain period after his final album. But we don’t really know. I continue to shake trees for more info.
May 7, 2026 @ 7:17 pm
Whatever it is, you would think that Charley and his management would have some sort of an idea about a contract that clearly outlines what he can and cannot do in a situation like this…grace period to release new music, etc, the first right of refusal, etc.
No matter the situation, it seems like someone just didn’t know what they were doing or Charley wanted to try his hand at being a real outlaw and breaking a rule.
Thanks for trying to dig up what’s going on, I’m sure we’ll get the full story soon.
May 7, 2026 @ 12:22 pm
Pretty pathetic how easily people allow their personal dislike of someone to make them root for corporations to further enrich themselves and exploit other people. But that’s the country in a nutshell. Can complain about rich men north of Richmond all you want but the second any person is kind of annoying people instantly start rooting for the rich men north of Richmond.
You are a worker who is competing with the wealthy for finite resources. Stop turning on other people doing the same thing just because you found their cowboy aesthetic kind of lame.
May 7, 2026 @ 1:07 pm
Well said.
I’m not willing to remove any fault from Charley Crockett yet because I still don’t exactly know what’s going on. But the rooting interests over this issue have been very strange.
May 8, 2026 @ 12:37 pm
Nobody’s rooting for corporations, and nobody’s getting rich off this guy’s albums – we’re just not rooting for an obvious gaslighting narcissist. The guy’s made sympathy-farming from stans who think he’s “the real deal”, the cornerstone of his business model.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:04 pm
Trig, I knew Dale Watson and Jann Browne when they were signed to Curb years ago. Jann called it the Curb Artist Protection plan because the singer signs, disappears and is never heard from again.
I wonder if Island was pressuring Charley to do something he didn’t want to do that wasn’t in his contract.
May 7, 2026 @ 8:50 pm
What bothers me about this whole Canada business is that he had been allowed in five times previously including once just a few months ago with Leon Bridges so what was different this time?
And are artists really supposed to be responsible for paperwork? Shouldn’t a big time agent at CAA have someone who takes care of stuff like that? Artists should only be responsible for showing up and playing, and some of them can’t even be trusted to do that. I just don’t see an artist being expected to handle their own immigration paperwork when some of them are barely literate.
May 7, 2026 @ 9:02 pm
Charley’s ticket sales were exceptionally bad in Canada, so he cancelled the tour and they made up a story.
A Cowboy in London was another very bad career move.
Charley belongs on the rest home circuit.
Imposter syndrome cuts both ways.
May 7, 2026 @ 9:43 pm
Charley Crockett paid to haul two tour busses and a semi truck full of gear from Texas to Canada, all of which made it across the border, with Crockett being the only thing not allowed to cross. After this imploded his tour, he went ahead and paid his entire band and crew for the whole tour, even though not a single note was played, and all the revenue was lost.
Also, stop trolling these comments sections, or I will stop it for you. Say your peace and move on.
May 8, 2026 @ 5:27 pm
I agree. It would have been much easier and way less expensive to come down with a case of the blue dot flu a week before the tour was scheduled to start. Charley could make it sound serious by claiming his cardiologist advised him against traveling. I don’t see him spending so much money and risking alienating his fans by letting it go to the last minute.
May 8, 2026 @ 9:18 am
What changed?
Well, if I had to guess it might have something to do with the 47th President trolling Canada for 18 months by calling them the “51st State”.
Just a hunch. Keep in mind as well that in order to get tariff relief for Canada’s Ag and Lumber industries, Canada pledged to dramatically ramp up their Border Security apparatuses.
Wouldn’t shock me if these 2 things were part of the reason Crockett was previously allowed in and this last time wasn’t.
I would expect all Americans – artists or not – to get much, much, much stricter screening to get into Canada since our top elected official talks about them as if he is a 14 year old boy on 4chan.
May 8, 2026 @ 1:08 pm
Yeah, that thought occurred to a lot of people but it seems a little conspiracy-theory-ish. I did think that it doesn’t bode well for other artists with similar problems.
May 9, 2026 @ 8:25 am
“Canada pledged to dramatically ramp up their Border Security apparatuses.”
The Canadian government isn’t this smart. There’s more to the story. Tons of artists have entered Canada for tours since Charley was denied entry.
May 8, 2026 @ 12:44 am
If you want to buy it, Qubuz still has it available to download as of 2:40 AM CDT on 5-7-2026. Go get it before it gets pulled from there.
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/clovis-charley-crockett/cq2enoo8vai54
May 8, 2026 @ 11:18 am
I downloaded it 2 days ago. I never stream music except the playlists I make for where I work. Great album, playing it right now. Some of the comments about him are just plain comical. I only care about the music.
May 8, 2026 @ 1:36 pm
Maybe this can be a lesson that if you actually want to support an artist, buy their music and don’t lease it (streaming). I paid for the download and own it in perpetuity. I have deliberately avoided the Napsters, Pandoras, and Spotifys over the decades that pilfer, if not outright steal, from musicians. I can understand those platforms to perhaps discover new music, but once you know you like an artist, the most basic and sincere thing you can do it BUY THEIR MUSIC, and then go to their shows. The price of digital album downloads haven’t increased over the past two decades, meaning when factored for inflation, we are paying 40% less today for digital music than we did 20 years ago. $.83 per song on average for music you can own and enjoy forever is a miniscule price to pay. F**k Spotify!
May 8, 2026 @ 5:57 pm
I agree. I use streaming and YouTube to check out new stuff and buy the digital version of what I really like. I’m not buying any more CDs because I’m old and trying to get rid of clutter, not collect more.