Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” Isn’t a Hit. It’s a New Phenomenon
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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.
Album Review – Stephen Wilson Jr.’s “søn of dad”
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In a true procrastinator’s fashion, I have waited until the final dying moments of the year to tackle 2023’s most difficult album to review, and the one that will include some of the most dissenting viewpoints from prevailing sentiments.
The Saving Country Music 2023 Song of the Year
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Perhaps the best barometer of how people are doing boils down to one very simple question: Are people living, or are people dying? When it comes to life expectancy in the United States, the answer is that people are dying.
“Where Ya Been” Film About the Life of Luke Bell On The Way
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Some inspired filmmakers have set out to tell the story of Luke Bell. Directors Kevin Romeo and Matt Bakken of Rhino Media have taken the idea that someone should preserve Luke Bell’s legacy in full.
Post Malone’s Foray Into Country Isn’t Going Well So Far
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Boy didn’t the idea of Post Malone making a big country album or releasing country songs seem like a sexy idea over the last few years. Back in 2020 when he was running around in T-shirts from Tyler Childers.
Album Review – “Merry Christmas From Jon Pardi”
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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 Dixie Chicks Member Laura Lynch Dies in Car Accident
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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.
The Saving Country Music 2023 Single of the Year
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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.
Album Review – Ray Scott’s “Billboards & Brake Lights”
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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.
Jelly Roll Could “F*ck A Goat” and Still Not Be Country
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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 Saving Country Music 2023 Artist of the Year
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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.
Country Music’s Best New Artists & Discoveries in 2023
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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.
Album Review – Flatland Cavalry’s “Wandering Star”
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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.