The 2025 Saving Country Music Songwriter of the Year
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“Songwriter.” Many people can claim the skill, whether it’s on an amateur or professional level. Few reach the point where they become synonymous with the term, and recognized universally as a titan of the discipline.
A Country Fan Remembers Shane MacGowan of The Pogues (RIP)
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It’s hard for a country fan to not get a little misty-eyed and reminisce fondly upon this man who contributed grandly to the traditional roots music world, despite his personal struggles.
Album Review – Jaime Wyatt’s “Feel Good”
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Jaime Wyatt is the kickass Outlaw lady of Americana who once robbed her drug dealer and did hard time in the California penitentiary before using country music to turn her life around and tell her story.
Viral Hank Williams Jr. Quote About Garth Brooks Revealed as Fake
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Garth Brooks is once again drawing ire from the public for doing a very Garth-like thing. But a viral quote falsely attributed to Hank Williams Jr. is just the latest canard to make the rounds on social media.
Album Review – Low Water Bridge Band’s “Back to the Valley”
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The Low Water Bridge Band embodies the very kind of roots-based sound and insistence on quality songwriting that has spearheaded the country music insurgency bursting out from country music’s mother land.
Bassist Jimbo Hart Leaves Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit
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One of the long-time members of Jason Isbell’s backing band The 400 Unit has officially left the outfit. Bassist Jimbo Hart has been part of the 400 Unit since the official formation of the band in 2008.
Album Review – The Wilder Blue’s “Super Natural”
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To call The Wilder Blue a “group” that makes “music” just feels a little … inadequate. It doesn’t properly articulate the experience of seeing these guys perform. Even labeling them a “supergroup” still feels inferior…
Wyatt Flores Has The “It” Factor
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Wyatt Flores has everything many of the other guy don’t, which is a refined ear, a more polished sound, and an actual production sense, while still delivering those cutting lines.
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#131)
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Before you get bombarded with Christmas music for the rest of 2023, let’s run down some of the best songs from the latest releases in country and roots music you can be guaranteed mainstream radio won’t play.
The Iconic and Cringe of Dolly Parton’s Thanksgiving Performance
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s it possible for a performance to feel unquestionably iconic and memorable, and still cringey at the same time? Because that’s how one may feel about Dolly Parton on Thanksgiving, 2023.
Mike and the Moonpies Look to Start a New Thanksgiving Tradition
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There aren’t many songs about Thanksgiving, and even the songs that mention it aren’t really about the Holiday itself as much as something that happened on it. Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant Massacre” is a good example.
Album Review – Daniel Donato’s “Reflector”
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Prepare yourself for one of the most interesting, omnivorous, and immersive experiences that you can discover in music that still claims an allegiance to “country.” It’s Daniel Donato’s “Reflector.”
On Dolly Parton Playing The Thanksgiving Halftime Show
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Dolly Parton may be a living country legend, but the reason she landed this gig is she just released her new rock album called “Rockstar,” fulfilling a promise to those who voted for her to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.