40 Years Ago: The Love Story of Keith Whitley and Lorrie Morgan Begins
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If you want something done in country music, give it to Lorrie Morgan to do. Things that on paper might have seemed impossible, Lorrie Morgan has pulled off, and multiple times now.
Hopefully New Linda Ronstadt Biopic Doesn’t Gloss Over Country Era
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The screenplay writers for the biopic have yet to be revealed, but one hopes that they don’t just gloss over or speed through Linda Ronstandt’s time in country music at the start of her career.
Get Noeline Hofmann On Your Radar Now
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Specializing in what she characterizes as “Wild Rose Country Music,” she’s taken time from punching cattle on the Canadian prairie in Southern Alberta to perform at key festivals in the area, while also cutting videos.
Remembering “Grievous Angel” by Gram Parsons 50 Years Later
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Upon the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of “Grievous Angel,” it’s not considered hyperbole; it’s considered an empirical truth that Grievous Angel was a generationally important work of country music.
Evan Felker of the Turnpike Troubadours to Play Rare Club Residency
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Evan Felker has gone on acoustic tours in the past, including with Rhett Miller of the Old 97s. But the primary songwriter for the Turnpike Troubadours hasn’t played a space this intimate in years.
Country & Cajun Legend Jo-El Sonnier Dies After Performance
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Grammy-winning country and Cajun singer, and accordion and guitar player Jo-El Sonnier was a true keeper of the flame in American roots music, and a rare soul who put the preservation of the music before anything else.
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#133)
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It’s a new year with new singles and a lot of new albums on the way. If the stuff we’re getting early in 2024 is any indication, it’s going to be another good year for good country music.
Brit Taylor’s Going “Kentucky Bluegrassed”
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“I always knew that, at some point in my career, I’d make a bluegrass album,” Brit Taylor says. “I grew up in the East Kentucky hills surrounded by incredible pickers and listening to bluegrass with my Papaw Hillard.”
On Tyler Childers Charting on Mainstream Country Radio
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This week, the Tyler Childers song “In Your Love” appeared at #50 on the MediaBase country radio chart, as well as #50 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, marking the first appearance for Childers on either index.
Billy Strings Adds Dates to 2024 Arena Tour
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They’re putting Billy Strings in arenas, and he’s still selling them out. Nothing seems to stop the insatiable appetite for Billy Strings live, and if you’ve seen him live yourself, you know why.
60 Years Ago: Roger Miller Revolutionizes Country with 1:42 Song
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There are only a few instances in the history of country music when a song and a songwriter came along and released something so revolutionary, it changed the possibilities of what country music could be.
Clear Hypocrisy in Maren Morris Collaborating with Diplo
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When Maren Morris chose to collaborate with Diplo on the new song “42,” she chose to look the other way from Diplo’s extremely checkered past when it comes to his treatment of women leading up to the present tense.
Jesse Daniel’s Taking New “Workin’ Hard” Song on the Road
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Traditional country artist Jesse Daniel has a big 2024 ahead of him, and it’s due to all the hard work he’s put in over the last few years. Many have taken a shining to Jesse Daniel due to his work ethic and real word honesty.