On The Dueling 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Shows
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Just like so much of the packaging and portioning in the American diet, you got twice as much as you needed from the Super Bowl halftime, but only half of the amount of the recommended daily nutrients.
Charley Crockett Offers His Grammy Nomination to the Turnpike Troubadours
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It’s a classy move by Charley Crockett, and perhaps a vote for Charley can be seen as a vote for Turnpike as well, especially since as he rightly points out, it was the Turnpike Troubadours who seeded his career.
All Songs and Artists Featured on ‘Landman’ Season 2 (Running Tab)
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Picking up where Taylor Sheridan’s TV series ‘Yellowstone’ left off, ‘Landman’ has been instrumental in the rise of independent country artists that mainstream country regularly ignores.
Songwriting Legend Todd Snider Has Died
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The world has lost a light, and of the most unique, interesting, compelling, challenging, mercurial, iconoclastic, and influential songwriters to ever ply the craft. Todd Snider wasn’t just a singer of songs…
Album Review – Colter Wall’s “Memories and Empties”
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Colter Wall doesn’t just play the music, he champions it. He embraces it. He sells its virtues to the audience. That’s what Colter does for traditional country songs on “Memories and Empties.”
From Bad to Catastrophic: MULTIPLE AI Artists Now On Country Chart
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As predicted, the matter of AI artists infiltrating Billboard’s country charts and the music industry in general has gone from bad to absolutely catastrophic in the matter of a singular human-measured week.
Why The Turnpike Troubadours Were Overlooked for the Grammys
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What is it about the Grammy system that doesn’t allow that one consensus album of a given year to rise to the top like it should, like it didn’t for the Turnpike Troubadours in 2025?
Colter Wall Announces New 2026 Tour Dates
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It’s a rarity that that folks can convince Colter Wall to come out of the saddle and play some shows for folks. But with his new album on the way, he’s planning a big tour in early 2026 to help support it.
Album Review – Drake Milligan’s “Tumbleweed”
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Drake Milligan isn’t just ready to follow the neotraditional country resurgence, he’s ready to lead it. With his new album “Tumbleweed,” making it two for two with quality albums.
Cody Johnson, The [Dixie] Chicks, Bruce Robison, and “Travelin’ Soldier”
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Life and country music can be funny sometimes, turning what you think about certain things on their head. Tracing the lineage of the country standard “Travelin’ Soldier” is a good example.
Country Music’s Military Veterans and Those That Support Them
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It’s likely no surprise that there have been so many country musicians who are either veterans themselves, or who’ve answered the call of duty to go above and beyond to honor and assist our active duty military.
Turnpike Troubadours Announce New 2026 Tour Dates
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There’s few experiences like seeing the Turnpike Troubadours in concert, and you just got a few more chances to see them as they’ve extended their “Wild America” tour into 2026.
AI Song Tops Billboard Chart – Why We Need Transparency NOW
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The curse is cast with AI and recorded music. But how about we make this one, easily implementable concession to the human creators who rely on recorded music to make a sustainable living.