Shakey Graves Plays Free Show at Sagebrush Ahead of New Album
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Shakey Graves has long been one of the success stories of the Austin music scene. And even though he’s headlining festivals and packing out theaters coast to coast, he’s not too big to forget where he came from.
True Grit (Cody Jinks, Charles Wesley Godwin) Acquired by WME
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There has been yet another huge shakeup in the world of independent country music, and Texas-based booking and management agencies. True Grit Talent Agency has been acquired by WME.
Album Review – Zach Bryan – (Self-Titled)
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Zach Bryan deftly and poignantly encapsulates the sincerest feelings of people that they can’t begin to express themselves. When they listen to his songs, it’s like staring straight into their very souls.
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#126)
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The hits keep coming, and the Top 25 Playlist continues to be overloaded with songs that feel essential for the public to be heard. This latest update includes numerous songs that might go down as the best all year.
A Year After His Death, Luke Bell is Not Forgotten
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What the reaction to Luke Bell’s death certified was that he was a candidate to have a posthumous career in the same vein as Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, and other singer/songwriters whose music feels so elemental.
Blackberry Smoke Reveals New Album “Be Right Here” & New Song
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Those who are generally timid of nature, go ahead and turn back now. But for the rest of you who love their music loud and Southern, it’s time to celebrate the announcement of a brand new album from Blackberry Smoke.
Album Review – The Turnpike Troubadours – “A Cat in the Rain”
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The story of the Turnpike Troubadours is one of a victory, where the better angels of a bunch of friends from Tahlequah, Oklahoma refused to allow some moments of weakness and the outside noise to tear asunder something…
Track List Revealed for New Tyler Childers Album “Rustin’ In The Rain”
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On Thursday (8-24), the track list for Tyler Childers’ “Rustin’ In The Rain” was revealed on Spotify’s poorly-named but pretty good “Indigo” playlist. Childers says that the album is mostly love songs, with the deeper tie-in being the mules.
On The Sara Evans Grand Ole Opry Invitation
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Beyond the big headlines and the culture war back-and-forths, the regular rhythms of country music continue on, like the rare but vaunted invitations to join country music’s most storied institution.
Despite Multiple Rape Allegations, Nelly Invited to ACM Honors
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Not only is Nelly not a country artist, his very troubling record with sexual assault accusations makes him the antithesis of the type of person the ACM Honors should be highlighting.
Officially Declaring August 25th, 2023 a Country Music Holiday
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Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. I unilaterally declare that August 25th in the Year of Our Ford 2023 will be officially recognized as a country music holiday, with all right and privileges thereof.
Shot Through The Door: The Police Killing of Mark Capps
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It came as quite a shock in the country music community and beyond on January 5th when the news broke that 4-time Grammy-winning engineer Mark Capps was killed by Nashville SWAT Officers.
Separating Truth from Fiction in Oliver Anthony’s Ascent
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Ever since Oliver Anthony and “Rich Men North of Richmond” went viral, the accusations that he’s an “industry plant” or that his meteoric rise has been the product of “Astroturfing” have been pervasive.