Dissecting ‘The New York Times’ Top 100 Songwriters Poll
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The New York Times did do something last week to help address the continuing controversy around their songwriters list, and it became an excellent illustration of the deeper cultural rot at the heart of elite music coverage.
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.
It’s now Dr. Jamey Johnson To You, Thank You Very Much
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“I was gonna write a speech,” Johnson said as he took the podium. “But like everything else I did while I was here at Jacksonville State I have procrastinated until the last possible second.”
Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Becomes Worthy Television Special (Review)
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Many Willie songs were sung, some legendary collaborations ensued, Miranda Lambert’s fringe was longer than Snoop Dogg’s spliff, and pound for pound, it was more entertaining than any country music awards show.
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#132)
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Take a breather from bad Christmas music to get a head start on some of the best music that’s coming out ahead of the new year. Some of the best stuff in 2023 was released in the final weeks and months.
20 Years Ago: The Tragic Death of Gary Stewart
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There is perhaps no artist, no performer in the history of country music whose impact, influence, appeal, and footprint so far outpaced the recognition he received in life and death than Gary Stewart.