Album Review – “It’s All Her Fault, a Tribute to Cindy Walker”
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It’s a celebration of generations of country women and excellent songwriters, reminding us how important women were to the foundations of country, and how critical they are to preserving those traditions today.
Kentucky Headhunters on 50+ Years in Music Ahead of Master Musicians Fest
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To the unknowing mind, The Kentucky Headhunters name itself might conjure up a slightly negative stereotype of some dangerous backwoods fugitives who would behead outsiders. However, the reality is the complete opposite.
Album Review – Bleu Edmondson’s “To The End”
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Produced by Wade Bowen, Bleu Edmondson’s new album ‘To The End’ is a stunning, bold, and ambitious work that accomplishes in only six songs what some entire discographies often fail to.
New Taylor Sheridan CBS Series ‘The Road’ to Feature Cool Talent
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There’s a new television/competition series coming this fall to CBS, and it has some really cool, and really uncool folks involved in the production, as well as some exciting names participating in the competition itself.
Album Review – Myron Elkins – “Nostalgia For Sale”
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Myron Elkins opens his mouth, and a wormhole appears to a smoky nightclub in blue collar Detroit in the 1970s, or a Muscle Shoals recording session pre air conditioning installation. It’s borderline unbelievable.
Showing Some Love to Ronnie McDowell Amid Health Scare
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With the way country music so summarily casts many of its legends to the side, it can be easy to forget about the legacy of someone like Ronnie McDowell, even if you’d never forget his hit songs.
Telluride Bluegrass 2025: Musical Bliss at 8,700 Feet
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Telluride Bluegrass doesn’t just entertain revelers on a local or regional level. It works as an incubator for talent, a launching pad for stars, and the implications of what transpires both on and off the stage is often momentous.
Review – James McMurtry’s “The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy”
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James McMurtry is such a master class songwriter, you might even hear other songwriters referred to as the “James McMurtry” of their era or region. But James McMurtry is the James McMurtry of James McMurtry’s.
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#160)
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The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist is built to keep you informed on all the best songs and albums coming out right here, right now in country and roots music. It’s available on most all streaming formats.
Zach Top Brings Resurgent Traditional Country to Telluride
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When Top took the stage, the roar was the loudest all weekend, and perhaps one of the loudest heard in the 52-year history of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. After all, this was an arena-level artists playing a 10,000 capacity fest.
Southern Rock Supergroup Toy Factory Project Debuts at Telluride
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Nobody panic. Try to look cool. But what happened in Telluride, Colorado Saturday night (6-21) on the legendary stage in Telluride might be one of the greatest things to happen in Southern rock in the last 25 years.
Zach Top Adds New Tour Dates, Reveals Alter Ego ‘Billy Bottoms’
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There’s just about nothing hotter in country music at the moment than Zach Top. And to meet that demand, he’s released a whole new mess of tour dates that you can be assured will be selling quickly.
Billy Strings’ Mother Dies. He Gives Heartfelt Speech Before Show
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It just happened to be that the universe had brought Billy Strings back to his home state of Michigan right before his mother’s passing. He’s always put family first.