Beloved Country DJ Jeff Hoag Is Officially Out at WSM
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Beloved and long-time DJ Jeff Hoag is out at radio station WSM in Nashville. As the weeknight host of “WSM At Night” as well as the Opry warm up show, Jeff Hoag became a familiar and beloved voice to many fans.
Vandoliers / Shane Smith & The Saints Offer 1st Taste of New Music
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Two bands from Texas who help represent just how diverse and omnivorous the music from Texas can be have just given us the first taste of new music in what will hopefully be two rousing projects to help get us through 2022: The Vandoliers, and Shane Smith & the Saints.
Zach Bryan’s “American Heartbreak” Hits #1, Beats Projections
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Zach Bryan has officially ensconced himself as an independent country music superstar, doing what only a select few other non radio-supported artists have done through grassroots support in the past, which is score a #1 album in country music.
Album Review – Wilco’s “Cruel Country”
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Spoiler alert: This album is not country. Instead, “Cruel Country” is very much a late-career Wilco album, a Jeff Tweedy album, and when you’re expectations are recalibrated to this reality of things, you can actually appreciate this album for what it is.
New Billy Joe Shaver Recording Surfaces, Tribute Planned
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Country Outlaw and songwriting legend Billy Joe Shaver passed away on October 28th, 2020 at the age of 81. But fans of Shaver received a welcomed and unexpected new recording of his classic song “Old Chunk of Coal” that populated across streaming services.
Tyler Childers Goes Bluegrass to Cap Off 2022 DelFest
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Sunday night (5-29), Tyler Childers returned to the main stage of DelFest. But unlike in 2019 when he played a straightforward, daytime supporting set, this time Childers was the headliner backed by the festival’s namesake backing band, The Travelin’ McCourys.
Pioneering Music Legend Ronnie “The Hawk” Hawkins Has Died
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From rockabilly to country, to rock and bluegrass, to blues and R&B, Ronnie Hawkins lived one of the most legendary lives in popular music, with an influence that spanned borders, and eventually continents until it went around the world and back again.
Album Review – Alex Miller’s “Miller Time”
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Undeniably baby faced, but sounding as mature as anyone and standing at an imposing 6’5″, young Alex Miller is here to re-instill your faith in the future of the country music genre, and maybe in life itself. The Kentucky native is definitely country.
Yeah, I’ve Heard of Jelly Roll
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Well now, it appears that Nashville has a new toy. His name is Jelly Roll, and a pseudo “country” song of his called “Son of a Sinner” has been slowly creeping up the country radio charts, causing the usual suspects who love to pontificate about paradigm shifts in country.
Jesse Daniel’s “My Kind of Country” Tour Is One Not To Miss
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If the musical experience you most cherish is being in a honky tonk, listening to honky-tonk music, with a bunch of fellow honky-tonkers, seeing a guy or gal that probably should be on a stage two or three times larger, the Jesse Daniel experience is the perfect fit for you.
Beloved Founder of Flora-Bama, Joe Gilchrist, Has Died
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There are a few iconic places that mean so much more to the country music world than the four walls and roof that comprise them. One of those places is the Flora-Bama Lounge, Package, and Oyster Bar on Perdido Key, with the state line of Florida and Alabama.
YES! Roger Miller’s Classic Albums Finally Coming to Digital Realm
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Starting on Friday, May 27th, Capitol Nashville/UMe is going to begin re-issuing Roger Miller’s albums originally released on Mercury, MCA, and Smash Records available for the first time via streaming and download. They will be releasing three new titles every month this summer.
This Feels Big: The War & Treaty Sign with UMG Nashville
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It wasn’t like Michael and Tanya Trotter, known together as The War And Treaty, were struggling for attention and support or something. But signing with a major Nashville label is always significant.