Daniel Donato Readies New Cosmic Country Album “Horizons”
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If you pride yourself in being a distinguishing connoisseur of the greatest country music, you probably don’t need to be told to immediately put this near the top of your list for anticipated 2025 releases.
Album Review – Randall King’s “Shot Glass”
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If you want to hear the continuation of country music that sounds like the stuff George Strait and Alan Jackson released in the late 80’s into the 90’s, Randall King takes the crown. This isn’t “90’s INSPIRED” country. This isn’t some retro gimmick or hipster put-on.
Willie Nelson Is At Home in Luck (a Reunion Recap)
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By the time Willie Nelson lit into “On The Road Again,” he was in top form and didn’t want to stop. He ended up going beyond the time originally allotted for his set, of course finishing with a Gospel medley where numerous other performers.
Finally: Jamey Johnson Invited to Be Grand Ole Opry Member
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It has been a very long time coming. But justice has finally has been served, and everything is right in the country music world as Jamey Johnson has finally been invited to become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. Invited during Saturday night’s Opry…
Album Review – Charlie Sutton’s “Trout Takes”
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What is it about the act of fishing that just makes everything else seem right with the world? It’s the leaving of worries behind. It’s the communion with nature. It’s the thrill of the bite, the bend in the rod, the fight with the reel, and landing the big one.
Vincent Neil Emerson & John R. Miller Announce Joint Tour
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Well hot damn. If you wanted to see two of just about the best songwriters out there at the moment together, Vincent Neil Emerson and John R. Miller have just announced a joint tour of intimate venues that will be worth suffering a hangover at work the next day for.
Album Review – ERNEST’s “Flower Shops (The Album)”
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Who could have predicted that the hottest new things in country music would be pudgy songwriter dudes with mononyms. No, this isn’t HARDY. He’s the dorky-looking one with the glasses. This is ERNEST. Their rise is almost as improbable as the other hot trend…
Mike & The Moonpies Welcome New Drummer Ahead of Tour
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So who is the newest Moonpie on the backline? His name is Taylor Englert, the band has announced. “Can’t say enough good things about this dude. Happy to have him tearing it up on the drums for us. Y’all help us welcome him to the Mike and the Moonpies family.”
Album Review – Lavender Country’s “Blackberry Rose”
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If you were writing a detailed history on country music, compiling a timeline of significant moments in the genre, or a list of firsts experienced over the years, you would be remiss if you did not at least give mention to Patrick Haggerty and his band Lavender Country.
Laurel Cove Music Festival Offers Best of Appalachian Roots
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Over the last few years, we all haven’t been able to stop harping on all the great country music talent coming out of the greater Appalachian region, from Kentucky, to West Virginia, to the Commonwealth, to south and eastern Ohio. One festival has its finger squarely on the pulse.
Of Course Dolly Parton Turned Down Her Rock Hall Nomination
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Boy did I catch some hell for having the audacity to say that despite all of our love for the great and powerful Dolly Parton—which should be taken as a given simply by evoking her name—she didn’t deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At least not yet.
50 Years Ago: Ronald Reagan Pardons Merle Haggard
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It’s one of the most legendary origin stories in country music history. Merle Haggard from Bakersfield, California was engaging in a life of petty crime while trying to make it as a guitar player and singer until he committed one petty crime too many, and a judge threw the book at him.
Album Review – Ned LeDoux’s “Buckskin”
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Instead of Ned LeDoux trying to fight the idea that he’s a protégé of his famous father—rodeo champion and country performer Chris LeDoux—he’s embraced that role, and found his home in the style his father pioneered, and that Ned helped perform as the drummer.