The Turnpike Troubadours will be taking their Saving Country Music 2025 Album of the Year The Price of Admission, and their Song of the Year “Heaven Passing Through” on the road in 2026.
What else was Vince Gill going to say to a loaded, ambush question? He wasn’t going to say, “No, Taylor Swift’s pop and her music sucks.” He’s Vince Gill, and will give a Vince Gill answer. But the problem wasn’t Vince’s answer.
Yes, there are new, never before heard recordings from the “Gentle Giant” Don Williams on the way. And no, this is not a false alarm, or some AI gimmick. These are genuine unearthed recordings from the Don Williams vault.
He was the heartbeat of Colter Wall’s backing band The Scary Prairie Boys for over a decade. But beyond all of this, Jason Simpson was a valued member of the music community in Kentucky.
SXSW continues to be both an enigma and a mess. But Saving Country Music continues to approach the event like it was initially meant to be: to discover and reveal musical talent that deserves more recognition.
The records just keep on coming for Ella Langley and her mega hit “Choosin’ Texas.” But this one might be the biggest of them all, taking Ella somewhere that no woman in country music has ever gone before.
When you’ve expended all of the plaudits and accolades due to a career that’s nearing the century mark in tenure, you’re resigned to only one word left to describe greatness: Willie.
From Albany, Kentucky right near the Tennessee border, Colton Bowlin brings those homespun, sincere country sentiments to sounds that infuse the original influences of Appalachian music into more modern expressions.
Ronnie Bowman was severely injured on Saturday afternoon, March 21st in Ashland City, TN. He was transported to Nashville’s Vanderbilt Hospital for treatment where he passed away around 3:00 pm on Sunday.
As part of an ill-conceived marketing plan to promote the new venue and shows, Live Nation hired a company who went around Nashville stenciling graffiti-style advertisements for The Truth on sidewalks.
A large group of Todd Snider understudies, contemporaries, and fans assembled to remember Todd who passed away in November. Nothing about Todd Snider was ever “typical,” and neither could any tribute to Todd be.
Songwriting is such an essential part of the country music experience that every three years, the Country Music Hall of Fame inducts an individual who is specifically known for writing songs. In 2026, it’s Paul Overstreet.
Tim McGraw is your 2026 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee in the Modern Era category. And though perusing over his numbers, it’s hard to say the accolade is not justified, it also feels a little strange…
Everything seems just a little more right in the country music world now that it’s been announced that The Stanley Brothers will be the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Alright, it wasn’t officially Kris Kristofferson. It was his character John Norman Howard from the 1976 version of the music film A Star Is Born. But it still has gone down in history as a legendary moment.
It’s always great to see the legends of country music’s past being paid tribute. That’s what will happen on March 30th at the Mother Church of Country Music as a host of performers are coming together to honor Tammy Wynette.
The announcement will come via a press conference from the Hall of Fame rotunda in Nashville. Hall of Fame inductee Marty Stuart will be hosting the announcement, and it will be live streamed online.
During Shooter’s search for unreleased gold, he also came across the original recordings of lines of “The Balladeer” for the first two episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard, complete with instrumental tracks.
If it wasn’t for Ray Benson and his long-running band Asleep At The Wheel, the term “Western Swing” might have been completely forgotten in the country music lexicon, let alone the vocabulary of America.
Cody Jinks is not letting go of his beef with who and what is being characterized as “Outlaw.” On (3-17), Cody Jinks once again took to social media after doing more research into the ‘They Called Us Outlaws’ documentary.
All of the marketing ahead of its release made us believe this would be some sort of Gavin Adcock traditional country covers album, with a host of other artists participating. That’s not exactly what you get.
The project has ballooned into a 10 part, 11-hour series. Consider it like the Ken Burns Country Music documentary that ran on PBS back in 2019, but dedicated to the Outlaw country movement.
But what Billboard failed to mention whatsoever is how there’s an actual modern Outlaw country scene, as well as an Outlaw country sound that isn’t really that hard to find.
Slack messages between two Live Nation employees illustrate the kind of callous and egregious perspective the company seems to have for everyday consumers, especially when it comes to the company’s fees.