Legendary Texas Tornados Member Speedy Sparks Has Died
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Speedy Sparks was like the patron saint, and was thought of in no less regard than the legendary performers he had the pleasure of performing with over the years.
Sunny Sweeney Gets Ready for a “Rhinestone Requiem”
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Taking time from touring and recording her shows for SiriusXM’s Outlaw channel and Willie’s Roadhouse, Sunny Sweeney is readying the release of her latest album “Rhinestone Requiem.”
Beloved Country Drummer Mark Laws Murdered in Home Shooting
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Tragic news out of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee as it’s been confirmed that beloved country music drummer, bandleader, producer, and studio owner Mark Laws was murdered in a domestic dispute on May 25th.
DelFest 2025 Showcases The Best in Bluegrass and Beyond
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DelFest, held on Memorial day weekend each year in Cumberland, Maryland at the Allegheny County Fairgrounds is now in its 16th year and going strong.
Shaboozey’s Right & Wrong to Side Eye Carter Family as Country’s “Inventor”
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In the teleprompter copy that Megan Moroney read, she also said “…and this award went to The Carter Family, who basically invented country music.” This inspired a side-eyed look from Shaboozey.
Garth Brooks Jokes Don’t Land in Tom Segura Comedy Series
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Through the six episodes, Tom Segura portrays dark characters in “unthinkable situations and fantasies.” One such character is a “global country music superstar” who kidnaps his own fans named Rex Henley.
Album Review – Morgan Wallen’s “I’m The Problem”
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“I’m The Problem” sounds like 37 slightly different versions of the same song over and over. resulting in a grayish goulash of a mono-genre sound for many of these tracks.
Album Review – Sam Stoane’s “Tales Of The Dark West”
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Even if you weren’t a fan of country and Western music previously, after a spin through “Tales Of The Dark West,” you’ll be wearing out your friends and family about its beauty. Like the feminine version of Colter Wall.
Lainey Wilson Offers Up Her Summer Song, “Somewhere Over Laredo”
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In the coming weeks, the country music candidates for what will be considered the 2025 “Song of the Summer” will start to align, and Lainey Wilson has offered up a new single that certainly could find itself in contention.
Alex Williams to Make Hair Metal Into Country on New Album
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Bust out the leopard print spandex, grow out the ol’ hairdo and kink it out with a curly permanent, and steal your sister’s eyeliner and rouge because it’s time to fully embrace the hair metal era again.
Album Review – Ken Pomeroy’s “Cruel Joke”
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Both Ken Pomeroy and her new album “Cruel Joke” are quickly being offered up by the initiated whenever names are requested for the best new music discoveries.
We All Know Where This Gavin Adcock Thing Is Headed
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It’s not necessarily the music of Gavin Adcock that has become so predictable that it veers into the realm of cliché. It’s his behavioral pattern that we have seen play out in music ad nauseum.
Catalog of Songwriting Legend Mickey Newbury Finally Being Reissued
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Mickey Newbury is one of the most criminally-overlooked, though critically-important songwriters in American history. Though he’s most often associated with country music, his songs and influence span across multiple genres.