Raul Malo – Voice of a Generation, and Mavericks Frontman – Has Died
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Even before his recent, harrowing battle with Cancer, anyone who asked Saving Country Music who the best singer of this generation is would receive back the answer without a hint of hesitation, “Raul Malo.”
Turnpike Troubadours Announce Slew of 2022 Fest Appearances
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If you’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to catch the Turnpike Troubadours on their reunion tour and got locked out of the first round of shows due to the crazy run on tickets, the opportunities to see them live just got a lot more lucrative.
Album Review – Angela Autumn’s “Frontier’s Woman”
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Autumn self-identifies her music simply as “traditional,” which is as apt of a description as any. Sometimes traditional country, other times more Western-styled, still others more old-time before it completely morphed into bluegrass, it’s all is delightfully archaic.
End of an Era: On Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis Announcing Split
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Texas music couple Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis announced the end of their marriage late last week, and with everything else going on, it may have been easy to miss the news, or to maybe gloss over just how significant this news is, and regard it simply as gossip.
Tyler Childers & Robert Earl Keen to Share Stage One More Time
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Kentucky songwriter Tyler Childers and Texas songwriter Robert Earl Keen have enjoyed a maybe somewhat unexpected, but sincere kismet over the last few years that has seen the two tour Texas together and collaborate during a big Red Rocks show in 2019.
Ray Wylie Hubbard Calls Upon More Friends in ‘Co-Starring Too’
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Well if it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it. And with the extended Rolodex of influences and acolytes Ray Wylie Hubbard has assembled, why not release a sequel? That’s what Ray Wylie will do on March 18th, 2022 with another list of excellent collaborators.
Album Review – The Whitmore Sisters – “Ghost Stories”
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Blood harmonies and sister singers set the very foundation for American roots music, and country music specifically. There’s just something so elemental to the intimacy of this sound that it awakens dormant emotions untouchable by other sonic instruments and musical practices.
Molly Tuttle Leans Heavy Into Bluegrass on New Album ‘Crooked Tree’
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“I always knew I wanted to make a bluegrass record someday,” Molly Tuttle says, and so did the rest of us. Yet strangely, it had never come to pass until now. Already considered a titan of the bluegrass discipline as a two-time winner of the IBMA’s Guitarist of the Year…
Corb Lund To Toast Peers in New Album “Songs My Friends Wrote”
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Like any true country cowboy troubadour, Canada’s Corb Lund spends his days herding cattle and bucking hay, and then spends his nights scratching out tunes around the kitchen table in dirty Carhartt’s with callused hands.
Dolly Parton to Release New Album and Novel “Run, Rose, Run”
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Dolly Parton is celebrating her 76th birthday today, January 19th. And the Country music legend, actor, benefactor, altruist, cultural icon, and queen to many will also soon add novelist to her resume when she releases the novel (and album) “Run, Rose, Run.”
Charley Crockett Announces Spring ’22 Tour w/ Vincent Neil Emerson
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Reigning Saving Country Music Artist of the Year Charley Crockett continues to be the hardest working man in country, pumping out records at a two-per-year clip (don’t be surprised if there’s two more in 2022), and he’s just announced a slew of new tour dates.
Forgiveness For Me But Not For Thee: On Jason Isbell & George Jones
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Just like so many of the characters in today’s popular music space, Jason Isbell has transformed from one of the most universally-revered independent artists of our time, to being reviled by large swaths of the listening population for his active and often ostentatious displays.
Album Review – Matt Maverick’s “American Dream”
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If you’re a true country fan and can appreciate the Tyler Childers and Charles Wesley Godwins of the world that are all the rage at the moment, but really prefer country music that reminds you more of George Strait and Alan Jackson, Matt Maverick will be down your alley.