June 26th, 2026 is a BIG Day for New Albums. Here’s Your Guide
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Once again we’re starring into the face of one of those big album release days where the amount of top flight records is so intimidating, it’s worth stopping down and highlighting each one so you don’t miss something.
25 Years Ago: Trisha Yearwood vs. LeAnn Rimes in “How Do I Live”
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The story of how we got two versions of the same song is pretty crazy. It starts with hit songwriter Diane Warren, actually wrote the song to be considered for the soundtrack for the 1997 action movie starring Nicholas Cage called Con Air.
Legendary Guitarist, Singer, and Entertainer Thom Bresh Dies
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There are many things Thom Bresh will be remembered for, because he did so many remarkable things in his life. He was a Grammy-nominated recording artist and performer, a stuntman, an actor, a comedian, a television show host, and an engineer and producer.
Album Review – Zach Bryan’s “American Heartbreak”
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34 songs? Hell, why not. Stroke your chin and espouse all the conventional wisdom about music that you want, including what a boner Zach Bryan is pulling here with this hard drive dump of an album. Then sit back and watch as this thing tops the charts.
Beloved Community Resource ‘Keep Austin Country’ Returns
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Unfortunately, as life got in the way for the folks running Keep Austin Country, it just sort of faded out over time. But now Austin-based artist manager Kurt Whitley is looking to revitalize the effort, and will be officially relaunching Keep Austin Country on June 1st.
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#102)
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The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist is built to keep you informed on all the best songs and albums coming out right here, right now in country and roots music. It’s available on most all streaming formats. New songs just added.
Sting Endears Himself to True Country Crowd on Nashville Trip
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World famous Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sting was in Nashville on Wednesday, May 18th to perform at the city’s Ascend Amphitheater, just a short walk down from Lower Broadway. And along with being one of the most famous bass players, Sting is also a country music fan.
Ronnie Dunn’s New Album ‘100 Proof Neon’ is One To Look Out For
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90s country is back on the upswing, and either you can get your fix from some new performer who was still soiling their diapers or learning multiplication tables when Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn were dominating country radio, or you can go to the source.
Album Review – Family Shiloh’s “At the Cold Copper Ranch”
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With this album, Family Shiloh isn’t running through folk and bluegrass standards, relying on the advanced skill of the teenagers and the cuteness of the youngest members to earn your applause. This is a conceptualized work of all original songs.
Album Review – Orville Peck’s “Bronco”
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Powerfully evoking stirring elements of American music mythology, pairing them up with a superior understanding of style and presentation, and delivering it all to the rafters with a soaring voice, Orville Peck has taken what should have been a niche-appealing music, and…
Um, Kane Brown Loves What “Like Country Music”?
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If Kane Brown loves his woman like he loves country music as he says in his new song, that means he’s sleeping with her sister and gave them both a case of chlamydia that he contracted from some floozie he picked up in a bar. “Toxic” to say the least.
Reflecting on the 2022 Country Music Hall of Fame Class
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You have to be happy with this class overall. Certainly, you can look over the elongated list of other potential inductees that grows even longer every year due to the Hall of Fame’s austere approach to induction, and do a healthy level of second guessing.
Jerry Lee Lewis Is Newest Inductee to Country Music Hall of Fame
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Great balls of fire! Piano playing madman and American music legend Jerry Lee Lewis is the newest inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame in the Veteran’s Era category. The announcement came Tuesday morning (5-17) at a press conference in the Hall of Fame rotunda in Nashville.