Charley Crockett New Album “Clovis” Pulled From Streaming
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Streaming service users in the United States and elsewhere noticed on Wednesday afternoon (5-6) that all the tracks on ‘Clovis’ were greyed out, if the album could be found at all.
Guitarist Eric Peterson Taking Break from Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
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Guitarist Eric Peterson has been Sarah Shook’s right hand man for nearly a dozen years, first playing a gig with her on Halloween in 2010, and since then, following her from numerous projects, and being a founding member of The Disarmers.
Charles Wesley Godwin Premiers Video for Resilient “Strong”
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Charles Wesley Godwin’s latest album ‘How The Might Fall’ is the reigning Saving Country Music Album of the Year, and it was named as such because of songs like “Strong,” which so poignantly express the experiences and struggles many of us face.
Willie Nelson’s “Little Sister” Bobbie Has Passed Away
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She was known as “Sister Bobbie” in the Willie Nelson universe, and Willie always referred to her affectionately as “Little” Sister Bobbie, even though she was two years her senior. For nearly half a century, she accompanied her little brother on piano as part of Willie Nelson’s Family Band, and played on countless of his […]
Album Review – Dolly Parton’s “Run, Rose, Run”
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‘Run, Rose, Run’ deserves to be graded on a curve because it’s meant as a complement to a novel, not a standalone feature. But even without running opinions through the love we all have in our hearts for everything Dolly Parton, ‘Run, Rose, Run’ includes some quality songs.
Pioneering Country Songwriter Jimbeau Hinson Has Died
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Most certainly, country music has always been a bastion for more conservative and traditional viewpoints, for the most part. But there has always been exceptions and counter-balances within that narrative, expressing a lot more open-mindedness in the industry.
Hank Williams Jr. Announces 2022 Tour Dates
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Hank Jr. doesn’t play a whole lot of live engagements these days. He’d rather be in a deer blind or on a turkey shoot, or beside a body of water with a pole in his hand. But he will be will be getting after it this summer, and rest assured these tickets will be sought after.
Amazon’s ACM Awards Forget Rural Fans Resulting in Tech Issues
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There was a pretty catastrophic oversight by both the ACM Awards and Amazon in their streaming awards show experiment, and one that alienated the most key demographic for a presentation such as the ACM Awards: country fans who live in the country.
Shooter Jennings Is Stepping Away from Touring
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The writing has been on the wall for a while, but over the weekend Shooter Jennings made it official: he’s stepping away from touring as a solo performer indefinitely to focus more on the production side of music where his career has been focused more and more.
The 2022 ACM Awards LIVE Blog
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Though the plan was to retire this particular annual live event commentary amid the rapid decline of popular award shows and the lack of interest they create, since this year the ACM’s are making a seismic shift to streaming online through Amazon Prime…
Album Review – Matt Castillo’s “How The River Flows”
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Take your favorite traditional 90’s country vibes, mix them with a good measure of strongly-written songs in the Texas music tradition, and spice it up with a just little bit of south Texas Tejano squeezebox flavor, and what you have is the latest album from Matt Castillo.
On Blake Shelton Pondering Retirement
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The best in country music don’t make music because they want to. They make country music because they have to. It’s not a means to an end financially. It’s a requisite emotionally and spiritually. Making country music is how a true country music artist unburdens their soul.
Billy Strings Adds New Tour Dates, Jams w/ Bob Weir, Les Claypool
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We are living in the era of Billy Strings in bluegrass music, and it won’t be long before that is so self-evident it’s trite to say, and his popularity and influence spills over into the popular culture realm at large. Gone already are the days of seeing him in clubs or on side stages .