Album Review – Dale Watson’s “Unwanted”
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You see Dale Watson standing up there on stage in your local honky tonk with his pompadour, popped collar, sliding in and out of Lone Star jingles like a pro, and you’d swear he gives up nothing to all the old greats.
Halloween Review – The Bridge City Sinners “Unholy Hymns”
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Halloween isn’t just for trick-or-treaters and haunted houses. It’s a country music holiday too. 364 days of the year, we don’t always have the perfect opportunity to delve into the dark side of country music—the Gothic roots inspired by the sinister revelations of Appalachian folk.
New FOX TV Series to Portray Country Music’s Fictional First Family
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“Monarch” will star Susan Sarandon as the ailing “Queen of Country Music” Dottie Cantrell Roman, Trace Adkins as her husband Albie, and British actress Anna Friel as Nicolette “Nicky” Roman, who is the heiress to the “First Family of Country Music.”
Album Review – Emily Scott Robinson’s “American Siren”
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Emily Scott Robinson is just composing on such elevated wavelengths of articulative insight and poetic delivery, her music is incapable of comparing to contemporaries or falling into platitude, forcing you to draw correlations with vaunted songwriting legends of the past as peers.
Evan Felker & Others Help Rhett Miller Raise Funds for Cystic Fibrosis
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Thursday evening (10-28), Old 97’s frontman Rhett Miller helped organize the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s “Breathe Easy” CF Concert Series featuring a host of cool artists from the country, alt-country and roots world raising money to help find therapeutics and a cure for the disease.
Grand Ole Opry Owners to Buy Austin City Limits Location. Again.
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The owners of the longest-running music radio show in America—The Grand Ole Opry—want to purchase the location of the longest-running music television show in America—Austin City Limits—setting off alarm bells.
Album Review – Swamptooth’s “B-Flat Earth”
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Anchored by blazing instrumentals that are solidly grounded in bluegrass traditions, yet bolstered with enough improvisation to be original, and ample “hooks” to make them accessible, it’s bluegrass that both aficionados will get a kick out of, and amateur listeners will find enjoyable.
The Waylon Jennings Estate Is About to Get a Big Boost
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Announced on Monday, October 26th, The Waylon Jennings estate has partnered with talent agency WME to manage Waylon’s posthumous career moving forward as part of the company’s Legacy Division. The company will manage Waylon’s name, image, likeness, and other assets.
“Mrs. Country Music,” The Pioneering Rose Lee Maphis Has Died
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The final half of the country music couple that was so revered and influential in the business they went by “Mr. and Mrs. Country Music” has passed on. Rose Lee Maphis, who along with her husband Joe Maphis, helped establish the Bakersfield Sound, died on Tuesday, October 26th.
2021 Old Settler’s Fest Features the Present & Future in Country Roots
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pound for pound, the 2021 Old Settler’s Fest lineup conveyed as much entertainment value as any other event you’d find out there, with smart and studious curation that resulted in a stellar lineup and experience for 2021 Old Settler’s goers.
Rolling Stone Editor’s ‘Faster, Louder, Harder’ Promise is a Problem
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Like so many media outlets native to the print realm, Rolling Stone has experienced hard times over the last decade-plus while transitioning to the digital world, and also trying to evolve beyond their original baby boomer readership. Rolling Stone is still one of the most recognized media brands in music and culture, but what it’s […]
70 Years Ago, Hank Williams Records ‘Tear In My Beer’ & it Disappears
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On this night in 1951 when Hank found the time to record the demo for “Tear In My Beer,” and 40 years later when it became a big hit in country, it proved that a good song with a simple sentiment can often withstand the ultimate test of time, and be entered into eternal cultural relevance.
Evan Felker to Play Virtual Show with Rhett Miller of Old 97’s
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All you Turnpike Troubadours fans out there chomping at the bit for anything and everything related to the band, carve out some time on Thursday, October 28th because frontman Evan Felker will be making a very rare live appearance with his old buddy Rhett Miller.