As Predicted, Now They’re Coming for Ella Langley
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It’s her actions, it’s her music, and whatever beliefs she espouses publicly that Ella Langley should be judged on. This guilt by association is irresponsible, reckless, unfounded, and potentially, outright incorrect.
‘Rocky Top’ Banjoist Sonny Osborne of the Osborne Brothers Has Died
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When it comes to the banjo in bluegrass or anywhere else, aside from maybe Earl Scruggs, nobody else has been heard and enjoyed more than Sonny Osborne of The Osborne Brothers. Both prolific and influential, the Osborne Brothers rendition of the iconic song “Rocky Top.”
Joshua Ray Walker Gets National TV Opp Singing National Anthem
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Sunday, October 24th was the running of North America’s only stop on the Formula 1 racing series at the Circuit of the Americas just outside of Austin, TX, and Dallas native and reigning Saving Country Music Song of the Year winner Joshua Ray Walker sang the National Anthem.
On New York City Losing Its Only Country Radio Station
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I know what you’re going to say. “NeW yOrK CiTY!” like that guy in the old Pace Picante Sauce commercial. Or if you pride yourself in having any sort of semblance of taste, maybe you’re wondering why anyone in 2021 would still be listening to mainstream country radio at all.
Sarah Shook Opens, Jade Bird Headlines 1st Day of Old Settler’s Fest
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After numerous false starts and postponements due to the pandemic, the 34th Annual Old Settler’s Festival finally got underway on Thursday, October 21st for early revelers in the campground, and on the main stages on Friday the 22nd, with Sarah Shook opening, and Jade Bird headlining.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Shouts Out Gethen Jenkins, Mickey Lamantia
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In a recent interview, The Rock went deep with his independent country music knowledge, name dropping two guys you might have heard about around here, but certainly not in the mainstream, while also hinting he might be getting into the country music game himself.
Country Music’s Oldest Living Links and Legends
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With the recent deaths of some of country music’s oldest living legends and links to its past such as Don Maddox of Maddox Brothers and Rose at the age of 98, and Sue Thompson at 96, it seems like a suitable time to ask, who are some of the oldest legends of country music still living?
Brent Cobb to Release Gospel Album “And Now, Let’s Turn to Page…”
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For Brent Cobb, the motivation to record a Gospel album isn’t just symbolism. Although he’d wanted to record a Gospel album for a long time, it was a near-death experience in July 2020 when the vehicle that he was driving with his young son inside, got T-boned at a crossroads
Ronald Reagan Shooter John Hinkley Jr. Is Free & Making Country Music
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When I first heard that John Hinkley Jr. was making country music, the first instinct was to either be shocked by it, or mock it humorously. But after watching his YouTube videos, reading through the surprisingly supportive comments, there appears to be a deeper lesson here.
Bloodshot Records In Limbo As Co-Owner Rob Miller Leaves Label
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None of this might be happening right now if it wasn’t for Bloodshot Records. And when I say “this,” I mean this website, you reading it, many of the artists featured here, a.k.a. the independent country music movement that has given rise to so many of your favorite artists.
Album Review – Zac Brown Band’s “The Comeback”
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So here Zac Brown goes again, making ‘The Comeback’ to his roots. You know, just like he did on ‘Welcome Home.’ At this point, you have every right to be sporting a neck brace and calling up a shady ambulance-chasing lawyer from the whiplash Zac Brown has given you.
Are Grammys Excluding Women & Kacey Musgraves? The Numbers:
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The latest album from Kacey Musgraves called ‘Star-Crossed’ is more pop than country. Nonetheless, in the polarizing time we live in, the recent decision by the Grammy Awards to move Star-Crossed from consideration in the country category has set off a firestorm.
Album Review – The Royal Hounds – “A Whole Lot of Nothin'”
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The Royal Hounds are one of the bands who still embody that original Lower Broadway revivalist attitude. Playing standing residencies at Layla’s every Sunday night, and Robert’s Western World on Tuesdays, they’re rockabilly, they’re country, they’re wild and funny.