Album Review – Colter Wall’s “Memories and Empties”
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Colter Wall doesn’t just play the music, he champions it. He embraces it. He sells its virtues to the audience. That’s what Colter does for traditional country songs on “Memories and Empties.”
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#81)
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The Saving Country Music Top 25 Current 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 have just been added.
Marty Stuart May Have New TV Show On The Way
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Time and distance have only made the heart grow fonder for the work Marty Stuart did on the RFD-TV-based music presentation The Marty Stuart Show between 2008 and 2014. But a new television show featuring Marty Stuart may be on the way soon.
Jason Eady Offers 1st Taste of New Music with “Back To Normal”
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Shots in arms and loosening restrictions have life slowly but surely getting back to a reasonable semblance of normalcy for most of us, and Texas-based songwriting demigod Jason Eady is letting loose on some new material to help celebrate and ease the transition. His first taste of new music recorded last fall is called “Back […]
Album Review – Rob Leines – “Blood, Sweat and Beers”
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On ‘Blood, Sweat, and Beers,’ Rob Leines puts all of his hard-earned odometer time on the open road into work hard and play harder road stories, rendering blue-collar country music that breaks out into groove-heavy and hook-laden Southern rock at a moment’s notice.
“Keep The Wolves Away” by Uncle Lucius Goes Gold Amid Revival
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Uncle Lucius played their final show in March of 2018 to a packed room at Gruene Hall in Texas, but the legacy of the band has continued to resonate through their music even here into 2021. On January 21st, “Keep The Wolves Away” was Certified Gold by the RIAA.
Marty Stuart Kicks Off New Project “Songs I Sing In The Dark”
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Radical preservationist and now Country Music Hall of Famer Marty Stuart has a new musical project on the way, but it’s not of the conventional type, or with his backing band The Fabulous Superlatives. Instead, Songs I Sing in the Dark will be a series of 20 song releases.
Tyler Childers Songs Covered on American Idol. Twice.
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In the latest sign of the Tyler Childers permeation in culture—and specifically with the younger audiences that some may be surprised find so much appeal in his music—this week not one, but two contestants on American Idol performed Tyler Childers songs.
B.J. Thomas Diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer
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Sad news out of Texas Tuesday evening (3-23) as it’s been revealed that country, Christian, and classic pop artist B.J. Thomas has been diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer. The five-time Grammy winner is known for the song, “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song.”
Damn Right There’s Asian Americans Making Country Music
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With all of the concern over the swell of violence against Asian Americans lately, the question has come up in certain circles, “Are there any Asian Americans making country music?” Well I’m glad you asked, and hell yeah there are. In fact 2020 was actually a banner year for Asian Americans.
Album Review – Loretta Lynn’s “Still Woman Enough”
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The fact that Loretta Lynn is still with us is grace enough, especially after the merciless culling of souls we experienced over the last year from the ranks of country royalty. But without any hyperbole or bias, after listening to her latest album ‘Still Woman Enough,’ Loretta Lynn still sounds excellent.
Jimi Hendrix Bassist Billy Cox Defends Kenny Wayne Shepherd
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“The Mrs. and I know Kenny,” Billy Cox said in a statement on Sunday (3-21). “We have traveled many miles together with Kenny, his band and his management. Lots of days and nights together in close quarters. The Mrs. even calls, Kenny and Noah (vocalist KWS Band) her ‘youngins.'”
Album Review – Morgan Wade’s “Reckless”
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For years we’ve been on the hunt for that woman who can rise up from the ranks of independent country artists to be a game changer that challenges the mainstream like we’ve seen from Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, Cody Jinks, and the like. That is where Morgan Wade enters.