Day One of 2026 Two Step Inn Ends in Rain, Brooks and Dunn Canceled
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The worry was that weather would become a factor Saturday (4-18) for the first day of the massive Two Step Inn in Georgetown, TX, just north of Austin. It turned out to be a big one.
Beloved ABGB Owner Mark Jensen Has Died
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About all that the once mighty music scene in Austin, TX has left to cling to are the handful of holdout venues and their brave and enterprising owners that in spite of all the adversity, the sacrifice they must suffer, and the odds they must overcome, they do it anyway.
Legendary Dallas Band Eleven Hundred Springs Calls It Quits
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An era is ending for country music in Dallas, TX, as the city’s most beloved local honky tonk band has decided to call it quits after over two decades of scooting boots across floors, opening shows for the big names rolling through town, and playing residencies that went on to become legendary.
David Allan Coe Song Gets Shout Out on “Jeopardy”
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“What is country music?!” This is what thousands of country music fans screamed at their televisions on Tuesday, June 8th when they were taken by surprise to see one of the questions on the TV game show dealt with one of the most iconic songs in country history.
James McMurtry Announces New Album ‘The Horses & the Hounds’
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In a brilliant economy of words, James McMurtry can bring alive entire characters and expansive landscapes in songs, revealing details down to the crevices in the dried soil, and the contours of a face in the mind’s eye. He’s compiled a body of work that rivals most any other songwriter.
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers Sign to Thirty Tigers
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Sarah Shook and the Disarmers are the hard-charging badasses of punk-inspired country music, and their last record from 2018 called Years ended up being named the Saving Country Music Album of the Year. Ever since then we’ve been anticipating the followup.
Mark Chesnutt’s Son Casey Chesnutt Takes The Country Plunge
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Horse racing and country music are two occupations where pedigree can often be a strong predictor of talent and skill. So word coming down that traditional country legend Mark Chesnutt’s son is leaning hard into making country music is a plenty good excuse to perk your ears up and pay attention.
Turnpike Troubadours’ Kyle Nix Reveals Sobriety, New Shows
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Kyle Nix has revealed that he will start playing full band shows in the coming weeks and months, upping the ante with the solo project. he also took to social media to tell his fans that a few months ago, he’d checked himself into rehab.
On Breland and Keith Urban’s Collaboration, “Throw It Back”
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Breland is back, and collaborating closely with Keith Urban in the hopes of giving him some credibility in country’s mainstream. Jokes on him though, because Keith Urban has no credibility to lend. Don’t believe me, just recall when he accidentally won Entertainer of the Year in 2018.
Blackberry Smoke Goes #1 in Album Sales with “You Hear Georgia”
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Blackberry Smoke is back on top once again with the band’s latest album You Hear Georgia. It’s a position the Georgia-based Southern rock outfit is used to, bolstered by a supremely loyal fan base. “You Hear Georgia” ended up at #1 in album sales in both country and rock.
Ashley McBryde Is Ready to Embark on 2021 Tour
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The argument can be made that Ashley McBryde is the best thing going in mainstream country music at the moment. She certainly released a contender for the best mainstream country album in the last couple of years with her record ‘Never Will.’ Now she’s taking the act on the road.
3 Unheard Randy Travis Songs Accompany ‘Storms of Life’ Reissue
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June 2nd marked the 35th Anniversary of the release of the legendary debut album from Randy Travis, Storms of Life. Given credit for righting the country music ship in 1986 with its neotraditional sound while propelling Randy Travis to superstardom, it’s an important album in country music history.
Cody Jinks Has New Album in the Can … & ‘Caned By Nod’ Metal Band?
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Cody Jinks spent the better part of May sequestered in the studio at the infamous Sonic Ranch just outside of El Paso, TX with his band the Tone Deaf Hippies, recording his next album ahead of hitting the road again with the full band after a long period away.