Why The New Kacey Musgraves Wal-Mart Partnership Feels … Off Brand
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Getting too hot and bothered about country performers launching brands or doing endorsement deals is a fool’s errand. But there is something specific about Wal-Mart that makes the whole thing feel, well … icky.
Texas Music DJ Justin Frazell Accused of Rape by Teen
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A long-time morning DJ at one of Texas music’s premier stations has been accused of rape by a teenage girl after she attended a New Year’s Eve party at his Fort Worth-area home. Justin Frazell was the award-winning weekday morning DJ of 95.9 The Ranch out of Fort Worth since 2009.
Album/Video Review – Midland’s “The Sonic Ranch”
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I listened to the entirety of ‘The Sonic Ranch’ album by Midland and watched all of the 45-minute documentary so you don’t have to. It’s not that it’s terrible, or in any way offensive. For what it is, it’s fine, and you can’t approach either the album or the film as if these were finished products
The Johnny Cash Family Tree of Performers
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The House of Cash is one of the most critical and accomplished family lineages in the history of country music. Though Johnny Cash is where most of the attention dwells, now three generations of performers have emerged, while Cash’s siblings have also contributed to country music.
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.