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September 24, 2025

Looking Through The 2026 Two Step Inn Festival Lineup

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The Two Step Inn Festival in Georgetown, TX has become one of the premier festivals in the independent/throwback country space over the last few years, while always throwing in a few curve balls.

September 9, 2025

2026 Buckeye Country Superfest Boasts Killer Linuep, Gives Fans Whiplash

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The love/hate relationship independent country and mainstream country fans continue to have for the massive Buckeye Country Superfest stadium show in Columbus, Ohio continues.

September 9, 2025

The Circle Remains Unbroken at Inaugural Unbroken Circle Festival

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It’s official. Independent country and roots music has a new killer festival on the calendar. It’s called the Unbroken Circle Music Festival, and it happened September 4-6 on the banks of the Ohio River.

September 8, 2025

The 2025 CMA Awards Set Up Pretty for Zach Top

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It’s a very real possibility that Zach Top doesn’t win a single trophy at the 2025 CMA Awards. But in some respects, it doesn’t matter if he does. He’s already won as a traditionalist on an independent label.

September 8, 2025

Quit With All This “Gatekeeping” Talk in Country

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Accusing someone of “gatekeeping” is just an intellectually lazy, thought and discussion-ending enterprise designed to win arguments online as opposed to addressing the very real and systemic issues.

September 7, 2025

Long-Rumored Unheard Merle Haggard Songs Could Be On The Way

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Ever since Merle Haggard’s passing on his 79th birthday on April 6th, 2016, there’s been talk of some 300 to 400 unreleased songs sitting in an archive somewhere in the bowels of the Merle Haggard estate.

September 6, 2025

Piedmont Boys, Cam Pierce Albums Pulled Amid False Streaming Fraud Claims

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It happened again, and the fear is it could continue to happen more frequently as the dystopian reality surrounding digital music continues to deepen. The latest victims are Cam Pierce and the Piedmont Boys.

September 5, 2025

Couple Gets Engaged During EPIC Silverada Show at Unbroken Circle

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Silverada’s show at the inaugural Unbroken Circle Fest in Madison, Indiana on Friday (9-5) evening was so epic and complete, it included an engagement. But even without it, it was one for the ages.

September 5, 2025

New Luke Bell Song Released Ahead of New 28-Song Album

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Wyoming native and independent country artist Luke Bell was an enigma in life, became a cult legend upon his death, and despite his scant output, has become an influential artist as his legend has only grown.

September 4, 2025

“Man of Steel” Robby Turner Has Passed Away

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He played as a primary musician in the band for The Highwaymen. He was the final steel guitar player and producer for Waylon Jennings. He played on albums from Sturgill Simpson and Chris Stapleton. He earned the nickname the “Man of Steel.”

September 4, 2025

Willie Nelson Readies a Toast to Merle Haggard

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No rest for the Willie. Along with still constantly touring at 92, he’s also good for about a two-per-year clip of new albums. This year, both of those albums will be tributes. Next up is Merle Haggard.

September 4, 2025

Paying a Visit to the New Keith Whitley Memorial

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In 2022, an effort was undertaken to erect a memorial that would incorporate the “weeping angel” design at Keith Whitley’s final resting place. It has finally been completed.

September 4, 2025

Earl Scruggs Music Festival Keeps Spirit of Earl Scruggs Alive

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Despite all of his achievements, Earl Scruggs never had a dedicated music festival in his lifetime. That has been rectified with the annual Earl Scruggs Music Festival, now in its fourth year.

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