Country Music and Muscle Shoals Great Walt Aldridge Has Died
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Songwriting and the many memorable hits Walt Aldridge penned is probably the place most music fans will recognize the name. After all, he was an inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
New ACM Awards Date Directly Conflicts with AmericanaFest Awards
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Originally scheduled to occur on Sunday, April 5th in Las Vegas, the ACM Awards will now be held at The Grand Ole Opry House, the Ryman Auditorium, and the Bluebird Cafe on September 16th, 2020. However, that’s the same night and location of the Americana Awards.
Album Review – Whitney Rose’s “We Still Go To Rodeos”
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A honky tonk sweetheart and certified heartbreaker originally from Canada, for the second record in a row, Whitney Rose has eased off her original traditional country sound that pegged the honky tonk meter at “10” to add a little more old school rock ‘n roll flavor and fervor to her music.
Zac Brown Selling Iconic Southern Ground Studios
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The empire Zac Brown built during his big run in the 2000’s continues to be threatened among critical takes on his new music, and dwindling tour revenue due to the Coronavirus. Now Brown has listed his iconic Southern Ground recording studio in Nashville on the market.
Harold Reid of The Statler Bros. – The Cool Bass Voice We All Wanted (RIP)
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In some ways, bass singers are like the superheroes of music. The rarest of all the vocal ranges, they can doing things the rest of us just can’t do. But when nobody’s looking, when we’re behind the wheel or home alone, we try and pretend we can. Because singing bass is super cool. It’s the air guitar of vocal ranges.
Luke Combs, Craig Morgan to Perform on the Grand Ole Opry
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The Saturday night Grand Ole Opry tradition continues even during the COVID-19 pandemic with two official Opry members—one older, and one new—taking the stage together Saturday, April 25th, keeping the circle unbroken once again. This week Luke Combs and Craig Morgan will do the honors.
Jason Isbell, Lucinda Williams Address Ryan Adams Situation
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Lucinda Williams just released a new record called ‘Good Souls Better Angels,’ and Jason Isbell is about to release a new one called ‘Reunions’ on May 15th. And in lengthy interviews with both artists published recently, the subject of their (once) mutual friend Ryan Adams came up in pretty in-depth manners.
Album Review – Pam Tillis – “Looking For A Feeling”
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The first solo effort from Pam Tillis in some 12 years deserves the serious attention of a true comeback record. It finds the 62-year-old and Grand Ole Opry member looking for a spark of inspiration, and finding it in reigniting her zest for music by adding a splash of soul and classic rock to the country mix.
No, The New Dixie Chicks & Willie Nelson Albums Aren’t Being Released
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Friday, April 24th was supposed to be a big day in country music, with the long-anticipated release of the first Dixie Chicks record in 14 years called ‘Gaslighter,’ and a much-anticipated new record from Willie Nelson called ‘First Rose of Spring’ leading a stacked day of new album releases.
Album Review – Maddie & Tae’s “The Way It Feels”
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It’s Maddie & Tae’s 15-song foray into the various stages of love and relationships, from the heartbreaking to the euphoric, to everything in between. And it comes at a time when arguably one of the greatest songs of the set called “Die From A Broken Heart” is finally finding traction in the radio charts.
New “Trolls World Tour” Movie Makes Critical Point About Genre
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This new Trolls movie is very explicitly lashing out against the monogenre, and the intrusion of other musical forms into other genres, just like what Saving Country Music has been actively advocating against for a dozen years now.
Joe Diffie Widow Refutes Conspiracy Behind Singer’s COVID-19 Death
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90’s country star Joe Diffie was one of the first high-profile personalities in America to pass away due to complications from the Coronavirus. However a widely-circulated rumor that the Oklahoma native actually died of lung Cancer.
Album Review – Dalton Domino’s “Feverdreamer”
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You know you’ve stumbled upon a great songwriter when the music gets in the way. You know you’ve stumbled upon an even better one when they don’t allow it to. You know you have something special when no matter what style or instrumentation brought to a song, it still doesn’t feel like it does it justice.