New Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#176)
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Consider this playlist like that cool older brother, crazy aunt or uncle, or papaw who turned you onto an entirely different world of music when you were younger that you otherwise would have never known about.
Album Review – Jason Aldean’s “9”
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What Jason Aldean has done with this his 9th major album release is truly incredible. Who knew anyone had the stamina, the fortitude, the wherewithal, and the stick-to-itiveness to doggedly cram so many small town red meat chest-pounding machismo cliche’s into a single music album. Leave it to our boy from Macon to rear back & get it done.
Midland Postpones Tour Dates Due to Family Emergency
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Midland will not be heading to Europe in a few days for scheduled tour dates in December as planned, and will also miss upcoming shows in Idaho and Las Vegas after postponing all their remaining tour dates in 2019 to deal with a family emergency. “We regretfully must postpone our upcoming tour due to a medical emergency.”
Tyler Childers Song Backdrops New SEC Football Campaign
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Oh thank God. Usually when country music and sports interact—especially when it comes to college football—it’s a weekly shaming ritual for actual country music fans as Florida Georgia Line or some other trash gets selected as the bumper music into commercial breaks during broadcasts, or as the background noise of highlight reels.
Mo Pitney Plays With Time Jumpers, Has New Music Coming
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When you’re putting your list together of country traditionalists and purists popping through in the mainstream, make sure you don’t forget to include Mo Pitney. When he released his debut album Behind This Guitar in 2016 and even before, he had people singing his praises for his songwriting that reminded you of simpler times.
Texas Music Artists Adorn Cow Skulls for Good Cause
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Participating in the auction are greats like Lee Ann Womack, who adorned her skull with a flower arrangement, Ray Wylie Hubbard who took to his skull with a bunch of “Screw You, We’re From Texas” stickers. Cody Braun of Reckless Kelly gave his skull a peacock paint job, and Matt Hillyer chose the Yellow Rose of Texas as his inspiration.
Review – “Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Grand Ole Opry” TV Special
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It’s been said before, and it will be said again: We can’t agree on much these days. But we all agree on Dolly Parton. “Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Grand Ole Opry” reminded us of why, and hopefully brought fans of music in country and beyond together at the commencement of the Holiday season.
Details of Sam Hunt Drunk Driving Arrest Result in Continued Fallout
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Not all drunk driving arrests are the same, and we’re finding that out in the continued fallout after EDM country artist Sam Hunt was arrested last Thursday morning (11-21) in Nashville for swerving in and out of his lane, and driving the wrong way on a principle highway.
Kelsey Waldon Is Latest Victim of Houston Van Burglary
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Kelsey Waldon’s tour van was broken into at a La Quinta hotel in Houston, and numerous items were stolen, including a Gretsch guitar, multiple amps, peddle boards, and accessories (see full list and pictures below). The thief popped the passenger side lock of the van and stole the items without any serious damage to the van.
Album Review – “Marfa: A Country & Western Big Band Suite”
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For those searching for something a little more elaborate and offbeat in the country and roots realm that isn’t just another litany of drinking songs and verse/chorus repetitions, this slightly fey, but fully inspired and involved work by Austin-based music composer Graham Reynolds is worthy of a spin.
Chris Stapleton Beats Out Bro-Country Titles for Album of the Decade
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Compiling both sales and streaming data over the last ten years, Chris Stapleton’s “Traveller” not only comes out on top, it does so even though its closest competitors had a head start. “Traveller” wasn’t released until halfway into the decade on May 5th, 2015, and unlike its Bro-Country counterparts, received only sporadic radio play.
Fans Rise Up to Support Shane Smith & The Saints After Bus Fire
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Thursday, November 21st couldn’t have gone any worse for the Austin-based Texas music band Shane Smith and the Saints. But as word trickled out to the public of what had happened, and the harrowing pictures got passed around the internet, Shane Smith and the Saints let it be known that the show would still go on, and go on it did.
Sam Hunt Arrest Results in Pulling of New Single “Sinning With You”
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The timing is never good to be placed in handcuffs by the Nashville Metro Police Department and hauled off to jail for driving under the influence and an open container violation like Sam Hunt was on Thursday. But for Sam Hunt, it ended up being a double whammy since he was readying the release of a new single called “Sinning With You.”