Surprise Appearances and Powerful Moments Grace The Hook Episode 9
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You never know who is going to show up to The Hook, or what’s going to happen. That’s part of the fun. But each week it seems someone with a name behind them in music shows up unexpected, and something happens that helps reset your mind.
New Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Playlist (#182)
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Less and less can you rely on algorithms to serve you the stuff that might best fit you as an independent country fan. This playlist is designed to break through all the noise and put the best stuff at the top.
Weather Disrupts Spirited Cody Jinks Set at Under The Big Sky Fest
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As soon as Cody Jinks took the stage, rain started coming down steady. Then three songs in, the show was called due to lightning in the area. But Cody eventually re-emerged, playing a spirited set.
Album Review – John R. Miller’s “The Great Unknowing”
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West Virginia’s John R. Miller gratifies a whole host of musical erogenous zones on his new album The Great Unknowing, including honky tonk country, Appalachian folk, feral folk rock, and a few other things.
Five Essential Dark Gothic Country and Roots Albums
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The mixing of country with dark inspirations either from its past, or from influences from the world of punk and metal and beyond have resulted in some of the most creative, inventive, and spellbinding moments in the history of the country canon.
Tyler Childers To Produce First New Album Via Willi Carlisle
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Tyler Childers will see what kind of magic he can come up with behind the mixing board as it’s been announced he will be producing the new album from folk powerhouse Willi Carlisle to be called “The Universal Bubba.”
Why Are We Cancelling Charley Crockett for a Satanic Duo?
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There is also a very real possibility that we are witnessing Charley Crockett being legitimately “cancelled,” or at least the attempt to cancel him—and everything that loaded term entails. At the moment, it’s time to sound the red alert.
Mile 0 Fest Announces Stacked 2027 Lineup
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Those that have made the trek now over the fest’s 10 year history will swear there ain’t nothing like Mile 0 Fest in Key West, Florida. You just can’t replace or exchange experiencing your favorite music in paradise.
Calling It Now: Ella Langley Has the 2026 “Song of the Summer”
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Sure, there’s a little bit more race to run. But at this point, Ella Langley has gotten so far out in front and lapped so much of the field, it’s a forgone conclusion how this race is will end, and against some massive competitors.
Album Review – Trever M. Keith’s “We Drank From a Poisoned Well”
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Mr. Keith has crafted a classic country record, and a darn good one too, filled with great country instrumentation, clever and true-to-country lyricism, and good old-fashioned heartbreak. It reminds you why you’re a country fan.
Towering Songwriter, Roy Orbison Co-Writer Joe Melson Has Died
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One aspect of the Roy Orbison story that often goes undertold is that for the songs listed above, and over 120 Roy Orbison compositions total, his co-writer Joe Melson was an essential element to coaxing that Roy Orbison magic out.
This Is BIG: Music Industry Comes Together for AI Labeling
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This will not solve the scourge of AI music infiltrating the marketplace, or slow the increasing flood of it, or be a fool proof tool that still can’t be manipulated. But it’s a very important start to addressing a very big problem.
Randy Travis Previews New Album of Unreleased Songs
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It’s been a long time coming and has been rumored for many years now. But we’re finally hearing the first of archived music from country music legend Randy Travis, recorded before he suffered his stroke in 2013.