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March 6, 2025

It’s Official: There Are Now FOUR Generations of Scruggs Musicians

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It’s been proven time and time again in country music that pedigree can be a real thing. That’s most certainly the case when it comes to the House of Scruggs.

April 23, 2018

John Prine’s “The Tree of Forgiveness” Shatters Sales Expectations, Surges on the Charts

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Prine has completely shattered all sales expectations, and has put together the best debut sales week by an independent artist in the country space in the modern era. This is also by far the best chart performance for John Prine in his career. He just had his best sales week since Nielsen Music began tracking and verifying sales starting in 1991.

April 23, 2018

Album Review – “Port Saint Joe” by Brothers Osborne

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Heretofore, the greatest asset of the Brothers Osborne has been that they’re not Florida Georgia Line. This is how the singing and guitar playing brother duo hopscotched Beavis and Butthead to become the shoo-in duo for all of mainstream country’s industry awards, despite having not nearly the commercial prowess, or frankly, the influence.

April 22, 2018

CMA-Winning Veteran Country Journalist Chuck Dauphin Hospitalized

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Friends and family of veteran country music journalist Chuck Dauphin are asking for prayers as he works to recover from an injury after a fall, and remains hospitalized in critical care due to complications with diabetes. Dauphin fell and broke his arm just below his shoulder and was admitted to the Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN.

April 22, 2018

Outlaw Country Cruise Announces 4th Annual Lineup

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Yarr there matees, it’s time once again to peruse over the lineup for the annual Outlaw Country Cruise, and ponder just exactly how “Outlaw” it is to board a luxury cruise ship bound for an exotic tropical destination, or if seawater will ruin your favorite black leather vest.

April 21, 2018

Album Review – Charley Crockett’s “Lonesome As A Shadow”

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Rarely, if ever before have we seen an artist who illustrates both the complexity of American roots music, yet ratifies their striking similarity as Charley Crockett. He possesses the ability to intuitively blend various roots forms together naturally because he holds by God authenticity in multiple cultures where specific strains of roots music originated.

April 20, 2018

Album Review – Joshua Hedley’s “Mr. Jukebox”

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What Joshua Hedley has done on Mr. Jukebox is compose a haunting reenactment of country music from the 50’s, from the writing, to the phrasing, to the instrumentation and approach, marked by incredible detail, inferred by studious comprehension and tireless devotion to the effort…

April 19, 2018

AmericanaFest Announces Initial 2018 Festival Lineup

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Once again artists and fans will come from around the country and world to congregate in Nashville for AmericanaFest this September. Part industry conference, part fan festival, it combines scores of venues across Nashville for hundreds and performances and showcases. The 19th Annual festival will include some 250 performers.

April 19, 2018

Why Carrie Underwood’s Producer Credits for “Cry Pretty” Are Critically Important

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Carrie Underwood co-produced her entire new record out in September. This takes Carrie Underwood—a top tier country performer—into virtually uncharted territory in the mainstream, at least in the near term. This move by Carrie Underwood is incredibly audacious for country, mainstream or otherwise, from a man or a woman.

April 19, 2018

$10 Million Donation to Local Radio Station KEXP Is Big Boon For Independent Artists

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Being an independent music artist is not easy. Adversity lurks everywhere, and the cards are stacked against you. But it’s nice to have auspicious enclaves of support to help you upon your journey. For many years, a small nonprofit radio station based in Seattle called KEXP has been that very thing for bands.

April 18, 2018

Album Review – Left Arm Tan’s “El Camino”

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Just like country and Americana bands from places outside of the United States, local and regional bands can be an excellent hiding place for some of the best music being released in a given year that is going regularly overlooked by the rest of media. Left Arm Tan from Ft. Worth, TX fits right into that mold.

April 18, 2018

Guitarist and Producer Randy Scruggs Has Passed Away

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One of the most important men behind-the-scenes who had his hands deep in the iconic sounds of country music, while also keeping the flame of one of the most famous families in country history alive has passed away. Randy Scruggs, whose playing, writing, and producing ran deep throughout country music for decades, passed away on Tuesday.

April 18, 2018

Miranda Lambert Revels in Being the “Keeper of the Flame”

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When the Miranda Lambert camp announced the next single they’d be sending to country radio was the mid-tempo “Keeper of the Flame,” it didn’t leap off the page as a smart pick for today’s radio landscape. But that probably wasn’t the most important consideration that worked itself into the calculus.

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