20 Years Ago: Shooter Jennings Releases “Put The ‘O’ Back in Country”
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The debut country album from Shooter Jennings called Put The ‘O’ Back in Country was a critically-important moment in the country music revolution we’re currently in the midst of.
Album Review – Brandi Carlile’s “By The Way, I Forgive You”
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The songs and Brandi Carlile’s voice is what you come here for, and she delivers her fair share and more of moments that you cherish, remember, and repeat on your listening device as soon as they’re over because they’re just so damn good.
Miranda Lambert: Champion of Cool Songwriters
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When you think of the modern country music landscape, you think of a clear delineation line between the independent and mainstream. However the songwriting credits for Miranda Lambert are the one clear exception. Looking through her list of collaborators, it’s pretty incredible.
Trampled By Turtles Return From Hiatus to Release “Life Is Good on the Open Road”
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There will be more music from the dynamic and much-loved string band Trampled By Turtles, which is music to the ears of their fervent fan base in Minnesota and beyond. Trampled by Turtles reunited at a cabin in Minnesota in the fall of 2017 to see what would happen, and if the time was right to move forward with the project.
Willie Nelson Announces New Album “Last Man Standing.” Releases Title Track
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Willie Nelson is one of the very last men standing in country music if there ever was one. He played in the band of Bob Wills as a teenager, performed on the Grand Ole Opry stage during the Countrypolitan era, wrote songs for Patsy Cline and Faron Young, spearheaded the Outlaw movement …
Turnpike Troubadours Set to Make Austin City Limits Debut This Saturday (2-17)
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No country music outfit deserved a berth on the vaunted Austin City Limits stage more than the reigning Saving Country Music Artist of the Year The Turnpike Troubadours. This is a huge honor for a band that’s been making big waves in the Texas and Red Dirt music scene for nearly a decade.
Album Review – “Arkansas” by John Oates. Yes, That John Oates
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When you think Hall & Oates, you think of albums like Private Eyes, which nearly defined schlocky 80s studio pop rock that wasn’t ballsy enough for hair metal, or refined enough for Yacht Rock. But like most all artists, early influences and overall acumen are rarely represented by what makes it onto the Billboard Hot 100.
Album Review – Yellow Feather’s “And Gold”
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Delightfully sloppy and disconnected, good to listen to during a drunk or hangover, and hard not to love, “And Gold” and Yellow Feather are a good little regional project that should be drawing ears from across a wider cross section of the country and roots world, and very well may if they can keep what’s cool at the heart of this music in tact
Jamey Johnson Announces Early 2018 Tour
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New music to support or not, you shouldn’t be surprised to see Jamey Johnson rolling through your town, and with a country band only eclipsed in size by Lyle Lovett’s large band. Jamey Johnson has just announced a tour spanning the southern, eastern, and middle portions of the United States into July.
Saving Country Music’s 2018 Ameripolitan Awards LIVE Blog
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Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 2018 Ameripolitan Awards LIVE blog from the Guest House at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. For the first time the awards will transpire outside of Austin to celebrate its 5th year. Also for the first time, the plan is for the awards to be streamed as long as the stream holds up.
The Legacy Daryle Singletary Leaves Behind (a Eulogy)
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Daryle Singletary wasn’t just a “90s country star” as some have characterized. Yes, the mid-90s were the period when Singletary he enjoyed his commercial apex. But his career was so much more, and was arguably the most critically important and impacting in the here and now.
Mile 0 Fest Pulls Off Texas Music Festival in Paradise (Photos & Review)
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Last summer when Mile 0 Fest announced its intentions to hold a Texas music festival in Key West, Florida, and then announced a lineup that seemed almost too good to be true, there was an awful lot of concern and trepidation about what could happen.
46-Year-Old Country Traditionalist Daryle Singletary Dies Unexpectedly
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Saving Country Music has confirmed that country traditionalist and beloved performer Daryle Singletary unexpectedly passed away at his home in Nashville on Monday, February 12th. Singletary was not suffering from any known chronic ailments acknowledged publicly, nor had recently canceled any shows due to illness.