Amid Continued Jelly Roll Praise, N-Word Incident Goes Unreported
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In video taken at the Ghost Ranch of fellow country rapper Ryan Upchurch, Jelly Roll is heard using the N-word in conversation. Though the video has been out for months, the media has not reported on it.
Album Review – The Secret Sisters’ “You Don’t Own Me Anymore”
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When it comes to neotraditional singing duos, The Secret Sisters are regarded at the very top of the discipline. However that hasn’t exactly won them the fame and comfort that is usually reserved for the esteemed and elite of a medium.
Loretta Lynn Cancels Additional Shows After Recent Stroke
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The hope still is that country music legend Loretta Lynn is on the road to recovery and rehabilitation after suffering a stroke on May 5th, but she’s not ready to return to the stage just yet. Word came down on Wednesday (6-21) that Loretta would be canceling some upcoming performances.
God, Family, Bluegrass, & Murder: Inside the Life of the Stockdale Family Band
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At the moment, we don’t have any motive, or any solid information on why Jacob Stockdale would decide to gun down two of his family members before attempting to take his own life. Though the public can surmise about a motive, there was no evidence or prior knowledge of trouble within the family.
Heavy Metal’s DevilDriver Helming Expansive Outlaw Country Tribute Record
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What started out to be the idea for a heavy metal album of Outlaw country covers by DevilDriver frontman Dez Fafara has apparently turned into a monster project that may include dozens of songs and as many as 25 guest appearances. Though the songs will be country, the approach to most of the songs will be metal.
The Last Thing We Need To Do Is Handle the Lindsay Ell Controversy “Quietly”
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Look, is it possible for us to make too much of this situation over country music artist Lindsey Ell having a radio appearance last Friday canceled on a CBS-owned radio station because she’s in a relationship with rival iHeartMedia on-air personality Bobby Bones? Yes, it is. But I’m not sure we’re there yet.
Album Review – John Baumann’s “Proving Grounds”
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Both sides of Texas country are well-represented in upcoming artist John Baumann’s third official release, Proving Grounds. You don’t have to go digging for a bio on Baumann to find out what he’s all about, it’s all articulated right there in his songs.
Kinky Sex Makes The Country Radio World Go ‘Round
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One would be hard pressed to find another industry that is as insular, antiquated, and downright embarrassing as the one that is in charge of managing the affairs of mainstream country radio. Despite checks and balances that are supposed to be in place, the amount of backroom deals and dirty practices is unconscionable.
Album Review – Steve Earle’s “So You Wanna Be An Outlaw”
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Steve Earle isn’t just your average aging thinning-hair post-mainstream relevancy Americana dude who was kind of big in the 80’s. At 62-years-old, he’s probably the youngest guy who can legitimately claim honest ties to the original country music Outlaw movement of the 70’s.
Stockdale Family Bluegrass Band at the Center of Double Murder & Suicide Attempt
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Two members of the Stockdale Family Band are dead, and the third is in a local hospital after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in an incident Thursday afternoon (6-15). 25-year-old Jacob Stockdale is suspected of shooting his 21-year-old brother James Stockdale and 54-year-old mother Kathryn Stockdale.
New Names & New Songs Added to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Spotify Playlist (#5)
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Zephaniah Ohora is quickly revealing himself as one of the greatest country music discoveries in 2017, and so there’s no better place for him at the moment than leading a collection of the Top 25 Current Songs for Saving Country Music’s official Spotify playlist.
Chris Stapleton’s “From A Room” Becomes Country’s First Gold Record of 2017
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Chris Stapleton’s second solo record From A Room: Vol. 1 has officially shipped a sum total of 500,000 units and streaming-equivalent credits to become the first country album in all of 2017 so far to officially go Gold according to the RIAA. The certification was award to the album on June 8th, only a month after the release date.
Album Review – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s “The Nashville Sound”
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It’s not just talent that sifts certain artists to the top of the heap of their discipline, it is timing. And Jason Isbell is one of the defining artists of our era because he is Southern, and enlightened, and can understand the perspective of the poor Southern man, as well as the faraway intellectual.