Album Review – Molly Tuttle’s “So Long Little Miss Sunshine”
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If you’re a traditional bluegrass fan, is it a sad development that the Millennial Queen of Bluegrass has gone pop? Yes, it is. Is it as bad as you feared when she first announced it? No, it’s not.
Zephaniah OHora’s “This Highway” Is Classic Country Mastery
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Zephanaiah OHora’s This Highway just very well might be a modern classic country masterpiece. It’s flawless for what it is, which is a reawakening of everything brilliant and beautiful about the Countrypolitan era of country music, while leaving all the superfluousness of strings and choruses and other overproduction aside.
Steve Earle, Praises/Defends Colter Wall, Slams Richard Buckner in Crazy Interview
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In what starts off to be a rather innocuous local interview with a reporter in in Canada after a show in Toronto, Steve Earle begins by highly praising Canada’s own Colter Wall. Then when reporter Brad Wheeler question’s Colter’s legitimacy, sparks fly, and poor Richard Buckner gets pulled into the melee.
Chart Watch: Sam Hunt Going Strong, Miranda Lambert’s Single Juggling, Luke vs. Wheeler
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Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Backroad” has now topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for 17 straight weeks. Meanwhile, “Body Like a Backroad” continues to pick up crossover spins. Unfortunately for Miranda Lambert, her current single “Tin Man” is headed in the opposite direction.
You’re Gonna Want To Be on Top of Tyler Childers’ “Purgatory” Album Produced By Sturgill Simpson
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Over the decade of conducting business under the heading of “Saving Country Music,” no artist has created more anticipation and intrigue into what their future prospects may be, yet with so few national accomplishments and recognition than Tyler Childers.
Big Whitey Morgan Summer Tour Kicking Off
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After spending years playing over 200 shows annually and pounding the pavement harder than most any band or artist, Whitey Morgan and the 78’s have been taking some well-deserved time off from the road to rest up, and to write and record some new songs for an upcoming album. But now it’s finally time to get back after it.
“Little” Jimmy Dickens & Bill Monroe Receive Brass Statues at the Ryman
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Two titans of country and bluegrass music who helped make The Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium the storied institutions they are, were repaid with eternal markers for their contributions when life-sized bronze statues of the two men were unveiled on the grounds of the Ryman this week in Nashville.
How The Abandoned City of Cairo, IL Became a Favorite Muse for Country Artists
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It’s the charge of country and folk musicians to sing about the struggles of the common people that often go woefully unheralded by the rest of popular culture. But sometimes it’s not just people, but places that deserve the dignity of poetic adulation.
What To Expect at the 2017 CMT Awards
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A complete run down of what country music fans can expect from the 2017 CMT Awards being held on Wednesday, June 7th from Nashville, including lists of performers, presenters, nominees, and everything else we know about the presentation.
Album Review – Bobby Bare’s “Things Change”
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There have been many true country music “Outlaws” over the years, and many more that claim to be. But there can be only one original Outlaw, and that is Bobby Bare. Without Bobby Bare, there may be no Waylon Jennings. When Bare discovered Waylon in Phoenix, AZ in 1964, Waylon was still very much a regional act.
Bill Monroe’s Name, Likeness, & Other Major Properties For Sale
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The name “Bill Monroe,” the bluegrass legend’s likeness rights, ownership of the URL “BillMonroe.com,” the name of his iconic band the “Blue Grass Boys,” even the historic Uncle Pen’s Cabin in Rosine, Kentucky, along with other valued artifacts and memorabilia from the Bill Monroe estate, have all been put up for sale.
Album Review – Luke Combs’ “The One’s For You”
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The fact that Luke Combs can write a good song, and can find a genuine country sound when he wants to isn’t the reason we should look at ‘This One’s For You’ through rose-colored glasses, it’s the reason you should be disappointed. But let’s also give credit where credit is due.
Are You Ready For Some Football ?!? Hank Williams Jr. Is Coming Back to Monday Night
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Announced Monday morning (6-5), ESPN, the broadcast rights holder to the NFL’s long-running Monday Night Football franchise, has decided the winds of controversy have died down enough that they’re willing to bring back Hank Williams Jr. to sing the introduction to the weekly event on a regular basis.