Jamey Johnson Reveals New Tour with a Very Meaningful Name
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Jamey Johnson has just announced the dates for “The Last Honky Tonk Tour” kicking off on June 4th. The 36-date headlining tour will go all across the United States, with more dates to be added in the future.
Waylon, Willie, Cash, Leon & Charlie: Slew of FM Broadcasts from Country Legends Set for Release
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The Outlaw era of music may be long gone, but we’re about to get a dousing of new music from the legendary period in the form of live concerts originally broadcast on radio that will now appear as album releases this March. Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Leon Russell, and the Charlie Daniels Band will all have live FM broadcasts of released.
Saving Country Music’s 2015 Album of the Year
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Too often in music we tend to focus on the here and now, the young and the new. Who are the hot names that are rising up in the ranks? Who’s going to make a big splash in music in the coming months and years? All this talk is understandable. It’s fun. But this is not always the best exercise for fleshing out who actually has the music most worthy of being recognized.
Album Review – Colter Wall’s “Imaginary Appalachia”
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There are many who fancy that they have the calling to make country music in their blood. There’s far fewer who actually do. And then there’s some whose entire fabric seems to have coalesced into a human form for the sole purpose of being a vessel for country music to emanate from, and they couldn’t avoid the vocation if they tried. Colter Wall probably falls somewhere close to that latter category.
Saving Country Music’s 2015 Song(s) of the Year
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When it comes to picking the “best” songs from a given time period, it’s a much more subjective chore than selecting the best albums or the best artists. Our relationship with songs is just so much more intimate. The emotions songs can touch tend to range so much farther on the spectrum. To discover a song that really touches you, it’s not just dependent on the songwriter to write and perform a compelling tune.
David McCormick, Owner of the Ernest Tubb Record Shops, Gravely Ill in Hospital
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One of country music’s oldest, and most important institutions is once again facing tough times as the 20-year owner of the Ernest Tubb Record Shops, David McCormick, is suffering from congestive heart failure and pneumonia, and is currently in a Nashville-area hospital. “For over forty years, David McCormick has been a tremendous friend to the […]
Saving Country Music’s 2015 Artist of the Year
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To be a Saving Country Music Artist of the Year, you can’t just be “good.” It’s not about releasing some great songs or a significant album in a given calendar year. You have to be committed to the cause, both on and off the stage. You have to care about country music, even when you’re not playing it, even when it doesn’t affect you specifically, and even when it’s not politically expedient . . .
More Than Just Miranda Lambert and Anderson East Hooking Up
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Forget all the sappy relationship stuff, and how it happened and where it might lead. Miranda Lambert ditching Blake Shelton and ending up with Anderson East might be the perfect illustration of the drastic role reversal 2015 has ushered in throughout the greater country music realm, and how 2016 could be poised to completely turn everything upside down.
Facts & Rumors: The Albums to Look Forward To In 2016
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Who will be releasing new albums in 2016? What are some of the most-anticipated projects? What are the rumors swirling out there about new albums that may be released in the coming year? Here’s a rundown of upcoming projects from artists recommended by Saving Country Music that you can look forward to in 2016.
In Memoriam: 2015’s Fallen Country Music Greats
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As Christmas festivities come to a close and New Years comes into focus, it’s once again time to reflect back on all of the country music greats we lost in the last year. From huge celebrity stars, to influential songwriters and side musicians who impacted the music out of the spotlight, country music lost many notable names in 2015.
Movie Review – Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors”
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Coat of Many Colors, which aired originally on Thursday, December 10th and will be rebroadcast on NBC Christmas Night, was not some sort of astounding feat of movie magic. What was astounding is how good it was as a television movie, and aside from some isolated moments, avoided much of the schmaltzy, cheeseball, cornpone feel that can completely ruin what otherwise might be a strong premise.
Rock and Roll Review – The Bellfuries’ “Workingman’s Bellfuries”
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Forget what you should call this music, if it fits in Americana, or if a country website should even be talking about it. The songs themselves are excellent, and truthfully, shoving the music and arrangements to the side for a moment, if you would call the songs of “Workingman’s Bellfuries” anything, you might have to call them country.
Americana’s New Board Includes Dave Cobb / Awards Expand to the UK
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The Americana Music Association has announced its newest Board of Directors, and signing on for a seat this upcoming year is fast rising producer Dave Cobb. On top of seating a new board, the Americana Music Association recently announced the inaugural UK Americana Awards will be held in London.