On Kacey Musgraves Canceling Numerous “Middle of Nowhere” Tour Dates
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Kacey Musgraves has announced that multiple early dates on her upcoming “Middle Of Nowhere Tour” have been canceled, with no explanation for the cancellations, and no plans to reschedule them. What’s going on?
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#162)
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Hope you like *all caps* COUNTRY music, ’cause it’s coming straight at you hard and heavy in this playlist. And if you don’t, why the hell are you even hanging around these parts anyway?
Brian Setzer Overcomes Health Issues. Stray Cats Plot New Tour
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One of the greatest guitar players in American history had us all spooked earlier this year when Brian Setzer let the public know he’d lost the ability to play guitar. But now he’s back.
“Miss Country Soul” and Opry Legend Jeannie Seely Has Died
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One of the most revered women to ever grace the genre, one of the most accomplished voices of the Grand Ole Opry for the better part of a century, “Miss Country Soul,” and the modern era’s mother of the Opry has passed on.
Album Review – Sunny Sweeney’s “Rhinestone Requiem”
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Listening through Rhinestone Requiem, the boldness of its audio flavors, and the passion brought to the songwriting, it gives you a sense that Sunny Sweeney is just now hitting her peak.
Legendary Tejano and Country Musician Flaco Jiménez Has Died
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“Flaco” is partly a term of endearment, and partly a euphemism in the Spanish language, translating in English to “skinny.” Flaco Jiménez was certainly svelte and earned the nickname, but he was so much more.
How Tyler Childers Made the Most Polarizing Country Album of the Year
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When the history books regard this era when the independent became the mainstream in country music, Tyler Childers will play perhaps the most important, and most pivotal role in that story.
Robert’s Western World Plots FREE 2025 Block Party
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Anyone who knows anything about country music knows that Robert’s Western World is the last real deal honky tonk in Nashville’s Lower Broadway entertainment district.
Sandy Pinkard, Country Music’s Weird Al, Has Passed Away
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Nobody coined him the “Weird Al of Country Music” in his time, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t deserve it. He was Sandy Pinkard, and his legacy was making country music fans laugh.
John Michael Montgomery Plots His Final Farewell
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Even though many of his top songs are as cherished as any in country, his legacy was always overshadowed by Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and the other big artists who emerged in the ’90s decade.
Jessie Murph Doesn’t Consider Herself Country. So Why Does Country?
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It’s even worse when country music’s institutions recognize artists for being country when these artists don’t even recognize being country themselves, and don’t even care for the recognition.
The Sordid Tale of Kirk West, Nancy Jones, and the George Jones Estate
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Sometimes life unfolds like a country song, and it’s too hard to believe. The sordid tale of the widow of George Jones and her relationship with convicted criminal Kirk West is one of those stories.
Album Review – Whitey Morgan and the 78’s – “Live from Bandit Town USA”
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There’s something about hearing Whitey Morgan’s music that makes you feel 100 feet tall and bulletproof. It’s everything that makes up Outlaw country concentrated into its most pure form.