On Zach Bryan Trying to Fight Gavin Adcock
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Zach Bryan got drunk, and decided he was going to be a tough guy. It probably was not the smartest of decisions. Gavin Adcock is a troll, and the first rule of how to deal with a troll is to not feed them.
Colter Wall Adds Select Dates to 2024 Tour
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It pretty rare that we get tour dates from the elusive Colter Wall and his Scary Prairie Boys. And when we do, they commonly sell out quite quickly. All you folks in the deep South who’ve been clamoring for your opportunity….
Garth Brooks Shouldn’t Be in the ‘Austin City Limits’ Hall of Fame
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The Austin City Limits Hall of Fame should be reserved for the performers from Austin and Texas that are seminal to the city and the state’s music scene. ‘Austin City Limits’ was founded to bring the music of Austin to the world.
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#143)
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You better like Country music with a ‘C’ because it’s coming at you hard and heavy in this playlist update. It includes tons of upbeat twang just in time for the heart of the summer, and just as country has never been hotter.
It’s Official: Zach Top Has Arrived
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It’s not just Zach Top’s music, nor just his history. It’s the cut of his jib. It’s the contours of his character. It’s the full package that assures you that the future of country music is in good hands.
Nonprofit Big Ponderoo’s Artwork Eerily Similar to C3/LiveNation’s FairWell Fest
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As Saving Country Music has reported in the past, the C3 Presents/LiveNation-promoted event and their aggressive radius clauses have caused chaos among the region’s more established and independently-owned festivals.
Album Review – Megan Moroney’s “Am I Okay?”
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Signs point to her being the second coming of Taylor Swift, but your ears pick up on the country sounds and the bursts of sincerity. She’s traditional country and pop country at the same time.
Charley Crockett Announces Surprise Album “Visions of Dallas”
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No rest for the wicked, and for one of the hardest working men in music. We had to know that Charley Crockett wouldn’t be done just releasing one album in 2024 when he’s been on a two-per-year clip for a while now.
The Incredible Billy Strings Show in Montana I Got Kicked Out Of
55 CommentsFrom this attendee’s perspective, it was the most fulfilling musical moments experienced since the return of the Turnpike Troubadours at Cain’s Ballroom in 2022. This was even after I was hunted down by security.
50 Years Ago: The Tragic Death of Don Rich
25 CommentsIt’s often the songwriters and side players who never get their fair share of credit for their contributions to music. But if there was one side player who most every country music knew during his era, it was Don Rich.
IBMA Announces Nominees for 2024 Bluegrass Awards
10 CommentsBluegrass is no longer the cute little subgenre of country just trying to keep the traditions going in fiddle camps across the country. It’s that too, but Billy Strings has taken it to the arena level with others on his heels.
2024 Under The Big Sky Fest in Words and Pictures
20 CommentsIt really is hard to come back to reality after spending three days in picturesque Whitefish, Montana, taking in the music of some of our generation’s very top talents courtesy of the Under The Big Sky Festival.
“Rolling Stone” Compares “Hawk Tuah Girl” to Dolly Parton
34 CommentsYou’re about a week too late yesterday to try and make clickbait hay off the “Hawk Tuah Girl,” but that didn’t stop Rolling Stone from publishing an embarrassing piece of journalistic fellatio late last week