New Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Playlist (#180)
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Don’t trust the dirty algorithms, paid-off outlets, or paid-for influencers to present you the best songs being released in country. We’re meticulously digging through dozens of songs each week to find the best stuff to present all in one place.
10 Years Ago: Chris Stapleton Revolutionizes Country with Landmark Album
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There are just a few landmark records that you can point back to in the history of country music and legitimately claim they revolutionized the genre in fundamental ways.
Album Review – Christopher Seymore’s “King of Nothing”
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It’s ten kick ass, easy-to-love country songs that sound just like country music always has, and always should. But if you want to delve a little bit deeper, you’ll also discover its quiet genius.
Mark Chesnutt Comes Clean About Battles with Alcohol
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We almost lost Mark Chesnutt, and a couple of times, and for multiple reasons. And that would have been a devastating loss for country music. Mark Chesnutt a ’90s country hero up there with some of the best of the era.
Album Review – Eric Church’s “Evangeline vs. The Machine”
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Congratulations Eric Church fans, this is what you waited four years for—seven new songs and a Tom Waits cover spectacularly overproduced by Jay Joyce. “Evangeline vs. The Machine” is right…
Opry’s 100th Anniversary Book Doesn’t Shy Away from Controversy
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Would we only get a wine and roses portrayal of the Opry, especially through the modern era? Or would it be willing to present the accurate history, warts and all? Luckily, the latter is the case.
Album Review – Mason Via (Self-Titled)
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Combining adept flat-picking with top-caliber songwriting and a voice perfectly tooled for bluegrass, Mason Via brings an accessibility and immediacy to the bluegrass discipline.
Brent Cobb Reveals “Ain’t Rocked in a While” Tour Dates
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Something has gotten into our sweet little South Georgia boy Brent Cobb. Were used to him softly cooing gentle country songs in our ear as we laze away a warm sunny Sunday afternoon.
Comedian Tom Segura Clowns on Garth Brooks in New Series
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If you’ve ever interfaced with almost anything involving Garth Brooks on the internet over the last few years, you’ve probably noticed all of the “Where are all the bodies Garth?” comments and other weird trolling.
Cody Jinks Announces New Album “In My Blood”
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The modern King of Outlaw Country isn’t one for lounging around for a few years in between albums. After releasing a new studio album and a Lefty Frizzell tribute in 2024, Cody Jinks will release his latest album called “In My Blood.”
The Iconic Sho-Bud Steel Guitar Is Officially Back
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A steel guitar crying and moaning in a song is one of the most iconic sounds in all of country music. And if you know anything about steel guitars, then you know about Sho-Bud.
Red Clay Strays, Zach Top, Ella Langley Win Early ACM Awards
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It’s just the ACM Awards. And it’s just their “New Artist of the Year” categories that are split into three separate awards. But the good guys won, and it does perhaps portend positive things for the future.
Country Is Surging in Country Music. But Pop Stars are Confusing the Signal
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The trend of pop projects being pushed to the country market that started in earnest with Beyoncé is beginning to look less like a short-lived trend for 2024, and now becoming endemic.