Release Radar & Most Anticipated Albums for Final Portion of 2025
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As fall breaks and the end of the year fast approaches, it’s time to look at what’s on tap for the rest of 2025 in country before Christmas music ushers the music industry into the Holidays.
Album Review – Carly Pearce’s “Hummingbird”
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With an uncommon adherence to country sounds for a contemporary popular artist, and bolstered by reams of clever songwriting and spirited performances, Carly Pearce turns in an inspired and compelling album.
Tyler Childers & The Rolling Stones Prove “Dead Flowers” is a Country Song
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Listening to Mick Jagger sing “Dead Flowers” now over 50 years since its release with Tyler Childers, you can definitely tell he’s trying his best to put some British twang to it. So are Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood.
Album Review – Jesse Daniel’s “Countin’ The Miles”
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Jesse Daniel brings a loaded down Peterbilt’s worth of full-tilt twang to this one, and puts all worries about “wHaT’s HAppeNeD To TOdAyS COunTRY mUsIc!” to bed. You want country music? Listen to Jesse Daniel.
Kaitlin Butts Announces First Official Headlining Tour
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You better get out to see Kaitlin Butts while she’s still playing relatively intimate venues, or you’ll be bellyaching in years to come when you have to fork out big bucks to see her in bigger venues when she blows up.
Breaking Down Shaboozey’s Break Down of “A Bar (Tipsy)”
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The idea was to explain the groundbreaking, genre shattering nature of how this song came about. But instead of exposing the genius behind it, the breakdown was an inadvertent self-own by Shaboozey.
JP Harris Signs to Bloodshot, Readies New “Trash Fire” Album
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The carpenter/contractor, old-time banjo enthusiast, and sometimes full-time touring musician is officially back, releasing a couple of new songs, and announcing the release of his latest album “JP Harris is a Trash Fire.”
Major Shakeup in Austin Country Radio as KOKE Moves Online
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The country music radio landscape in the “Live Music Capital of the World” has just gone through a major shakeup, with the legendary KOKE going fully online, and a new radio station launching catering specifically to Texas country.
Of Course Sturgill Simpson Couldn’t Stay Away. Welcome Johnny Blue Skies
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Simpson has announced a slew of new tour dates, as well as an album under the Johnny Blue Skies name. It’s probably a good bet that it will be a conceptualized song cycle of some sort.
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Say Farewell, For Now
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It’s so easy to overlook what Lukas Nelson contributes because his career so far has been so unselfish. Same goes for his long-time backing band, Promise of the Real, originally formed in 2008.
Independent Country Festivals Face Increasing Competition in 2024
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In some respects, these are all good problems to have, and speak to the growing pains of an emerging reality where independent artists have just as much pull and agency live as their mainstream counterparts.
North Springs Music Festival Expands to Two Days for 2024
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Celebrating it’s 5th year, the North Springs Music Festival at Kennedy Farms is looking to ramp things up in 2024, offering their biggest lineup yet and expanding to two days, while also being an alternative to the massive megafestivals.
Album Review – Willie Nelson’s “The Border”
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Willie Nelson continues to mesmerize with the confidence of his delivery and the exploration of his aged, but character-laden voice. By exploiting the near century we have with Willie, it sounds like we’re listening to a deity.