Beloved North Springs Music Fest Reveals 2026 Lineup
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The call it “The Honky Tonk in a Hayfield,” and patrons say it’s not just about how the lineup is curated. It’s also about the curation of the crowd and how they’re all like-minded country fans.
Zach Top Announces 2025 Headliner Tour Dates
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Alright. Enough of this playing 20 minute opening sets for Lainey Wilson. Zach Top is one of the fastest-rising artists in all of country music, and he’s taking his traditional country sound to the top with him.
UPDATED: Ticket Holders Irate Over Lineup of Gordy’s Hwy 30 Texas Festival
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For the last six weeks or so, Saving Country Music has been monitoring and investigating the drama-filled lineup rollout of “Gordy’s Hwy 30 Music Festival Texas Edition” set to happen for the second year in Fort Worth.
Joe Nichols Announces New Album “Honky Tonks & Country Songs”
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True country music fans can only hope and pray that we’re finally coming out of the long cold Bro-Country winter that put the careers of mainstream country traditionalists like Joe Nichols on ice.
Tommy Cash, Brother of Johnny Cash & Fellow Performer, Has Died
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The brother of Johnny Cash and acclaimed country music performer himself, Tommy Cash, has passed away. Born on April 5th, 1940, he was 84 years old. The news was confirmed by Bill Miller of the Johnny Cash Museum.
Tyler Childers Breaks a Barrier By Headlining Gulf Coast Jam
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Like many other mainstream festivals, in 2024 the Gulf Coast Jam started looking beyond the major label/Music Row rosters for talent as independent performers are surging in popularity. Now Tyler Childers will headline.
Exploring The Songs of George Strait’s “Cowboys and Dreamers”
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George Strait just released his first album in some five years with Cowboys and Dreamers, and many country fans are finding a lot to love about the album. Here is a track by track look at the album.
Album Review – Shawna Thompson’s “Lean On Neon”
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Well deep fry my okra. You want country? You damn well better, and bring your appetite, because Shawna Thompson is serving up heaping helpings of it. There’s no shrinkflation in twang happening here.
Hayes Carll + Band of Heathens = Supergroup “Hayes & the Heathens”
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Just announced, Hayes Carll and the Band of Heathens have officially formed a supergroup called Hayes and the Heathens. They’ll release an eponymous debut album, with a new single “Any Other Way” out now.
Album Review – Muscadine Bloodline’s “The Coastal Plain”
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Well look at this little duo from Alabama, blowing up on socials, getting a tap on the shoulder by Post Malone to open up on his arena tour, and releasing an album that some are saying is the best all year.
Song Review – Jon Pardi’s “Friday Night Heartbreaker”
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It’s never smart to judge and upcoming mainstream album on a lead single. It’s often the worst of the album. But it’s also fair to judge “Friday Night Heartbreaker” as being pretty bad.
Joshua Ray Walker Reveals Cancer Complications at Kessler Show
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When running down a list of the greatest living songwriters, you damn sure better make sure Joshua Ray Walker is somewhere on there, if not near the top. He didn’t win Saving Country Music’s Song of the Year by accident.
On The Beyoncé, Zach Bryan “Snubs” by the 2024 CMA Awards
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Nobody is listening to Cowboy Carter. It was the most lauded release all year by the press, is supposedly supported by the biggest Stan army in the world, and sits at #133. Meanwhile, Zach Bryan has 3 albums in the Top 20.