Charley Crockett’s Ban from Canada for Weed Charge is Ridiculous
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Charley Crockett was scheduled to perform eight dates all across Canada heading into early March. Now none of them will be fulfilled due to a 10-year-old marijuana charge in the US. Marijuana is legal in Canada.
CMT Gutted in Latest Round of Layoffs. Leslie Fram Departs.
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At this point, it’s hard to see how CMT continues forward as even a semblance of what it once was after the latest round of layoffs from parent company Paramount gut the country music cable network of top-tier talent.
This Is Big: Zach Top to Open for Alan Jackson
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Zach Top is out there reminding the world that the ’90s were the last great era in popular country music, and now he’ll be saddling up with one of the last true torchbearers from the ’90s era., Alan Jackson.
Album Review – Billy Strings – “Highway Prayers” (+ Song Reviews)
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Billy Strings has taken bluegrass to the arena and beyond. And every time you believe he’s going to abandon the discipline or stretch it too far, he doubles down on his bluegrass roots like he does with “Highway Prayers.”
Cross Canadian Ragweed to Reunite, Play Show in Oklahoma
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The rumors are true. Legendary Red Dirt band Cross Canadian Ragweed is reuniting, and will be playing a show with fellow Oklahoma legends the Turnpike Troubadours and other Red Dirt legends.
Kris Kristofferson, Toby Keith and the Outlandish “Rolling Stone” Altercation
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The media loves to place individuals firmly in the political binary, and then pit them against each other. It’s good for clicks and business, even if it causes collateral damage in communities or greater society in the process.
Album Review – JP Harris – “JP Harris is a Trash Fire”
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As self-deprecating and under-the-radar as JP Harris may be, he is no less than a living legend to a lot of the independent country performers in East Nashville and beyond, and to the handful of fervent fans he’s accrued.
Kris Kristofferson: Country Music’s Poet Laureate and Revolutionary Lyricist Passes
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It’s impossible to compose a proper summation of the career of Kris Kristofferson. You can’t tie a nice little bow around it, because it’s so bursting and effusive, and touches so many sectors of American society.
It Don’t Matter Who’s Selling Out Arenas, Del McCoury is Still The King
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The International Bluegrass Music Association held their annual awards on September 26th. And it wasn’t bluegrass phenom Billy Strings who’s out there selling out arenas that walked away with the top award.
Hugh Prestwood Helped Raise Concern About Country’s Songwriters (RIP)
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when his life hit the skids like it’s done for so many of country’s legacy songwriters and Hugh Prestwood faced an uncertain future, the music community stepped up in a heartening way.
Album Review – Eliza Thorn’s “Somebody New”
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Eliza Thorn offers a super tasty, diverse, enriching, and involved album for her official debut that shows off a wide array of influences and talents across a spectrum of roots music, fulfilling the appetite of the audience.
Album Review – Chase Rice’s – “Go Down Singin'”
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Clearly the death of his father inspired a dramatic recalibration of priorities for Chase Rice, and that is reflected in the songs of this album. It’s definitely more mature and meaningful than his earlier stuff.
Registering a Complaint about the Sound at Cannery Hall in Nashville
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During multiple sets over multiple days, the sound and lighting on the Row One stage was so horrendous—both for the audience and the performers—it inspired this whole article to be written about it.