The Legendary Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace Closes Its Doors
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The plight for legendary, mid-sized country music venues continues to worsen as the legendary Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, California has been forced to abruptly close.
Sturgill Simpson, Gary Stewart Among 2024 Kentucky Hall of Fame Class
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The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame has just announced their 2024 class, and as can be expected there is a heavy dose of country and bluegrass greats going in. This includes Ketucky natives Sturgill Simpson and Gary Stewart.
Dispelling the Ray Charles “Only One Country Album” Myth
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One of the most common misunderstandings when it comes to Black performers in country music is the legacy of Ray Charles. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2022, his legacy is regularly diminished.
Kelsey Waldon Rides Winning Streak into New Album Announcement
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Kelsey Waldon has released plenty of original songs in her career. But on this new project, she mines the great American songbook to recreate her original inspirations for deciding to become a country singer in the first place.
The Wilder Blue Just Leveled Up in a Big Way
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If you know about the Texas music supergroup The Wilder Blue, chances are you’re a big fan. And if you’re a Wilder Blue fan, chances are you might be a little frustrated and perplexed why there aren’t more Wilder Blue fans.
Miranda Lambert, Ronnie Dunn Help Induct Texas 2024 Songwriters
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In Texas, songwriting is a different animal from what it is in Nashville, Los Angeles, or other places. Instead of trying to make hits, they’re trying to stand on the shoulders of the greats that came before them.
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#135)
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You better hope you’ve taken your anti-depressants recently, because the newest additions to the Top 25 playlist with take you to the deepest recesses of human emotion like only the best country music can.
20 Years Ago: Old Crow Medicine Show Releases Landmark “O.C.M.S.”
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Over the last 20 years, there are a few specific albums you can select out of the crowd and give credit for critically reshaping country music into what it is today, and specifically for re-instituting the roots of country.
Album Review – Corb Lund’s “El Viejo”
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“El Viejo” doesn’t just add to Corb Lund’s musical legacy. In many ways, it closes a circle and begins a new era. He may not be “viejo” himself, but they grey hairs are moving in, and he’s now the one many Western singers look up to.
Kimmi Bitter to Keep It “Old School” for New Album
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She’s the closest thing our generation has to Patsy Cline, but she also has a style all her own. She’s the perfect combination of the familiar and original. The future of country music is classic, and the future of classic country is Kimmi Bitter.
Why Beyoncé’s #1 in Country Doesn’t Really Matter
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As you can imagine, the news of the #1 has been met with with praise for Beyoncé breaking down barriers and shattering glass ceilings in country. But this is more about a megastar worth $800 million cutting in line.
On This Day: Hank Jr. & The Simpsons Team for Hilarious “Canyonero” Jingle
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It’s rare that a fake commercial in a cartoon becomes so iconic that it embeds itself into popular culture, but that’s what happened when Hank Williams Jr. teamed up with long-running animated series “The Simpsons.”
Ameripolitan Comes Into Its Own in 2024, Offers a Better Way Forward
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In 2024, everything that Dale Watson must have dreamed up as his ideal fantasy of what the Ameripolitan Awards could become was finally realized when it returned to Austin where it was originally held.