Is Taylor Swift’s New Song “I Knew It, I Knew You” Country?
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Ever since Taylor Swift went full-blown pop with her 2014 album 1989, there’s been numerous murmurs, head fakes, false starts, and inferences that certain songs from her have been a return to “country” by the massive global superstar.
Taylor Swift, Caitlin Clark, and Women in Country Music
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The fact that the country music industry supported Taylor Swift so demonstrably and she was able to find top-tier success proves it’s possible for a woman to find her way in the industry, and in recent times.
Sierra Ferrell Announces 2025 “Shoot For The Moon” Tour
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Sierra Ferrell is about to have a BIG 2025, so it might be one of your last opportunities to see her in small venues. She’s just announced a slew of new headliners dates under the appropriate title “Shoot The Moon.”
Cross Canadian Ragweed Officially Reunites at Surprise Mile 0 Fest Set
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During a Cross Canadian Ragweed tribute to cap off Thursday night’s festivities at the Coffee Butler Amphitheater in Key West, all four members of Cross Canadian Ragweed took the stage publicly for the first time in 15 years.
Going Inside a Prison to Witness a Concert of Inmate Songwriters
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Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of the important role music plays in our lives. At other times, it’s patently inescapable. Going behind the walls of a maximum security prison to witness a concert of inmates singing songs they all wrote themselves.
Railbird Fest Throws Fans for a Loop with 2025 Headliners
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Railbird 2025 includes an excellent crop of top-of-the-line independent country and roots artists. But it’s the headliners Railbird has announced that have return patrons chirping
The 2025 Saving Country Music State of the Union Address
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As technology continues to encroach on our everyday lives, the pull of things that are rootsy and real like country music will only become more appealing as a respite and retreat from digital immersion and incursion.
Final Living Member of The Band, Garth Hudson, Has Died
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Those cool frog croaking sounds you hear on the band’s iconic “Up On Cripple Creek”? That was Garth Hudson playing a clavinet through a wah-wah pedal. The mournful sax moans on “Tears of Rage”? That was Garth’s work too.
Amid Polarization and Adversity, Carrie Underwood Crafts a Unifying Moment
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Promising to deliver a unifying moment, Carrie Underwood accomplished that very thing, despite the incredibly polarizing circumstances, and technical difficulties. And she did it through her talent, poise, and grace.
Biggest Takeaways From The 16th Annual 30A Songwriters Fest
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For the people who live along and around 30A—and those willing to travel to it and Airbnb a condo—it’s an incredible opportunity to experience some of the premiere songwriters in the world who travel to attend.
Album Review – Josh Ward’s “Same Ol’ Cowboy, Different Rodeo”
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It’s fiddle. It’s steel guitar. It’s songs about raising hell. It’s sentimental songs about the most important things in life. Everybody’s all behind Zach Top, but Josh’s been doing 90s traditional country since the ’90s.
20 Years Ago: The Great Hank Williams Jr. Jewelry Heist
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It was 20 years ago today—January 19th, 2005—that a 22-year-old man by the name of Ryan Daniel Binkley decided to sneak into the 10,000-square-foot country retreat of Hank Jr’s near Paris, Tennessee.
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers to Officially Disband, Play Final Tour
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Since 2015, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers have been one of the preeminent bands in the underground country punk space, putting out albums that consistently feature River Shook’s incisive songwriting matched with infectious melodies.