Beloved Steel Guitar Player Pete Finney Has Passed Away
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What a remarkable legacy of music and memories Pete Finney leaves behind. The steel guitarist and music historian was beloved across country music, and performed with some of country music’s biggest stars.
The Saving Country Music 2025 Album of the Year
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After a rigorous nomination and voting process compiling ten select albums and a host of honorable mentions, something nearing a universal consensus has centered around one album in 2025.
Amish Couple Ben & Rose Become One of 2025’s New Breakouts
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One of the biggest breakout performers in country music in 2025 is perhaps one of the most unlikely in the genre’s history. Nobody could have predicted that an Old Order Amish couple could become a viral sensation.
Album Review – Brad Paisley’s “Snow Globe Town”
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It turns out that Brad Paisley has just the right amount of Christmas cheer, classic country nostalgia, sheer talent, and elfish mischief and humor to compose a country Christmas record that’s well above serviceable.
40 Years Ago: Johnny Paycheck Shoots a Man (Maybe Over Turtle Soup)
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Many country music artists have claimed to be “Outlaws” over the years. Only two have produced .22 pistols and shot at people’s heads to prove it: Billy Joe Shaver, and Johnny PayCheck.
Opry’s 100th Anniversary Tribute is Perfect Time to Reinstate Hank
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Hank Williams III founded the The Reinstate Hank movement back in 2003 in an effort to get the Grand Ole Opry to recognize his grandfather who was kicked out for drunkeness and missing rehearsals in 1952.
Clint Black Is Ready To Tell His Story
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The Country Music Hall of Fame and others might be reluctant to tell his story, but Clint Black isn’t. He’s planning to release his memoir, “KILLIN’ TIME: My Life and Music” via Harper Influence.
Album Review – Dee White’s “Heart Talkin'”
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As the world feels like it’s unraveling and spinning out of control, a attentive spin through Heart Talkin’ helps slow everything down, and remind you to savor the important moments in life, however fleeting.
The Time Rob Reiner Appeared in a Reba McEntire Video
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Rob Reiner’s role in a Reba McEntire video was probably the least of his accomplishments in his storied career. But it illustrates just how much he’d become an unlikely cultural icon both in front and behind the camera.
Austin Music Titan Jim Stringer Has Died
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Jim Stringer wasn’t just an Austin musician. He served as the connective tissue that held together Austin’s enterprising country music scene for over 30 years. The was the long-time frontman of the AM Band.
Joe Ely, The Purveyor of Texas Cool, Has Passed Away
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He was the Bruce Springsteen of Texas, the country icon of punk, the rock ‘n roll heart of country, and the envy of any singer, songwriter, and guitar player out there that knew their stuff. He was Joe Ely.
The Best Mainstream Country Albums of 2025
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Irrespective of the definitions, the point of highlighting the best “mainstream” albums each year is to reward artists and the industry when they get it right within the closest proximity to Music Row.
Album Review – Shinglers – “Hit The Head!”
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Not since the height of Austin music in the ’70s have we heard songs so indicative of the original spirit of the Austin scene. That’s what the Shinglers throw down on their new album “Hit The Head!”