On The Eagles ‘Greatest Hits’ 50th Anniversary, Pondering Its Country-ness
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It’s fair to ask if The Eagles’ ‘Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)’ released 50 years ago today should it be considered a country album, or at least, mostly or partly country, or country-inspired.
Album Review – Kaitlin Butts – “Roadrunner!”
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Uninterested in taking a conventional approach to making an album, rising country star Kaitlin Butts finds inspiration in the original Rodgers and Hammerstein stage production about her native state of Oklahoma.
George Strait to Get Hollywood Star, Along with … Keith Urban?!?
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If you want to get Keith Urban on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, wait until a year after Strait gets his or something. The organizers of this make it seem like Strait and Urban are equals. It just sort of cheapens the whole thing.
Alan Jackson The SONGWRITER to be Honored
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These days we’re used to songwriting by committee, especially from most mainstream major label country stars. But even in Alan Jackson’s most productive era, an artist writing most of their own songs like Alan was rare.
Silverada Slays Jackalope Jamboree to Celebrate Album Release
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Seven minutes after their new self-titled album hit streaming services at midnight Eastern, 9:00 p.m. Pacific, the greatest live country band in the world took the stage at the Jackalope Jamboree in Pendleton, Oregon.
Album Review – Silverada (Self-Titled)
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Mike and the Moonpies? Silverada? The only names you really need to know are Mike Harmeier, Omar Oyoque, Catlin Rutherford, Zachary Moulton, and Taylor Englert. If they’re involved, it’s probably tits.
Kinky Friedman: Iconoclast That Made The Right Kind of Trouble (RIP)
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As a musician, songwriter, iconoclast, poet, writer, politician, and cigar connoisseur, Kinky Friedman couldn’t help but pursue his passions no matter where they took him, and to stir the good kind of trouble whenever he got there.
Officially Declaring June 28th, 2024 a Country Music Holiday
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Ladies and gentlemen, by the power vested in me by the founding documents of Saving Country Music, I hereby decree that Friday, June 28th, 2024 is an official country music holiday, with all the rights and privileges thereof.
CMT & MTV’s Eradication of Editorial Content is a Catastrophe
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It’s not just that the company has laid off all its journalists and editors. It’s that the work of scores of writers over many years—tens of thousands of articles in total—are now gone, and unlikely to return.
Album Review – Jack McKeon – “Talking To Strangers”
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It’s not just some of the staggering one-liners McKeon delivers. It’s how he embeds them within stories, settings, and characters that really sell those lines as prophetic, and make you heed them, not just hear them.
Telluride Celebrates 51 Years of Bluegrass, and 50 with Sam Bush
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Noam Pikelny—the banjo maestro and member of both The Punch Brothers and Mighty Polar—he said it best in his always humorous statements from the stage. “Telluride is like ‘Lord of the Flies’ meets the Grand Ole Opry.”
Ryan Adams Calls Out Jason Isbell at Show in Raleigh
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At a show on June 21st at the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh, NC, Ryan Adams called out Jason Isbell in an impromptu song possibly called “Don’t Forget The Laundry List.”
Molly Tuttle Makes a Lasting Memory at Telluride Bluegrass 2024
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Molly Tuttle and her magnificent band Golden Highway played the penultimate set at the 51st Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, leaving it all out on the stage, and in the case of Molly Tuttle, bearing more than just her soul.