Saving Country Music News: New Newsletter & Other Updates

For years, Saving Country Music readers have been signing up for a newsletter that wasn’t going out, and requesting that Saving Country Music restart the practice. Well ten years to the day after the last newsletter went out, the Saving Country Music Newsletter was officially restarted on Monday (1-9), keeping to a promise to numerous readers and a New Year’s resolution.
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On a weekly basis, the newsletter will offer a roundup of the week’s most important stories, other important news items, and will also include a “Note From Trigger” that will not be found anywhere else but in the newsletter. Upon occasion, there may be other content and updates that are exclusive to the newsletter, including perhaps full articles that are best to share with core readers as opposed to the wide internet, or articles and posts that are shared first through the newsletter.
So even if you follow Saving Country Music on social media or come to the site on a daily basis, there still may be reasons to sign up for the newsletter, while it’s also a good alternative for folks who don’t use social media, but want to stay connected to the site. Also, if major breaking news erupts, notifications can go out through the newsletter email list, though the amount of emails will always be kept to a minimum.
The restarting of the newsletter is part of a greater reset Saving Country Music will be going through in the coming weeks and months. Many have requested more podcasts from Saving Country Music. Along with plans to restart the Country History X podcast (can be found on all major streaming platforms), some other audio and potentially video components are going to be launched and tested to try and reach more people with the Saving Country Music message of pushing independent artists to the forefront, and keeping the memory of country legends alive.
As part of this reset, there also may be certain days when no new article is posted on Saving Country Music. For many years the philosophy has been to post at least one article every day, aside from major holidays and such. However, sometimes this insistence takes away from critical work on bigger, more important articles or objectives.
Though there will still be posts on the vast majority of days, no longer making daily posts compulsory will allow more time and effort to be expended making sure the content that does get posted is top quality, and allow more time for working on other important projects. I just want to give folks a heads up so that if on a random Saturday there is no new article, there is no reason to send out a search party.
There will be a much more in-depth retrospective and dissertation on the realignment Saving Country Music will be going through that will be posted soon, sort of a “State of the Union of Saving Country Music” thing. But for now I wanted to get these technical announcements out of the way.
And finally, I will have news on a very exciting upcoming project that has nothing to do with country music, or music at all to share with y’all in the coming days, so stay tuned.
Thanks as always for reading!
–Trigger
January 10, 2023 @ 9:41 am
So, we are going back to the 2000’s…
😀
January 10, 2023 @ 9:52 am
Exactly. Time to go back to making meaningful, direct connections with people who want to connect to you as opposed to solely relying on social media algorithms with perverse incentives designed to enrage.
January 10, 2023 @ 10:10 am
Trigger – thank you.
January 11, 2023 @ 11:51 am
Yes thank you for all you do
January 10, 2023 @ 11:19 am
Excited to see what the New Year brings! And it goes without saying, thanks for all you do here!
January 10, 2023 @ 1:09 pm
“And finally, I will have news on a very exciting upcoming project that has nothing to do with country music, or music at all to share with y’all in the coming days, so stay tuned.”
: D Ok, i’ll be one of the first to venture a guess.
G. #1 – You’re running for office.
G. #2 – You guys are having a new little Son of A Gun.
G. #3 – You are moving to Nashville to, Oh wait, nothing to do with music …
How long you expect to make us wait?
January 10, 2023 @ 1:45 pm
It’s hard to believe I’ve been frequenting these parts almost daily for over a decade! Seems like a good place to say “Great job!” I appreciate the focus on all aspects of country music – classic, bluegrass, independent, Americana, etc. – and the effort that goes into SCM. Thanks for all your hard work!
January 10, 2023 @ 2:13 pm
As always, thanks for everything. I love this site. I visit daily and have found so much good music through you. I am definitely getting in on the email newsletter.
January 10, 2023 @ 3:39 pm
Has there been any effort made to resurrect the Country Music Critic’s Poll? I remember you saying you were interested in hosting it last year after it was dropped by the Nashville Scene. I always looked forward to reading it in January.
January 10, 2023 @ 4:30 pm
I’m not really sure. The original Critic’s Poll is the intellectual property of Geoffrey Himes. I did offer to host it last year, but he said he didn’t have the time to do it right. I’ll have to see if he has anything planned this year. Meanwhile, the Nashville Scene did a “Country Music Almanac” last year in its place, which exclusively featured the opinions of a select group of ideologically-aligned echo-chambered Nashville activists. What was cool about the Critic’s Poll is it brought EVERYONE together to poll who critics though were the best, while the new approach just further bifurcates media down tribal lines. I do not know if the Nashville Scene plans to do a similar issue this year or not. Last year it was published on January 20th, so we’ll see.
January 10, 2023 @ 4:14 pm
This all sounds real exciting, Trig!
January 10, 2023 @ 4:27 pm
All sounds good. Wasn’t around for the newsletter so not sure what to make of that. This is a great site though which is possible because of you trigger.
January 11, 2023 @ 10:30 am
And the SCM merch store launches…when?
January 11, 2023 @ 2:32 pm
From the very beginning I have refused to sell merch. Go spend your music dollars on a band. I don’t want to be competing with the artists, bands, labels, venues, and local promoters who need merch money to survive. I’m here to support them, not be another mouth to feed. That said, there will be an big opportunity for folks to support me and my writing if they wish that will be announced soon.
January 11, 2023 @ 3:56 pm
I understand completely, and deeply respect that, Trig. My comment was (almost) purely in jest! You do so much to promote and support great music, and my music library has substantially grown over the 10+ years I’ve been a regular reader of this site. For that, we thank you. I look forward to learning how we can continue to support you and your craft!