The details of the final Alan Jackson show have been released. “Last Call: One More for the Road – The Finale” will happen with a big list of supporting talent.
Hate on Lower Broadway all you want. But if you really want to make a difference about how that area is evolving, steer people to the places down there that are still doing it right, that act like beacons of true artistic expression.
Zach Top has just announced the title and release date for what will immediately become one of the most anticipated albums on 2025. To be called ‘Ain’t In It For My Health,’ it will be released on upstart label Leo33.
Country traditionalist Big City Brian Wright isn’t the first to record a country trucker album, and he won’t be the last. But he is the first to take a country trucker album, and make it fly.
At a recent show, the 73-year-old George Strait addressed just how much longer we might be able to see him perform live, and in a rather poignant and touching way.
Alan Jackson was the inaugural recipient of the ACM Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 60th Annual ACM Awards in Dallas (Frisco), TX. Announced right before he took the stage.
Country music is unlike most other popular music genres. It’s humans impressing fingers on wood and wire, and singing from the gut and soul in the beautiful imperfection of authentic expression.
Is Zach Top really a traditional country artist? Or is he just reimagining the sounds of ’90s country? And are people forgetting that in the ’90s, traditionalists though the music was terrible?
When it comes to the rules of country music, Alan Jackson never broke one in his illustrious, Hall of Fame career. But when it came to the rules of life and the music business, well that’s another story.
The Grand Ole Opry’s 100th Anniversary celebration on Wednesday, March 19th was a big hit. The 3-hour special on NBC also did really well in the ratings, despite focusing on legends more than current stars.
We didn’t really know what to expect from the Grand Ole Opry’s 100th Anniversary celebration on NBC Wednesday night (3-19). We hoped it would be a cavalcade of actual country stars singing actual country music.
Country music is going through a big revitalization of the ’90s country sound, and it’s off the backs of guys like Zach Top, as well as Texas native Jake Worthington with his 2023 self-titled album.
What started out as a joke has now blown up into a full-blown conspiracy theory that Zach Top is not only emulating the ’90s country sound of country stalwarts such as Alan Jackson, but that Alan Jackson actually sired Zach Top.
George Strait and Alan Jackson weren’t exactly Outlaws, or even outsiders of any kind in country music, especially on October 27th, 1999 when they walked into the studio and recorded their own version of the song.
lan Jackson, Sturgill Simpson, Miranda Lambert, and what’s left of Lynyrd Skynyrd will be the headliners of the 3rd annual Two Step Inn Festival. They will join 30+ other artists across three stages.
Zach Top is out there reminding the world that the ’90s were the last great era in popular country music, and now he’ll be saddling up with one of the last true torchbearers from the ’90s era., Alan Jackson.
Just a short boat ride from his home, Jackson partnered with Edgar Evins State Park, erected a stage some 12 foot above the water, and invited everyone to come to the free concert. It took place on Saturday, July 23rd, 1994.
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.
After revealing a diagnosis of neurological disease Charcot-Marie-Tooth or CMT, he announced his “Last Call Tour” in 2022, not saying it was a “farewell,” but that he didn’t know what the future may have in store.
As strange as it may sound, the term “saving country music” or “save country music” has been said and written more in the last few months than at any other time in history. This begs a deeper discussion about the term.
Along with clarifying that Beyoncé herself believes her upcoming release “Ain’t a country album,” she also further reiterates that the project came about from, “taking my time to bend and blend genres together…”
When American music legend Jimmy Buffett passed away on September 1st, it became patently evident to all of us just how important this man and his music had been to popular music irrespective of genre.
After taking some time out of the spotlight to fight the Cancer, Keith is now starting to battle back and appear in public again. But don’t expect a bunch of new songs from him anytime soon.
He’s no Russian oligarch, mind you. But when it comes to aquatic motorcraft, nobody in country music or much of anywhere else has ol’ Alan Jackson beat. And no, we’re not just talking about the sheer size or glitz factor.