The project has ballooned into a 10 part, 11-hour series. Consider it like the Ken Burns Country Music documentary that ran on PBS back in 2019, but dedicated to the Outlaw country movement.
Part of the magic about the music of Keith Whitley is that he was able to accomplish so much in such a short period of time. He passed away tragically in 1989 at the age of 34 right as his career was taking off.
Charley Crockett’s Sagebrush Trilogy of albums will be completed when he releases the Shooter Jennings-produced ‘Age Of The Ram.’ To complete the trilogy, it will take 20 overall tracks.
His new 20-track album ‘Vengeance and Grace’—a unique project that will feature 10 songs recorded with Tod’s new traditional country band The Inline Six. The second half will feature acoustic songs.
There’s one way to remove yourself from the overbearing shadow of a maternal or paternal legacy in music, and quell the criticisms of privilege. You can just be so damn good, you blow past all that banter.
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.
Beloved drummer, band member, session player, brother, and father Bryan “Keelgood” Keeling has passed away. He played with many musicians, but is best known as a member of the .357’s.
Billy Don Burns came close recently to leaving the planet for good in a story that is only fit for Billy Don. It included stabbing himself and shooting cocaine with whiskey instead of water.
Produced by Shooter Jennings at his Snake Mountain Studio, it’s like nothing you ever heard from Jake Owen or really any current or former mainstream country music before.
Benjamin Tod came up playing street corner string music with his underground roots outfit called the Lost Dog Street Band. But recently he’s gotten a burr under his saddle about the state of country music.
The music is still up on streaming services as of this post, though it will likely be taken down soon. But in many respects, the damage is already done. This is just a harbinger of things to come.
Fans are loving the new posthumous release of Waylon Jennings songs called “Songbird.” The appeal for the album is reflected in the sales and streaming numbers for the release so far.
Waylon Jennings was the real deal if there ever was one, and that’s why unheard tracks come so anticipated. The 10 tracks from ‘Songbird’ are from the ’70s and early ’80s era.
The new song is called “The Cowboy (Small Texas Town),” and it’s taken from the same recording sessions of Waylon’s 1978 album ‘I’ve Always Been Crazy.’ It also answers the Littlefield Billboard mystery.
With ‘Dollar A Day,’ the grandiose promises Crockett is prone to slipping into are fulfilled. With 15 tracks, a variety in sound, and a grand scope, it’s everything what you want an album to be, from Charley Crockett or anyone else.
He’s one of the hardest working men in country music, and he’s proving that once again in 2025. Set for August 8th, Charley Crockett will release his latest album, the second so far in 2025, and the second in a trilogy.
On Father’s Day 2025—which also happens to coincide with Waylon’s birthday this year (June 15th)—we’re finally getting to hear some of what Shooter Jennings has been working on, with a lot more in store.
The Turnpike Troubadours have always been a band graced by a fervent, and frankly, gossipy fans base that will take any kernel of information about the band and make it go megaviral before breakfast.
“Lonesome Drifter” gives you another good haul of original Charley Crockett songs that are immediately entertaining, and that endear you ever further to the man and the mythos.
The debut country album from Shooter Jennings called Put The ‘O’ Back in Country was a critically-important moment in the country music revolution we’re currently in the midst of.
Get on board with Charley Crockett, or get out of the way before you get trucked. This dude is on a tear and isn’t stopping or slowing down for anybody.
All that hard work over the last many years is paying off in spades for ol’ Charley Crockett. Just announced officially, Crockett has signed a major label deal with Island Records, and will be releasing his debut major label album.
Crockett has let his opinions be known about the music business and Nashville before. See the title track to his 2021 album ‘Music City USA.’ But on his new song “Mr. Nashville,” he lives little to the imagination and spells it out.
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