Saving country music Last Edit: Nov 28, 2021 14:32:24 GMT by Deleted Deleted Deleted Member MUSIC. It's a resource not just for 2023, but for future generations who may want to reflect back on this year in country music. Good music is good music. Saving Country Music has reached out to the Rodney Crowell camp for comment or more information, but has not heard back. 2020 has been a bad year for many things, but a good year for country music albums. The attendance breaks the previous record. Jun 24, 2024 · For example, whenever Saving Country Music merely mentions Zach Bryan, 70% or more of the comments are very negative. It all begs the question, “Has country music been saved?” 5 days ago · When Saving Country Music was first founded in 2008, the idea that we would ever get to where we are today in country music seemed like a virtual impossibility, a pipe dream, and certainly an uphill battle to say the least. 2nd thing is we looked for singer for Feb 29, 2024 · Rich on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; Richard on Telluride Bluegrass Festival Announces 2025 Lineup; Sam on Beloved Songwriter, Artist, Comedian John Hadley Has Died; Matt on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; Indianola on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List Aug 4, 2024 · Billy Strings is the best live performer on planet earth, any genre, and perhaps, any era. or anyone else know at that time that they had brought one hell of a spitfire guitar player, singer, and lyricist into the world. When the massive musical talent lineup of the Bourbon & Beyond Music, Food & Bourbon festival was announced in January—boasting over 100 top recording artists of the last several decades from various genres of country, Americana, alternative rock, roots, folk and bluegrass—the music Jan 26, 2024 · They’ve released one critically-acclaimed album after another, including 2021’s One To Grow on, which received a perfect score here at Saving Country Music. I love how they capture unique feelings in their songs. It’s in The Library of Congress. CLASSIC THREADS 5 country songs to choose from Apr H&A Cup Round 4 Vote to Midnight GMT 17/03/20. Though it utilizes top Nashville talent such as drummer Nick Buda and Grammy-winning guitarist Kenny Greenberg, it also results in a modernizing of Alice’s sound. More information if or when it becomes available. For tickets and more info, visit jackalopejamboree. recording artist and once marquee Grand Ole Opry performer Holly Dunn has died. i mean, really? 'fool for you'. ” Nov 19, 2024 · Eric Church is a fan of country music’s “Outsiders” if you will. You can read last year’s recap for more insight. GENERAL. The ’90s-style traditional country sound that Zach features is something country fans both young and old are craving, and Zach Top is serving it up in new, original songs. A lot of this hatred also often comes unwarranted, and from misunderstanding. Oct 19, 2023 · Glen on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; David:The Duke of Everything on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; Jim L. So in lieu of removing comments, warnings are first issued to commenters. You are correct that overall, country music is trending in a more traditional direction. Jan 2, 2025 · Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#150) Trigger News 8 Comments Detox from the onslaught of Christmas music with some of the best songs released in late 2024, along with some of the very promising singles released ahead of highly-anticipated albums for 2025. May 23, 2024 · It literally made the Night News, like the 30 minute news broadcasts on the major TV stations. The Foxfire Project started as a class project at a Rabun County high school in the north Georgia mountains where students interviewed neighbors and wrote a series of articles, which turned into a quarterly magazine and then a book in 1972. Many give credit to Keith Whitley for helping to set the table for country music’s landmark “Class of ’89” that would take country music to a peak in popularity. Jun 14, 2024 · Saving Country Music first sung the praises of Welles just a few weeks ago, saying he was “the voice of America’s guilty conscience” after numerous of his homespun recordings caught some fire on Instagram and YouTube. It might come across as a little naggy to new initiates, but by the end of Drive & Cry, you will be outright craving the sound of Nenni singing country when your brain should be focused on more pertinent priorities. “Gimmie Three Steps” is a punchy and sweaty Southern rock ode if there ever was one, including the hand drums that give Southern rock additional textures compared to its close cousin of country. If we’re being honest, this duet is rather sloppy, rendering the original recording by Noeline probably the superior Feb 6, 2024 · It is the policy of Saving Country Music to censor comments only as a last resort. Apr 30, 2024 · The tragedies continue to accrue for George Strait's musical family and crew in 2024, with one of Strait's long-running right-hand men passing away after losing two other important members of his entourage earlier in March. Jun 18, 2024 · #562 (Southern rock) on the Country DDS “…and the Southern rock gods from their perch way on high in country music heaven gazed down through the firmament to behold Taylor Hunnicutt and her debut album Alabama Sound. The only reason people stopped clapping and cheering is because Charley Crockett wanted to stay on time and play the next song. Jun 23, 2024 · A post shared by Saving Country Music (@saving_country_music) Sierra also did a super rousing version of “Me and Bobby McGee” to the delight of the crowd. H&A Cup Round 6 Vote to midnight GMT 8/4/20 Post by bungo the mungo on Mar 23, 2019 16:15:09 GMT. This self-titled album is an exploration into impulse control and the facing of moral conundrums, and often failing to fall on the right side of these decisions. But for Southern rock stalwarts The Steel Woods and their most dedicated fans, their sold out show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville Friday night (11-22) took on special significance. If anything, Saving Country Music and the rest of media is in arrears reporting on this. Chet Flippo once said it was one of the most important albums that ever came out of Nashville. Aug 14, 2023 · It’s one of the most untold, intriguing, and perhaps controversial stories in country music history. Fans of George Strait are not pleased with the biased reporting of Trigger. This time it’s Noeline Hofmann, who Saving Country Music highlighted previously, and is the original writer of this song. ” Dec 26, 2024 · The Saving Country Music Artist of the Year does not go through a nomination process, and there is no vote for the winner. Since then, he hasn’t slowed his output at all, continuing to dazzle with each new song he releases, and now probably Oct 7, 2024 · WOW, how biased against the King of Country Music: George Harvey Strait Sr. Oct 2, 2024 · At this point, it’s hard to see how CMT continues forward as even a semblance of what it once was after the latest round of layoffs from parent company Paramount gut the country music cable network of top-tier talent, including long-time and heavily influential Senior Vice President of Music and Talent, Leslie Fram. – – – – – – – – – – – Taylor Sheridan’s TV series Yellowstone has been instrumental in the rise of independent country artists that mainstream country radio regularly ignores. ’ Without her band, and in front of a crowd that’s not exactly the Texas/Red Dirt scene that she’s familiar with, Kaitlin came out with just an acoustic guitar, and stunned. ” That comment ended up going viral itself. Look, I know NYC is a country radio desert (due to the hardwired-for-rhythmic nature of the dominant demographics there), but “Sounds Like the Radio” is getting played in Albany, Hartford, Providence, Boston, Portland, Manchester and all the smaller markets in the Northeast. The song is called “Miles To Go. Nov 9, 2023 · The CMA and country music sent a message with Lainey’s Entertainer of the Year win that yes, country music does support women, if those women are country, and support country music back. Nov 5, 2024 · Multiple trends can be occurring in country music at the same time. Dec 30, 2023 · Welcome to Saving Country Music’s most comprehensive guide to music in a given year: The Essential Albums List. It’s less indicative of the Bakersfield Sound with hot steel and Telecaster licks, and more reminiscent of classic California country with melodic notions and jangle pop sounds. Saving Country Music Apr 21, 2024 · Zach Top is one of the most buzzed-about artists in country music after the release of his new album Cold Beer & Country Music. Aug 2, 2024 · Saving Country Music has reached out to both Kyle Nix, as well as the publicist for John Moreland for comment, but neither have responded at the time of this post. 2 things i would love people to know is, we both felt hopeless and never dreamed we would be successful. Tickets Feb 19, 2024 · As Saving Country Music observed at the time, “Kaitlin Butts put on a performance that is only fair to characterize as a ‘career moment. Saving Country Music has been on location the last two years and can attest it’s a good time. is the name his parents gave him when he was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina on November 13th, 1947. But if there was a clear runner up in 2024, it would be Kaitlin Butts. H&A Cup Round 6 Vote to midnight GMT 8/4/20 H&A Cup Round 4 Vote to Midnight GMT 17/03/20. Apr 25, 2024 · Saving Country Music was founded to tackle critically important topics to the country genre whenever they arise, to be an industry watchdog for consumers and artists alike, to advocate for the artistic freedom of performers, to advocate for the preservation of the roots of country music, to call out corruption or other malfeasance within the Jun 4, 2024 · BRO country on Album Review – Ringo Starr’s “Look Up” Traeboy on The 2024 Saving Country Music Songwriter of the Year; Bruce OLeary on Album Review – Stephen Wilson Jr. Nov 28, 2022 · “the lyric was a little racy for the time,” Heck, the lyrics to “Behind Closed Doors” sound positively innocent or G-rated compared to some of the cheating songs that country radio played in the ’60s and early ’70s–often by male-female duets like Bill Anderson and Jan Howard and others. Any show at the Mother Church of Country Music tends to take on that aspect. Multiple comments have been deleted off this very exact thread because they continue to violate this policy. Jun 17, 2024 · On Saturday (6/15) at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, George Strait officially shattered the all-time record for attendance at a single concert with 110,905 tickets sold. Canon Archive. Available on all major streaming platforms. Dec 18, 2022 · Zach Bryan and the Paramount TV show Yellowstone rekindled their affinity for each other and in a big way on Sunday night, December 18th. But forgive folks if they can’t contain their excitement that the modern King of the Bakersfield Sound has another album loaded up and ready to go with 14 new songs called Brighter Days. Little did Toy Talmadge Caldwell Sr. Feb 23, 2024 · Now he seems content making music for himself and doing it his way as opposed to the hustle and grind. Dec 15, 2023 · Editor’s Note: This article was written by freelance journalist, and long-time Saving Country Music reader/commenter Matthew Bashioum. I played with John Simpson for a few years before Sunday Valley. Sep 24, 2024 · Editor’s Note: All photos and reporting is from Saving Country Music contributor Jason W. Ž í • … :c+¡e– ¶(x£ºEi úú @ÖÏÞ lÌR$\dtÅèo`e´…ДΠ§E™’m2 È. Nov 23, 2024 · It’s a show those in attendance will never forget. MOJO have a two-page article this month, here's a so-so scan from an Fb page: 2020 has been a bad year for many things, but a good year for country music albums. And to finish it all off, Ferrell couldn’t help but go back to where the love affair with the Telluride crowd all started, her song “Fox Hunt. Dunn had announced earlier this year that she was diagnosed with ovarian Apr 30, 2024 · I’ve listend to The Red Clay Strays and Blackberry Smoke (seeing them tonight!) and Exile on Main Street and The Happy Fits and Phoenix and Rush (was reading the Geddy Lee autobiography) and John Coltrane and Charley Crockett (new one is so good) and the new Pearl Jam (excellent!!). To read Saving Country Music’s recap from 2023, CLICK HERE. Dec 10, 2024 · Charley Crockett, Zach Top, and Stephen Wilson Jr. Jul 10, 2024 · These disappearing albums are usually due to some publishing dispute either between a performer and a label or a publishing company, and sometimes the parties are gag ordered from talking about it publicly. Oct 17, 2024 · Charlie Starr and Benji Shanks of Blackberry Smoke, Brandy Clark, Chris Knight, The Secret Sisters, Willi Carlisle, Hayes Carll, John Fullbright, Holly Williams, Tommy Prine, Caitlin Cannon who’s running a crowdfunding campaign for her new album, and many others are names you’ve seen lauded here at Saving Country Music, and who will perform Nov 26, 2024 · It all goes down June 26th to 28th, with pre-parties and after-parties, and plenty to do in Pendleton. Any time Saving Country Music posts an article about Garth Brooks or mentions Garth Brooks, you can be assured there are at least a few comments about Garth’s murderous streak, along with the regular swipes at his Chris Gaines persona as well. Jul 11, 2024 · DB on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; mo pitney on Album Review – Hudson Westbrook (Self-Titled) Glen on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; David:The Duke of Everything on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; Jim L. MOJO have a two-page article this month, here's a so-so scan from an Fb page: Jul 5, 2024 · If we’re being honest though, Here I Am also may venture just outside of the sound usually championed here at Saving Country Music. We all know about Country Music Hall of Famer Hank Williams Jr. Feb 12, 2024 · It’s more indicative of the late 90s or early 2000s when alt-country was hitting its stride before it got folded into “Americana,” and the music lost much of its guts. Jun 28, 2024 · I don’t know how anybody at this point could surmise from listening to the album that this sort of middling soft-rock sound could be intended to break through to a wider audience, whether it be an “Americana” audience or a country music audience, when we’ve witnessed artists like Charley Crockett and Jesse Daniel find ever-increasing Feb 7, 2022 · And yes, this album includes the highly controversial song, “Am I The Only One,” that has become not just Aaron Lewis’s first Top 20 single in country music, the crying a pearl-clutching controversy over it shot it all the way to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Bad music is bad music. In the case of El Viejo , this means setting up a bunch of mics in the living room of his Lethbridge, Alberta home, inviting over his long time Hurtin’ Albertains band, and recording songs acoustic style, often in one take. ’s “søn of dad” Tom on The 2025 Independent Country Festival Guide (Updating) Sofus on This is BIG: Zach Top, Charley Crockett Land Rodeo Houston Slots (µ/ý X|@ zïÿ²G ghÚ |0€€d& B Š0 iDF+û½Ò‹#Ô(…Lèäî ¬ìW± v~Nc ïõÿ¿Y7 ‘È6¹Vþó¦Â® ’. May 9, 2024 · But all of this is subordinate to the real star of the show, which is the unique sound and delivery of Nenni’s voice. Dec 13, 2024 · Fans are lucky too, because it’s a brand new song, and the latest release since their new album Leaving This Holler from this summer, which was recently nominated for Saving Country Music’s 2024 Album of the Year. 5 days ago · When Saving Country Music was first founded in 2008, the idea that we would ever get to where we are today in country music seemed like a virtual impossibility, a pipe dream, and certainly an uphill battle to say the least. I don’t know if Willie has had the last laugh, but he seems to have completely outlasted that era I figure that in the 2020s, Willie Nelson has put out as many new albums as Garth Brooks, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Travis Tritt, Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Martina Aug 16, 2023 · Lynyrd Skynyrd’s debut album really is the perfect specimen of the Southern rock sound. Top co-wrote every song on the new album with producer Carson Chamberlain, who is the Kentucky native that played steel guitar and was the bandleader for Keith Whitley all the way up to the country legend’s death in Nov 24, 2024 · Scroll down for a full list of the artists and songs featured in each episode of Season 1 of Landman (updated weekly). Nov 18, 2024 · Coinciding with this thematic switch is also a concerted and obvious change in style. " Except for Gram Parsons, Michael Nesmith, and some early country rock pioneers, there' H&A Cup Round 4 Vote to Midnight GMT 17/03/20. Future generations will be talking about Billy like we talk now about The Beatles, Elvis, and Bill Monroe now, except Billy takes it to an entirely other universe of improvisation and experimentation, while remaining unflinchingly a bluegrass artist. What is fair game to criticize Zach Bryan about is the lack of quality control in his music that has been present ever since his first album DeAnn Nov 15, 2016 · Another day, and another unfortunate passing in the country music community. Ashley McBryde , Nick Shoulders , Scot Southworth , The Country Side of Harmonica Sam , The War and Treaty , Tony Jackson , Tony Logue , Tyler Childers , Zach Dec 17, 2023 · But Saving Country Music advocates for up-and-coming artists, independent artists, and country legends, including multiple ones that performed at this event that didn’t get any face time at all, while Sheryl Crow got two performances. on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; Greg on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; DougStonesFern on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List Feb 25, 2023 · Toy Talmadge Caldwell Jr. . jk I love your name. FILM & TV. Jul 12, 2024 · This is the kind of traditional country music that immediately sits right with you, that reminds you of the greatness that country music used to be, and that sets you at ease knowing this timeless Album Review – George Dearborne – “Lotta Honky Tonkin’ Left In Me” - Saving Country Music Nov 6, 2024 · Zach Top is one of the hottest names in country music at the moment. That is why for his “Outsiders Revival” tour, Church will be reviving the practice of featuring some of the cooler folks in country music as opposed to whatever boilerplate star the industry is trying to shove down the public’s throats at the moment. Ashcraft. It’s available on most all streaming formats . – – – – – – – – – – – For one weekend last February, Billy Strings took over Music City with a trifecta of sold-out concerts. Mar 11, 2024 · In the annals of the banjo, perhaps no other song or scene is as iconic as the “Dueling Banjos” moment from the 1972 Southern thriller Deliverance. Along with a resurgence of interest in ’80s and ’90s country has come a renewed interest in Whitley and his career. Who released two Country Music albums in 2024 namely, Country Valentine in February 2024 and Cowboys and Dreamers in September 2024 and inducted into the “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame class of 2025. Nov 5, 2022 · The comments have also gone far beyond Garth’s own social media pages for sure. The 7th episode of Season 5 included not one, not two, but three Zach Bryan songs via the official soundtrack, and not through a superimposed backing track. Reply The old joke from the Blues Brothers Movie goes, "We got both kinds of music, country and western. It sold Platinum. Sep 6, 2024 · Try to look cool. Jan 1, 2025 · The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist is built to keep you informed on all the best songs and albums coming out right now in country music. Sep 23, 2024 · Reckless Kelly are a musical treasure. H&A Cup Round 5 Vote to Midnight 26/03/20. Top is not only winning over the hearts of true country fans, he’s also winning over the mainstream. 4ÎDÒôËþØß®¶ñæ²µk© d ¢ ÂÉâdø ÐoZ ~ù”®Ž³ŒIÿ!tάä×AËï˜ rõ¿ÚõOSËÙÚ²ZH$ kš $Íäip–2+{»°•«½:êÜñ•¢lçÙ “ _íV½©Iék P Jul 8, 2024 · Zach Bryan once again uses the platform he’s been given to shine a spotlight on a deserving artist. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 8th at 12PM Mountain Time at underthebigskyfest. But there is also this ultra-hip, fashion first, EDM-centric “country couture” thing going on that Paul Cauthen is very much in the middle of. Dec 15, 2024 · He was just 34-years-old. Jul 20, 2024 · With Zach Top, he’s a bullseye. Sep 3, 2016 · Now that some of the dust has settled since Sturgill Simpson made his inflammatory comments about the mistreatment of Merle Haggard on Monday (8-29), many others have taken the opportunity to weigh in on the matters on both sides of the country music cultural divide. Nov 29, 2024 · Taking a step back and zooming out, it’s an entirely different setup in 2024 compared to when Saving Country Music was founded going on 16 years ago. Dec 4, 2024 · The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist is built to keep you informed on all the best songs and albums coming out right here, right now in country and roots music. H&A Cup Round 6 Vote to midnight GMT 8/4/20 The Fall's best album, I'd say, and there's something close to a consensus among fans. It sold Gold. Oct 27, 2024 · A pretty universal consensus from the country fans who did suffer through the presentation to see the extended Alan Jackson tribute at the end was that in 2022, the CMA Awards seemed to do a 180-degree turn, and started going back in the right direction toward featuring more actual country music. on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List Jan 27, 2023 · Haven’t heard the term Foxfire which means a luminescent glow emitted by certain fungi on rotting wood in years. A continuous series of rock and it's take on the destruction of the planet. Jul 29, 2024 · #562 (Southern rock) on the Country DDS Whether the world is ready for them or not, the Alabama-bred roots music collective known as the Red Clay Strays are here, and surging in a way that is reminiscent of the meteoric rise of other independent-minded performers with throwback sounds reorganizing the country music world in revolutionary ways. All the Morgan Wallen fans bellyaching that he didn’t win Entertainer of the Year or anything else despite being the most commercially successful artist in Mar 23, 2024 · WuK on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; PeterT on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; Trigger on Saving Country Music’s 2024 Essential Albums List; Akade on Willie Nelson, Jimmy Carter, and the Notorious White House Pot Incident; JB-Chicago on John Prine’s Last Recorded Song “I Remember Everything” Apr 23, 2024 · Yo, devil it’s me your best friend. – – – – – – – – – It’s in the Grammy Hall of Fame. anyone who feels like they born be a musician, his story is proof that there is hope,just don’t give up. Nov 5, 2024 · It’s funny—Willie along with others were supposedly put out to pasture by 1990s country. On Tuesday morning (11-15) it was announced that Warner Bros. com. We also know about Jett Williams who emerged years later as the daughter of Hank Williams via Bobbie Jett. Brighter Days is much less twangy, and much more melodic. , who was supposedly the only son of Hank Williams. Accordingly, the nominees for Saving Country Music’s Album of the Year have been expanded to an unprecedented 12 entries to represent the best releases the year has to offer. Then if they continue to post in lieu of warnings, those comments are then deleted. For example, the title track to Long Night Moon is so relatable for anyone who has lived rurally in the winter and longs for that peace and solitude after spending time in an urban setting. As the Austin-based honky tonk band Croy and the Boys commented on one of the multiple viral Instagram posts from last weekend’s Under The Big Sky Fest in Montana, “It’s like Saving Country Music used AI to generate the ultimate country artist. Sep 16, 2024 · The closest he comes to New England is Pittsburgh, which is not close in any sense of the word. Oct 6, 2024 · When talking about the surge of young new traditionalists saving country music in real time, make sure you don’t forget to mention Jake Worthington. This is Dwight Yoakam we’re talking about after all. are three of the hottest names in country music at the moment, and all three will be headlining in the 2025 installment of Hogs for the Cause event. Oct 2, 2023 · As Saving Country Music described afterwards, Rarely or ever do you experience such a randomly generated standing ovation in the middle of a set like that. I appreciate all of u. Starring Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jon Voight, and Ronny Cox, it’s the Ronnie Cox character in the film that gets into a musical duel at a backwoods gas stop with a local boy that was portrayed by a 15-year-old named Billy Redden. But Beyonce refusing to promote her music to country radio didn’t even get a mention in a single news story for a month after it happened. cup 24. Not dissimilar to Zach Top and others, Jake Worthington has captured the greatness of ’90s country, but with new songs and a fresh face that young and old can enjoy together. Dec 4, 2023 · But it’s a once-in-a-lifetime musical experience in one of the most picturesque locations, while offering a lineup of many of the best independent country artists assembled all year. Jan 29, 2024 · Editors Note: This article was written by Saving Country Music contributor Kevin Smith. Mike and the Moonpies have been the best that country music has to offer, while remaining at the cult-level in regards to following and name recognition. fnmxn blkjo dwjpqis jhe lvd sjgbtred eggxfyc ymz foys hvvsr