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...

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28.04.2024

Eric Church Roundly Criticized for his 2024 Stagecoach Set - Saving Country Music

Instead of coming out with his regular band and performing some of his biggest hits such as "Drink In My Hand," "Springsteen," and "Talladega," Eric Church instead capped off Night One of...

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28.04.2024

Album of Unheard Johnny Cash Songs On The Way - Saving Country Music

Johnny Cash is 20 years gone, but we haven't heard the last from the Man in Black just yet. Announced earlier this week, a cache of 11 demo tracks recorded in 1993 have been unearthed to be...

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27.04.2024

Album Review – Charley Crockett’s “$10 Cowboy” - Saving Country Music

Crockett may have made it to the top, but his new album $10 Cowboy isn't about where he's at. It's about how he got here, the struggles he incurred, the setbacks he overcame, the perseverance he...

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26.04.2024

Rolling Stones Tap Cool Country & Roots Openers for 2024 Tour - Saving Country Music

The Rolling Stones are headed to North America this summer to tour behind their new album Hackney Diamonds, and they're tapping a bunch of cool openers from the country and roots world.

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26.04.2024

THIS is the Purpose of Saving Country Music - Saving Country Music

Every once in a while, a reset of perspective on the ultimate purpose of Saving Country Music is in order. Now is one of those times. Saving Country Music was founded to tackle critically...

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25.04.2024

Whitey Morgan Sets 2024 Tour, Grand Ole Opry Debut - Saving Country Music

Fans of the staunch country music Outlaw will have ample opportunities to see him in 2024 as Whitey will be hitting the road hard and heavy this spring and summer, including opening some big shows...

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25.04.2024

2024 Two Step Inn Fest Proves The Future is Country - Saving Country Music

The rise of the independent country megafestival with support from '90s country stars has been one of the biggest illustrations for how significant, sustainable, and broad-based the resurgence of...

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24.04.2024

This Feels Big: Miranda Lambert Signs with Republic, Big Loud - Saving Country Music

When it was announced that Miranda Lambert was leaving Sony Nashville after 20 years in March of 2023, it felt monumental for a host of reasons. Now that she has signed with Republic Records, it...

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24.04.2024

Sturgill Simpson Reveals First Show in Three Years, Reunites Old Band - Saving Country Music

Sturgill Simpson is coming out of pseudo retirement to act as one of the headliners of the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco, CA, August 9-11. He will also be joined by the most legendary...

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23.04.2024

Lost Dog Street Band Preview New Album “Survived” in Pittsburgh - Saving Country Music

On Saturday night, Benjamin Tod with the Lost Dog Street Band pulled into Pittsburgh for a sold out show at the Thunderbird Café. It was only the 3rd date on this tour, but the extended band...

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23.04.2024

Grand Ole Opry to Tribute Johnny Paycheck - Saving Country Music

Scheduled to perform at the tribute are Jamey Johnson, William Michael Morgan, The Gatlin Brothers, Georgette Jones, Chris Janson, Johnny PayCheck's son and fellow performer John PayCheck, and...

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22.04.2024

Ernest, Zach Top, Sierra Ferrell & More Tribute Keith Whitley - Saving Country Music

Country music legend Keith Whitley is gone, but he's a long way from being forgotten. If anything, the strength and influence of his legacy has only increased over time, and that was illustrated...

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21.04.2024

51st Telluride Bluegrass Festival Boasts Stellar Lineup - Saving Country Music

There are few experiences like the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in picturesque Telluride, Colorado. Simply stepping foot into town is like entering a real life fairytale village, not to mention...

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20.04.2024

Babies “June Carter” and “Johnny Cash” Born in Same Hospital - Saving Country Music

Two separate couples with no affiliation whatsoever gave birth to two separate babies on the same day and in the same hospital, with one couple naming their new bundle of joy June Carter, and the...

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20.04.2024

AI Fail: X/Twitter’s “Grok” Falsely Reports Tyler Childers Postponements - Saving Country Music

Once again, AI as replacement for actual journalism spectacularly fails. This time the culprit is X/Twitter's "Grok" tool, which the social media giant recently started using to generate news...

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19.04.2024

Dickey Betts – Keeper and Godfather of Southern Harmony – Has Died - Saving Country Music

Like a high 'E' string hitting the sweetest note of a soaring harmonious guitar solo, a collective exhalation of sincere grief, but undying gratitude pierces through the din to mark the death of...

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19.04.2024

Album Review – Ernest’s “Nashville, Tennessee” - Saving Country Music

You don't really need a conventional album review to help navigate you through or understand Ernest's 26-song treatise, Nashville, Tennessee. What you need is a road map, a sherpa, someone to...

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18.04.2024

This Jamey Johnson “What A View” Tour Looks Killer - Saving Country Music

Let's face it. What many Jamey Johnson fans really want is the announcement of a new album. But in lieu of that, they'll settle for a mess of new tour dates, especially with the roster of openers...

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17.04.2024

Justin Townes Earle’s Widow Clarifies Concerns with Jason Isbell Song - Saving Country Music

On Friday, April 12th, the widow of Americana singer and songwriter Justin Townes Earle took to social media to let her thoughts be known about the song "When We Were Close," written and performed...

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17.04.2024

Album Review – Joe Stamm’s “Allegheny” EP (with The Allegheny High) - Saving Country Music

Steel your emotional equilibrium for the roller coaster of stimulus you'll experience listening to this four-song gem that combines the songwriting prowess of Midwest musical superhero Joe Stamm...

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16.04.2024

We Need To Talk About These 2024 ACM Awards Nominations - Saving Country Music

Every year as the nominations for country music awards come and go, it's hard to not fall into a perfunctory attitude about them due to the cyclical and predictable nature of the nominees.

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15.04.2024

George Strait Set To Break Yet Another Record - Saving Country Music

Earlier this year, Strait announced his only concert in Texas in 2024, called The King at Kyle Field. He'll take the field in College Station at the home of the Texas Aggies football team on June...

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14.04.2024

Jason Isbell Criticized by Justin Townes Earle’s Widow for Song - Saving Country Music

Ever since the release of Jason Isbell's Grammy award-winning 2023 album Weathervanes, there have been concerns swirling around the song "When We Were Close" that was written as a de facto...

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14.04.2024

Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#138) - Saving Country Music

Imagine taking to the internet to complain how bad country music is today when we have such an embarrassment of riches from the independent side of country music sitting right under our noses.

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13.04.2024

Waylon Grandson Whey Jennings Readies Debut Album - Saving Country Music

It's not that Whey Jennings is the new kid on the block. Those who follow the Waylon Jennings clan or Outlaw country have likely seen his name around since he first emerged singing songs in 2012.

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12.04.2024

Album Review – Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – “Revelations” - Saving Country Music

'Revelations' by Sarah Shook and the Disarmers will wrap you in the warm embrace of electric and angry underground country, while also serving it up through curiously infectious melodic prowess.

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11.04.2024

Jesse Daniel Adds Dates to Anticipated 2024 Tour - Saving Country Music

Tired of the daily grind? Worried about the future of country music? Need a honky tonk revitalization? Then there is just about nothing better to get your mind right than seeing Jesse Daniel out...

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11.04.2024

Album Review – Kacey Musgraves – “Deeper Well” - Saving Country Music

"Deeper Well" might have a few more memorable songs and mark a return to a more organic sound for Musgraves, but that "something's missing" feeling persists. It seems to be marked by boredom.

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10.04.2024

CMT Awards Overlook Roger Clemens, Mindy McCready Affair - Saving Country Music

On the 2024 CMT Awards Sunday evening (4-7), long time Toby Keith friend and Major League Baseball pitching legend Roger Clemens came out to start off a musical tribute to Toby Keith who passed...

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10.04.2024

49 Winchester Announces New Album “Leavin’ This Holler” - Saving Country Music

It's from the hills and hollers of Appalachia that country music first came into being. And it's from those same hills and hollers where a new generation of artists have risen to save country...

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09.04.2024

On Morgan Wallen’s Latest Arrest (The Chair Incident) - Saving Country Music

Once again, Morgan Wallen has made an embarrassment of himself. And once again, it's an embarrassment that unfortunately country music has to answer for since Wallen continues to crown the genre.

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09.04.2024

Jerry Abbott, Country Songwriter and Father of Pantera Brothers, Has Died - Saving Country Music

To the rock world, Jerry Abbott was known as the father of heavy metal legends "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and Vinnie Paul Abbott. But before his sons got into music, Jerry Abbott was a country...

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09.04.2024

Beyoncé: “This Ain’t a Country Album.” Billboard: “Yes It Is.” - Saving Country Music

Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter is officially the

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08.04.2024

Album Review – John Moreland’s “Visitor” - Saving Country Music

Music might be marked by the presence of sound, but it's the music of John Moreland that compels the hushing of everything else to allow the quietest and most reflective of moments to prevail.

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08.04.2024

The 2024 CMT Awards Were Absolutely TERRIBLE - Saving Country Music

I saw Jason Aldean perform on the 2024 CMT Awards, and now I'm a RACIST! Aldean performed in front of the 27-story University of Texas Tower in Austin, and murdered it harder than Charles Joseph...

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07.04.2024

Your Annual Reminder that the CMT Awards Don’t Matter - Saving Country Music

The CMAs. The ACMs. The CMTs. The PCCAs. None of them come even close to truly recognizing the "best" that country music has to offer in a given year. It's questionable if any of them truly...

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06.04.2024

Album Review – Zach Top’s “Cold Beer & Country Music” - Saving Country Music

There is perhaps no better sign of the country resurgence than the surging popularity of 25-year-old Zach Top. His music has caught fire like he's the next new thing, even though his sound is...

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06.04.2024

Sturgill Simpson Marks the 10th Anniversary of “Metamodern Sounds” - Saving Country Music

Sturgill Simpson is releasing a 10th Anniversary edition of his landmark and iconic breakout album "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music." The album is given credit for turning the tide in country...

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05.04.2024

Jesse Daniel Announces New Album “Countin’ The Miles” - Saving Country Music

Jesse Daniel is one bad country music-making hombre. He's not looking for any handouts or to cut in any lines. Everything he earns he wants to be from the callouses on his hands and the sweat from...

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Answering the question, “Does Country Music Really Need Saving?” - Saving Country Music

Eric Church Roundly Criticized for his 2024 Stagecoach Set - Saving Country Music

Album of Unheard Johnny Cash Songs On The Way - Saving Country Music

Album Review – Charley Crockett’s “$10 Cowboy” - Saving Country Music

Rolling Stones Tap Cool Country & Roots Openers for 2024 Tour - Saving Country Music

THIS is the Purpose of Saving Country Music - Saving Country Music

Whitey Morgan Sets 2024 Tour, Grand Ole Opry Debut - Saving Country Music

2024 Two Step Inn Fest Proves The Future is Country - Saving Country Music

This Feels Big: Miranda Lambert Signs with Republic, Big Loud - Saving Country Music

Sturgill Simpson Reveals First Show in Three Years, Reunites Old Band - Saving Country Music

Lost Dog Street Band Preview New Album “Survived” in Pittsburgh - Saving Country Music

Grand Ole Opry to Tribute Johnny Paycheck - Saving Country Music

Ernest, Zach Top, Sierra Ferrell & More Tribute Keith Whitley - Saving Country Music

51st Telluride Bluegrass Festival Boasts Stellar Lineup - Saving Country Music

Babies “June Carter” and “Johnny Cash” Born in Same Hospital - Saving Country Music

AI Fail: X/Twitter’s “Grok” Falsely Reports Tyler Childers Postponements - Saving Country Music

Dickey Betts – Keeper and Godfather of Southern Harmony – Has Died - Saving Country Music

Album Review – Ernest’s “Nashville, Tennessee” - Saving Country Music

This Jamey Johnson “What A View” Tour Looks Killer - Saving Country Music

Justin Townes Earle’s Widow Clarifies Concerns with Jason Isbell Song - Saving Country Music

Album Review – Joe Stamm’s “Allegheny” EP (with The Allegheny High) - Saving Country Music

We Need To Talk About These 2024 ACM Awards Nominations - Saving Country Music

George Strait Set To Break Yet Another Record - Saving Country Music

Jason Isbell Criticized by Justin Townes Earle’s Widow for Song - Saving Country Music

Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#138) - Saving Country Music

Waylon Grandson Whey Jennings Readies Debut Album - Saving Country Music

Album Review – Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – “Revelations” - Saving Country Music

Jesse Daniel Adds Dates to Anticipated 2024 Tour - Saving Country Music

Album Review – Kacey Musgraves – “Deeper Well” - Saving Country Music

CMT Awards Overlook Roger Clemens, Mindy McCready Affair - Saving Country Music

49 Winchester Announces New Album “Leavin’ This Holler” - Saving Country Music

On Morgan Wallen’s Latest Arrest (The Chair Incident) - Saving Country Music

Jerry Abbott, Country Songwriter and Father of Pantera Brothers, Has Died - Saving Country Music

Beyoncé: “This Ain’t a Country Album.” Billboard: “Yes It Is.” - Saving Country Music

Album Review – John Moreland’s “Visitor” - Saving Country Music

The 2024 CMT Awards Were Absolutely TERRIBLE - Saving Country Music

Your Annual Reminder that the CMT Awards Don’t Matter - Saving Country Music

Album Review – Zach Top’s “Cold Beer & Country Music” - Saving Country Music

Sturgill Simpson Marks the 10th Anniversary of “Metamodern Sounds” - Saving Country Music

Jesse Daniel Announces New Album “Countin’ The Miles” - Saving Country Music

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