“Live Forever” Book on Billy Joe Shaver’s Life & Songs Sets Release
An oral history on the life of songwriting legend Billy Joe Shaver will be released on July 21st. Called 'Live Forever: The Songwriting Legacy of Billy Joe Shaver,' it is about Shaver’s life and songs...
View ArticleFolk Review – Anna Tivel’s “Outsiders”
When you're looking for the most potent and gifted of today's songwriters, Portland, Oregon's Anna Tivel deserves inclusion in that camp right beside the James McMurtry's and John Moreland's of the...
View ArticleEric Church, Phil Lyne Toast Robert Earl Keen at Penultimate Show
It is a bittersweet time this Labor Day weekend down in Texas, and specifically at the legendary Floore's Country Store in Helotes where Robert Earl Keen is wrapping up 41 years of touring with three...
View ArticleIt Happened in Helotes: Robert Earl Keen Takes His Final Bow
They love to say that in Texas, the women are more beautiful, and the beer is colder. I'm not sure that can be scientifically proven. But there is something that is most certainly palpable---though in...
View ArticleBilly Strings Wins Big, Luke Bell Paid Tribute at Americana Music Awards
The 2022 Americana Music Awards transpired at the Ryman Auditorium Wednesday Night, September 14th, with Billy Strings, Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell, Sierra Ferrell, and The War and Treaty all...
View ArticleHandwritten Lyrics to House Concerts: Supporting Your Favorite Small Business...
It may not be as obvious of an example as the little shop down the street in a strip mall selling handmade scented candles and hippie soap, but your favorite independent music artists are all most...
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This New Shooter Jennings’“XXX” Genre
A while back it was brought to my attention that industrial rocker Shooter Jennings, along with No Depression blogger Adam Sheets had crafted the idea of starting a new genre of music, or more...
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Jason Isbell Van & Gear Stolen in Dallas Update
Jason Isbell, former member of The Drive By Truckers and current solo artist had his van, trailer, and all contents stolen in Dallas, TX on Saturday afternoon. Jason and his band, The 400 Unit, were in...
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The 6 “Other” Country Music Archetypes
Alright, so we all had a good chuckle poking fun at the 6 Pop Country Archetypes, now let's see what happens when I turn the poison pen towards the folks much more likely to frequent Saving Country...
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Fred Eaglesmith Teaches A Lesson On “Johnny Cash”
Fred Eaglesmith puts fresh-faced country music interlopers riding a popularity wave in their place in "Johnny Cash," a song off of his 2012 release 6 Volts, and whose new video was just released this...
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James McMurtry to Release First Album in Six Years
Fans of elite folk/Americana songwriter James McMurtry have been waiting a long time for new music from the famous son and fixture of Austin's Continental Club. McMurtry released his last studio record...
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The Country Ties of Ian McLagan & Bobby Keys
In the fall of 2012 when Ronnie Dunn (of Brooks & Dunn) was looking to write and record material for his upcoming album, he reached out to Texas music songwriting guru Ray Wylie Hubbard after...
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Albums To Look Forward To In 2015
Who will be releasing new albums in 2015? What are some of the most-anticipated projects? What are the rumors swirling out there about new albums that may be coming down the pike? Here's a rundown of...
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Country Music Star Doesn’t Have an Opinion on ‘American Sniper’
Everywhere you turn, the new movie about American Navy Seal Chris Kyle called American Sniper has been causing a political stir amongst movie goers and beyond. But one country star, Jimmy Michael...
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Album Review – James McMurtry’s “Complicated Game”
As a quality, not quantity kind of songwriter, James McMurtry, waiting six years to release this newest album Complicated Game, made it well worth the aching wait. McMurtry has been quoted as saying he...
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The Best Country Albums of 2015 So Far
So we're close enough to the half way pole in 2015 to start thinking about what the best has been so far, and to get ready for what is sure to be a pretty exciting second half of 2015 for album...
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The Best Country Songs of 2015 So Far
Being willing to see where a song takes you is at the heart of every music lover, and in this spirit I present eleven hand selected songs released in the first half of 2015 that will hopefully take you...
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2015 Nominees for Saving Country Music’s Album of the Year
2015's Album of the Year candidates might constitute the most wide open field of contenders since this exercise has been in practice. There's no clear front runners, anyone could win, and each...
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2015 Nominees for Saving Country Music’s Song of the Year
Being willing to go where a song takes you is the challenge in the heart of every music lover. Hopefully one of these songs released in 2015 will take you some place you want to be, or somewhere you’ve...
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Saving Country Music’s 2015 Album of the Year
Too often in music we tend to focus on the here and now, the young and the new. Who are the hot names that are rising up in the ranks? Who's going to make a big splash in music in the coming months and...
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