It's a very real possibility that Zach Top doesn't win a single trophy at the 2025 CMA Awards. But in some respects, it doesn't matter if he does. He's already won as a traditionalist on an independent label. The post The 2025 CMA Awards Set Up Pretty for Zach Top first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Accusing someone of "gatekeeping" is just an intellectually lazy, thought and discussion-ending enterprise designed to win arguments online as opposed to addressing the very real and systemic issues. The post Quit With All This “Gatekeeping” Talk in Country first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
In 2022, an effort was undertaken to erect a memorial that would incorporate the “weeping angel” design at Keith Whitley's final resting place. It has finally been completed. The post Paying a Visit to the New Keith Whitley Memorial first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
the bigger you get, the brighter the spotlight shines, and the greater the scrutiny comes down, especially when you're scrutinizing others. Charley Crockett is starting to feel those effects. The post On Paul Cauthen Calling Out Charley Crockett first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
They're always showing up to functions and award shows, making big impressions at places like the Grand Ole Opry, yet they've always been on the outside looking in when it comes to breaking out into country stardom. The post On Chapel Hart Announcing a Hiatus first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
No seriously folks, throwing stuff at the stage at country music concerts is not cool. It's dangerous, it's disruptive, and it's getting out of hand. And no, this is not a mainstream country issue. The post Braxton Keith is Right To Take a Stand Against Beer Throwing at Shows first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
"It's been infiltrated by California, just like everything else." This answer is simply a stock, reactionary, culture war-inspired, flinging of red meat to a right wing constituency that is not rooted in truth whatsoever. The post No, Aaron Lewis, “California” is Not The Problem with Country Music first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
One artist that we know won't be submitting their work to the Recording Academy happens to also be the biggest artist in all of "country" music. Morgan Wallen has let it be known that he won't be submitting. The post On Morgan Wallen Bowing Out of Grammy Consideration first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Over the last few months and years, something has been coming to the rescue of this relic of mass advertisement: independent country music. Charley Crockett, the Turnpike Troubadours and others have used billboards. The post Billboards Playing a Role in the Country Music Revolution first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Charley Crockett has been making more and more public pronouncements that make you want to pump your fists, ranting about the music business, and making David Goggins-like motivational points The post On Charley Crockett’s Statement About Morgan Wallen, Beyoncé, and Gavin Adcock first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music