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
Despite all of his achievements, Earl Scruggs never had a dedicated music festival in his lifetime. That has been rectified with the annual Earl Scruggs Music Festival, now in its fourth year. The post Earl Scruggs Music Festival Keeps Spirit of Earl Scruggs Alive first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Summer is winding down, and it's time to put away the swimsuits and party songs, and bust out the sweater and sad bastard tunes. There's so much great music coming out right now, it's kind of ridiculous. The post Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#164) first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band took the stage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival for a special performance of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" with many big name special guests. The post Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Reprises “Circle” Moment at Earl Scruggs Fest 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
Margo's back, reunited with original producer Matt Ross-Spang, and just released perhaps the best album since her debut, maybe the best album of her entire career, and maybe one of the best country albums so far this year. The post Album Review – Margo Price’s “Hard Headed Woman” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Zach Top illustrates the timeless appeal of true country music. He isn't just making music that's curiously popular for its older sound. He's ushering in an entirely new era for the country music genre. The post Album Review – Zach Top’s “Ain’t In It For My Health” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
After slurring through numerous songs, making an extended slurred speech, and personnel attempting to escort him off stage, Martin was ultimately forcibly removed by Sheriff's office officials. The post Country Artist Bryan Martin Removed From Stage Amid Drunken Performance first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
"Diamonds & Gasoline" has been the ever-present fuel and gem to the Turnpike Troubadours phenomenon that never tires, never gets old, will never fall out of style, and will continue to be relevant and resonant. The post 15 Years Ago: Turnpike Troubadours Release “Diamonds & Gasoline” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Allowing an easy way for podcasts to promote tracks, albums, and performers while fairly compensating them for their art seems completely intuitive and well past due. Yet here in 2024, we're still waiting.| Saving Country Music
Everybody wants artists and songwriters to be credited and compensated. But by attempting to protect their creators and copyrights, labels and rights owners are leaving themselves and their artists on the sidelines of one of the most revolutionary moments in audio entertainment since the...| Saving Country Music
The people of Texas haven't forgotten about the tragic flooding in the Hill Country on July 4th, and continue to show up for their fellow neighbors, with no fatigue displayed. The post Robert Earl Keen & Friends Raise Over $3 Million for Texas Flood Relief first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Many can capture the sound. Few can deliver it so effortlessly like it's what they were born to do. Country music might've just found its next great traditionalist star. The post Album Review – Chandler Dozier’s “Bakersfield East” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Country music isn’t just here to entertain. It is here to heal. And few songs have the healing power, and present such grace and adulation for a fallen friend, loved one, or fellow country great. The post 30 Years Ago: Vince Gill Releases The Perfect Country Eulogy first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Whoa, the release day we have lined up for Friday, August 29th is going to be WILD. Some of the names you might recognize. Some of them might be new to you. But they're all worth paying attention to. The post August 29th is a MASSIVE Release Day in Country first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
The Field & Stream Music Festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row. The festival was set to be held in Winnsboro, South Carolina October 3-5, 2025 The post The Reason the 2025 Field & Stream Festival was Cancelled first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
What is The Hook? It's a songwriting showcase filmed live that features established songwriters, and ANYONE else who wants to perform for a live audience and a panel of experts. The post Talking “The Hook” on Tony Mantor’s “Almost Live … Nashville” Podcast 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
It's not just that it isn't country. It's that it's just not good. If this is who you want to integrate country music with, and use to highlight the genre's Black roots, you will do significantly more harm than good in that pursuit. The post Album Review – BigXthaPlug’s “I Hope You’re Happy” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
omething most country music fans and fans of the Hall of Fame band Alabama though would never happen in our lifetimes transpired Saturday night, August 23rd in Alabama. The post Man Bites Dog: Estranged Drummer Mark Herndon Reunites with Alabama 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
We already knew this year's event would feature some of the best in country and roots. What we didn't know until their recent daily lineup reveal is that all these killer artists would be performing the same day. The post 2025 Mempho Music Fest Offers Killer Sunday Country Lineup 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
After recently battling Cancer, Joshua Ray Walker had ample time to write and record a whole host of material, and to ponder things in life none of us should have to in our younger years. The post Joshua Ray Walker Reveals New Concept Album “Stuff” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Lo and behold, as elite media is praising BigXthaPlug to the hilt because they hate country and country fans, this dude is locked in the slammer once again on the day of his album release. The post BigXthaPlug Becomes Big Embarrassment for Country on His Release Day first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country is the bold exploration of the vast outer regions of what is possible in country music, while still lovingly delivering all the twang you could ever want. The post Album Review – Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country – “Horizons” 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
Music labels have been leaving major opportunities to promote their catalogs and performers on the table with their punitive copyright claims that make it impossible to feature music on music podcasts. The post Rick Beato is Right to Rant About Music Copyright Strikes first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
We've been here before. A fan favorite from the independent country world makes a surprising impact in the insular, archaic world of mainstream country radio, and gets us all excited at the prospects. The post Turnpike Troubadours Impact Mainstream Radio with “Heaven Passing Through” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
In video taken at the Ghost Ranch of fellow country rapper Ryan Upchurch, Jelly Roll is heard using the N-word in conversation. Though the video has been out for months, the media has not reported on it. The post Amid Continued Jelly Roll Praise, N-Word Incident Goes Unreported first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Jimmie Allen has been found liable in a sexual assault case that had a woman accusing him of raping her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2022, and secretly taping the incident on a hidden phone. The post Jimmie Allen Found Liable in Sexual Assault Case first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
If you're a traditional bluegrass fan, is it a sad development that the Millennial Queen of Bluegrass has gone pop? Yes, it is. Is it as bad as you feared when she first announced it? No, it's not. The post Album Review – Molly Tuttle’s “So Long Little Miss Sunshine” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
It was three performers with six first names, and Braxton Keith with his Rollie Fingers mustache capped it all off making a strong case for why he's the next hot thing in country music. The post Braxton Keith, Jesse Daniel & Hannah Juanita’s Country Revival at Whitewater first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Don't ever find yourself taking for granted that we live in such a fruitful, resurgent time for true country music. It's a bumper crop of incredible songs coming out each week. This is where you can find the cream of the crop. The post Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#163) first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
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. The post New Unheard Waylon Jennings Song Emerges, Billboard Mystery Revealed first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Tyler Hatley and Justin Clyde Williams along with Matt Parks have mustered up a really good introduction into their songwriting universe in North Carolina. It's one you find compelling, and want to experience in-person. The post Review – Tyler Hatley, Justin Clyde Williams – “The Dick and Tammy Show” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
George Strait is more than deserving of the honor, and it feels like it's coming at the perfect time in his career. But as to be expected, in this politically acrimonious time we live in, it's been polarized by some. The post George Strait Deserves the Kennedy Center Honors, Not Political Rancor first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Whenever you meet someone from Indianapolis or the greater Indiana region who also happens to be into the independent side of country music, they'll invariably bring up Duke's in conversation. The post Beloved Venue Duke’s Indy Decides To Close Its Doors first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
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Music labels have been leaving major opportunities to promote their catalogs and performers on the table with their punitive copyright claims that make it impossible to feature music on music podcasts.| Saving Country Music
Taken as a whole, F-1 Trillion is much more of a contemporary version of pop country than it is anything else, with committee-written songs, little heart, substance, or soul. But this album is supposed to be fun, and Post Malone succeeds.| Saving Country Music
Pony Bradshaw has made it his personal conquest to reconstruct the romantic notions of the Southern vernacular, and use it to grace music whose audience will spill well beyond the region's borders.| Saving Country Music
It was a mixture of surprise, astonishment, and supreme happiness when someone reached out and said that Tony Martinez was finally releasing his debut album. Truth be told, Tony should probably be dead.| Saving Country Music
Though this feature-length article is found in a music publication, this really is more of a lifestyle piece meant to indulge the superiority complex of the interviewer, the interviewee, and the audience.| Saving Country Music
Whiskey Riff's unscrupulous journalistic practices are disturbing, and they're now being exacerbated by deciding that political coverage also needs to be part of the Whiskey Riff diet.| Saving Country Music
Announced on Tuesday, August 27th, William Beckmann has signed to Warner Music Nashville. He is now a major label artist. The news comes as Beckmann readies to release his debut single for the label called "Not That Strong."| Saving Country Music
Through numerous Tik-Tok accounts, a PushPlay subsidiary called WtrCoolr pushed the idea that Dolly Parton was Shaboozey's godmother, fully knowing it was a lie. It was also a lie that many people on Tik-Tok fell for.| Saving Country Music
Tami Neilson will be making her Grand Ole Opry debut on Tuesday, September 17th, as well as her debut at Dollywood on September 9th. But her brother Jay will unfortunately not be by her side.| Saving Country Music
For some Austin music venues, there's a sense of not "if," but "when" the end will come, and along with it, all the history, memories, and sometimes friendships and family that is made at these magical spots.| Saving Country Music
Hannah Juanita's "Tennessee Songbird" allows you to fall in love with country music all over again. It's like a love letter to country music. Press play, and let the waves of classic country twang and goodness wash over you| Saving Country Music
It's tough to know where to start enumerating the many contributions of fiddle legend Bobby Hicks, and impossible to encapsulate them all in a few sentences and paragraphs. He was also one of the oldest country legends at 91.| Saving Country Music
Though it's fashionable to say that genres are dead and irrelevant, if not outright detrimental to the creativity of artists, they perhaps have never been more necessary as 120,000 new songs get uploaded each day.| Saving Country Music
Though Johnson's Memorial Day anthem "21 Guns" was admirable, his cover of "Trudy" by Charlie Daniels was entertaining, and "What A View" was a fine love song, "Sober" is really where we hear Jamey Johnson in top form.| Saving Country Music
We all know what the perfect country & western song is, because David Allan Coe told us what it is. He also told us why it was the perfect country & western song, and who wrote it. There’s no reason to debate...| Saving Country Music
Marty's Stuart's massive collection of over 22,000 country music artifacts is now officially in the care and possession of the Country Music Hall of Fame. The donation was unveiled during a Tuesday ceremony.| Saving Country Music
Enough messing around. Wyatt Flores is now ready to release a legitimate 14-song LP under the name Welcome To The Plains on October 18th, and with all new songs as opposed to repackaging songs already out there.| Saving Country Music
The latest Garth Brooks album and his 17th overall will finally be made available on Friday, September 6th ... for streaming only ... exclusively on Amazon Music. No word on if physical standalone copies will ever be made available.| Saving Country Music
This ravenesque honky tonk maven comes with a major dose of vintage Western vibes and just a hint of rockabilly to make it all feel dangerous, with songs that are fun, but aren't afraid to speak to something deeper.| Saving Country Music
Sometimes when sifting through the volumes of old country songs, you're left outright stunned by the depth and foresight some of them include. The beauty of country music is often found in its simplicity...| Saving Country Music
