Fake Outlaw Josh Thompson Evokes Waylon’s Name
I told you. Once Music Row figured out there is a HUGE group of disgruntled REAL country music fans out there with money to spend, they were going to start manufacturing their own “Outlaws,” fresh...
View ArticleGretchen Wilson, Josh Thompson Rip Off Black Crowes?
I’ve had a working theory for a while that 75% of what you hear on mainstream country radio today can be traced back to a small handfull of songs by Bob Seger and The Black Crowes. Darn near 1/3 of...
View ArticleSigns Country Has Lost Its Way
Remember back when Taylor Swift won the CMA for Entertainer of the Year? We thought it couldn’t get worse for country music. There was a lot of surmising of where country music might go next after that...
View ArticleEric Church: Tilt At Windmills No More (A rant)
The sheer speed at which American pop country is devolving before our very eyes can only be described as “awesome.” It is the evolutionary equivalent of if we could witness a species of apes evolve...
View ArticleOnce And For All, What Makes an Outlaw?
Today is the 4th of July: the birthday of The United States. It is also arguably the birthday of the Outlaw movement in country music. Nailing down an exact date when the Outlaw movement started...
View ArticleTo The Jamey Johnson Lovers & Haters
A review of Jamey Johnson's new album The Guitar Song is coming, but since every time the words Jamey and Johnson are mentioned a brew ha ensues, I hope with this to get some of the drama and...
View ArticleSugarland Spells ‘Rock’ Bottom For Country
This is not John Denver and Olivia Newton John ruffling feathers by winning country awards. This isn't Garth Brooks flying over stadiums on wires. This isn't Rascal Flatts rehashing classic rock songs,...
View ArticleKiss My Country Ass Blake Shelton! (A Rant)
I thought we had moved on from the "new Outlaw" era, to pop country stars trying to be the next Taylor Swift. Well apparently not. Now Miranda Lambert's hubby Blake Shelton wants in on the fun,...
View ArticleThe Colt Ford Collaboration Country Music Blacklist
If you want to listen to a true, creative meld of hip hop and country, go listen to some Beck or some Paul's Boutique-era Beastie Boys. But this Colt Ford stuff is garbage, despite a few catchy lines,...
View ArticleMichael Jackson Montgomery Releases “Letter B” Demo
About two months ago, Saving Country Music introduced you to a would-be pop country star named Michael Jackson Montgomery in the aftermath of drama between Billy Ray Cyrus and his daughter Miley....
View ArticleJustin Moore’s “Outlaws Like Me”& Perversion of the Term
When Justin Moore's "Outlaws Like Me" comes out, I will listen to it with the most un-bias perspective I can muster, and try my best to judge the music beyond the marketing. But in the meantime, I am...
View ArticleShooter Jennings Fires Big Shot with “Outlaw You”
Wow. I'm not exactly sure where this came from, and I don't care who it came from. The simple fact is that it came, and country music is better off for it. Ahead of Shooter Jennings' January release of...
View ArticleColt Ford, Jewel, & Justin Moore on Waylon Tribute?
Wow. My little country music heart was sent reeling this morning when I rolled up to the track list and list of contributors for the new Waylon – The Music Inside, Vol. 2 compilation due out January...
View ArticleWhy I’m “Comin’ Around” on Josh Thompson
I don't love this song, I'm still nowhere close to a Josh Thompson supporter, and I'm not exactly sure what that weird thing is behind him in the video. But even if this is the effect of a marketing...
View ArticleTough Times in Toby Keith Land
But possibly the most troubling sign that something is not right in the Toby Keith camp is the continued stories about strange closings and other curious issues surrounding the "Toby Keith's I Love...
View ArticleSong Review – Tim McGraw’s “Damn Country Music”
Though some may consider Tim McGraw soaring in such high thermals that it's sacrilege for him to be singing about scraping the bottom and setting out to fulfill your dreams in country music, but that's...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of Toby Keith’s Major Label, Show Dog Nashville
And though we're a good half decade from when Toby Keith was still relevant in the country mainstream, and a healthy 15 years removed from when he was telling would-be terrorists where he rudely wanted...
View ArticleJon Pardi Reveals Details for New Album “Heartache Medication”
You'll have to wait all the way until September 27th to hear Jon Pardi's new record "Heartache Medication" in its entirety. But we now have the track list, cover art, and songwriting contributors for...
View ArticleSong Review – Jon Pardi’s “Ain’t Always The Cowboy”
Jon Pardi continues to prove himself as one of the most staunch traditionalists in the country mainstream, and though you can be assured that his upcoming record 'Heartache Medication' will have a...
View ArticleJon Pardi Selects “Ain’t Always The Cowboy” As Next Single
Jon Pardi continues to show leadership in helping to return an element of twang and substance to country radio. After the debut single and title track from his latest record Heartache Medication went...
View ArticleI’ll Be Damned: Luke Bryan’s “Build Me a Daddy” Ain’t Half Bad
There is plenty that could render "Build Me A Daddy" much more cheesy than meaningful---the heartstring pulling story of a son losing his father, and oh, let's make the father a soldier, so we weasel...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Morgan Wallen –“Dangerous: The Double Album”
If Morgan Wallen was a young male suitor in pursuit of your sister or daughter, he would be one of those beaus where it is undeniable they are trouble, with not just red flags flying right out in the...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Jon Wolfe’s “Dos Corazones”
It's pretty rare that seven albums and 17 years into a career that an artist finds their stride, but that's the determination many are coming to with Jon Wolfe's 'Dos Corazones,' and for fair reasons....
View ArticleAlbum Review- Casper McWade’s “Something for the Pain”
If you're a good candidate for this treatment or even if you're not, Casper McWade is serving up the remedy. It may not come in a brown bottle or require a prescription, but it is certainly effective...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Luke Grimes – (Self-Titled)
Patient, purposeful, authentic, vulnerable, and expressive, Ol' Kayce Dutton isn't just relying on his Yellowstone cred and what your girlfriend thinks is a cute butt to get by. He put in his time,...
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