Bobby Bones Talks About “Sturgis Simpson” and “Jeremy Isbell” (& Other Bobby...
Over the last couple of weeks, Saving Country Music headquarters has received a fresh new onslaught of emails on the subject of pop country über DJ Bobby Bones---the morning show personality for...
View ArticleJason Isbell’s “Something More Than Free” Sets All-Time Record on the...
This week was the first week Something More Than Free has not graced the #1 spot on the Americana Radio Airplay chart in the last 20---an all-time record. The only other records to come close to the...
View Article2015 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...
View ArticleThese Two Guys Just Pretty Much Spilled The Beans on What Country Radio Is...
You may not be able to find a more insular, inbred, and ass backwards institution in the entirety of the North American economy than country radio. Run by good ol' boys in the pockets of big labels,...
View ArticleChris Stapleton and Jason Isbell Come Up Big in 2015 Grammy Nominations
The 2015 Grammy Awards will be a big one for country music, and for some very deserving stars. Not every year are the biggest categories of the night---Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New...
View ArticleChris Stapleton Proves Why Awards Shows Matter
"Awards shows don't matter." This is the bill of goods fans of true country music, and fans of independent music have been forced to sell themselves for years as a consolation prize for continuously...
View ArticleJason Isbell Signs Worldwide Publishing Deal
The current King of Americana and now Grammy-nominated singer songwriter Jason Isbell has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Downtown Music Publishing. The news comes near the end of a...
View ArticleAmericana Music Association Releases the Top 100 Albums of 2015
The Americana Music Association has compiled their year-end list of the Top 100 albums of 2015. Unlike many of the other lists you're bludgeoned with this time of year, this one isn't based off on...
View ArticleDave Cobb’s Upcoming “The Southern Family” Concept Album Includes Incredible...
There's something much interesting brewing that's bigger than any one artist at the moment---an expansive concept record dealing with artists' experiences growing up in the South. The project was first...
View ArticleThe Top News Stories of 2015
It was a busy year in country music, with lots of controversy, lots of legal issues, and even death surrounding country music artists. It was a tumultuous 2015 to say the least. Here are the top news...
View ArticleAmericana’s New Board Includes Dave Cobb / Awards Expand to the UK
The Americana Music Association has announced its newest Board of Directors, and signing on for a seat this upcoming year is fast rising producer Dave Cobb. On top of seating a new board, the Americana...
View ArticleDave Cobb Signs Worldwide Publishing Deal
Producer, guitar player, and songwriter Dave Cobb has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music. The deal was announced Monday (1-4), and also includes the formation of...
View ArticleNew Sturgill Simpson Album Coming in the Summer of 2016
Sturgill Simpson fans will have to wait patiently for another six months or so for new music for the Kentucky songwriter. But rest assured, new music is on the way. The summer of 2016 seems a long way...
View ArticleCountry Music Needs to Let Go of the Radio Crutch
How people listen to music is clearly changing, but much of the country music industry isn't following suit. In a town that employs scores of people just to push songs to radio, Nashville doesn't know...
View ArticleJustice Served: Jason Isbell Wins 2016 Grammy for Best Americana Album /...
Justice has finally been done, and the current King of Americana finally has his Grammy. Actually, he now has two of them. Alabama-born songwriter Jason Isbell walked away with Best Americana Album...
View ArticleChris Stapleton Drops New Tour Dates – Shows Selling Out Fast
Riding the momentum of two Grammy wins, and ahead of an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday night (2-17), Chris Stapleton has announced a slew on new concert dates, and it appears some fans hoping to...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Wynonna & The Big Noise
50-year-old country stars aren't supposed to make records like these. They're supposed to be trying to hold onto their glory days or make good use of the last dying gasps of somehow getting on the...
View ArticleJason Isbell’s Long Lost Twin Clyde is Jealous of Brother’s Success
This is one of many accusations from Clyde Isbell, the rarely talked-about identical twin brother of Americana star Jason Isbell, and co-frontman of a local Allman Brothers cover band in Alabama....
View ArticleMove Over Steve Goodman, Jason Isbell Pens “The Saddest Song Ever”
"In my new song we cover such diverse tragic country topics as unemployment, the troops, reliable trucks gone done breakin' down, the devil's brown liquor, and the no-good bankerman knocking on the...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Dave Cobb’s “Southern Family” Compilation
The "South" is the setting for the songs, and where the respective artists hail from, but "Family" is what makes this record universal for all listeners. And unlike many other concept records that may...
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