Nominees for the 2017 Saving Country Music Album of the Year
The last few years have been a somewhat down era for excellent, legacy-caliber releases in country music and independent roots,. But 2017 was a different story, especially the first half, leaving us...
View ArticleNominees for the Saving Country Music 2017 Song of the Year
When we broach the exercise of whittling down the field of songs of a given year to a list of a chosen few to be considered Song of the Year, we're not looking for booty shakers or boot scooters. We're...
View ArticleThe Assault on Professional Concert Photography Finally Comes Into Focus
For the majority of 2017, Saving Country Music has been engaged in a private war against the increasingly intrusive restrictions being placed upon music journalists---and photographers especially---who...
View ArticleMusic From Season 4 of “The Ranch” on Netflix
Netflix released the latest season of its comedy drama 'The Ranch' on December 15th, and just like the first three seasons, country music plays a big role in both the dialog and the soundtrack....
View ArticleSaving Country Music’s 2017 Album of the Year
Country music will not be saved by just one soul, even though this is a thought process many fans and much of the media tend to buy into, often putting an unfair burden on the careers and purpose of...
View ArticleBook Review – John Prine’s “Beyond Words”
It's not very common that you can preface a 70-year-old folk country songwriter that never had a big hit and the 14-year-olds in your family have probably never heard of as a "hot commodity," but...
View ArticleSong Review – Jason Isbell’s “Cumberland Gap”
The second song from Jason Isbell's impending album 'The Nashville Sound' all but certifies what we had suspicions of before and what Isbell has been saying in the media previously, which is the June...
View ArticleJason Isbell Adds Two New Months of 2017 Tour Dates
Jason Isbell and his band The 400 Unit are readying the release of his latest record The Nashville Sound on June 16th, and his live calendar has just been bolstered with a bunch of new tour dates in...
View ArticleWe Have A Bigger Problem Now. It’s Sam Hunt’s “Body Like A Backroad.”
"Body Like a Backroad." It looks to shatter even the incredible and previously-thought insurmountable records of Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise." Right now we sit in an eerily-similar position as we...
View ArticleAlbum Review – John Moreland’s “Big Bad Luv”
'Big Bad Luv' is exactly the type of album that John Moreland needed to make, where his songcraft suffers none, but is bolstered by the virtue of a more compositional approach to the music itself. And...
View ArticleNominees Announced for the 2017 Americana Music Awards
The Americana Music Association announced the nominees for their 2017 awards on Tuesday afternoon (5-9) via a live press conference from the Country Music Hall of Fame's Ford Theater. Along with...
View ArticleSong Review- Jason Isbell’s “If We Were Vampires”
A love song with avid participation from his wife and singing partner Amanda Shires, the song delves into the sad perspective that forever in a marriage or a relationship is ultimately a relative term....
View ArticleColter Wall, Robyn Ludwick, Jason Isbell + More Added to SCM’s Top 25 Spotify...
2017 is turning out to be a banner year for country and roots music, and we still have some of the most highly-anticipated titles still yet to be released. In an attempt to keep up and help you sift...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Justin Townes Earle’s “Kids in the Street”
Folks who just hopped on the country insurgency train when they heard about Chris Stapleton or Sturgill Simpson may wonder what the deal is with a guy like Justin Townes Earle. Maybe they recognize the...
View ArticleSaving Country Music’s Best Songs of 2017 So Far
Apologies if you came here looking to replenish your 3rd generation iPod with a fresh platoon of booty shakers. That's not what this practice is all about. Feel good songs are just fine and help fleet...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s “The Nashville Sound”
It's not just talent that sifts certain artists to the top of the heap of their discipline, it is timing. And Jason Isbell is one of the defining artists of our era because he is Southern, and...
View ArticleJason Isbell’s “The Nashville Sound” Goes #1 in Country, #4 Overall
Jason Isbell and his band The 400 Unit have just notched their best-charting, and best-selling record of Jason Isbell's career with The Nashville Sound. Selling a total of 54,000 units, including...
View ArticleThe Backstreet Boys Now Have a #1 on Country Radio. Here’s Who Doesn’t.
This week, Florida Georgia Line's collaboration with the Backstreet Boys called "God, Your Mama, and Me" hit #1 on Billboard's Country Airplay Chart, meaning The Backstreet Boys---a washed-up boy bad...
View ArticleFiddle Player for The Band Perry Says He Wants to Punch Alan Jackson in the Face
"Alan Jackson. Wholeheartedly. Alan Jackson. All day. Everyday," is what the former fiddle player for The Band Perry Jason Fitz said when asked who was the person in country music you most want to...
View ArticleJason Isbell Named Honorary Texan at Austin Show
Americana songwriter and performer Jason Isbell is now an honorary Texan according to the office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Isbell received the distinction on Sunday night (7-16) during the 3rd...
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