Saving Country Music’s 2018 Country Music Hall of Fame Picks & Prognostications
Once again as spring nears, it becomes time for the annual exercise to ponder who perhaps the CMA will deem worthy for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. About this time the secret...
View ArticleGeorge Strait Drummer Mike Kennedy Killed in Car Accident
Long-time drummer for George Strait and proud member of the Ace in the Hole Band Mike Kennedy was killed in a car wreck in Tennessee on Friday afternoon, August 31st according to numerous reports. The...
View ArticleInternational Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMAs) Announce 2018 Winners – Induct...
The International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMAs) held court Thursday (9-27) night at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina as the capstone of their yearly...
View ArticleThe 2018 CMA Awards Complete Preview
Everything you need to know about the 2018 CMA Awards, including the performers, collaborations, songs, tributes, presenters, nominees with predictions, early winners, and what to watch for. All the...
View ArticleThe Death of Keith Whitley, 30 Years Later
It was early May, 1989. Keith Whitley volunteered to take his wife and fellow performer Lorrie Morgan to the Nashville airport to see her off on a promotional trip to Alaska. In a week, Lorrie would be...
View ArticleReview –“Country Music” by Ken Burns, Final Recap
If you're a country music fan and are disappointed that your favorite artist didn't get enough screen time in the Ken Burns film on country music, well guess what, your favorite genre did, and by the...
View ArticleRalph Stanley Funeral to be Streamed Online
Bluegrass legend Dr. Ralph Stanley will be laid to rest Tuesday evening (6-28), and a public service has been announced that fans are encouraged to attend. But if you cannot make it, the funeral...
View ArticleCountry Artists Turn Out to Help Lay Ralph Stanley to Rest
Bluegrass legend Dr. Ralph Stanley, who passed away on June 23rd, was laid to rest Tuesday evening (6-28) after a public service that included words and performances from Vince Gill, Patty Loveless,...
View ArticleMusician’s Hall of Fame Announces 2016 Inductees
Jerry Reed and Ricky Skaggs may still be on the outside looking in when it comes to the Country Music Hall of Fame, but the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville, located on the other side of downtown in...
View ArticleMore Traditional Country Star Power Added to 50th Annual CMA Awards
The amount of older talent announced on the presentation so far is quite unprecedented. According to Saving Country Music's calculations, of the announced performers so far, 16 performers who could be...
View ArticleCountry Talent Coming Together for Randy Travis Tribute Concert
In the mid 80's, it was Randy Travis and his neotraditional sound that led country music out of the great abyss of the earlier decade and returned country to its rightful place as a powerful voice for...
View Article“Little” Jimmy Dickens & Bill Monroe Receive Brass Statues at the Ryman
Two titans of country and bluegrass music who helped make The Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium the storied institutions they are, were repaid with eternal markers for their contributions when...
View Article2018 Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam Will Also be a Tribute to Charlie Himself
Since 1974, the Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam concert has been a mainstay on the country music calendar, and a worthy fundraiser for veterans. Now in 2018, the event will hold special importance as it...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Lauren Mascitti’s “God Made A Woman”
"God Made A Woman" is a great specimen of true country music in both the stories and sounds, and offers a strong counterargument to the prevailing wisdom that such a thing can't be relevant in these...
View ArticleRicky Skaggs, Dailey & Vincent to Perform on Grand Ole Opry
The Grand Ole Opry tradition continues now for the sixth week in a row during the Coronavirus outbreak, as 15-time Grammy winner and Opry member since 1982 Ricky Skaggs will take the stage, along with...
View ArticleCountry Hall of Fame Event Matches Musicians w/ Iconic Instruments
Also as part of the reopening, the Hall of Fame is planning a special live streaming event on October 28th, and one they hope will be one of their biggest fundraisers ever, called "Big Night (At The...
View ArticleIconic Instruments & Big Stars to Benefit Country Hall of Fame
To help in the COVID-19 recovery effort, the Hall of Fame is planning a special live streaming event that will match up many of the iconic instruments in the "Precious Jewels" collection and other...
View ArticleAmid End-of-Year Praise, Lauren Mascitti is on COVID Front Lines
Lauren Mascitti has had one eventful 2020. We all have in many respects, but for Lauren, it's been especially action-filled. Early in the year, she released what is quickly becoming her breakout...
View ArticleTowering Bluegrass Legend Tony Rice Has Died
From the hills and hollers of Kentucky as a strict traditionalist, to some of the most enterprising and innovative interpretations of the bluegrass form, from beside artists as far ranging as Ricky...
View ArticleRicky Skaggs, Toby Keith Medals Not a “Reaction” to Impeachment
The news spread quickly, and put country music right in the middle of the political imbroglio. However, reports by Rolling Stone and other outlets that the awarding of the medal was a quote "reaction"...
View ArticleRicky Skaggs Deserves the National Medal of Arts, Not Cancellation
It's just unfortunate to even see the talk of cancelling Ricky Skaggs, discounting his music, disinviting him from future events, simply because he decided to accept an award he wholeheartedly...
View ArticleBill Owens: Dolly Parton’s & Country Music’s Cool Uncle
Of course you usually say nice things upon someone's passing. But when Dolly Parton said, "I wouldn't be here if he hadn't been there" as she eulogized Uncle Bill after his passing on Wednesday, April...
View ArticleThe Tragic Life & Death of Keith Whitley (Country History X)
Welcome to Episode #5 of Country History X, which looks to tell the history of country music, one story at a time. This is story of the tragic life and death of Keith Whitley who died at the age of 34...
View ArticleLegendary Bluegrass Pioneer J.D. Crowe Has Died
Keith Whitley. Ricky Skaggs. Tony Rice and Larry Rice. Doyle Lawson. Jerry Douglas for crying out loud. Phil Ledbetter. These are just some of the many names that studied under bluegrass legend and...
View ArticlePioneering Country Songwriter Jimbeau Hinson Has Died
Most certainly, country music has always been a bastion for more conservative and traditional viewpoints, for the most part. But there has always been exceptions and counter-balances within that...
View ArticleThe Judds Induction to the Country Music Hall of Fame IN FULL
Since the Hall of Fame continues to not allow for public broadcast of the ceremony, fans of The Judds and other inductees have been mostly resigned to piecing together the events. But luckily, a full...
View ArticleJamey Johnson Officially Inducted Into the Grand Ole Opry
“I don't have to tell y'all what this moment means to me. I’ve been talking about this moment since I was a kid,” Jamey Johnson said on the Grand Ole Opry's Saturday night presentation (5-14), as Bill...
View ArticleTyler Childers, Chris Stapleton Helping Kentucky Flood Victims
Though you won't see any press releases about it, or social media posts about it from their personal accounts, both Tyler Childers and Chris Stapleton have been spotted in the region with their boots...
View ArticleDailey & Vincent to Release First Ever Country Album
It's always exciting when one of your favorite country artists like Dwight Yoakam, Alan Jackson, or Sturgill Simpson decides to cut a bluegrass album. It's pretty rare to have a bluegrass outfit decide...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Dailey & Vincent’s “Let’s Sing Some Country!”
Sensing a change of pace was needed, Dailey & Vincent decided to cut loose and record a country album this time. Granted, when they say "country," don't think of straight traditional country, or...
View ArticleNo Zach Bryan. No In Memoriam. But Country Was Back at 2022 CMA Awards
Luke Combs said it best while accepting the trophy for Entertainer of the Year Wednesday night (11-9) at the 2022 CMA Awards: "This is my fifth or sixth year being at this awards show, and country...
View ArticleMarty Stuart Releases New Song, Officially Opens the Ellis Theater
There is new music from Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives. I repeat, there is new music from Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives. Along with the new song, Marty Stuart is finally...
View Article1st Look at Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music’s Ellis Theater
For years, all we've had to see of what Marty Stuart had in store with the Congress of Country Music were architectural renderings. But as the Ellis Theater gets ready to open, we're finally getting to...
View Article2022’s ‘More Country’ CMA Awards See Ratings Boost
A pretty universal consensus from the country fans who did suffer through the presentation to see the extended Alan Jackson tribute at the end was that in 2022, the CMA Awards seemed to do a 180-degree...
View ArticleSee, This Is Why We Need To Pay More Attention to Mo Pitney
Why is Mo Pitney not more of a thing? I mean seriously folks. Now I know that to Mo Pitney fans, he is a huge thing. They don't need to be sold on the talent and authenticity of this young man. But you...
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Time Proves Vince Gill’s ‘Go Rest High On That Mountain’ as Platinum
Chart placements, annual sales and streaming numbers, and glowing reviews aren't the true testament to the importance of a piece of music. Time is. Over time, the fortitude of a song or album is tested...
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Album Review – Emily Ann Roberts –“Can’t Hide Country”
The younger, more blonde, and more bombshell that a woman is in country music, the more pop their country music leans. This is the unfortunate stereotype that country music fans have been conditioned...
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Willie Nelson Recognized as Oldest Recording & Touring Musician
Since pretty much every living soul on the planet right now was born, raised, and is living at a time when Willie Nelson was making music, it's easy to overlook or take for granted just how remarkable...
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