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Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion Announces Stellar Initial Lineup for 2026
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Bristol Rhythm and Roots Announces Stellar Initial Lineup for 2026...
If you're ready to get your boogie on Bristol Rhythm and Roots style, they've already released a big lineup for 2026, with more artists to be announced in the months to come.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion Announces Stellar Initial Lineup for 2026
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Painstakingly curated Country Christmas playlist consisting of all NEW recordings for 2025, available on all streaming formats.
It's fun, it's country, it's not too schmaltzy, and it's a great way to discover artists.
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It's fun, it's country, it's not too schmaltzy, and it's a great way to discover artists.
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The 2025 Country Christmas Playlist - Saving Country Music
If you’re looking for that perfect Christmas playlist that specializes in country music, and is dedicated to new songs or new version of old classics released this calendar year, then you’ve come to t...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Painstakingly curated Country Christmas playlist consisting of all NEW recordings for 2025, available on all streaming formats.
It's fun, it's country, it's not too schmaltzy, and it's a great way to discover artists.
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It's fun, it's country, it's not too schmaltzy, and it's a great way to discover artists.
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These aren't the toe tappers. These are the songs that blindside you with emotion, and/or rewire your brain in positive ways. They're Saving Country Music's 2025 Song of the Year nominees.
Your feedback is encouraged.
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Your feedback is encouraged.
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Saving Country Music’s 2025 Song of the Year Nominees - Saving...
A Song of the Year is not just a “song.” It’s something that can change a life, or change the world. It’s something that must be able to give you goosebumps, or wet the eye.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
These aren't the toe tappers. These are the songs that blindside you with emotion, and/or rewire your brain in positive ways. They're Saving Country Music's 2025 Song of the Year nominees.
Your feedback is encouraged.
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Your feedback is encouraged.
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Two titans announce early 2026 tour dates.
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Both Billy Strings, Tyler Childers Announce New 2026 Tour Dates -...
'Tis the season for some of the biggest heavyweights in country and roots music to announce their tour intentions for the upcoming year. On Tuesday, two of the titans at the arena level revealed their...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Two titans announce early 2026 tour dates.
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Kelsea Ballerini's appearance on Austin City Limits underscores the problem with publicly funded institutions that are no longer serving their purpose, or their local communities.
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Kelsea Ballerini, Austin City Limits, and the Public Funding of...
It's difficult to impossible to figure out why Ballerini's appearance would have any benefit for either party. Austin music fans, and Austin City Limits faithful would find little to no appeal in a Na...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Kelsea Ballerini's appearance on Austin City Limits underscores the problem with publicly funded institutions that are no longer serving their purpose, or their local communities.
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Here we go ladies and gentlemen. It's time to start the conversation about what we consider the best country albums of 2025.
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2025 Saving Country Music Album of the Year Nominees - Saving...
The point of this exercise is not to devolve music into a competition. It is to stimulate a lively conversation about what we all believe is the best album, using our differing perspectives to inform ...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Here we go ladies and gentlemen. It's time to start the conversation about what we consider the best country albums of 2025.
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What a genius idea. Few if anyone is better fit to make a Christmas album than Melissa Carper.
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Album Review – Melissa Carper’s “A Very Carper Christmas” - Saving...
What a genius idea to have Melissa Carper make a Christmas album, and not just one the reprises the old great standards, but with mostly original songs, in that vintage sound and style she's known for...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What a genius idea. Few if anyone is better fit to make a Christmas album than Melissa Carper.
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Remember, your favorite independent music artists, bands, locally-owned festivals and venues, they're all small businesses as well. Consider supporting them on Small Business Saturday with a purchase.
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Remember, your favorite independent music artists, bands, locally-owned festivals and venues, they're all small businesses as well. Consider supporting them on Small Business Saturday with a purchase.
The Johnny Cash estate is suing Coca-Cola after using a song in a commercial that sounds very similar to Johnny Cash.
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Johnny Cash Estate Sues Coca-Cola Over New Ad - Saving Country Music
Did Coca-Cola, or whatever advertising agency they hired to put their recent television ad together purposely try to deceive the public into believing the ghost of Johnny Cash was endorsing Coke?
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November 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Johnny Cash estate is suing Coca-Cola after using a song in a commercial that sounds very similar to Johnny Cash.
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Nearly two weeks after the death of Todd Snider, the question lingers, "Could Todd Snider's Death Been Prevented?"
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The Question Lingers, “Could Todd Snider’s Death Been Prevented?”...
As we near two weeks since the passing of beloved songwriter Todd Snider on November 14th, it seems the questions surrounding his time in Salt Lake City leading up to his death have only grown deeper.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Nearly two weeks after the death of Todd Snider, the question lingers, "Could Todd Snider's Death Been Prevented?"
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New Turnpike Troubadours tribute to Todd Snider, and more of the top country songs country radio won't play in the latest playlist update. Available on all formats! Perfect for road trip listening.
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New Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#169)...
As you hit the road for a Thanksgiving trip or hang around with family roasting a turkey, what better time to catch up with the best and latest tunes in country before we all get crushed in the avalan...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New Turnpike Troubadours tribute to Todd Snider, and more of the top country songs country radio won't play in the latest playlist update. Available on all formats! Perfect for road trip listening.
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Billy Strings just continues to charm us, with his talent, and his wisdom.
Why Billy Strings’ Revelations About Mother’s Death Are So Important
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Why Billy Strings’ Revelations About Mother’s Death Are So Important
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Why Billy Strings’ Revelations About Mother’s Death Are So...
Billy Strings didn't need to air the personal business of his deceased mother in public. But Billy's choice to do reveal her cause of death shows the wisdom of this young man.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Billy Strings just continues to charm us, with his talent, and his wisdom.
Why Billy Strings’ Revelations About Mother’s Death Are So Important
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Why Billy Strings’ Revelations About Mother’s Death Are So Important
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"Make room on your Red Dirt depth chart somewhere near the top for Lance Roark."
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Album Review – Lance Roark’s “Bad Reputation” - Saving Country Music
Lance Roark was patient in officially presenting his debut album to the planet, forging his own sound, finding the unique contours of his voice, and making his case for being Red Dirt's next star.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Make room on your Red Dirt depth chart somewhere near the top for Lance Roark."
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The alleged assault on Todd Snider that started the saga that ended in Snider's death has been determined to be a self-inflicted injury when Snider fell in his bus, according to police.
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Todd Snider ‘Assault’ Determined to Be Self-Inflicted Injury by...
After reviewing surveillance footage from Todd Snider's hotel and doing further investigating, the Salt Lake City Police Department has determined that the alleged assault on Todd Snider was likely a ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The alleged assault on Todd Snider that started the saga that ended in Snider's death has been determined to be a self-inflicted injury when Snider fell in his bus, according to police.
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For a third of a century, steel guitar legend Paul Franklin has been nominated for CMA Musician of the Year. In 2025, he finally won.
The story:
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The story:
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Paul Franklin Was Nominated 33 Times for a CMA Award.
What do these silly awards mean? Should we devalue music into a competition? These are fair questions. But for Paul Franklin, the win has to be especially sweet, perhaps more sweeter than anyone...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
For a third of a century, steel guitar legend Paul Franklin has been nominated for CMA Musician of the Year. In 2025, he finally won.
The story:
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The story:
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Now that Todd Snider has died, body cam footage from his arrest holds even more gravity, revealing important clues about what he was suffering through and why. Snider friend Otis Gibbs has also given some insight.
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Body Cam Video, Otis Gibbs Reveal New Clues in Todd Snider Death -...
The body camera footage has become one of the most useful tools as Todd's fans try to recreate his moments in Salt Lake City to try and find answers why he was denied care, and if this was ultimately ...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Now that Todd Snider has died, body cam footage from his arrest holds even more gravity, revealing important clues about what he was suffering through and why. Snider friend Otis Gibbs has also given some insight.
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An alleged "violent assault" sparked off the circumstances that ultimately resulted in Todd Snider's death, but few details have been given. What we know after investigating further, and why Snider's band left Salt Lake.
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Further Details on the Todd Snider Assault, and Why His Band Left...
One complicating factor in finding information about the assault, and potentially why it was never investigated in-depth seems to have to do in part with the geography of Salt Lake City.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
An alleged "violent assault" sparked off the circumstances that ultimately resulted in Todd Snider's death, but few details have been given. What we know after investigating further, and why Snider's band left Salt Lake.
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Many questions linger after the death of Todd Snider. Why was he denied care at a hospital and arrested? Could his death been prevented?
Everything we know, and a timeline:
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Everything we know, and a timeline:
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Many Questions Linger After the Death of Todd Snider - Saving...
When it was officially announced on Saturday morning, November 15th that American songwriting legend Todd Snider had died at the age of 59, it left his fans, friends, and the public with more question...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Many questions linger after the death of Todd Snider. Why was he denied care at a hospital and arrested? Could his death been prevented?
Everything we know, and a timeline:
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Everything we know, and a timeline:
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Classy gesture by Charley Crockett.
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Charley Crockett Offers His Grammy Nomination to the Turnpike...
It's a classy move by Charley Crockett, and perhaps a vote for Charley can be seen as a vote for Turnpike as well, especially since as he rightly points out, it was the Turnpike Troubadours who seeded...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Classy gesture by Charley Crockett.
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Album Review – Colter Wall’s “Memories and Empties”
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Album Review – Colter Wall’s “Memories and Empties” - Saving...
Colter Wall doesn't just play the music, he champions it. He embraces it. He sells its virtues to the audience. That's what Colter does for traditional country songs on "Memories and Empties."
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November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Album Review – Colter Wall’s “Memories and Empties”
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The matter of AI "country artists" infiltrating Billboard charts has gone from bad to catastrophic, with now multiple artists and songs populating on a country chart.
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From Bad to Catastrophic: MULTIPLE AI Artists Now On Country Chart...
As predicted, the matter of AI artists infiltrating Billboard's country charts and the music industry in general has gone from bad to absolutely catastrophic in the matter of a singular human-measured...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The matter of AI "country artists" infiltrating Billboard charts has gone from bad to catastrophic, with now multiple artists and songs populating on a country chart.
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Why the Turnpike Troubadours and their album "The Price of Admission" were overlooked for the Grammy Awards this year, and the bigger country Grammy problem.
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Why The Turnpike Troubadours Were Overlooked for the Grammys -...
What is it about the Grammy system that doesn't allow that one consensus album of a given year to rise to the top like it should, like it didn't for the Turnpike Troubadours in 2025?
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November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Why the Turnpike Troubadours and their album "The Price of Admission" were overlooked for the Grammy Awards this year, and the bigger country Grammy problem.
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"Travelin' Soldier" written by Bruce Robison has proven to be a timeless song that can do something that feels impossible these days: cross the political divide.
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Cody Johnson, The [Dixie] Chicks, Bruce Robison, and “Travelin’...
Life and country music can be funny sometimes, turning what you think about certain things on their head. Tracing the lineage of the country standard "Travelin' Soldier" is a good example.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Travelin' Soldier" written by Bruce Robison has proven to be a timeless song that can do something that feels impossible these days: cross the political divide.
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