Before They Sucked: Big Country Stars at the Start
When you look back at some of the early songs, early albums, and even the early image of some of country's biggest current stars, it can stimulate downright culture shock. Of course styles change...
View ArticleRandy Travis Health Update: Emerges with Dolly Parton
Ever since the health problems started for Randy Travis on July 7th, 2013 when the singer was admitted to the hospital for viral cardiomyopathy, and then suffered a stroke as a complication to his...
View ArticleLack of Information on Randy Travis Leading to Unnecessary Speculation
Since Randy Travis was transferred to the impatient rehabilitation facility, any information that has come out has been in bits and pieces, much from unnamed sources, some of which has contradicted...
View ArticleKatie Armiger In Dispute with Record Label / Locked Out of Social Network...
Right as Armiger was getting ready to release her fifth album through independent label Cold River Records, it was revealed on Wednesday (6-17) by label President Pete O'Heeron that Katie had decided...
View ArticleOn Neal McCoy’s “Take a Knee My Ass”
Neal McCoy---the half-Filipino mid 90's country star who amassed eight Top 5 songs, two platinum albums, and dozens of other accolades during his heyday, including the excellent song "Wink"---has just...
View ArticleNeal McCoy Is The Latest To Suffer a Tour Bus Fire
Neal McCoy's tour bus "Old Glory" is the latest to go up in flames in an early morning fire. Luckily, McCoy and all his crew were able to vacate the vehicle before the blaze overtook it, and much of...
View ArticleJason Isbell Says There Aren’t Great Conservative Songwriters
"If it ever gets to be too much for you, there are a lot of great songwriters out there who agree with you politically. Oh wait, no there aren’t," Jason Isbell responded to a Twitter user. But this...
View ArticleDamn Right There’s Asian Americans Making Country Music
With all of the concern over the swell of violence against Asian Americans lately, the question has come up in certain circles, "Are there any Asian Americans making country music?" Well I'm glad you...
View ArticleDoes ’90s Country Deserve It’s Own Fest? Key Western Fest Says “Yes.”
Is 30-year-old country music really one of the hottest things going in country music today? A new festival down in Key West, Florida called Key Western Fest put that hypothesis to the test last week,...
View ArticleNo, Willie Nelson Did Not Call Out Jason Aldean at FairWell Fest
Breaking the moratorium on posts about the controversy surrounding Jason Aldean's new song and video, "Try That in a Small Town" to dispel some misinformation that Saving Country Music has intimate...
View ArticleHank Williams Jr. to Celebrate 45 Years of “Family Tradition” on Tour
Hank Williams Jr. doesn't tour very often. He’d rather spend his time in a deer blind or out on a dock these days. But the Country Music Hall of Famer is always good for a couple of weeks of tour dates...
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