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Chris Knight’s ‘Little Victories’: A Political Album Done Right
This is the exact album that the United States of America needs right here, right now, at this very moment in time. Finally, someone has the courage and the wisdom to use music to reassure people of...
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Apolitical Country Songs To Help Survive The Political Season
About this time every four years the political rhetoric reaches critical mass as TV, radio, and the internet are permeated with political ads, while your personal social network feed is filled with...
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2012 Saving Country Music Song of the Year Nominees
Every year this list stirs a little controversy because people misunderstand that these are not supposed to be the songs you "like" the best, but instead is supposed to be compositions in a given year...
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Saving Country Music’s 25 Essential Albums for 2012
Here is the list of 25 albums Saving Country Music deems essential for 2012 listening, and then I added an extra one I couldn't leave off. Please note this list only includes albums that have been...
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Ray Lawrence Jr. Offers Up “More Raw Stuff”
Like Chris Knight, Ray Lawrence Jr. is a simple man who has this sensational talent to be able to put defining moments of the human experience to words and music in a way that rekindles the feelings of...
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Texas Music Offers Template for Regional Revitalization
Texas music is becoming hard wired and institutionalized, and this creates a few game-changing, long-term effects on the overall country music landscape. It is offering a template to the rest of the...
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7 Songwriters That Will Change Your Life
There are songwriters, and then there are songwriters; those folks that so effortlessly set words to the moods and moments of life and that can make you weep like a baby or wildly happy to be alive....
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Review – Will Hoge’s “Never Give In”
Will Hoge in so many ways is sitting in the enviable catbird seat of music crossroads right now. As country music continuously favors a more rock than country sound, Will Hoge, without having to make...
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Lee Ann Womack’s “The Way I’m Livin'” Album Coming
Fans of Lee Ann Womack have been waiting not-so-patiently since 2008's Call Me Crazy for new music from the multi-Grammy and multi-CMA Award winner, and on September 23rd they'll finally get their...
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Otis Gibbs Shares His “Souvenirs of a Misspent Youth”
A troubadour in every sense of the word, Otis Gibbs is an artist who can inspire even the most timid among us to shush a burly bar troll talking over one of his performances. This is music to lean in...
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Album Review – Lee Ann Womack’s “The Way I’m Livin'”
This isn't just your average album release, or even your average album release from Lee Ann Womack. This one has a little more special meaning for Womack since it is her first release without a major...
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Sweet GA Brown Proves He’s A ‘Wordsmith’ in New Album
Sweet GA Brown is the real deal when it comes to songwriters---sweating under a blue collar all day to earn the right to sing in swill joints at night. His music emanates from the small town of...
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Review – Lee Ann Womack Sings Chris Knight’s “Send It On Down”
When Lee Ann Womack set out to construct her 2014 album The Way I'm Livin', she went looking for songs that weren't written by committee as is the norm in Nashville these days, but songs that...
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The Best Country Songs of 2015 So Far
Being willing to see where a song takes you is at the heart of every music lover, and in this spirit I present eleven hand selected songs released in the first half of 2015 that will hopefully take you...
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Country Artists Who Are Due to Release a New Record
There's not much worse than having a hankering for some new music from one of your favorite artists, but feeling like you've been waiting forever for it to happen. There are many reasons an artist or...
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Chris Knight Addresses Delay in New Music
There is nothing like a Chris Knight album and a Chris Knight song. The consummate songwriter’s songwriter, Chris Knight is one of the most revered in the craft, and all you have to do is look at the...
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Facts, Rumors & The Most Anticipated Albums for 2017
Just what 2017 has in store for us in the country music department remains to be seen. But we do know about what to expect in the release department for at least the first quarter of the year, while...
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Chris Knight Says “I’m Pretty Close” To Delivering a New Record
Fans of Kentucky-based singer and songwriter Chris Knight have been waiting impatiently for news on a new album for a few years now. His last record 'Little Victories' was released in September of...
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Chris Knight Putting Finishing Touches on New Album
September of 2012 was the last time well-respected country music songwriter and performer Chris Knight released new music in the form of his album 'Little Victories,' and in the years since, his...
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Chris Knight Announces First Album in 7 Years, “Almost Daylight”
There is daylight at the end of the long tunnel that has been the dearth of new music from one of country music's most revered songwriters. Chris Knight can stand toe to toe with just about any of the...
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Newest Additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#47)
When we look back at the first week of August 2019, we might count it as a week for the ages in country music. Not only did we have Tyler Childers drop a new landmark album, Mike and the Moonpies came...
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Most Anticipated Country & Roots Albums for Last of 2019 + Rumors
If you’re wondering what you might look forward to listening to in the final portions of 2019 in country and Americana music, let this be your guide. Here’s all the information Saving Country Music has...
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Album Review – Chris Knight’s “Almost Daylight”
It's uncanny how Chris Knight takes such simple notions, and turns them into exaltations for the common man, their common struggles, and imparts solutions to everyday dilemmas. He's the headwaters of...
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Newest Additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#51)
Every Friday, more and more killer albums just keep coming, especially lately, and at such a rapid pace that it's hard to keep on top of it all. That's part of the point of keeping the Saving Country...
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2019 Saving Country Music Album of the Year Nominees
When it comes to top-tier releases in the country and roots realm, 2019 was a year like we've never seen before. Though it feels like we say that every year, 2019 truly was exceptional. The albums...
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2019 Saving Country Music Song of the Year Nominees
A Saving Country Music Song of the Year candidate is not just your favorite ditty that gets stuck in your head. These are songs that change hearts, change lives, rest in your head for years to come,...
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Tyler Childers Sets 3-Night Sold Out Record at Kentucky Arena
Forget that in less than two months from now, Tyler Childers will be taking off on a national arena tour with fellow Kentuckian and producer Sturgill Simpson that is already some 25% sold out, Tyler...
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Conservatives & Independents Can Be Great Songwriters Too
There is no doubt that by any objective assessment, when it comes to the world of creative types in the realm of music or otherwise, their ranks tend to veer more towards liberal ideals when it comes...
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Parker McCollum Wants Luke Bryan Fame for Chris Knight Songs
"I’m trying to make Luke Bryan money singing Chris Knight-caliber songs," Parker McCollum says. Parker says he's taking his cues from folks like Chris Stapleton and Kacey Musgraves who've found huge...
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Whiskey Myers Curated Firewater Festival Announces Lineup
Texas-based Southern rock band Whiskey Myers is set to launch their own personally-curated festival and annual gathering for their fans called the Firewater Festival, and they have just announced the...
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Album Review – The Barlow’s “Horseshoe Lounge”
Drawing influences from both their native environs, as well as bordering states like Texas for a more open sound, and Wyoming for some Western flavor---and then hopscotching a few states to draw on...
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Amid Meteoric Rise, 49 Winchester Plays Packed Pittsburgh Show
Friday night (4-7), 49 Winchester rolled into Pittsburgh, a.k.a the Paris of Appalachia, and played the newly renovated Thunderbird Cafe on a hot sell-out streak. After warming up the crowd with the...
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This Feels Big: Texas/Red Dirt Booking Agency Red 11 Acquired by WME
Though you may not nerd out enough about country music to wonder how your favorite Texas/Red Dirt artists end up playing at your local watering hole or wind up on a festival lineup, it's a very big...
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30A Songwriters Festival Announces Initial 2025 Lineup
There's just about no better place to be in the world in the dead of winter than Florida, and it's even better when you get to listen to some of your favorite songwriters showcase their stuff. The post...
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