Will Nashville Be The Next Detroit?
During last week's Super Bowl, one of the most gut-stirring commercials featured rapper Eminem in a spot for Chrysler, showing solidarity with the embattled city of Detroit which has taken the brunt of...
View ArticleYour Opinion: The New Waylon Jennings Tribute Album
I'll level with you folks. I do not like tribute albums. At all. Any of them. Period. No matter who the albums are in tribute to, or who is doing the tributing. I'm not going to give some long-winded...
View ArticleTrace Adkins’“Brown Chicken, Brown Cow” is DEFEATED!
Purity and decency in country music just won a big battle, as Trace Adkins' follow up to "Honky Tonk Badanka Donk" called "Brown Chicken Brown Cow" has been summarily defeated, stalling at #39 in the...
View ArticleTrace Adkins: “I Went to That Well One Too Many Times”
The fallout continues from Trace Adkins' stupid song "Brown Chicken, Brown Cow", as he continues to try to lump blame on others for the song's unpopularity, though finally admitting to some culpability...
View ArticleMichael Jackson Montgomery Releases “Letter B” Demo
About two months ago, Saving Country Music introduced you to a would-be pop country star named Michael Jackson Montgomery in the aftermath of drama between Billy Ray Cyrus and his daughter Miley....
View ArticleAlbum Review – Justin Moore’s “Outlaws Like Me”
Those previous positive statements I made about Justin? Well it looks like I need to back pedal pretty hard from them, because this album is awful. In my opinion, and I appreciate the gravity and the...
View ArticleSaving Country Music’s Worst Country Songs of 2011
I can't recall a year with this high caliber of a crop of bad songs. This group can hold their own against the Achy Breaky Hearts and Honky Tonk Bandonka Donk's of the last few decades. And this year...
View ArticleThe 6 Pop Country Archetypes
Have you ever wondered who actually listens to those songs they play on pop country radio? Here are the six primary Archetypes, or as Music Row refers to them, "target demographics", that make up the...
View ArticleSong Review – Tim McGraw’s “Truck Yeah”
With the first single from the Big Machine Records-era of Tim McGraw, the country music mega-star pulls off the biggest sellout move of his career, and one of the biggest sellout moves ever seen from...
View ArticleOcean Breeze Making Signature Line of Country Douches
Just when you thought you'd seen it all, a feminine products company out of North Carolina called "Ocean Breeze" announced Thursday they are launching a new line of products pandering to the country...
View ArticleSong Review – Trace Adkins’“Jesus and Jones”
Boy this thing sure had me intrigued when I first saw the image of Trace Adkins looking all contrite, weathered, and wise in the promotional picture with his hat in his hand, like he was ready to ask...
View ArticleKris Kristofferson Plays a Badass Gun-Toting Bartender in New Western Movie...
Director Timothy Woodward Jr. was inspired to make a Western version of the Liam Neeson blockbuster "Taken," and decided to cast country music songwriting legend and noted actor Kris Kristofferson on...
View ArticleFans Angry After Trace Adkins Drunken Performance at a Children’s Charity...
Fans are furious after country artist Trace Adkins showed up to a benefit fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Hospital so drunk he couldn't sing. The performance on Wednesday, July 15th was so bad,...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of Toby Keith’s Major Label, Show Dog Nashville
And though we're a good half decade from when Toby Keith was still relevant in the country mainstream, and a healthy 15 years removed from when he was telling would-be terrorists where he rudely wanted...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Trace Adkins’“Something’s Going On”
The trouble with Trace Adkins has never been a lack of talent. The dude has one of the coolest, baritone and bass singing voices in all of modern country music. The bigger problem with the Trace Adkins...
View ArticleSong/Video Review – Blake Shelton’s “Doing It To Country Songs”
What sucks about "Doing It To Country Songs" is that there's actually a lot of positives going on here, and it could have turned out to be something decent. But the innuendo here is worn out in the...
View ArticleCapitol Records Shuts Down Charity Contribution
Unfortunately in the current music climate, if you want to put out a legit album, the first thing you have to do is call a lawyer. And then cross your fingers that you still don’t get sued. Or in the...
View ArticleMilsap / Bleve Records Strike Back
I’m happy to report that there is good news on the fight between Bleve Records, Ronnie Milsap, and Capitol Records Nashville. Capitol has been filing legal briefs to keep Bleve Records from releasing a...
View ArticleMilsap / Bleve Strike Back – Part 2
To read about the conflict between Ronnie Milsap and Capitol Records Nashville, click here, and to read about Milsap’s first protest click here. I know some of you might be tired of this story, and...
View ArticleTaylor Swift’s 0-fer at ACM’s Due To Overexposure
The internet is exercised today over the fact that Taylor Swift did not win any hardware at last night’s ACM Awards. Fans are looking for the fix, and haters are wondering if this is the end of the...
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