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No, Aaron Lewis, “California” is Not The Problem with Country Music
"It's been infiltrated by California, just like everything else." This answer is simply a stock, reactionary, culture war-inspired, flinging of red meat to a right wing constituency that is not rooted...
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BREAKING: Gordy’s HWY 30 Music Fest to Cancel 2025 Idaho Event
In a completely predictable, but tragically unfortunate event for artists, bands, and patrons, Gordy's Hwy 30 Music Fest in Filer, Idaho will be canceling their 2025 event scheduled for June 18-21. The...
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The Failed Political Project To Reshape the American Electorate Through...
Crunching election data, a plan was hatched under the premise that if the institution of country music could be assuaged to become a political tool, it could help persuade the rural slice of the...
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Award-Winning Songwriter Matt McGinn Charged with Assault
Matt McGinn was named SESAC's Country Songwriter of the Year in both 2018 and 2022. He's now been charged with two felony counts and one misdemeanor stemming from an incident that occurred on October...
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Vince Gill Has Become Country Music’s Collaborator-In-Chief
Vince Gill really is the closest thing that country music has to the five-tool baseball player. He can do it all. As a solo artist, he's a Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry stalwart. He...
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The Best Mainstream Country Albums of 2022
Every year to make sure the best titles in mainstream country don't get overlooked, and to encourage the quality in the mainstream to rise to the top, we run down the best mainstream country albums to...
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Album Review – Adeem The Artist’s “White Trash Revelry”
There was most certainly a time in country music---and even in it's more open-minded and less commercially-concerned cousin of Americana---where not fitting neatly within the gender binary would be a...
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Album Review – Aaron Lewis –“Frayed At Both Ends”
It's too bad that Aaron Lewis has made himself such a polarizing guy in country music---one of those dudes that when you mention his name, many people immediately start making faces like they just...
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Turnpike Troubadours Announce Slew of 2022 Fest Appearances
If you've been waiting for the right opportunity to catch the Turnpike Troubadours on their reunion tour and got locked out of the first round of shows due to the crazy run on tickets, the...
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On Aaron Lewis and “Am I The Only One”
The fundamental reason "Am I the Only One" is resonating so widely is because it's tapping into an unfulfilled and voraciously hungry desire for counterpoints in popular American culture. In a very...
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Merle Haggard Tribute Concert to Finally Be Released
Unless you were there in person, you missed it. But now we'll all get the opportunity to see the tribute concert that transpired on April 6th, 2017, when a hefty list of musical talent all assembled at...
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Ray Wylie Hubbard Signs to Big Machine (Yes, You Read That Right)
Well, if you thought you were already swimming through an upside down world where the NBA and NHL seasons have just been suspended along with pretty much every major music tour and festival to speak of...
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Jason 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...
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Yes, The Sale of Big Machine is Big, and So Is Taylor Swift’s Concerns
You're a music fan. And sure, you know a little something about labels and producers and how all this stuff is necessary to get the music to you. But it so quickly gets bogged down in minutia and...
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Album Review –“State I’m In” by Aaron Lewis
It really is hard to know just what the hell to do with Aaron Lewis. On the one hand, his music is definitely country, and don't go citing his former life as the frontman of Staind as some rebuttal to...
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Aaron Lewis Berates Crowd For Not Being Quiet, Storms Off Stage
For the second time in as many months, Staind frontman turned Big Machine country music recording artist Aaron Lewis has hard cussed a crowd out for not being quiet enough during one of his acoustic...
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Dillon Carmichael Lands Big Tour Opening Opportunities for 2019
One of the biggest discoveries in 2018 was Dillon Carmichael and his debut, Dave Cobb-produced album Hell On An Angel. This hard country, heart-pounding honky tonk record was nominated for Saving...
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Album Review – Alex Williams “Better Than Myself”
There is no need to mince words here or parse expectations. Alex Williams debut record Better Than Myself is traditional country music. And if it needs any qualifiers, it would be that it leans more...
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Fate of Dot Records Artists Still Uncertain After Big Machine Officially...
What we know for sure is that Dot Records is no longer a label, at least for now. What we don't know about is the fate of some of the artists that called the label home. Maddie & Tae, Drake White,...
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Where Scott Borchetta and Big Machine Records Went Wrong
Despite the rumors and speculation, and Saving Country Music once naming him the "Country Music Antichrist," apparently Scott Borchetta is indeed a mortal after all. We're still trying to sift out what...
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