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Jon Pardi Declares Country Music “The New Rock N’ Roll” as Guitar Solos Fade

Jon Pardi shared why he believes country music is “the new rock n’ roll." The post Jon Pardi Declares Country Music “The New Rock N’ Roll” as Guitar Solos Fade appeared first on Am...

Andy Hedges – The Westerner

It used to be called country & western. Then two or three decades ago, for reasons I’m sure the ethnographers still debate, it just became country music. Western just sort of s...

3 Times Country Artists Decided To Go Rock ‘N’ Roll on Us

They say everybo...

Is 1990s Alternative Rock the New Country?

Stagecoach Festival started out as the “country Coachella,” but has been morphing into a new home for ’90s rock bands slinging angst and guitar music.

These 3 Songs From 1975 Found a Place on Both the Country and Rock Charts

These three songs all came out in 1975, and found success on both the country charts and the rock charts as well. The post These 3 Songs From 1975 Found a Pl...

The One Classic Rock Musician Who Never “Went Country” and Why

Tabasco Birds “Cosmic American Music”

Country music influenced by Gram Parsons, but altogether livelier and rougher around the edges. Cosmic American Music is the debut of Tabasco Birds, an eight-piece from North Texas...

3 Songs From the 1970s That Helped Push the Outlaw Country Movement Forward

Sam Platts – “High Country”

“High Country” is a compellingly lived-in Americana success from Texas-based songwriter Sam Platts, originally from Saratoga, Wyoming. Blending pedal steel with upright bass, piano...

Westside Cowboy announce debut album ‘It Goes On’ with “mad, ‘70s rock” single ‘Kick Stones (The Boys)’

The NME 100 alumni and former Cover stars will release their highly-anticipated album on August 21 via Island Records The post Westside Cowboy announce debut album ‘It Goes On’ wit...

“Gram had this idea of ‘Cosmic American Music’. Music had no rules back then. There was so much freedom”: The trailblazi...

Splintering off from The Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers burnt brightly on two iconic albums

WATCH: Ole 60 Debuts Powerful New Song In Charlottesville

They can’t miss. Self-described as “not your father’s country band,” Ole 60 has been making waves in the alt. country scene since their debut in 2023. Since bursting onto the scene...

Rodeo Stars, Rocker Steiner & Kade Bruno, Reveal Their Favorite Country Artists

Shouldn’t be a surprise that rodeo guys like to cue up country music, eh? Rocker Steiner, a bareback bronc rider, and Kade Bruno, a saddle bronc rider, joined the Whiskey Riff Raff...

Yarn “Saturday Night Sermon”

Enjoyable southern rock release with lyrics that focus on the positive. Formed in Brooklyn at the end of 2006, but now based in North Carolina, Yarn tend to lean towards the southe...

Why Won't the ACMs Nominate Alt-Country's Biggest Stars?

Is country music ready for an alt-country Entertainer of the Year? Continue reading…

Now & Then: Ryan Bingham & The Texas Gentlemen’s They Call Us The Lucky Ones and the reach of Doug Sahm and Band

Texas music has always had a loose gate policy. Country can walk in with muddy boots, blues can grab the good chair, and somebody will eventually find an accordion. Ryan Bingham &a...

Jason Aldean Heads Down a Familiar Dirt Road on ‘Songs About Us’

After scoring a controversial hit with “Try That in a Small Town,” the country superstar mostly avoids politics in favor of well-wrought but standard fare

These 13 Country Songs Mention Jesus by Name

Country music has its themes of drinking and carousing sometimes, but the genre is also rooted deeply in the Christian faith. Continue reading…

4 Country Artists That Know How To Keep It Country (No 90s Country-Pop Here)

Country music always evolves, but no matter what, that neo-traditional sound still holds its own. Here are some artists that keep it country. The post

Southall Announces New Album, ‘Kinfolk’

Let’s GO. In a vibrant country-rock scene that seemingly gets more crowded by the day, it’s hard to point to just who’s made the biggest impact over the years. Is it Cross Canadian...

3 Songs That Prove Country Music Is Cooler Than Ever

Country is indeed cool again. These three country songs have helped build the genre's reputation to new heights. The post 3 Songs That Prove Country Music Is Cooler Than Ever app...

Born on This Day in 1953, the Rocker Turned Country Artist Who Wrote Hit Songs for George Strait, Faith Hill, and Keith...

Country Music’s Middle Road

As MAGA grows more unpopular, the genre once perceived as redder than ever is moving to the center.

Hank Alrich – Broken River

It’s well known that the Armadillo World Headquarters was at ground-zero for the Austin music scene in the early 70’s. Gary P. Nunn once noted, “It’s been said that our music was t...