NASH Icon Signs Ronnie Dunn / Makes Big Network Move
NASH Icon is ramping up for a big 2015, making some significant moves on Monday (1-12) to start the year where 2014 ended: stirring conversation about where country music is headed and potentially...
View Article2015 Country Music Hall of Fame Picks & Prognostications
It's about that time of year again to start considering who the Country Music Hall of Fame will include in their list of 2015 inductees. That said, this announcement seems to inch later, and later (and...
View ArticleWhy the Country Radio Format Split Should Be the Focus of CRS
Where is talk of the format split on the agenda at CRS? You would think it would be dominating the proceedings. I mean, we're talking about what would be the largest overhaul of country radio in its...
View ArticleHank Williams Jr. Signs to Big Machine’s NASH Icon
As first hypothesized by Saving Country Music in December of 2014, Hank Williams Jr. is the newest signee to NASH Icon---the joint venture between Cumulus Media and the Big Machine Label Group meant to...
View ArticleCumulus Stock “Decimated.” How Trouble at NASH Could Spell Trouble for Country
Cumulus Media's NASH concept wants to become the one stop shop for corporate country consumers, and the country industry is more than willing to play ball as long as the company spreads its capital...
View ArticleWho Are ABC’s “Nashville” Characters Based On In Real Life?
The allure of ABC's hour-long drama Nashville lost its luster for yours truly many seasons ago after the drama got so ridiculous you could see the plot twists coming from a mile away. And the...
View ArticleGeorge Strait, Charley Pride, Vince Gill & Alan Jackson to Perform at 50th...
Well now, perhaps there is a reason for old school traditional country fans to tune into the CMA Awards in 2016. Celebrating their 50th Anniversary, the Country Music Association has promised to honor...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Ronnie Dunn’s “Tattooed Heart”
Ronnie Dunn has the voice and the name to where if he wanted to transition into a legacy act or do like Tim McGraw and make the best of the opening up of the format to better songs, he could really do...
View ArticleMiranda Lambert’s “Wings” Sees Huge Sales Spike, Hits #1 After ACM Awards
Miranda did what any artist with a somewhat lagging album hopes to do with the opportunity an awards show can present, which is press a big reset button. Giving up on her current single "We Should Be...
View ArticleSeptember 8th, 2017 – Another Tragic Day in Country Music History
Today, September 8th, 2017, would have been the 85th birthday of Patsy Cline---one of the most iconic, influential, and immediately recognizable voices in the history of country music. But she died...
View ArticleReba McEntire Says Next Record Will Be The Most Country of Her Career
Reba McEntire's got something cooking. And according to the Country Music Hall of Famer who's certainly flirted with more pop and contemporary sounds throughout her career, what she's got cooking is...
View ArticleReba McEntire’s “Stronger Than The Truth” Will Be Her “Most Country Record”
Reba McEntire has a new album coming out on April 7th called 'Stronger Than The Truth,' and she's promising fans that it will be the most country record she's done in a long time, if not in her career....
View ArticleThis New Brooks & Dunn “Reboot” Could Be Interesting
The heart welled up with excitement in many true country music fans when word came down that Brooks & Dunn had a new title on the way, only to be tempered by the fact that it's a Reboot (nice...
View ArticleNewest Additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#37)
If you've been paying attention to Saving Country Music, then you should already know that the name Logan Ledger is one you should be paying attention to. But up to this point, whatever potential this...
View ArticleReba McEntire Wants The Music to “Get Back to the Real Strong Country”
Reba McEntire is about to release a new album on April 5th called 'Stronger Than The Truth,' and this release may be way more significant that just a late career entry by an aging star that country...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Reba McEntire’s “Stronger Than The Truth”
Reba McEntire has nothing to gain by making a strong country record at this point in her career. But she did it anyway because she wanted to. And that sense of deliberate passion and comes through in...
View ArticleBrooks & Dunn, Reba, & George Strait Top Country Albums Chart
No, it's not 1989, it's 2019. But looking at the top of the Billboard Country Albums chart this week, you would have thought you'd been transported back 30 years in time. But it's quite okay if you're...
View ArticleTracy Lawrence Says New Album Will Be “Very Country”
Tracy Lawrence has a new album coming out on August 16th called Made in America, and though we don't have many details on it at the moment, the 90's country star who put together seven #1's and...
View ArticleNewest Additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#41)
Big changes abound in the latest update to the Saving Country Music Top 25 playlist, including the playlist finally coming to YouTube for people who are unable or unwilling to listen on Spotify, Apple...
View ArticleYes, 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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