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Review – Pickathon Festival 2011
Certainly Pickathon is an expensive festival in a severe corner of the country (just outside of Portland, OR), and these natural barriers will always keep some from being able to attend. But as far as...
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Album Review – Lydia Loveless “Indestructible Machine”
From Columbus, OH, the lovely and talented 21-year-old Lydia Loveless offers up her first album with international aspirations in Indestructable Machine, through the Bloodshot Records imprint. Rest...
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The Cure for Music Myopia – Pickathon 2012 Recap
The thing I am most thankful for when it comes to Pickathon is that in this age of music and cultural mypoia, where technology and media that intuitively should give us access and awareness to so much...
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Women At Forefront of Country Music Evolution
“Country must evolve” is the way it is sold to the country music public when pop and hip-hop influences are invited into the country music fold. What these folks fail to point out is that country has...
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6 Canadian Artists Helping to Save Country Music
We've been saying it all year---right now it is women taking the leadership role in trying help to save country music. But they're not the only ones, and if you wanted to look for another significant...
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The Time A Topless Neko Case Got Banned from the Opry
In 2013, there is only one music artist who can say they're officially banned for life from country music's most storied institution: the Grand Ole Opry. No, it's not David Allan Coe, Hank Williams...
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The Sadies Delve Into “Internal Sounds”
The Sadies from Toronto, Canada should be modern day music gods. All they do is stand on their head every time they put on a live show or release an album, throwing a proverbial musician's clinic with...
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Grand Ole Opry’s Newest Members Not Paying Their Dues
Membership to the Grand Ole Opry is seen a one of the most prestigious accolades a country music artist can be bestowed, and the recognition is sought after by performers both big and small, mainstream...
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10 Pickathon Artists To Check Out Even If You’re Not Going
Pickathon is the roots music experience like no other. It offers one of the most forward-thinking lineups in the independent festival circuit, is two steps ahead in featuring artists that are on the...
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Ryan Adams: “I Do Not Like Fu!$ing Country Music”
Ryan Adams was one of the unquestionable leaders of this punk-infused country music conquest, and that is why it was so disconcerting to read recently that apparently he not only does not like country...
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Jason Isbell to Release “Live at Austin City Limits” DVD
Near the end of 2013, Saving Country Music rewarded Jason Isbell's live streaming set on August 13th from the Austin City Limit's stage as the #2 live event in all of 2013. Now Jason Isbell's entire...
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Pokey LaFarge, Rev. Peyton, & Banditos All Sign to Labels
The past 24 hours has seen some big signings by some worthy artists to record labels. The old-school throwback St. Louis singing and strumming song man Pokey LaFarge has signed to the prestigious...
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“I Say, Include Women.” An opinion piece by Lindi Ortega
Gone are the days of Loretta Lynn singing "One’s On The Way." Gone are the days of adult issues like divorce, resonating with mature audiences. Gone are the days of originality, not only in style but...
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Willie Nelson Replaced by Steven Tyler As Headliner at Tennessee Music Festival
The inaugural Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival set to transpire in Franklin, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville on September 26th and 27th, just made a rookie move by replacing headliner Willie...
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On The Shocking and Sudden Death of Dallas Good of The Sadies
This news hits harder than most, not just because of how young Dallas Good was, and how unexpected this news is. It's because few, if anyone could do was Dallas Good could do, and nobody could do what...
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Bloodshot Records is Officially Back
30 years ago, the independent record label Bloodshot Records was founded in Chicago by Rob Miller and Nan Warshaw, and quickly became one of the focal points and instigators of the independent country...
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There is No “Double Standard” to Elle King Criticism
Almost immediately as the news spread and outlets started reporting on King's drunken performance, some came forward to claim that the criticism Elle King was receiving constituted a double standard....
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RIP Dex Romweber: A Wild & Influential American Music Original
Dex Romweber is now gone, but that influence he sowed will remain living in a host of musicians moving forward, reverberating throughout time through the wild, untethered enthusiasm he brought to roots...
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