RSD Preview – Bloodshot Records 15th Anniversary Live
Country music might ignore Record Store Day (RSD) this Saturday (April 16th), the worldwide event that has become an international holiday for audiofiles, but Saving Country Music won't. Neither will...
View ArticleInterview – Whitey Morgan & Jeremy Mackinder
Whitey Morgan and his bass player Jeremy Mackinder have a very similar symbiotic relationship that made the pairings of Waylon Jennings and his drummer Ritchie Albright, Willie Nelson and his drummer...
View ArticleWayne Hancock Cancels Dates, Enters Rehab
The king of Juke Joint Swing Wayne "The Train" Hancock has just canceled a slew of concert dates in July and August, and is entering rehab according to his record label Bloodshot Records. Saving...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Ryan Adams “Ashes & Fire”
When I saw a new Ryan Adams album was coming down the pike, I honestly didn't know what to think. I've been so hot and cold on the guy over the years as he shape shifts from the whims of identity...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Scott H. Biram’s “Bad Ingredients”
When it comes to one man bands, Scott H. Biram is the franchise. He is the top of the heap, the one that inspired so many others. He's tussled with semi trucks and spilled his guts out on the highway...
View ArticleIs ‘Country’ an Embarrassing Term for Top Tier Talent?
Now that mainstream country music has been seen as just another version of pop music by so many people for so long, my concern is that talented musicians are being turned off by the mere mention of the...
View ArticleSaving Country Music’s Best Live Performances of 2011
When I sat down to name the top 10 live performances of 2011 as seen through my eyes, I didn't know what a mess I was making for myself, and it wasn't until then that I realized what a power packed...
View ArticleNew Justin Townes Earle ‘Nothing’s Gonna Change..’ 3/27
Bloodshot Records has just announced that Justin Townes Earle will be releasing his 4th LP Album on March, 27th, 2012, and it is a mouthful, called Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now....
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Rosie Flores “Working Girl’s Guitar” Full Album Stream
Rosie Flores is rockabilly royalty. You can draw a direct line from Rose Maddox, to Wanda Jackson, to Rosie Flores, and she takes her role as the "Rockabilly Filly" seriously. Here she is releasing her...
View ArticleWayne Hancock New Album “Ride” Out 2/26 & Best Of Out Now
The King of Juke Joint Swing, The Viper of Melody, one Wayne "The Train" Hancock will be releasing his first album in nearly 3 years on February 26th called "Ride" through Bloodshot Records. And that's...
View ArticleNashville’s New Independent Nucleus
Forget all your stuffy old outmoded notions of what Nashville is. Right now Nashville is the center of the music universe in so many more ways than what is represented by the few city blocks of old...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Deadstring Brothers “Cannery Row”
Separating themselves from those with only a half-sense for the early 70's vibe and hipsters who see it as trendy, the Deadstring Brothers have been proving they have an unadulterated sense for that...
View ArticleEddie Spaghetti Is Back with “The Value Of Nothing” (Album Stream)
Notorious Supersuckers front man Eddie Spaghetti is back with a brand new solo country rock record out 6/18 on Bloodshot Records called The Value of Nothing, and for the first time for one of his loner...
View ArticleEddie Spaghetti Is Trying To Leave A Legacy Of Good Songs
You may have been a little shocked to read the above title in reference to the wild-assed, ribald-laced, gonzo front man of the legendary West Coast punk rock band The Supersuckers, but die hard fans...
View ArticleOutlaw Country Music Hall Of Fame Coming
Fans of Outlaw country music are about to get a big wish granted, as plans have been announced to form an Outlaw Country Music Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame will be located in Lynchburg, TN, with Jack...
View ArticleRobbie Fulks is Back with Stunning “Gone Away Backward”
With a gift for poetry like Townes Van Zandt, and a penchant for the whimsical, progressive approach to bluegrass akin to John Hartford, Robbie Fulks releases a stunningly entertaining,...
View ArticleLydia Loveless Goes “Boy Crazy” On New EP
Ahead of a new full-length album promised from Lydia in 2014 is a quick little EP called "Boy Crazy." It is a straight ahead power pop album with punkish and country undertones that draws you right in...
View ArticleJustin Townes Earle Is Battling With Record Label
Songwriter and performer Justin Townes Earle has been on the warpath as of late through his always-entertaining Twitter account, taking to task a record label for standing in the way of a new release....
View ArticleCatching Up With Whitey Morgan & The 78′s
One of the questions that comes up often in country music is "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" There's a lot of industry country stars that would love to tell you they're the ones, and they record songs,...
View ArticleLydia Loveless –“Somewhere Else”
Her latest album and second LP from Bloodshot Records Somewhere Else is decidedly a more dark project with moments of real depth not seen before in Lydia's young career. Lydia Loveless shows great...
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