Corb Lund’s Landmark “Cabin Fever” Gets Deluxe Release
If you've been cooped up in close quarters and are hankering for some new music from one of Canadian country's most iconic contributors, Corb Lund has just released a deluxe edition of his landmark...
View ArticleCorb Lund To Toast Peers in New Album “Songs My Friends Wrote”
Like any true country cowboy troubadour, Canada's Corb Lund spends his days herding cattle and bucking hay, and then spends his nights scratching out tunes around the kitchen table in dirty Carhartt's...
View ArticleVintage Album Review – Corb Lund’s “Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!”
An treatise on the use of horses in warfare, it's as studied and knowledgeable as it is entertaining, especially for a subject matter that could have come across as dry and dense. But that's the skill...
View ArticleCanadian Country & Folk Pioneer Ian Tyson Has Died
When your music has been covered by the likes of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Judy Collins---and when your legacy is so vast that the folk, country, and Western worlds all vociferously claim...
View Article2022 Was a Historic Year for Grand Ole Opry Debuts
In 2022, something happened at the Grand Ole Opry that is only fair to label as historic. More so than any other year in its nearly 100-year existence, the coveted Grand Ole Opry debut was doled out to...
View ArticlePresent & Future of Red Dirt Roots Represented at Mile 0 Fest 2023
Mile 0 Fest has established itself as one of the premier destination events in all of country and roots music, especially if you're into the Texas/Red Dirt side of things. Now after six years, Mile 0...
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Scenes and Moments from the 2023 Jackalope Jamboree
One of the reasons independent acts have been rising in popularity to rival and even surpass their mainstream counterparts in popularity is due in part to events like the Jackalope Jamboree. The post...
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Corb Lund Announces All Acoustic New Album “El Viejo”
Just like the crisp Canadian air pouring across the border and signaling the onset of fall, word has come down from Alberta that Corb Lund has a new album on the way called "El Viejo." The post Corb...
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Album Review – Sean Burns –“Lost Country”
Being a country traditionalist from Canada means Sean Burns runs the same risk as the heroes he toasts on this album of being overlooked by history. But as 'Lost Country' proves, this is where the...
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Release Radar & Most Anticipated Country Albums for 2024
Welcome to 2024, which we hope will be a prosperous year in country music. As we saw in 2023, the amount of releases coming out early in the year is a little light, but that doesn't mean it won't...
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Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#134)
You better like COUNTRY music, because this update features plenty of it and in the form of some super traditional country songs, along with country songs from artists we don't always get country songs...
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After Years of Dues Paid, T. Graham Brown Invited as Opry Member
T. Graham Brown is one of the numerous country music legends who's performed on the Grand Ole Opry hundreds of times in his career, but for whatever reason has always evaded a formal invitation as a...
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Album Review – Corb Lund’s “El Viejo”
"El Viejo" doesn't just add to Corb Lund's musical legacy. In many ways, it closes a circle and begins a new era. He may not be "viejo" himself, but they grey hairs are moving in, and he's now the one...
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Corb Lund’s Sun Studio “Counterfeit Blues” CD/DVD Coming
Corb Lund, the current king of Canadian country (at least in this buckaroo's estimation), will be releasing his latest studio incarnation called Counterfeit Blues to folks in The States on July 1st,...
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Album & DVD Review – Corb Lund’s “Counterfeit Blues”
The premise for this Counterfeit Blues project is based around an hour-long documentary-style program called Memphis Sun that was produced for CMT's Canadian channel. Corb and the boys headed down from...
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Corb Lund & Lindi Ortega Land CCMA Nominations
The Canadian Country Music Association has just released their nominees for their 2014 CCMA Awards, and unlike their American award show counterparts, worthy names who may not have a huge commercial...
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Evolved Country: New Country Rehab’s “Ghost Of Your Charms”
Dubbing themselves "Outlaw" country, New Country Rehab very much defines the space that refers heavily to country music's storied past, while instilling it with a new set of sonic parameters and...
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Why The CMA’s Should Consider Adding “Traditional” Categories
It has become patently obvious, especially over the last few years, that country music exists in two completely different worlds. One is the traditional world, where the way country music sounds is in...
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It’s Just Corb Lund & These Ponies (For Christmas This Year)
"Just Me and These Ponies" is a Christmas song for people who do not like Christmas songs, but still like country music and Corb Lund. And if you do happen to dig on a little ring ting tingling, you...
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Corb Lund Announces New Album “Things That Can’t Be Undone”
It has felt like a long, cold, never-ending Canadian winter since we last heard new music from Alberta-based country music artist Corb Lund. But like the chutes of green that come peaking out of the...
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