Monthly Archives: May 2026

Greensky Bluegrass photo by Dylan Langille Greensky Bluegrass on The Making of The Documentary Film Find Ourselves Lost: The Iceland Sessions In April, the progressive bluegrass band Greensky Bluegrass took part in the release of the first documentary film capturing the band, which was filmed during the recording of 2024’s The Iceland Sessions EP, featuring […]

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Well, is this not an excuse to get the girlies together if we’ve ever heard one!? For our final live interview aboard Cayamo, we arranged a check-in with some of our favorite folks to talk about the state of Folk Music. Our panel included country artist and host of Apple Music’s ‘Color Me Country Radio’ Rissi Palmer, Canadian sweethearts Rose Cousins and Kaïa Kater, and Jobi Riccio, a self-proclaimed “rizzler.” We spoke about the function of folk songwriting, the hope and confidence of Gen Z, the inspiration taken from elders, and the fact that there are Black people in the future (thank you, Alice Randall).

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Carly King Loving You is Easy Nashville singer songwriter Carly King’s new album Loving You is Easy is a welcome addition to the Americana library this year. An elegant, lovely debut, this album explores human relationships and the experiences that craft a person into who they are, with hushed guitar and mandolin supporting Carly’s gentle and […]

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Alejandro Rose-Garcia, a.k.a. Shakey Graves, launched his career in 2011 with the DIY exemplar, Roll the Bones. His next album, And the War Came, crept toward higher production values, still toeing a lo-fi line. With Can’t Wake Up, Graves constructed a well-produced, fully instrumented, and rock-leaning

An argument is circular. 

So, too, is Ramsey Thornton’s song about one. The chiming fingerstyle guitar, the jazz-educated percussion, and the vocal melodies of “Chase After You” double back on each other, never quite resolving. There’s a clear sense of a damaged relationship

If this is the worst “controversy” Zach Top has to deal with in his career, he will be sitting pretty. And that comes with the caveat if it should even be considered a controversy at all. But what he did say was misguided.

The post On The Controversial Zach Top Quotes on Sobriety first appeared on Saving Country Music.

The perfect way to handle a near disaster. Of all the apex predators on planet Earth, the most intimidating just might be the grizzly bear. The subspecies of brown bears are commonly found in the northwest areas of the United States, Canada and America’s northern-most state: Alaska. The video below is from The Last Frontier state, and was captured by a skilled wildlife photographer by the name Brooke Bartleson. Now before we get too far, I want to point out […]

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Talladega Nights… but with golf? Sign me up. Though the comedy genre as a whole has been lacking in the last decade or so, there’s always one man who you can count on for laughs: Will Ferrell. The SNL alum who has starred in comedic blockbusters such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and the aforementioned Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is taking his sports comedy chops to Netflix soon. He’s set to play a washed up […]

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If you follow the Americana music genre, in all its facets, it’s not long before you become a fan of one or more regional bands. It’s not that they don’t have fans around the country or internationally, but rather they’ve found a community, their community, that supports them financially and emotionally. Even without new music […]

The World Cup is coming to North America, Canada and Mexico. Miller Lite has released a limited-edition collector’s item to celebrate.

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