Monthly Archives: July 2026

Bonnie Tyler was best known as a pop superstar. But she also had significant country connections, including a Vince Gill duet and a cover of a Carrie Underwood song. Continue reading…

Indie rock band Twin Temple say Charley Crockett has uninvited them from opening two dates on his ‘Age of the Ram’ Tour due to their Satanic imagery. Continue reading…

Lizzie No, Kaïa Kater, Nathan Evans Fox, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, Tray Wellington, A.J. Haynes, and more are featured on the new compilation album ‘Outlaws’ Almanac,’ a response to the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. Lizzie and Kimaya join Basic Folk for a candid and vulnerable conversation about the project and its inspirations.

The post Basic Folk – Episode 347 – Outlaws’ Almanac: Kimaya Diggs & Lizzie No appeared first on Folk Alley.

Tipps and Obermiller – Little-Kid Heart Story songs & narratives can be the best types of songs. And Tipps & Obermiller are good storytellers. There’s a beginning, a middle & an end. Descriptive words & many places a singer can take you. “Apartment 303” opens this new album & it has a clever melody sung […]

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“Walk Away,” from Tray Wellington’s new Heart on the Table, is a story song with a foot in at least two traditions. 

“More focused on fame from an internet flex / versus feeling the pain in our hearts, we deflect / with pictures meant to

It’s been stigmatized over the years for a performer to have a second job, if not an entirely separate career while pursuing music on the side. Whether it’s fair or not, some perceive that working a second job makes you a second-class musician.

The post Challenging The Stigma That Good Musicians Can’t Have Day Jobs first appeared on Saving Country Music.

The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival returns to the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen, Connecticut, July 24-26, 2026, preceded by a Pre-Fest Farm Market and Staff Open Mic on July 23. In addition to dozens of artists performing on several stages, a lively dance barn will feature contra & square dancing, Cajun and zydeco, swing, blues, family and community dancing, and, new this year, line dancing. Children’s music and activities, and a wide array of crafts, food and other vendors are also on the docket, while AcousticMusicScene.com hosts late-night open song circles under a big white canopy tent.

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Don’t Let Go, Fantastic Cat (from the Missing Piece Records release Cat Out of Hell) A scream-along-at-the-top-of-your-lungs anthem about holding on to your dreams. Nothing you can buy can save what you soldSo hold on tight to the light in your soulDon’t look down, baby don’t let… Don’t let go Suffer, Boy Golden (from the […]

Taylor Sheridan’s latest TV hits continue drawing millions of viewers, but Emmy voters once again passed over the creator and his biggest stars. Continue reading…

Looks like Maren Morris and Cassadee Pope are now an item! The two country singers shared a pic of themselves kissing passionately on social media. It seems to indicate plenty of fire where there’s smoke. Morris just fresh off being a guest at the splashy Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding in New York. However, she isn’t […]

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