Daily Archives: September 9, 2026

Justice for HeeHaw. Outrage is growing after a police officer in Rockmart, Georgia fatally shot a family’s beloved pet miniature donkey named HeeHaw in what the officer claims was self defense. It all started on August 30 when the Cedartown Police Department officer Trenton Garner, a K-9 unit and a bloodhound team entered the pasture of Ellsbury Riding and Farm while reportedly searching for a missing 12 year old. According to a report from Garner: “As we were tacking down […]

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The controversial YouTube star pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge yesterday, Sep. 8. 

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Garth Brooks made a lot of fans happy with his “Yukon Jack” pop up show in Denver, Colorado last week. And if it were up to him, he would have done back to back shows under the alias if the security at the bar and local authorities would have allowed it. Brooks is currently out on the road for the first time in a long time for his Blame It All On My Roots Tour. The “Friends In Low Places” singer has […]

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John Fogerty with Steve Winwood at Tanglewood on September 6, 2026 Legacy artist and music legend Steve Winwood humbly took the historic Tanglewood stage last night and launched into Traffic’s cheerful piano instrumental “Glad” to put patrons in a jovial mood on this final Labor Day weekend performance. Winwood played songs from his three respective […]

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This is Lorelei The Singer in My Band As This Is Lorelei, singer-songwriter Nate Amos largely works on his own, producing and performing nearly everything on his latest record, The Singer in My Band. The songs, though, seem to emanate from a wagon full of oddball characters, partially reflecting Amos’ own time in tour vans, […]

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Whitey Johnson – Live From Printer’s Alley For a live recording, this is impressively pristine. Every note is clearly detected & Whitey Johnson (guitar/vocal) is captured with distinction. The Reese Wyans piano (who also plays the Hammond B3 organ) is saloon crisp & accentuates perfectly on the opening number “Livin’ It Down.” Johnson isn’t a […]

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We’re heading into the home stretch of 2026, and we very well could still see some of the best albums released in country and roots music coming out in the impending months. This list is intended to keep you informed.

The post Release Radar, Most Anticipated New Albums for Final Portion of 2026 first appeared on Saving Country Music.

“Fuck around and find out,” Angela Autumn implores on “In the South” off her new album Believer. But contrary to the sentiment, it isn’t an invitation to a brawl. It is coy and intriguing, an introduction to Autumn’s beguiling warble and the

We’re taking Twangville on the road this fall — and you’re invited! We’re thrilled to unveil our Fall Showcase Series: seven distinct nights of live music across three states. We’ve put together an exceptional lineup of songwriters, roots revivalists, and road-tested troubadours, from folk to rock ’n’ roll and plenty in between. From a cozy […]

If you’re still grooving to the dusty, Bacardi-scented party that started with 2021’s ‘In the Blossom of Their Shade’ and continued on past dusk via ‘Rhumba Country’ three years later, don’t stop: Pokey LaFarge is back with a new record, the mood’s still loose, and his lyrics are as wry and winking as ever. But something deeper is burbling under the surface of ‘Rent Money,’ 11 unadorned tracks that mark LaFarge’s first full-length release on his own label, Boxer Boy Records.

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