Daily Archives: September 30, 2026

Could Luke Grimes convince the great Chris Stapleton to do a villainous arc on Marshals? The Taylor Sheridan Universe has always been welcoming to country stars. Lainey Wilson, Ryan Bingham, Tim McGraw, and Faith Hill, among others, have all starred in shows underneath the Yellowstone umbrella. There’s just something about the talented men and women in the country genre that make switching over to acting look easy. And with Luke Grimes leading Marshals, he’s got a big time country music […]

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A huge testament to her character on and off the stage. As we sit in 2026, it’s hard to argue that there’s a bigger artist, not just in the genre but in music as a whole, than Ella Langely. Launching off the success of her Riley Green collaboration, “you look like you love me” throughout 2024 and 2025, as well as other hits such as “weren’t for the wind,” the Alabama native has become nothing short of a phenomenon thanks […]

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Estes Park, Colorado: Home to quaint, mountain-town restaurants and coffee shops, exceptional views of the Rocky Mountains, and drivers that clearly don’t understand how easily an elk could smash out one of your windows. It’s estimated that over 280,000 elk live in Colorado, which is enough to give the state the honor of housing the largest concentrated population of elk in the world. Believe it or not, that many elk bring in tourists from all over the planet, and one […]

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Not going to be back at the track for a while after that one. A wild scene unfolded over the weekend during the ValleyStar Credit Union 300, a NASCAR Regional series late model race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. Caden Kvapil took the checkered flag, with Corey Heim and Treyten Lapcevich finishing 2nd and 3rd. But after crossing the finish line, Lapcevich apparently wasn’t happy with how Heim raced him in closing laps and took a left turn into the […]

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Clearly we live in a moment where visual media is virtually required. But what is an artist to do if they don’t want to break their budget on a bunch of live actors only to limit the scope of their music?

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September’s releases are dominated by a group of powerful blueswomen. Danielle Nicole skipped by us last month, but her soul-blues August 28 release Fireflies is too good to pass by, as is Steve Cropper’s second posthumous release, Watching The Tide, which also slipped through the

An intimate night with Jeff Tweedy and Four Decades of Music It was one of those beautiful days that seemed made for live music. The weather was perfect and a few hundred lucky fans gathered at FitzGerald’s in Berwyn, Illinois, for one of three sold-out intimate performances with Jeff Tweedy. If you’re not familiar with […]

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Greg Freeman All Set the Bone Greg Freeman’s new record is… well, bleak might not be quite the right word, but it’s not hopeful, either. Something south of unsettling might be the best way to describe All Set the Bone, and that notion addresses not just the current state of pretty much everything, but also […]

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Dude Cervantes interview Dude Cervantes and the Panchos have a new self-titled album coming out this week via his own label Blind Owl Records. The album is rich with vibes, guitar work and stories about life, love, friendship, and just getting by in this thing called life. Cervantes continues to break new ground with his […]

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It’s no longer just Kenny Chesney. It’s Country Music Hall of Famer Kenny Chesney. And no matter if you feel it was fair, or if you feel it was an indictment on the institution’s standing to elect Chesney, the deed is done.

The post Album Review – Kenny Chesney’s “Silver Sands Marina” first appeared on Saving Country Music.