Yearly Archives: 2026

A tragic ending. A Colorado man was found dead last night in Nashville, days after going missing while in Music City for a work trip. According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, 31-year-old Conor Anderson checked into the Millennium Maxwell House hotel on Saturday, August 15 and attended a Foo Fighters concert at Nissan Stadium later that evening. But things took a bizarre turn early Sunday morning when Anderson flagged down two police officers in East Nashville around 1:00 AM […]

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Can’t imagine the pain he’s dealing with. It’s been 3 months today since we lost two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, who passed away on May 21 following a battle with pneumonia that eventually progressed into sepsis. Busch’s #8 car for Richard Childress Racing was renumbered to the #33 and has been driven by Austin Hill since his death. And throughout the summer there have been plenty of tributes to the late NASCAR legend. From his #8 painted in […]

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Was breaking the back window of an SUV an act of desperation? Or stupidity? That’s what social media is debating after this group of travelers busted open a window to get a black bear unstuck from a parked – and presumably locked – vehicle. It’s estimated that around 400,000 bears live in the United States, and in certain parts of the country, residents have to always be on alert and keep an eye out for bears. Black bears make up […]

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Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival just canceled for the second time in three years. Continue reading…

We often hear the refrain, “why doesn’t anyone write protest songs anymore?” Those folks haven’t been listening to Chris Pierce. His new album, ‘Songs for the Heavy Hearted,’ needs to be played on repeat, for not only does it call out the injustices tearing at the fabric of our society, but it also testifies to the enduring hope and love living in the shadows that can guide us through these fraught times.

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Zach Top’s career feels like it’s at a crossroads. Smartly, Zach Top has released two new songs in hopes of re-igniting some of that initial momentum behind him. And generally speaking, they feel like they could be valuable in that pursuit.

The post Zach Top Releases Two New Songs first appeared on Saving Country Music.

The new episodes are arriving before the end of the year! Continue reading…

Hayden Panettiere would have turned 37 years old on Friday (Aug. 21). Continue reading…

Wild Pink Still Coming Down Wild Pink’s 2022 album, ILYSM, was one of my favorite records of that year. Songwriter John Ross’s details of his (successful) cancer treatments struck nerves that I hadn’t realized were still raw from my own all-too-similar health problems from five years earlier. Since that album (and the undoubtedly tough press […]

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New William Prince ft. Nathaniel Rateliff, Jess Williamson’s steel-guitar gilded longing-bomb, an absolutely beautiful song from Rising Appalachia; the title track from Charlie Parr’s upcoming folk opera concept album about the lives of Upper Midwesterners; a Loudon Wainwright III summer cover from The Head and the Heart – featuring the ever-expanding Scott McMicken from Dr. Dog — and more!

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