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This song was inspired by a time when Ella Langley looked in the mirror and didn’t recognize the person looking back. Continue reading…

It was just a few years ago that Drayton Farley was recording songs in his bedroom. His new release, A Heavy Duty Heart, boldly announces that though they were recent those days are long in the rearview. Like his previous album, the project was produced by Sadler Vaden, guitarist for Jason Isbell and the 400 […]

What else was Vince Gill going to say to a loaded, ambush question? He wasn’t going to say, “No, Taylor Swift’s pop and her music sucks.” He’s Vince Gill, and will give a Vince Gill answer. But the problem wasn’t Vince’s answer.

The post On Vince Gill Endorsing Taylor Swift for the Country Hall of Fame first appeared on Saving Country Music.

From Busker to Believer: The Hard-Earned Songs of Slaid Cleaves Slaid Cleaves lives in Wimberley now, tucked into the folds of the Texas Hill Country, playing closer to home, keeping the circle small. The road that once stretched from Maine to Cork to Austin has narrowed. The songs, though, are still wide open There was […]

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Charlotte Cornfield Hurts Like Hell Ever overhear a bar conversation or witness a first date and wish you could get the backstory on the intriguing interaction you may have paid a little too much attention to? That’s the feeling I kept having while listening to Charlotte Cornfield’s latest album, Hurts Like Hell. The Canadian’s songs […]

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to No Depression’s newest column — Best of the Blues. Each month we’ve asked long-time No Depression contributor, Grant Britt, to round up some of his favorite new blues records for your listening pleasure.

March serves up another righteous bundle of

Yes, there are new, never before heard recordings from the “Gentle Giant” Don Williams on the way. And no, this is not a false alarm, or some AI gimmick. These are genuine unearthed recordings from the Don Williams vault.

The post New, Never-Before-Heard Don Williams Songs On The Way first appeared on Saving Country Music.

There’s never been any doubt that Jim Lauderdale is the answer to the old country music question, “who’s gonna fill their shoes?” Twenty years ago, Jim Lauderdale released Country Super Hits Volume 1 (2006), reminding us then, with his warm baritone vocals, his honky-tonk

If you’re like me, and you love some slide guitar, commsummate musician and sideman Rick Vito has an offering for you. Vito, who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1987 until 1991, and who toured or sat in on recordings with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, John Mayall, John Fogerty, Bob Seger (Vito played […]

The U.S. Army is making major changes to enlistment rules, expanding who can serve and easing some restrictions. Continue reading…