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Jacqueline Falk, daughter of the late actor Peter Falk, who was known for playing the lovably unkempt, insightful detective Lt. Columbo on TV, has died in an apparent suicide, per People. She was 60 years old. Per the outlet, “Jacqueline died at a residence in Los Angeles on Monday, April 27. The manner of death […]

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Ther are major changes coming to the show. Continue reading…

‘So I had to leave and I was on this call crying, like, ‘If Nana lives, she’s going to hate this video!” Musgraves remembers. Continue reading…

This is so perfect, you almost don’t even want to criticize it, though you know it will be absolutely terrible, even if the inadvertent entertainment value, and validation about Keith Urban’s true motivations and influences.

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Not everyone got to enjoy the 2026 Stagecoach Festival, as 119 people were escorted out of the Empire Polo Club in handcuffs. For the second straight year, over 100 people were arrested at Stagecoach, America’s largest annual Country music festival. The 119 total arrests mark a 21 percent drop-off from 2025. Stagecoach Festival, like its […]

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Pranks can be humorous and are not usually meant to be hurtful. However, some pranks are cruel and aren’t one bit funny. Rodeo announcer Anthony Lucia would probably say that after the prank that was played on him recently, Per the New York Post, Lucia “was the victim of a bizarre prank Friday after his […]

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Kacey Musgraves Middle of Nowhere From the first line of the first Kacey Musgraves song I ever heard – “Woke up on the wrong side of rock bottom,” from “Silver Linings,” the lead track on her 2013 debut, Same Trailer Different Park – I knew she was one of the good ones. In the dozen-ish […]

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Songwriter and guitar player Ed Snodderly may not be a household name just yet, but he sure has written a lot of songs that have been played over and over again in a lot of households.  He’s had songs covered by Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, and many others in the old timey, rootsy Appalachian and […]

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Brian Cullman “How To Prepare For The Past” is a Satisfying Ride Through Music, Memory, and a Vanished World What a fun and wonderful thing it is to stumble into a book that doesn’t just tell stories about music, but also makes you feel like you’re right there in the room with a radio in […]

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Oh great, another list. And just like what always happens with lists these days, people treat them like it’s a “Where’s Waldo?” exercise, scouring through them to find what to tear apart based on their own tastes.

The post Dissecting ‘The New York Times’ 30 Greatest Songwriters List first appeared on Saving Country Music.