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The 2025 CMA Awards are coming up on Nov. 19. All the details here. Continue reading…

He was a true original. Continue reading…

News out of Nashville this morning is that singer-songwriter Todd Snider passed away on Friday, November 14. Over the last few weeks, the funny, freak-folk adjacent troubadour has been in the news, not only for his latest album HIGH, LONESOME AND THEN SOME, which came out October 17 via Aimless

A tragic end. Yesterday it was announced that country/folk singer and songwriter Todd Snider was admitted to the hospital for a previously undiagnosed case of walking pneumonia. From the way the announcement from Todd Snider’s friends and family sounded, it seemed like a more serious case: “Hello friends, family, and members of the Shithouse Choir. We have some difficult news to share. After Todd returned home to recover last week, he began having trouble breathing and was admitted to the […]

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Lainey Wilson has always known exactly who she is, and her best songs prove it. Continue reading…

These are the real heroes we should look up to. As a West Virginia native, I grew up around coal mining. I still remember when my grandparents had a coal house in their garage, and seeing my grandpa come home covered in coal dust from working in the mine. (In fact, when he passed away the only thing of his I wanted to keep was his lunch bucket that he took into the mines). Even my mother-in-law worked in the […]

The post West Virginia Governor Honors Coal Miner Who Lost His Life While Saving His Crew From A Flooded Mine first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Who is behind the recent surge of AI generated country music? Charley Crockett believes it’s the country music business itself. It was last week when a music industry nightmare played out in real time. Last weekend, Whiskey Riff reported that the top song on Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart was a track titled “Walk My Walk,” by an artist called Breaking Rust, and why it should infuriate us all, both fans and artists alike. For those that don’t know, Breaking Rust […]

The post Charley Crockett Says The Music Business Is Behind Surge In AI-Generated Songs: “No Count Business Men Cutting Out Artists” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

The world has lost a light, and of the most unique, interesting, compelling, challenging, mercurial, iconoclastic, and influential songwriters to ever ply the craft. Todd Snider wasn’t just a singer of songs…

The post Songwriting Legend Todd Snider Has Died first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Buc-ee’s is accusing a small Oklahoma based company, Nut Huggers, of confusing customers with their similar logo. Read more here.

The post Get Your Beaver Nuggets Ready: Buc-ee’s Is in a Legal Dispute With Nut Huggers Underwear Over “Cartoon Rodents” appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Already a 2025 CMA Award winner. This year, Morgan Wallen is up for several trophies at the CMA Awards, including Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and Album of the Year for his album I’m The Problem. He is also the reigning Entertainer of the Year and has 18 career CMA nominations in total, and has won just two of them, New Artist of the Year in 2019 and the aforementioned Entertainer of the Year in 2024. Of course, he was […]

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