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It did eventually get released, and that’s what matters… But a whole decade is a long time to wait to put out a song this good. Chris Stapleton scored another #1 hit in 2024, when the lead single from his album Higher, “White Horse,” topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart. It would go on to win  the Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance and Country Song at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, in addition to winning Single of the […]

The post Chris Stapleton Actually Wrote “White Horse” Over 10 Years Ago For The Johnny Depp ‘Lone Ranger’ Remake first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage and massive dislocation for residents of states including the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, per Britannica.com. Some 250 people perished. The cost of this September 2024 storm was immense, believed to be approximately $200 billion. And there was a toll that got somewhat less attention but was truly heartbreaking to […]

The post Kitty Returned to Owners After Going Missing For More Than a Year Following Hurricane Helene appeared first on Wide Open Country.

After a rigorous nomination and voting process compiling ten select albums and a host of honorable mentions, something nearing a universal consensus has centered around one album in 2025.

The post The Saving Country Music 2025 Album of the Year first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Walker Hayes admits he’s struggling with difficult emotions as the holidays grow near. Continue reading…

The last night of Chanukah this year fell on the solstice — the start of winter and the longest night of the year. Although known as “the festival of lights,” Chanukah felt dark in the wake of yet another antisemitic-motivated hate crime on Bondi Beach in Melbourne, Australia.

Viva Todd Snider It was a great send-off for Todd last night. It may be trite to say there was “a lotta love in the room,” but that’s how it was. I’m sure some people were crying, but I never saw any. Shamus Bacon (Todd’s longtime road manager [in the old days]) started the night […]

The post Show Review: Todd Snider Send-Off at Eastside Bowl Dec 16 appeared first on Americana Highways.

One of the biggest breakout performers in country music in 2025 is perhaps one of the most unlikely in the genre’s history. Nobody could have predicted that an Old Order Amish couple could become a viral sensation.

The post Amish Couple Ben & Rose Become One of 2025’s New Breakouts first appeared on Saving Country Music.

It’s hard to overstate Joe Ely’s influence. When your admirers range from Bruce Springsteen to the Clash, it says everything about both your reach and your range. Ely helped lay the groundwork for what became alt-country/Americana—starting with the Flatlanders—and then spent the rest of his career embodying Texas music in its fullest sense: folk storytelling, […]

Editor’s Note: Here at No Depression there’s too much great roots music in a year for us to cover it all. So in December, when new releases slow down, we ask writers to review some of the best albums we missed throughout the year in an