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Hayden Panettiere (pronounced pan-a-teery) was not a country star. She simply portrayed one on television. But as her life drew parallel to the one she played on the small screen, it became eerily similar to the stories we’ve seen play out.

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King Corduroy—Nashville’s Cosmic Troubadour of Southern Soul Serendipity, truly, can lead to great discoveries! My first visit to Nashville occurred a few months ago when my wife and I accompanied a family member and his wife who had tickets to a Riley Greene concert. Our visit over a long weekend was limited to the sensory […]

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Garett Gunderson – Anywhere Anytime This starts with the rousing pop-inflected title track “Anywhere Anytime,” & it’s skillful, sumptuous, radiant & memorable. “I Want To” comes across deliciously with Jimmy Buffett island musical flavors. Should’ve been called “I Want To Meet You In the Moonlight.” That’s at least romantic & the song is. At times, […]

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Joanna Connor – Live On 11/11 Well, the live performance certainly gets off to a rollicking, hot jam as the band warms up with high-octane musical gasoline & every member circles around with their lit matches. “Cissy Strut” has the quick-strike ingredients to ignite a show like this. All from Chicago’s masterful guitarist Joanna Connor, […]

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American Cosmic Revival Vol. 2: Miles From Nowhere This showcase features musicians who play & maintain the inspiration & tradition of artists who contributed to the California country movement. The LP includes many covers by Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, The Byrds, & the Flying Burrito Brothers. There are songs by songwriters with familiar names like […]

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The Kennedys – Smoketree Another bright, pristine album from the Hudson Valley, upstate NY area (about as popular as Woodstock & Laurel Canyon in the 60s) is the new self-produced 12-track album Smoketree (Drops August 21/Independent/40:04) recorded in Tarrytown, NY. The Kennedys provide all-new originals played fairly sparingly by the ever-skillful Pete Kennedy (electric, acoustic […]

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Imparting enthusiasm and fresh perspectives into a very old genre of music—and in a manner that imparts that invigoration into the audience themselves—Bronwyn puts her signature stamp on bluegrass with new album “Rattlin’ Bones.”

The post Album Review – Bronwyn’s “Rattlin’ Bones” first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Gram Parsons left behind almost no video of his performances so any surviving footage is worth watching on that basis alone. That this clip comes from just seven months before his death only adds to its significance. It’s from a late February 1973 show at Liberty Hall in Houston, with the Fallen Angels — Emmylou […]

Ned Hill “Drive” Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of Ned Hill’s song “Drive” from his forthcoming album Saw Jesus at the Park. The album was produced and mixed by Dave Coleman at Howard’s Apartment Studios, East Nashville, and mastered by True East Mastering. “Drive” is Ned Hill on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica; Dave […]

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