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I have no idea what’s happening here, but I like it. Kacey Musgraves surprised what I imagine were very unsuspecting fans who were out for a night on Broadway last night when she showed up to Robert’s Western World in Nashville dressed as Ronnie Dunn, of Brooks & Dunn, to sing “Neon Moon.” Kacey was of course featured on the duo’s first edition of their Reboot album which was released in 2019, and her version of with Kix and Ronnie […]

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In 1978, 11 years after psychological problems caused Brian Wilson to begin withdrawing from music-making, the Beach Boys recorded a Mike Love song called “Brian’s Back.”  The track didn’t surface until two decades later, but even if it had been released immediately, the message in its title would have come as old news to anyone […]

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As part of an ill-conceived marketing plan to promote the new venue and shows, Live Nation hired a company who went around Nashville stenciling graffiti-style advertisements for The Truth on sidewalks.

The post New Live Nation Venue ‘The Truth’ Targets Local Bars first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Some self-titled albums feel like a debut all over again. Others feel like a band planting a flag after years on the road. The Steel Wheels’ The Steel Wheels lands somewhere in between, sounding like a group confident enough to reintroduce itself without pretending it has become something entirely new. That makes The Jayhawks’ 1995 Tomorrow the Green Grass a useful “Then” match: another record by a roots-minded band that widened its reach without losing its center.