Saving Country Music
Saving Country Music is an in your face blog that gives zero shits about whether you agree with them or not, because honestly, from what I have read, what they post is true! As a huge fan of older country music, this new crap they put out on country music stations that I call Hick Hop is garbage. That said, this Bro Country sells, so I will give them that for sure. Today’s false country genre fills up arenas. I love to go and read the material on Saving Country Music so that I can read about reality.
-Shannon Ireland
From the Saving Country Music Wesbite:
Saving Country Music’s purpose is spelled out in its name. It offers news, opinion, reviews, artist profiles, music history, and the always-popular off-color pop country bashing. Saving Country Music primarily focuses on country, but also covers roots, rockabilly, bluegrass, blues, and folk music. First and foremost, Saving Country Music is a consumer advocate and an industry watchdog. Saving Country Music consistently receives on average of over 330,000 unique visitors a month.
Even though Saving Country Music is a music-based website, it works from the core principles that the focus should be people first, then music, and that music is just the excuse to explore deeper issues throughout culture.
How Saving Country Music Began
Saving Country Music was founded in April of 2008 as a blog on MySpace called “Free Hank III.” Free Hank III and freehank3.org was formed to put pressure on Hank Williams III’s label Curb Records to release his albums. Hank III had been lip locked by a provision in his contract that stipulated he could not speak out against Curb, so Free Hank III was an organization of Hank III fans, DJ’s, podacsters, and other musicians who spoke out against Curb Records on Hank III’s behalf to release his music in a timely manner. In July of 2008, Free Hank III helped win the release of Hank III’s album Damn Right,Rebel Proud, and on January 1st, 2010, Hank III was finally released from his contractual obligations with Curb Records, marking the end of Free Hank III.
Free Hank III also covered independent country and roots artists during its run, as well as the rest of the country music world from an independent perspective. Free Hank III became Saving Country Music as the focus began to shift to the larger issues facing the country genre and the preservation of its roots.
About ‘Trigger’
Kyle “The Triggerman” Coroneos is the editor, creator, head writer, and benevolent dictator of savingcountrymusic.com. He officially changed his pen name to “Trigger” on 12/18/2012. His writing has inspired a song by Eric Church, and some believe Taylor Swift’s anti-bullying hit “Mean” is about him. He is also the originator of the “Super-genre, mono-genre, & micro-genre” theory on modern music, and was the first journalist to discover Sturgill Simpson.
Trigger is a published author, and has also written for other music sites and periodicals, including American Songwriter, the9153.com, outlawmagazine.com, ninebullets.net, rnzmagazine.com, farcethemusic.com, 3rd Coast Music, the Rambler Magazine, and UK’s Country Music Magazine.
He has been quoted and interviewed by The New York Times (read), (read), and (read), The Boston Globe (read), the BBC (listen), CNN (read), The Washington Post (read) and (read), Fox News (read), (read), and (read), Elle (read), Playboy Magazine(read), Entertainment Weekly (read), The Daily Beast (read), Bloomberg Businessweek (read), Gawker (read), MacLean’s (read) The Hollywood Reporter(read), The Tennessean (read) and (read), Houston Press (read), National Post(read), The Milwaukee Record (read), Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (read), Texas Standard (listen), On The Forcheck (read), 106.7 The Fan (listen) Country 92.5(listen), and many other news outlets.
Trigger was also featured on a podcast from Wide Open Country.
Trigger is also been rumored to have an alter ego, pop country star Michael Jackson Montgomery; a rumor he adamantly denies.
The Triggerman lives in his mom’s basement, and over-glorifies the obscure music that he loves while bashing anything that he doesn’t solely because its popular. He is strictly motivated by jealousy, and has no right to criticize music because he has never played it, never written songs, and never toured as a musician. He is also a virgin, and doesn’t know how to please women in bed. In short, he is a nerdy crybaby who uses a moderately successful online platform make himself feel better about his pathetic life.
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Saving Country Music
- Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#108) September 25, 2022The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist is built to keep you informed on all the best songs and albums coming out right here, right now in country and roots music. It’s available on most all streaming formats, or you can just use the song, artist, and album recommendations.Trigger
- Drake Milligan’s Debut Single Makes Big Moves September 24, 2022During its first week of "adds" as they say in the radio business, Drake Milligan's "Sounds Like Something I'd Do" came in at an impressive #2 in country this week, with 26 official adds according to Mediabase, and 33 total stations showing commitment to the song. This is an extremely positive sign.Trigger
- Clint Black Joins Cody Jinks, Ward Davis on “Nothing’s News” September 23, 2022There has been a very cool kismet forged between country legend Clint Black and Cody Jinks over the last few years. It was through Clint Black that Cody was able to make his Grand Ole Opry debut in 2019, and Cody ended up being featured on Clint Black's song about the Opry "This Old House" […]Trigger
- Album Review – Sunny Sweeney’s “Married Alone” September 23, 2022Sunny Sweeney is her own woman. It's her approach and songs that make this album the standout that it is. It's her honesty, and the way the sentiments marry perfectly with the music that make "Married Alone" a pretty excellent example of everything country music is supposed to be.Trigger
- Nashville ‘A’ Team Guitarist Ray Edenton Has Died September 23, 2022Maybe you're not intimately familiar with the name, but you're most definitely familiar with the licks he played, and the songs that he helped turn into country hits and standards over decades. One of the most prolific and respected session guitarists in country music history, Ray Edenton, has died.Trigger
- Born & Raised Fest 2022 Featured Top Flight of Independent Country September 22, 2022Held on the same grounds as the massive Rocklahoma gathering, Born & Raised boasted one of the best lineups all year on an incredibly crowded weekend. Just the Friday night lineup alone was worth the effort, with some of the best songwriters and performers in all of country music booked one after another.Trigger
- Colter Wall Releases Two New Songs September 21, 2022He works on cattle ranches from interior Canada to the western United States and Texas most of the time these days. But every once in a while, Colter Wall will stop by the studio and record a couple when he feels so inclined. That is what the Saskatchewan native did recently, and he's just released […]Trigger
- Luke Bell’s Cause of Death Revealed by Medical Examiner September 21, 2022Like too many of the great country music poets before him, Luke Bell died way too young due to the devastating ailment of the Lovesick Blues. Unfortunately though, that's not one of the boxes that medical examiners are given to check off when they turn in their autopsy reports.Trigger
- Hank Williams III Drops Selection of Demos & Unheard Recordings September 20, 2022Voraciously hungry Hank3 fans have been getting a few welcome morsels from the elusive artist recently as he's been dropping a succession of demo recordings, scratch tracks, and other random audio projects on YouTube. These are not new studio tracks from Hank3, though there are a couple of unheard songs.Trigger
- Album Review – Adam Hood’s “Bad Days Better” September 20, 2022Adam Hood is a songwriter's songwriter, doing it for the love of the craft as opposed to the commercial application of whatever he comes up with. Similar accusations can be made of his buddy Brent Cobb who came on as a producer. Add Blackberry Smoke to the cast as the album's backing band.Trigger
- Diplo, Nelly Booked at Stagecoach Despite Sexual Assault Claims September 19, 2022Hip-hop artist Nelly has been accused by three separate women of rape and sexual assault, including by one woman who accused Nelly of rape while he was on a country music tour with Florida Georgia Line. Diplo has also faced accusations of rape, and grooming underage girls.Trigger
- Tanya Tucker (& Dog Stella) Turn in Hall Of Fame Worthy Set in OK September 18, 2022Tanya Tucker is nothing short of a modern living Queen of Country Country Music, who deserves all the rights and privileges that such a designation bestows. She proved this in Pryor, Oklahoma on the grounds of the famous Rocklahoma festival where Born & Raised is held.Trigger
- Legendary Country Performer, Songwriter & Manager Eddie Pleasant Has Died September 17, 2022One of the most interesting and accomplished characters to ever grace the history of country music has unfortunately passed away. Eddie Pleasant just about did it all. He was a performer and musician. He wrote songs. He worked as the right-hand man for Hank Williams Jr.Trigger
- Album Review – Drake Milligan’s “Dallas/Fort Worth” September 16, 2022Well damn. Drake Milligan did not win America's Got Talent. The consolation prize for Drake Milligan fans is a good one. It's an excellent new 14 song album that dropped the day after the AGT finale called Dallas/Fort Worth, and it's way better and more meaningful then any silly trophy.Trigger
- Hank Williams Jr. Plays Surprise Show at American Legion Post September 15, 2022A lot of legendary moments in country music have happened at the American Legion Post #82 in Nashville after the once-forgotten spot in the world was revitalized by young neotraditional country performers. Now another legendary moment has been logged on the register.Trigger
- ‘Yellowstone’ Music Supervisor & Musicians Talk Soundtrack September 15, 2022"Not a lot moves the needle these days. But this show moves the needle." That was Hayes Carll, putting it out there as succinctly as possible about the impact the Paramount TV series Yellowstone has had on independent country music now for four seasons, with the fifth set to commence.Trigger
- Billy Strings Wins Big, Luke Bell Paid Tribute at Americana Music Awards September 15, 2022The 2022 Americana Music Awards transpired at the Ryman Auditorium Wednesday Night, September 14th, with Billy Strings, Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell, Sierra Ferrell, and The War and Treaty all walking away with big awards. There were also a few surprises.Trigger
- Teddy Gentry Arrest is Embarrassment for State, Not Alabama September 14, 2022On Monday, September 12th, 70-year-old Country Music Hall of Famer Teddy Gentry of the country and Southern rock band Alabama was arrested in Cherokee, County, Alabama, forced into an orange jumpsuit, subjected to a mugshot, and incarcerated behind bars.Trigger
- Kane Brown Says Morgan Wallen’s ‘N’-Word Incident Misunderstood September 13, 2022Ever since video leaked of Morgan Wallen using the 'N' word on camera on January 31st, 2021, the situation has been broadly mischaracterized by the media and others looking to exploit the situation as opposed to giving it the accurate portrayal such an important incident deserves.Trigger
- Album Review – Charley Crockett’s – “The Man From Waco” September 12, 2022Like ferreting through your grandfather's old belongings, and unearthing a rare collection of 78s representing a sumptuous cross-section of bygone American music that despite the dated verbiage and vintage styles, feels vibrant and fresh as ever as it hits your ears that have been rendered voracious.Trigger
