Saving Country Music

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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RSS Saving Country Music

  • Valerie June’s Surprise ACM Performance w/ Eric Church Overlooked September 18, 2020
    Mickey Guyton made one of the greatest impacts during this week's ACM Awards. But as we have seen from the media on numerous occasions, important moments for black country artists in the past are being overlooked to score a buzzy headline or tweet.
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  • Tyler Childers Drops Surprise Album, “Long Violent History” September 18, 2020
    Completely unexpectedly and totally unannounced, the current king of independent country music dropped a surprise record early Friday morning (9-18) called 'Long Violent History.' No, you won't find a cache of new original songs. This is a record of old traditional fiddle tunes
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  • We Need a Carrie Underwood Classic Country Album. And Now. September 17, 2020
    Look, lobbying for Carrie Underwood among the classic country crowd has always been an uphill battle. But the career of Carrie Underwood is a perfect example of why you can't paint all pop country with the same broad brush.
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  • Austin Legend and Songwriter Doak Snead Passes Away September 17, 2020
    A pioneer of Austin's progressive country scene, as well as respected songwriter and country music personality Doak Snead has passed on. A member of the duo Tom and Billy, and later the leader of the Doak Snead Band, he was a staple and regular opener at Austin's legendary Armadillo World Headquarters.
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  • ACMs Spoil Great Night By Splitting Entertainer of the Year September 17, 2020
    Just remember, "It's only the ACM Awards." It's just disappointing that one of their best presentations in perhaps a decade or more---and under difficult circumstances---had to be sullied at the very end by a silly and avoidable decision.
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  • The 2020 ACM Awards LIVE Blog September 16, 2020
    For the three hours of the presentation, we'll be leaving quips, observations, and kudos where warranted in real time in an effort to make the awards at least somewhat palatable for those of distinguishing tastes, and who know what actual country music is supposed to sound like.
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  • Steve Earle to Release Justin Townes Earle Tribute Album September 16, 2020
    Steve Earle and his backing band The Dukes will be releasing a record of songs written by Steve Earle's late son Justin Townes Earle who passed away in late August at the age of 38. Though details are still coming together, Steve Earle announced the album on Wednesday, September 16th.
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  • What To Expect from the 2020 ACM Awards September 16, 2020
    Remember, it's just the ACM Awards. Less prestigious than the CMAs, and more susceptible to bloc voting and other dubious practices than most any other awards apparatus in country music and beyond, think of it more as a performative infomercial for the mainstream of country music.
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  • Album Review – Casper McWade’s “Unraveled” September 15, 2020
    He is one of these artists that’s too rough-and-tumble for the Nashville scene, and not polished enough for Texas/Red Dirt. But McWade has garnered a following all his own between the margins, just like fellow songwriter Cody Jinks, who recorded one of McWade's songs on his recent album 'The Wanting.'
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  • Cody Jinks Hits Massive Milestone with TWO (2) Gold Singles September 14, 2020
    In yet another sign that the country music revolution is taking hold, Texas-based and completely independent country music singer and songwriter Cody Jinks has officially minted not one, but two Certified Gold singles according to the RIAA. And it doesn't stop there.
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  • Album Review – Tim McGraw’s “Here On Earth” September 14, 2020
    Through the Bro-Country era, Tim McGraw became one of the surprising saving graces in mainstream country music by entering his late career stage doubling back to his roots and releasing quality songs that were surprisingly more country than even some of his earlier stuff, and even finding success with them on the radio.
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  • Hank Williams Jr. Is Out on Monday Night Football, Again September 13, 2020
    Just a few weeks after it was announced that Hank Williams Jr. would finally be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame a good decade or more after he should have already been, it was announced this week Bocephus has been booted once again out of his high-profile Monday Night Football theme song spot.
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  • Album Review – Juliet McConkey’s “Disappearing Girl” September 12, 2020
    Juliet McConkey's debut album Disappearing Girl leaves one touched in a way that is lasting, and reminds you why music holds such a dedicated and reverent place in your life in the first place. You're left spent, and eternally grateful. Hurt never sounded so sweet.
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  • George Jones & Tammy Wynette Series Coming w/ Jessica Chastain September 11, 2020
    A movie based on the life of country music power couple George Jones and Tammy Wynette first announced in 2016 has now blossomed into a limited series and is moving forward. To be called George & Tammy, and based on the 2013 book The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George written by […]
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  • The 2020 Americana Music Awards Postponed September 11, 2020
    The 2020 Americana Music Awards will not be happening on Wednesday, September 16th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville as initially planned. Though the American Music Association had already cancelled their annual AmericanaFest for September months ago, the organization was hoping to move forward with the awards.
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  • Album Review – The Mavericks “En Español” September 10, 2020
    With stellar frontman Raul Malo, The Mavericks have dabbled in Spanish language music before. But En Español is the first time the outfit delves into Spanish language material exclusively, both in the form of some new, original compositions, as well as some tasteful covers.
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  • Colter Wall Has Done a Remarkable Thing September 9, 2020
    Colter Wall's latest record 'Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs' released on August 28th debuted at #8 on the Billboard Country Albums chart this week, and was #1 in physical sales in country by a wide margin. But this isn't just about numbers. Colter Wall is doing all of this with your grandpa's […]
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  • Austin Could Lose It’s ‘Live Music Capital’ Title Post COVID-19 September 8, 2020
    For 30 years Austin has been officially nicknamed the Live Music Capital of the World. However for years the city's music scene has been experiencing dramatic contraction, and now with a mediocre COVID-19 response, it could lose the moniker.
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  • “Yellow Rose” Film Co-Starring Dale Watson Sets Theatrical Debut September 8, 2020
    A film co-starring Dale Watson about a 17-year-old Filipino girl with dreams of making it big in country music will finally be making it's theatrical debut in over 800 theaters on October 9th. Directed by Filipino-American Diane Paragas and distributed by Sony Pictures, "Yellow Rose" has been a long time coming.
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  • Justin Townes Earle Was in Hospital w/ Pneumonia Prior to Death September 7, 2020
    Saving Country Music has been able to confirm from numerous sources that in the weeks leading up to Justin Townes Earle's death, he had been suffering from a severe case of pneumonia, and had been hospitalized due to the illness. At the time of his death, Earle was still recovering from the condition.
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