After procrastinating to write several album reviews, Jon Grace decided to make a list of our top 22 albums of 2022. This year was a great one of live music. One thing to note is that we didn’t include any EPs. If we had, Drayton Farley, Cole Chaney, Sydney Adams,
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When country artist Brit Taylor burst on the music scene two years ago with her debut album Real Me, she surprised the industry almost as much as she surprised herself. Fast forward to Rolling Stone’s hinting last year that Sturgill Simpson and Taylor were working together, the industry and fans began eagerly awaiting the
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In a state that has produced more than a few amazing songwriters over the last few years, Ian Noe stands alone as the Commonwealth’s best. His sophomore record, “River Fools and Mountain Saints,” expertly combines regional dialect and turns of phrase with incredible melodies and top-notch instrumentation to create songs
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Whenever I hear people reference the “Kentucky music scene,” I get slightly aggravated. Not because it isn’t a scene – it is, but it’s also so much more than that. I usually refer to it as a community, or a family, rather than a scene. I do that simply because
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Billboard No. 1 singer-songwriter Dustin Collins has enlisted industry veterans Buddy Cannon (Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson, Reba McEntire) and Bill McDermott (Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley) to produce his new album, Working Man. The 11-track project is slated for release this summer from DCDL Entertainment. A portion of proceeds from the lead single and album will benefit GUMI (Glad
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The Kentucky Headhunters announced their latest album, That’s A Fact Jack!, set to release on Oct. 22 via BFD / Audium Nashville. The upcoming project marks the Headhunters’ first album of brand new material in half a decade. Blame it on the shutdown. When The Kentucky Headhunters watched their 2020 dates go up in smoke, they
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Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Still Woman Enough, Loretta Lynn’s new studio album on Friday, March 19, 2021. The American music icon’s 50th studio album (excluding her 10 studio duet collaborations with Conway Twitty), Still Woman Enough celebrates women in country music. From her homage to the originators,
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At the stroke of midnight, Sturgill Simpson released without notice his newest album, Cuttin’ Grass, Volume 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions. For the album, he brought together “The Hillbilly Avengers” again that is filled with an all-star cast of musicians. Just like the previous album, they were revisiting and reinterpreting
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Once upon a time, a young 6-year old girl stood on stage of the Kentucky Opry with hopes and dreams of pursuing a career in music. Eastern Kentucky native, Brit Taylor, has lived out that dream and recently released her latest album, “Real Me.” The dream became bigger than expected
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