When Saving Country Music does these festival reviews, it's always a great place to find new music to listen to. This one contains some really big independent country artists but also quite a few folks I haven't heard of. Looks like an amazing festival.

One of the hardest working musicians in California (he’s based out of Bakersfield)... Plays a ton in Bakersfield and in the LA area.

I went down a rabbit hole of Addison Johnson's songwriting recently. Killer stuff. It reminds me a little bit of Ben Jarrell, but with those slightly more 90s neo traditional sound than the timeless outlaw thing that Ben does. He released a new album recently but I really like the previous one that this song is from

Happy Wednesday! Western Wednesday, this Wednesday and every Wednesday!

Western swing, Out West, Wild West, songs about Texas, artists from out West, cowboys, even the sounds of spaghetti western... sometimes we'll post Canadian western artists, sometimes Native American country artists from the western states (that's a whole subgenre of country music by the way), cowboy poetry, Red Dirt artists, and much more

Other weekly themes on this sub:

Blue Monday, every monday: bluegrass, country blues, and blue in general. A little rockabilly.

Honky Tonk Saturday: what it says on the tin, honky tonk country music and a little Bakersfield Sound.

Click on the flair (the colored tags above some posts) to see past posts with the same themes.

Been looking for queer country? Listen to Chris Housman. Incredible.

Hey Y'all -

I am a huge fan of this Austin based folk/country duo named Briscoe: I think their music is so dynamic and authentic, and love the mix of covers they play on tour (TONS of waylon jennings, johnny cash, johnny bush, and the likes). I'm creating a little working library of their setlists from the massive 2026 tour they just kicked off: if you're a fellow Briscoe fan, or looking for a new favorite band (that you can actually afford to see in concert lol) and want to follow along here's the link to my spotify profile below!

First setlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pglrYMi2Pia3UCNVxVxjy?si=501856970d4142f9

Profile: https://open.spotify.com/user/31u6f3ltjipoqrxy36kxwm6m4fpe?si=0835676f79524b56

Charlie posts picture with James Hetfield holding up devil horns after spending the last couple weeks crashing out over the criticism of him kicking Twin Temple off their tour.

me and my sisters used to watch music videos off our computer and there’s a specific one i have been trying to find basically my whole life when it pops up in my head.

essentially it is a young couple, girl is a brunette with straight long hair

i believe he used to be a bull rider and got hurt and everything became a blur. a good portion of the music video is in a ranch setting with black gate/rings.

no it’s not “the bull” or “bucked off”. most of it was set outside

Just launched! We are are a commercial free country music web radio, with a focus on playing music from independent artists. This is where you will hear artists before they make it big, great songs before they make it mainstream. We are accepting song submissions and we are not pay to play. Enjoy fresh country tracks commercial free with no signup.

This is the second song out from his upcoming album. Man…. Simply one of my favorite pure vocalists out there today.

... Mondays around here might also include old time music and or rockabilly. Maybe even songs about blue, the color, or blue, the emotion...

Please make separate standalone posts for songs you want to share!

(I locked the comments because people will see your contribution better if it's not lost in the comments of this announcement)

John R. Miller - The Great Unknowing

Alyssa Hankey - Good Country People

Aaron Lewis - Give My Country Back

Waylon Wyatt - Dustpiles

Lily Meola - Lucky to Be

Shannon Clark & The Sugar - All You Need To Know

Ashby Frank - Run This Town

Amy Martin - Bones

Waylon Payne - Wayward

Brent Funkhouser - Homegrow

Erin Lunsford - Rhinestones

Saddle - Train Holler

Neon Moons - Day Late and a Dollar Short

CR & The White Lights - My Old Self

The Binoculars - Double Whammy

Backline - Turning New Ground

Isaac Jacob Band - The Brush Country Tapes

Lenny Kaye - Goin' Local

Allie Sandt - In Pursuit of a Good Time

Gary Stewart - One Track Mind

Twisted Teens - Florida Water Blues

Brennan Gilmore - My Name Is Daniel Leek

Demi Casha - An Everlasting Longing

Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt - Esperanza

Max Subar - Anything Could Be

Cinder Well - A Blooming Body

Big Loser - Spitting Distance

Scotty McCreery - 15

Ryan Traster & The Lowlights - Lifers (EP)

Presley Haile - Hamilton Honey: Part 1 (EP)

Colt Blackwell - Sinner Out of Me (EP)

Bryan Ruby - Playing With Fire (EP)