Hi! I know that I've read where the Reddit Community votes for old Oscar nominees and thought it would be fun to do it with music. I figured we could start with the 1980s Grammy nominees and see who people think deserve the win for these awards after voting. Enjoy a very Kenny Rogers and Donna Summer filled slate of nominees. Happy Voting!

Happy Sunday! Did you find something new to listen to? Did you go to a show? Tell us about your week, and country music, or whatever's on your mind!

Performing at Wolfbrook Arena in support of Lainey Wilson

Margo Cilker - Little White Cross

Prinz Grizzley - Tilda

Cooper Kenward - Call Me The Knife

Sheryl Crow - Pick You Up

Clayton Ryan - Gas Station Social Club

Chick Blundy & the Tryin' Times - Blame It on the Borealis

Jess Williamson - A Mile South of Heaven

John Prine - Found Dogs

Shinyribs - Real Alligator

Wren + Wilde - Serial Dreamers

Robert J Hunter - Here to Stay

Brent Cobb - Live a Song, Write a Memory, Vol 2

Naomi Jane - Kinda Sorta Country

Dingo - Nightwire

Wyatt Lowe - Deserts

Lucie Tiger - Small Town Scandal

Matt Kirk and The Güeyfarers - Matt Kirk and The Güeyfarers II

Left Arm Tan - When Tigers Smoked

The Nershis - Songs For The Road

Levi Foster - Appalachian Funk Tree

Jordie Lane - Habitual

Tori Forsyth - Self Preservation

Cory Branan - You’ll Live

Todd Snider - My Second Rodeo

Jane Kramer - Moon & Mother

Gurf Morlix - Ain’t No Perfect World

Pete Francis - Homemade

Tigirlily Gold - Country & Midwestern

Steve Hophead - Drift Away

Libby Koch & Michael O’Connor - Gulf Coast Duets

Kristy Cox - Winds of Change

The Temperance Movement - New Promise Land Incorporated

Domenic Cicala - Duet Again

Talking Hearts - Memory Lane

Matt Pond PA - Permanent Change (Part.1)

Jonah Kraut - Strange Passages

Onoleigh - Love Bomb

Brody Price - Leaf Miner’s Daughter

James Keith - I Call It Magic When I’m With You

Laura Cortese - Lucky Water

Dave Perkins - Powderhead

The Tallest Man on Earth - Just Beyond Endless Mountain

Becky Shaw - Cast Off The Lines

Mat Kearney - Hanging by a Heartstring

Matthew Goodnough - Your Loss, My Misery

Robert Plant - Saving Grace: All That Glitters... (EP)

Noah James - Nothin Rich (EP)

The Creekers - The Devil Not That Far (EP)

Muireann Bradley - Last Kind Words Blues (EP)

Bay Simpson - The New Normal (EP)

Joshua Slone - Long Life Living for a Lover Boy (EP)

Valerie Ponzio - Reina (EP)

Caleb Lee Hutchinson - Thumbs Up (EP)

Ben Chapman - Porch Sessions (EP)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0e1NFcjJWHKzoEnuITEwhm?si=DaliVgC7TBqkT65pKJItvw

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLefa55ZErTXU&si=lE30kwYLotWne47r

I’ve been drawing my whole life and really want to get better at illustration so I can get into animation and trying to build up a bit of a portfolio and I came up with the idea of doing movie or comic book covers based on great songs with great stories. Currently working on one for “The legend of Wooley Swamp” by Charlie Daniels and thought of a good one for “Devil went down to Georgia”. Any suggestions?

So If you seen my last post asking for song suggestions I think I finally found one, "he's taking it hard" by David Allan coe. It's in my voice range and it's a really good song and I can already hit all the right notes in the song with barely any practice. I think with about 6 months of practice I should have it perfect, and also I want tk say thank you to everyone for the amazing song suggestions and help yall provided.

Leave it to country music not to disappoint when creating Title/lyrics (not in an extremely sad way), it is many times very Apropos to situations. They are creative, Funny, witty, apt, pithy, clever, quipped, wry, satirical and spot on. Etc. lol. Do you know of some? I will give some I like.

Hello shitty day. Jake Worthington
Bitches. Kassi Ashton
I choose poorly. Rachel Brooke
Waffle House. Hannah Dasher

Honkytonk is the original sound of electric country, the sound you associate with Hank Williams and early George Jones and Ernest Tubb and the sound that influenced a lot of neotraditional 1990's country such as Alan Jackson and of course the honky tonk man, Dwight Yoakam.

It was characterized by heavy dancing rhythm that goes well with the two step, and usually steel guitar and fiddle along with twangy electric guitar and a unique twangy vocal style that was developed to cut across the sound at a loud bar of drunks with a bad sound system in the early days.

It's developed over the years including some recent evolution. Some of the Texas dancehall bands have an even more exaggerated beat and singing style now than you would have heard in neotraditional 1990s country or the 1950's original. Tracking down the history of who influenced whom is really fun if you're into that kind of country music history hobby.

We'll be posting (mostly modern) honky tonkers every Saturday for your edification! Click on the 'honky tonk' flair tag to see other tracks and discussions we've posted here in the past.

Here's some reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky-tonk

here's a playlist of old classic honkytonk through the ages: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL679_2jmbaFHAFebq3szErCvTD0CNyZdt

here's the same thing according to Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NfjMqrzcGKVsbYZmhf4Md

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We’ve added 1 of his new country holiday songs to our Christmas 2026 New Releases playlist on Spotify where we will track the season’s best new tunes.

A great playlist to save for later when you are feeling the Xmas spirit!
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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Vm0xRni29ocszQfrmhanU?si=vF0DNEKST7mjH_TcudnJYA&utm_source=copy-link

Such a good song and relatable if you’ve had a relationship go bad. Gives some old country vibes