Gwyneth Paltrow Signing A Celebration of Mediocrity
I am quite astonished with this in so many different ways I don't even know where to start. Actually I do. How about with the fact that Gwyneth, across multiple platforms, including movie, radio, and...
View ArticleA Critical Response to Taylor Swift’s “Mean”
"Mean" might be the worst track on her Speak Now album. It is the most "country" song on the album, but it is not catchy, or clever, or well-crafted. Calling someone "Mean" is just such a base...
View ArticleWho Is Taylor Swift’s Song “Mean” About?
To say the song "Mean" by Taylor Swift has legs is a the grossest of all understatements. Since Saving Country Music's coverage of the song has been limited to the context of criticism and conjecture,...
View ArticleOnce And For All, Does Taylor Swift Use Auto-Tune?
Over the years, I don't think I've ever seen a topic more beset with assumption, conjecture, and sometimes, idiocracy. Whether Taylor Swift uses Auto-Tune in either the live or recorded formats is not...
View ArticleChris Stapleton’s SNL Appearance Scores 2-Year Ratings High & One...
Chris Stapleton got another crack at a national audience on Saturday, January 16th when he took the Saturday Night Live stage, but after the NFL matchup between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona...
View ArticleHow Garth Brooks Holds the Key to Resolving the Ticket Bot / StubHub Dilemma
The reason so many can make so much money on the secondary market is because there is way more demand than there is supply. And by performers not ramping up their supply and only playing one, or maybe...
View ArticleThis Blanco Brown &“The Git Up” Business
None of this is real ladies and gentlemen. From the fake controversies, to the gaming of the meme culture and social media to make 30-second snippets somehow compete with actual songs on charts, to the...
View ArticleMorgan Wallen Backlash Not Just Ineffective, It’s Counter-Productive
As the criticism of the country music industry at large continues to pour in following the aftermath of Morgan Wallen's N-word video, his Dangerous: The Double Album spends its now fifth week firmly...
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