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On their new album You Hear Georgia, Blackberry Smoke embrace their role as Southern music revivalists and preservationists with now over 20 years of service to the subgenre, and they take that responsibility more serious than ever, expanding their sound, adding a chorus of soul backup singers, and making sure all influences and subsets of Southern music are represented.Ģ0 years in, Blackberry Smoke isn’t showing their rust.

This is music to hyperextend your elbow to while banging on the air drums. This isn’t music to sit back and stroke your chin to. ( read review)ĭamn if there’s not much better than cracking open a new Blackberry Smoke record and losing yourself in waves of Southern-fried rock guitar to make you feel like you’re 17 again. Though it would never be fair to either Patsy or Charlie Marie to compare the two directly beyond the similar virtues of their respective voices and the style of which they’ve chosen to express it, Charlie Marie’s new album Ramble On certainly helps to answer what Patsy Cline could have sounded like if her career and life had continued. One of the reasons it was such a tragedy when we lost Patsy Cline in 1963 is we never got to experience what Cline could have continued to blossom into and contribute later in life. Let the waves of classic country goodness wash over you, and extol their virtues upon your very soul, and put you at ease about the future of country music. The albums are presented in no particular order.īe still your heart, bend your ears, open your mind, but no need to temper your expectations for this highly-anticipated debut album from one of today’s preeminent country singers, the one and only Charlie Marie. Saving Country Music reviews a very large amount of material, but no critic or outlet can review every single project released. The point of this exercise is to expand the awareness of great music. But nothing has been “forgotten,” and no list is illegitimate just because one particular album is left off, or a certain album is included. Recommendations and opinions on albums is encouraged, including leaving your own list of favorite albums in the comments sections below. Just because an album is not included here doesn’t mean it’s not good, or won’t be reviewed in the future. PLEASE NOTE: This only includes albums that have been reviewed by Saving Country Music so far. Some albums may rise or fall in the next six months.

But of course over time, estimations can change.

Everything else highlighted should be considered coming highly recommended. There’s already some very strong contenders for Album of the Year, and the first albums highlighted should be considered early candidates for Album of the Year at Saving Country Music. As we near the halfway pole in the musical year, it’s time to suss out the best albums that have been released in 2021 so far.

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