JC Shepard
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Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Americana
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Welcome to 2026! You made it. Now it's time to prepare for the rest of the year. Music helps.
HINT: Bookmark this page and come back each Friday to see what's being released. The list is updated in real time.
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HINT: Bookmark this page and come back each Friday to see what's being released. The list is updated in real time.
savingcountrymusic.com/release-rada...
Release Radar & Most Anticipated New Country Albums for 2025 -...
Welcome to 2026! You made it. Now it's time to prepare for the rest of the year. Music helps. This page will guide you through the first part of the year to let you know who is releasing albums each w...
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January 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Welcome to 2026! You made it. Now it's time to prepare for the rest of the year. Music helps.
HINT: Bookmark this page and come back each Friday to see what's being released. The list is updated in real time.
savingcountrymusic.com/release-rada...
HINT: Bookmark this page and come back each Friday to see what's being released. The list is updated in real time.
savingcountrymusic.com/release-rada...
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Jan. 1, 1959: Johnny Cash performs at San Quentin Prison.
Watching from the crowd: 21-year-old inmate Merle Haggard.
After his release, Merle pursued music — and in 1969 appeared as a guest on The Johnny Cash Show.
One concert. Two legends. One full-circle moment.
Watching from the crowd: 21-year-old inmate Merle Haggard.
After his release, Merle pursued music — and in 1969 appeared as a guest on The Johnny Cash Show.
One concert. Two legends. One full-circle moment.
January 1, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Jan. 1, 1959: Johnny Cash performs at San Quentin Prison.
Watching from the crowd: 21-year-old inmate Merle Haggard.
After his release, Merle pursued music — and in 1969 appeared as a guest on The Johnny Cash Show.
One concert. Two legends. One full-circle moment.
Watching from the crowd: 21-year-old inmate Merle Haggard.
After his release, Merle pursued music — and in 1969 appeared as a guest on The Johnny Cash Show.
One concert. Two legends. One full-circle moment.
JC’s Americana Top Tunes of 2025
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Turnpike Troubadours’ The Price of Admission
Alison Krauss & Union Station’s “Looks Like the End of the Road” on Arcadia
Plus Washita Revival with @sachakay.com
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#Ameticana #music #musicislife
@charleycrockett.bsky.social
Turnpike Troubadours’ The Price of Admission
Alison Krauss & Union Station’s “Looks Like the End of the Road” on Arcadia
Plus Washita Revival with @sachakay.com
jcshepard.com/2026/01/jcs-...
#Ameticana #music #musicislife
JC's Americana Top Tunes of 2025 -
Music is life... if you believe the hashtags. I certainly believe music is one of the finer points of life: The Pursuit of Happiness. Or in my case, the
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January 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
JC’s Americana Top Tunes of 2025
@charleycrockett.bsky.social
Turnpike Troubadours’ The Price of Admission
Alison Krauss & Union Station’s “Looks Like the End of the Road” on Arcadia
Plus Washita Revival with @sachakay.com
jcshepard.com/2026/01/jcs-...
#Ameticana #music #musicislife
@charleycrockett.bsky.social
Turnpike Troubadours’ The Price of Admission
Alison Krauss & Union Station’s “Looks Like the End of the Road” on Arcadia
Plus Washita Revival with @sachakay.com
jcshepard.com/2026/01/jcs-...
#Ameticana #music #musicislife
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Townes Van Zandt was convinced he would die at 29 like Hank Williams. He didn't. But they did both die too young on New Year's Day, 44 years apart.
Gone on this day: two of the very best to ever write a lyric.
Gone on this day: two of the very best to ever write a lyric.
January 1, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Townes Van Zandt was convinced he would die at 29 like Hank Williams. He didn't. But they did both die too young on New Year's Day, 44 years apart.
Gone on this day: two of the very best to ever write a lyric.
Gone on this day: two of the very best to ever write a lyric.
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Townes Van Zandt - You Win Again (Hank Williams Cover) - Hank Williams D... youtu.be/AIpSOzQTKJ8?...
Townes Van Zandt - You Win Again (Hank Williams Cover) - Hank Williams Documentary
YouTube video by W.B. Walker's Old Soul Radio Show
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January 1, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Townes Van Zandt - You Win Again (Hank Williams Cover) - Hank Williams D... youtu.be/AIpSOzQTKJ8?...
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New Years marks the tragic death of Hank Williams and Townes Van Zandt. But just as talented a contributor, only from the lead guitar position was Eddy Shaver. He was also happened to be the son of Outlaw legend Billy Joe Shaver.
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25 Years Ago: The Tragic Death of Eddy Shaver on New Years -...
New Years Eve is a joyous time for many, but it always comes with a pinch of sorrow for those proud to call themselves country music fans who know of the tragedy this time of year has wrought on the m...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New Years marks the tragic death of Hank Williams and Townes Van Zandt. But just as talented a contributor, only from the lead guitar position was Eddy Shaver. He was also happened to be the son of Outlaw legend Billy Joe Shaver.
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January 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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Texas singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt passed away on January 1, 1997. A great documentary about his life and music "Be Here to Love Me" came out in 2004. The posthumous album "Absolutely Nothing" contains great material from a 1994 concert in Ireland. #MusicSky
January 1, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Texas singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt passed away on January 1, 1997. A great documentary about his life and music "Be Here to Love Me" came out in 2004. The posthumous album "Absolutely Nothing" contains great material from a 1994 concert in Ireland. #MusicSky
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Seventy-three years ago, Hank Williams was pronounced dead at West Virginia's Oak Hill General Hospital after passing away in the backseat of a Cadillac on the way to a show in Canton, OH. #MusicIsLegend youtu.be/bjCoKslQOEs?...
Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin'
Hank Williams performing "Hey Good Lookin' " http://vevo.ly/RoW4Fb
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January 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Seventy-three years ago, Hank Williams was pronounced dead at West Virginia's Oak Hill General Hospital after passing away in the backseat of a Cadillac on the way to a show in Canton, OH. #MusicIsLegend youtu.be/bjCoKslQOEs?...
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✨ What a year at KRFC! From our 22nd Birthday Bash to Colorado Gives Day, every moment was powered by music, connection, and community.
Here’s to more good tunes, good people, and the magic we make together. 💛🎶
#krfcfm #community #happynewyear
Here’s to more good tunes, good people, and the magic we make together. 💛🎶
#krfcfm #community #happynewyear
January 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
✨ What a year at KRFC! From our 22nd Birthday Bash to Colorado Gives Day, every moment was powered by music, connection, and community.
Here’s to more good tunes, good people, and the magic we make together. 💛🎶
#krfcfm #community #happynewyear
Here’s to more good tunes, good people, and the magic we make together. 💛🎶
#krfcfm #community #happynewyear
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The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump's name was added to the facility. n.pr/4qx6Ts7
Kennedy Center renaming prompts a new round of cancellations
The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump's name was added to the facility.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump's name was added to the facility. n.pr/4qx6Ts7
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All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
Genre fiction and female authors top U.S. libraries' most-borrowed lists in 2025
All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
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You can hear @thecurrent.org's listener-voted top 89 songs tomorrow starting at 6 p.m. It will rebroadcast on Thursday at 5 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The songs that stuck in 2025, and why radio still matters in an age of algorithms
MPR News All Things Considered host Clay Masters talked with The Current’s Midday host Zach McCormick.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:57 AM
You can hear @thecurrent.org's listener-voted top 89 songs tomorrow starting at 6 p.m. It will rebroadcast on Thursday at 5 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I play Chuck Redd on Spotify every hour that I'm not at home. Maybe others can do that too? I bet we can up that 5k listeners a bit together?
open.spotify.com/artist/5TTbz...
Already listening to Rhiannon a lot and will ad Kristy Lee to my mix
Anyone a playlist ready to support cancelling artists?
open.spotify.com/artist/5TTbz...
Already listening to Rhiannon a lot and will ad Kristy Lee to my mix
Anyone a playlist ready to support cancelling artists?
Spotify – Web Player
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December 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I play Chuck Redd on Spotify every hour that I'm not at home. Maybe others can do that too? I bet we can up that 5k listeners a bit together?
open.spotify.com/artist/5TTbz...
Already listening to Rhiannon a lot and will ad Kristy Lee to my mix
Anyone a playlist ready to support cancelling artists?
open.spotify.com/artist/5TTbz...
Already listening to Rhiannon a lot and will ad Kristy Lee to my mix
Anyone a playlist ready to support cancelling artists?
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Saving Country Music’s 2025 Breakout Artist of the Year
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Saving Country Music’s 2025 Breakout Artist of the Year - Saving...
It's performers who can unplug, primarily rely on wood and wire to create their music, who can excel in the live context, and illustrate the pinnacle of human potential who will survive the technology...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Saving Country Music’s 2025 Breakout Artist of the Year
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On this day in 2022, Ian Tyson died.
Born in Victoria, BC in 1933, he rose to fame as part of the duo Ian & Sylvia with his partner Sylvia Tyson. He wrote several folk songs including Four Strong Winds and Someday Soon. He had two gold and a platinum albums in his solo career.
Born in Victoria, BC in 1933, he rose to fame as part of the duo Ian & Sylvia with his partner Sylvia Tyson. He wrote several folk songs including Four Strong Winds and Someday Soon. He had two gold and a platinum albums in his solo career.
December 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
On this day in 2022, Ian Tyson died.
Born in Victoria, BC in 1933, he rose to fame as part of the duo Ian & Sylvia with his partner Sylvia Tyson. He wrote several folk songs including Four Strong Winds and Someday Soon. He had two gold and a platinum albums in his solo career.
Born in Victoria, BC in 1933, he rose to fame as part of the duo Ian & Sylvia with his partner Sylvia Tyson. He wrote several folk songs including Four Strong Winds and Someday Soon. He had two gold and a platinum albums in his solo career.
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
December 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
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The last honorable mentions. Colter Wall is back with a great country album that flows like the old Merle and Waylon records we know and love.
Colter Wall - Memories And Empties (2025) #colterwall #vinyl #records #vinylrecords #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #recordcollection
Colter Wall - Memories And Empties (2025) #colterwall #vinyl #records #vinylrecords #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #recordcollection
December 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The last honorable mentions. Colter Wall is back with a great country album that flows like the old Merle and Waylon records we know and love.
Colter Wall - Memories And Empties (2025) #colterwall #vinyl #records #vinylrecords #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #recordcollection
Colter Wall - Memories And Empties (2025) #colterwall #vinyl #records #vinylrecords #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #recordcollection
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The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
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December 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
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' #Winter night' by Canadian born printmaker and artist Carol Collette #WomensArt ❄️
December 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
' #Winter night' by Canadian born printmaker and artist Carol Collette #WomensArt ❄️
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Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building
Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building
Board president Richard Grenell said he would seek $1 million in damages “for this political stunt,” in a letter to jazz artist Chuck Redd.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building
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✨ NoCo Sings the Holidays Volume One is here - featuring heartwarming tracks from local artists and the magic of our community. Huge thanks to Salt Road Brewing for helping bring this album to life!
🎶 Available now at KRFCFM.ORG and in person at Salt Road Brewing.
#krfcfm #nocosings #happyholidays
🎶 Available now at KRFCFM.ORG and in person at Salt Road Brewing.
#krfcfm #nocosings #happyholidays
December 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
✨ NoCo Sings the Holidays Volume One is here - featuring heartwarming tracks from local artists and the magic of our community. Huge thanks to Salt Road Brewing for helping bring this album to life!
🎶 Available now at KRFCFM.ORG and in person at Salt Road Brewing.
#krfcfm #nocosings #happyholidays
🎶 Available now at KRFCFM.ORG and in person at Salt Road Brewing.
#krfcfm #nocosings #happyholidays
Apparently this young Ella is becoming quite popular. Agree on her 70s/80s Country vibe. Takes me back.
The Saving Country Music 2025 SINGLE of the Year
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The Saving Country Music 2025 Single of the Year - Saving Country...
With Single of the Year, we're simply looking for the toe tappers and boot scooters---the songs that unlock the joy in music. That doesn't mean that a Single of the Year cannot be meaningful or moment...
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December 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Apparently this young Ella is becoming quite popular. Agree on her 70s/80s Country vibe. Takes me back.
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Happy Boxing Day everyone!
Boxing Day has a long history in Canada that has evolved over the past two centuries.
But how did a day for giving alms to the poor become a day focused on sales?
This is the story!
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Boxing Day has a long history in Canada that has evolved over the past two centuries.
But how did a day for giving alms to the poor become a day focused on sales?
This is the story!
🧵1/7
December 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happy Boxing Day everyone!
Boxing Day has a long history in Canada that has evolved over the past two centuries.
But how did a day for giving alms to the poor become a day focused on sales?
This is the story!
🧵1/7
Boxing Day has a long history in Canada that has evolved over the past two centuries.
But how did a day for giving alms to the poor become a day focused on sales?
This is the story!
🧵1/7