If you like one of them, great, go buy it.” “Whether you like modern incarnations of what country radio hits are, or you like what I’m doing, or you like something really off in folk, poetry Americana land, it’s all just music, man. “I don’t think country music needs saving from anything,” says Stapleton to The Nashville Scene. In fact in his estimation, such a thing is not necessary. The resounding consensus after querying country music’s critics-at-large was that 2015 was the year of Chris Stapleton, and as part of that crowning, Stapleton participated in a cover story for the magazine, just as Sturgill Simpson had done in 2014 when he walked away as the resounding favorite of critics.Īnd just like Sturgill Simpson, Stapleton has been quick to distance himself from any mantle or moniker as a country music savior. It’s one of the most in-depth barometers on country music sentiment of its kind.
On January 28th, The Nashville Scene-Nashville’s alternative newsweekly-published its annual critic’s poll for 2015, of which Saving Country Music and dozens of other outlets participated.
Traveller has been holding court at the very top of Billboard’s Country Albums chart ever since November’s CMA’s.Īnd the think pieces written by country and entertainment pontificators keep on coming, proclaiming Chris Stapleton as a new savior of country music. It definitely launched one of the biggest post-awards sales bumps in history, with Stapleton poised to shortly take over the highest-selling country album in the last nearly two years in a matter of weeks, whether he wins anything at the Grammy Awards or not. The argument could be made that Stapleton’s appearance on the CMA’s with Justin Timberlake was one of the biggest awards show performances ever. Any performance slot on the Grammy Awards is a high premium and honor, but it is a bit disappointing that it appears Stapleton won’t get a chance to perform one of his own songs on the presentation. It was recently announced that Stapleton would be performing on the Grammy stage in a tribute to B.B. As much success as Chris Stapleton has found after his massive night at the CMA Awards in November, he’s also poised to possibly be the biggest winner on February 15th as well. He’s also up for Best Country Album, and his song “Traveller” is up for two country-specific awards. Chris Stapleton will be doing battle with other titans of music entertainment for Album of the Year.
Unlike many years, fans of true and traditional country music will have someone to root for when it comes to the night’s biggest prize, even if it isn’t the most ideal artist to champion. A week from this evening, the music industry will be gathering in Los Angeles for the the world’s biggest music event of the year: The Grammy Awards.
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