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Now & Then: Kaitlin Butts’s Hello, Honky Tonk and the reach of Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’

Sunday, November 08, 2026 By Tom Osborne

Loretta Lynn

Country music has spent decades documenting what happens when men go drinking. Kaitlin Butts gives the women more say in how the evening unfolds. On Hello, Honky Tonk, a good time can mean freedom, though heartache still gets through the door. An illuminating predecessor is Loretta Lynn’s Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind): country music with a woman firmly in charge of the conversation.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Kaitlin Butts, Loretta Lynn

Readers’ Pick: Kaitlin Butts – Hello, Honky Tonk

Friday, November 06, 2026 By Tom Osborne

Kaitlin Butts – Hello, Honky Tonk

You picked Kaitlin Butts – Hello, Honky Tonk as your favorite new release for the week of October 30, 2026.

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Kaitlin Butts

Shawn’s 25 Favs of 2024

Friday, December 27, 2024 By Shawn Underwood

1) Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well She raised her game to a new level. The insight and emotion in some of the songs on this record really do make me think that cardinal was John Prine. I’m not sure there’s been a better song ever about growing up than the title track. 2) Billy Strings […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Reviews, Roots, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Billy Strings, Dwight Yoakam, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Jamey Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Kaitlin Butts, Karen Jonas, Ruby Joyful, Sierra Ferrell

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What is your favorite new release for week of November 6?

  • Eliot Bronson – Arrive (44%, 35 Votes)
  • Kings of Leon – O My Beloved (13%, 10 Votes)
  • Eddie 9V – Down Here (13%, 10 Votes)
  • Willi Carlisle – The Universal Bubba (11%, 9 Votes)
  • Grayson Capps – The Weight of the World (8%, 6 Votes)
  • Lizzie No, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, Brandi Waller-Pace – Outlaws’ Almanac (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Jack Blocker – Big Jefe (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Johnny Delaware – On God’s Time (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Lacy Green, Adam Wright, Thomm Jutz – Shakespeare’s Bones (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Michelle Malone – Christmas with Michelle Malone and The Hot Toddies (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sufjan Stevens – Worst Christmas Ever! (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Janky Bungag – Hangin’ Out & Hangin’ On (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 80

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