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Modern Country Music: A Hardy Rant

Weekdays right around 3:45 p.m., I join Adam 12 to kick off two hours commercial-free. Today, I went off on modern country music trends. As I say in my spiel:…

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 09: Country music artist Jimmie Allen opened the weekend in downtown Nashville at 2nd and Broadway during the Crown Royal and CMA Fest Raise a Glass to Honor Military Veterans in Partnership with Stand Down Tennessee event on June 09, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. Country music artist Jimmie Allen opened the Crown Royal Ranch pop up stage at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images for Crown Royal)

Weekdays right around 3:45 p.m., I join Adam 12 to kick off two hours commercial-free. Today, I went off on modern country music trends.

As I say in my spiel: we're fortunate here at Beasley Media Boston to work with some amazing personalities and personnel at our Country station. But the music? Well, just listen below, then hit Facebook and let me know if my ranting and raving is on point. To put it politely, I have no use for modern country music. None at all.

'Tis the season! With Coachella and Stagecoach already in the rear view mirror, music festivals in 2022 are in full swing.

Thrillist compiled a pretty comprehensive list of the bigger music festivals in 2022, so we went through their list and cherry-picked some of our favorites, which we shared below.

We start, of course, with Boston Calling. Enter to win your tickets here, then scroll through our festival list.

Boston Calling

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BottleRock

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Hangout Fest

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Governors Ball

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Bonnaroo

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Pitchfork

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Lollapalooza

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Mo Pop

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Outside Lands

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Day In Day Out

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Primavera Sound L.A.

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Life Is Beautiful

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Riot Fest

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Sea.Hear.Now

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Firefly

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When We Were Young

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Adam 12 is the Program Director of Boston's ROCK 92.9, heard weekdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. He's been flexing his encyclopedic rock knowledge in New England for over 2 decades, both on-air and online, at WBCN, WFNX, Boston.com, and indie617. At ROCK 92.9, he keeps you in the know on the big stories from the Boston music scene and writes about great places to eat, drink (beer), and to spend time outdoors in and around Boston.