There wasn’t a lot of music news this week. It just happens that way sometimes, or maybe it was for a reason: No one’s really in the mood. When an 18-year-old gunman stepped inside a Texas elementary school and […]
There wasn’t a lot of music news this week. It just happens that way sometimes, or maybe it was for a reason: No one’s really in the mood. When an 18-year-old gunman stepped inside a Texas elementary school and […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Brennen Leigh is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for May 2022. Learn more about her and her new album, Obsessed With the West, out now on Signature Sounds, in our feature story, and look for more from Leigh […]
Amanda Shires has announced her next solo flight with a new album, Take It Like a Man. Shires, a founding member of The Highwomen supergroup and frequent collaborator with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, has put out several […]
The Country Music Hall of Fame has announced the next round of additions to its roster. Inducted in the Class of 2022 will be Keith Whitley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and longtime RCA Nashville leader and Country Music Association board […]
Folk Alliance International bestowed its Best of 2021 awards as well as a new batch of lifetime achievement and other honors Wednesday evening on the first day of its conference being held in Kansas City. Allison Russell won Artist […]
The Americana Music Association announced the nominees for its 2022 awards Monday afternoon in a ceremony live from the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville. The nominees result from voting from AMA members and honor music released […]
Somewhere in your home there’s probably a junk drawer housing your onetime constant companion, your iPod. The first iPod, in 2001, promised “1,000 songs in your pocket,” which absolutely blew our minds. Over the next two decades, Apple would […]
Toward the end of Lyle Lovett’s new album, 12th of June, comes “Are We Dancing,” a lushly orchestrated tune that evokes young lovers sweeping across a ballroom floor in a Golden Age movie. It’s romantic and grand, sounding like […]
It’s been a loooooong week as I try to get back in the swing of real life after four days at MerleFest in western North Carolina. This was my 21st year at the fest, and as always, it brought […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: As MerleFest gets rolling this week in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, we thought we’d share part of this story from our Spring 2022 “General Admission” journal about its history and why it’s so important to the performers who […]
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