“Ain’t it good to be alive?” Warren Haynes sings on “This Life as We Know It,” the first single from his first solo album in almost a decade: Million Voices Whisper. It is good to be alive, as it […]
“Ain’t it good to be alive?” Warren Haynes sings on “This Life as We Know It,” the first single from his first solo album in almost a decade: Million Voices Whisper. It is good to be alive, as it […]
For a short time in the mid-1980s, Lone Justice had everything going for them. They’d been signed to a major label at the suggestion of Linda Ronstadt, endorsed by no less than Dolly Parton, and were at the forefront […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from a story in our Summer 2024 journal issue in honor of Drivin N Cryin’s ongoing tribute album compilation. You can read the whole story — and much more — in that issue, here. And please consider […]
In the weeks since the release of Cowboy Carter, there have been dozens, possibly hundreds of thinkpieces written about the impact Beyoncé’s album is having on country radio and country music in general. All that attention and acclamation is well […]
One of the many highlights at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville is a painstakingly accurate recreation of Guy Clark’s workshop, the basement haven where he would go to work on guitars, solve life’s problems, […]
Marcus King has come a long way since his days as a child prodigy (his first paying performance was at 8 years old, gigging with his father, guitarist Marvin King). He’s also come a long way from being mentored by […]
Folk archivist Alan Lomax once said, “America has a patchwork culture made of the dreams and songs of all its people.” In his travels, Lomax discovered songs that spoke to the American experience, many handed down and shared by […]
“Planes,” the opening track on The Falcon Ate the Flower, Lee Gallagher’s third album with his band The Hallelujah, musically exists somewhere between inventive prog rock and a psychedelic jam worthy of the late ‘60s San Francisco scene. Piano lines […]
Israel Nash’s 2009 debut, New York Town, introduced a gifted artist with a powerfully expressive voice in search of both a sound and identity. He grew by leaps and bounds over the next few albums, his songs developing into moody, […]
During the Rolling Stones’ awkward interview with Jimmy Fallon as they announced their new album last month, Fallon asked what the title, Hackney Diamonds, means. “It’s like when you get your windscreen broken on Saturday night in Hackney,” Mick Jagger […]