Keeping the Door Open: A Conversation with Hayes Carll
When last the world heard from Hayes Carll, he was stomping and hollering his way through 2011’s KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories). But five years can change a man. … Read More
Squared Roots: Grant-Lee Phillips x Neil Young
The list of singer/songwriters who cite Neil Young at or near the top of their influences is overflowing with names … and with good reason. From his early Buffalo Springfield days … Read More
The Natural Course of Things: A Conversation with the Infamous Stringdusters
What do you get when you cross a bunch of roots-minded female singers with a bunch of bluegrass-adjacent male musicians? Why Ladies & Gentlemen, of course the new release from … Read More
Five Questions: Dori Freeman
When you come from a musical tradition that includes legendary artists like Hazel and Alice, Loretta Lynn, and Ola Belle Reed, you have some mighty big boots to fill. But … Read More
Parker Millsap: The Very Last Day
On Parker Millsap’s new album, The Very Last Day, the young singer/songwriter takes a major sonic leap forward thanks to Gary Paczosa’s brawny production. And, while the aural landscape certainly … Read More
Wild Ponies Continue to Shine, Radiantly
When you lay every fear and foible, every hurt and healing out for the whole world to see as Wild Ponies did on 2013’s Things That Used to Shine, the … Read More
Squared Roots: Luther Dickinson x Jim Dickinson
Jim Dickinson was a musician’s musician who worked with everyone from Bob Dylan to the Replacements to Sam & Dave. One of his earliest gigs was in the Dixie Flyers, … Read More
Five Questions: Carrie Rodriguez
Having bridged various cultural gaps her whole life, singer/songwriter/fiddler Carrie Rodriguez feels right at home constructing the same sort of unifying structures with her music. Rodriguez does so by reaching back … Read More