One Eye Forward, One Eye Back: An Interview with Andrew Combs
Maybe there’s something in the water in Nashville — or, more likely, in the draft beer at the Red Door Saloon — but quite a few young artists are making … Read More
From Day Drunks to Diehards, Cory Branan Makes His Way
In alt-country circles, singer-songwriter Cory Branan is as respected as they come — even outside the city limits of Nashville. Like most budding Southern musicians, the Mississippi native made his … Read More
Five Questions: Joe Pug
Though he hails from Maryland, singer/songwriter Joe Pug has bounced from Chicago to Nashville to Austin in his search for a place in the world. But that’s just geography. Pug, … Read More
Matthew Perryman Jones at City Winery
City Winery (in Nashville and elsewhere) is set up and sold as a listening room. And, when the calendar is full of acoustic singer/songwriters and small jazz ensembles, that makes … Read More
Squared Roots: Gretchen Peters x Mickey Newbury
In the early 1960s, when Mickey Newbury returned home from three years of Air Force duty, he lived and traveled the Southland in a ’54 Pontiac, chasing his songwriter’s dream. … Read More
Five Questions: Pine Hill Project
Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell have both enjoyed lengthy, prolific, and acclaimed careers in the singer/songwriter world. Even as solo artists, though, they shared an artistic kinship that neither could … Read More
Meghan Trainor Is More Than Playing
Listening to Meghan Trainor, it is hard to believe she hails from Nantucket, Massachusetts. It is easy to believe, though, that she only recently turned 21. The Grammy-nominated pop singer … Read More
Brandi Carlile: The Firewatcher's Daughter
Sometimes, on a record, individual tracks stand out on the very first listen — for better or worse — but the collection, as a whole, takes a few more spins … Read More