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ALBUM REVIEW: Kaitlin Butts Welcomes Us to the Party on 'Hello, Honky Tonk'

ALBUM REVIEW: Kaitlin Butts Welcomes Us to the Party on 'Hello, Honky Tonk'

Welcome, welcome to the show that never ends: Kaitlin Butts’ glittering, dolorous, kaleidoscopic dance hall and bar where she sits behind the piano all night observing the denizens of bar stools and sawdust floors as they fight, love, curse, lie, and drink. In the songs on her fourth album Hello,

Jeffrey Silverstein's Top 5 Songs Right Now

Jeffrey Silverstein's Top 5 Songs Right Now

QUEER COUNTRY: In And Out: Reconsidering ‘Queer’ Country

QUEER COUNTRY: In And Out: Reconsidering ‘Queer’ Country

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks - "Hell or High Water" [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks - "Hell or High Water" [VIDEO]

FRESH TRACK: Margo Cilker - "State Line"

FRESH TRACK: Margo Cilker - "State Line"

BONUS TRACKS: Kacey Musgraves In Spanish, IBMA Bluegrass Music Award Winners, and More Roots Music News

BONUS TRACKS: Kacey Musgraves In Spanish, IBMA Bluegrass Music Award Winners, and More Roots Music News

ALBUM REVIEW: Caroline Rose Shapeshifts Again on 'Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall'

ALBUM REVIEW: Caroline Rose Shapeshifts Again on 'Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall'

Stories

Jeffrey Silverstein's Top 5 Songs Right Now

Jeffrey Silverstein's Top 5 Songs Right Now

Despite his malleability as an artist, Silverstein's songs are steeped in American roots. And if anyone doubts this, check out the giant cowboy boots sculpture that graces the cover of 'Doggone' like a statement of purpose.

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks - "Hell or High Water" [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks - "Hell or High Water" [VIDEO]

Two Decades After Their Debut, New Tribute Album Honors The Felice Brothers

Two Decades After Their Debut, New Tribute Album Honors The Felice Brothers

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks Finds Her Voice on ‘Hell or High Water’

SPOTLIGHT: Miko Marks Finds Her Voice on ‘Hell or High Water’

Ranky Tanky Gives Traditional Gullah Tunes New Life

Ranky Tanky Gives Traditional Gullah Tunes New Life

Emotional and Geographic Changes Helped Margo Cilker Make New LP ‘Little White Cross’

Emotional and Geographic Changes Helped Margo Cilker Make New LP ‘Little White Cross’

A Postcard From Laura Cortese

A Postcard From Laura Cortese

Album Reviews

ALBUM REVIEW: Kaitlin Butts Welcomes Us to the Party on 'Hello, Honky Tonk'

ALBUM REVIEW: Kaitlin Butts Welcomes Us to the Party on 'Hello, Honky Tonk'

Welcome, welcome to the show that never ends: Kaitlin Butts’ glittering, dolorous, kaleidoscopic dance hall and bar where she sits behind the piano all night observing the denizens of bar stools and sawdust floors as they fight, love, curse, lie, and drink. In the songs on her fourth album Hello,

ALBUM REVIEW: Caroline Rose Shapeshifts Again on 'Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall'

ALBUM REVIEW: Caroline Rose Shapeshifts Again on 'Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall'

ALBUM REVIEW: Rayland Baxter Steps Out of the Rut and Into the Light on 'True Violet'

ALBUM REVIEW: Rayland Baxter Steps Out of the Rut and Into the Light on 'True Violet'

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Shaving A Dead Man,’ JP Harris Plays Intuitive Interpreter of an Old-Time Songbook

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Shaving A Dead Man,’ JP Harris Plays Intuitive Interpreter of an Old-Time Songbook

With 'The Hard Truth,' Wynonna Writes Her Own Musical Story for The First Time

With 'The Hard Truth,' Wynonna Writes Her Own Musical Story for The First Time

ALBUM REVIEW: Charlie Parr’s Stark and Essential 'Rooming House' Is a Portrait of Survival

ALBUM REVIEW: Charlie Parr’s Stark and Essential 'Rooming House' Is a Portrait of Survival

ALBUM REVIEW: Todd Snider's Posthumous 'My Second Rodeo' Is a Poignant Reminder of What We've Lost

ALBUM REVIEW: Todd Snider's Posthumous 'My Second Rodeo' Is a Poignant Reminder of What We've Lost

Columns

QUEER COUNTRY: In And Out: Reconsidering ‘Queer’ Country

QUEER COUNTRY: In And Out: Reconsidering ‘Queer’ Country

QUEER COUNTRY: In And Out: Reconsidering ‘Queer’ Country “The word ‘gay’ doesn’t belong in front of country,” she said. I gasped. And I’m still thinking about it two years later. This wasn’t a microaggression from some clueless Music Row exec – it was a statement by out and

BONUS TRACKS: Kacey Musgraves In Spanish, IBMA Bluegrass Music Award Winners, and More Roots Music News

BONUS TRACKS: Kacey Musgraves In Spanish, IBMA Bluegrass Music Award Winners, and More Roots Music News

THROUGH THE LENS: North Carolina & Arkansas Roots Music Fests Wrap Up The Festival Season

THROUGH THE LENS: North Carolina & Arkansas Roots Music Fests Wrap Up The Festival Season

CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Alice Wallace and Ranger Doug, Leonard Podolak, and Archie Fisher

CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Alice Wallace and Ranger Doug, Leonard Podolak, and Archie Fisher

BONUS TRACKS: Live Recordings from John Prine, Nick Shoulders, and Greensky Bluegrass, New Lydia Loveless EP, and More Roots Music News

BONUS TRACKS: Live Recordings from John Prine, Nick Shoulders, and Greensky Bluegrass, New Lydia Loveless EP, and More Roots Music News

THE READING ROOM: Sean Wilentz’s ‘Bob Dylan: Through the Open Window (1956-1963)’

THE READING ROOM: Sean Wilentz’s ‘Bob Dylan: Through the Open Window (1956-1963)’

THROUGH THE LENS: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026 at 25

THROUGH THE LENS: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026 at 25

FRESH TRACK

Acclaimed Western folk singer-songwriter Margo Cilker just released her highly anticipated third album Little White Cross via Fossil Records, a label she formed with fellow musician ISMAY. Cilker recorded the 10-track set in Lockhart, Texas with Bruce Robison, the writer/producer behind albums by Charley Crockett, Lee Ann Womack, George Strait, and The Chicks. "You could definitely call it a concept record," she said, "if that concept is that I got really sad and went to Texas.”

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FRESH TRACK: Margo Cilker - "State Line"

Acclaimed Western folk singer-songwriter Margo Cilker just released her highly anticipated third album Little White Cross via Fossil Records, a label she formed with fellow musician ISMAY. Cilker recorded the 10-track set in Lockhart, Texas with Bruce Robison, the writer/producer behind albums by Charley Crockett, Lee Ann

FRESH TRACK: Emily Scott Robinson - "Appalachia"

FRESH TRACK: Paula Boggs Band - "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round"