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Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Emmylou Harris, and More Sing Loving Tributes to John Prine

Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Emmylou Harris, and More Sing Loving Tributes to John Prine

Not to sound like Emily Dickinson or even Wednesday Addams over here, but life is impermanent. You’re alive and then, one day, you aren’t. What’s left is your legacy and the impact you had on others. You likely don’t need an explanation of John Prine’s

Tré Burt Gets Personal, Political, Poetic on ‘You, Yeah, You’

Tré Burt Gets Personal, Political, Poetic on ‘You, Yeah, You’

Tré Burt released his first LP, Caught It From the Rye, in January 2020. Inspired by Oh Boy labelmate and hero John Prine, it established Burt as a singer-songwriter with a bright future ahead of him. With You, Yeah, You, that future starts now. Over the course of 12 songs

On ‘Maybe We Never Die,’ Anderson East Takes His Sound in a New Direction

On ‘Maybe We Never Die,’ Anderson East Takes His Sound in a New Direction

Props to Anderson East. With his first two albums, Delilah and Encore, he carved out a niche for himself at the nexus point of late-’60s, Stax Records-indebted soul and introspective alt-country. Anchored by a malleable voice that can alternate between an authoritative rasp and tenderhearted croon, it’s an

Watchhouse Preserves Its Core While Embracing New Name and New Outlook

Watchhouse Preserves Its Core While Embracing New Name and New Outlook

What’s even in a name, anyways? For a decade, Emily Frantz and Andrew Marlin recorded and performed under the name Mandolin Orange. Under that moniker, the duo cultivated a successful career in the folk circuit for themselves and their very pretty songs about life and its hardships. But times

Rising Appalachia Captures Spontaneity on ‘The Lost Mystique of Being in the Know’

Rising Appalachia Captures Spontaneity on ‘The Lost Mystique of Being in the Know’

After the past few years, the unexpected has become something to dread. Something that wasn’t previously known or anticipated pops up and it’s cause for concern, not celebration. You can forget that sometimes, it’s a whole lotta fun to receive a surprise. Luckily, Rising Appalachia is here

Israel Nash Weaves Introspection with Wider World on ‘Topaz’

Israel Nash Weaves Introspection with Wider World on ‘Topaz’

Man, the new Israel Nash album is a corker. The backstory behind Topaz is fascinating: Nash built a Quonset hut recording studio a few hundred feet from his Texas home and spent most of last year holed up in it, writing, recording, and producing. Friends and collaborators (most notably, Adrian

‘A Real Kinship’: Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird Team Up for ‘These 13’

‘A Real Kinship’: Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird Team Up for ‘These 13’

Andrew Bird and Jimbo Mathus are more than two accomplished musicians that work well with each other. They’re friends, with a creative, open-minded chemistry built upon 25 years of mutual respect and a desire for continued artistic growth. It’s out of this relationship that These 13, their first-ever