Nancy Posey

With Old Cane Back Rocker, his first full-length studio album since 2016, Darrell Scott and the Darrell Scott String Band showcase what happens when talented vocalists, instrumentalists, and songwriters capitalize on the dynamics they can create together. The first track, “Kentucky Morning,” opens with a few notes of “My Old

Listening to Phoebe Hunt’s newest project, Nothing Else Matters, conjures up a host of adjectives — ethereal, plaintive, haunting, tender. After years performing as a part of The Belleville Outfit and then fronting The Gatherers, Hunt has created an album that is completely stripped down to the essentials: herself and

With Tim O’Brien’s expansive career, one would expect few remaining firsts, but Cup of Sugar marks his first album of all original songs, either written or co-written by the award-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist. The album presents a variety of perspectives from bear to fish, from grave digger to

When considering world music as a genre, one can forget that American music is part of the world. Béla Fleck, known for his prowess on the banjo, has never allowed his music to be hemmed in. While he has received acclaim in the bluegrass world, from his days with the

The Infamous Stringdusters know how to keep moving forward while looking back at the legends that paved the way. Their 2018 album, Laws of Gravity, earned a Best Bluegrass Album Grammy in the first-ever tie in the category with Rhonda Vincent, and they went on garner nominations in the category

Midway through Ruston Kelly’s latest album, The Weakness, the song “Michael Keaton,” feels on the surface like a bit of comic relief, especially right after “Let Only Love Remain,” one of the most tender and candid tracks on the project. The catchy chorus has all the potential to be