Stacy Chandler

Singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell certainly doesn’t need help putting together an album, but for his new project, The Chicago Sessions, he enlisted Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy as producer, co-writer on one of the songs, instrumentalist throughout the album, and a good hang in a special place. The album, out May

There’s something about The Milk Carton Kids’ music that shoots straight at the heart, cutting through the noise with a simple beauty that makes clear what really matters. The Grammy-nominated duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan announced a new album of gorgeous songs today. I Only See the

When a keen-eyed songwriter like Iris DeMent looks out upon this modern world, it’s hard to see past all the ugliness. But even in so harsh a landscape, DeMent can spot hope on the horizon. That hope is what has kept DeMent moving forward these last few hard years,

The roots music world is marking what would have been guitar hero Doc Watson’s 100th birthday this year with a tribute album filled with loving renditions of some of his best known songs. I Am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson At 100, coming April 28 on FLi Records/Budde Music,

While Ben Folds has been busy with a wide array of musical projects in the past decade or so, it’s been a while since we’ve heard him tap back into his singer-songwriter side — but that wait is about to be over. For What Matters Most, his first studio