Stacy Chandler

Toward the end of Lyle Lovett’s new album, 12th of June, comes “Are We Dancing,” a lushly orchestrated tune that evokes young lovers sweeping across a ballroom floor in a Golden Age movie. It’s romantic and grand, sounding like something out of the Great American Songbook. But it’

EDITOR’S NOTE: As MerleFest gets rolling this week in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, we thought we’d share part of this story from our Spring 2022 “General Admission” journal about its history and why it’s so important to the performers who come back year after year. To read the

Western North Carolina-based modern bluegrassers Steep Canyon Rangers announced today that singer, guitarist, and songwriter Woody Platt is leaving the band after 23 years. The moves comes from a desire to step away from touring and stay closer to home, according to a press release from the band’s label,

Last summer, singer-songwriter and Dustbowl Revival alum Liz Beebe spent a few days on the Green River, floating and paddling her way from just below Flaming Gorge Dam in Utah to Echo Park in Colorado. She wasn’t alone. Accompanying her was a creative team from Sustain Music & Nature