Stacy Chandler

“Why write a song, why create such a thing / When you could just speak what you’re trying to sing?” The War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter poses that question in a rap in the bridge to “The Song About Songs,” the opening track to The Bright Siders’ new album,

EDITOR’S NOTE: “The New Normal” is an occasional series of stories that look into how the coronavirus has affected artists, listeners, and the music business. Find other stories in the series here. The door to the House of Songs first opened when its founder, Troy Campbell, was in the

The new year has rung in with good tidings of a new project from Loretta Lynn. Still Woman Enough, coming out March 19, is a studio album celebrating women in country music, according to a news release from Legacy Recordings. Across 13 tracks, she reimagines some of her own iconic

The International Bluegrass Music Association announced on its social media channels Saturday that iconic bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice passed away on Christmas Day at his home in Reidsville, North Carolina. He was 69 years old. "Sometime during Christmas morning while making his coffee, our dear friend and guitar hero

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Jerry Jeff Walker, one of the most colorful figures in roots music and an inspiration to a whole generation of storyteller/songwriters who came after him, died Friday at the age of 78. A family member who confirmed the news to Pitchfork said the cause was complications from cancer. Walker