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When your whole life revolves around travel and gigging, and that world suddenly stops revolving, what happens? Melissa Carper faced that question in 2020, fresh off the release of her acclaimed Daddy’s Country Gold (ND review). Carper is a joyous nomad, having spent her entire adult life exploring the

The world record that Neil Young sings about on his so-named 42nd studio album isn’t one that anyone’s likely going to want to lay claim to or take credit for. Climate change, dirty water, air the color of charcoal, soil that won’t sustain life, and the

From the very first guitar notes of Ruthie Foster’s exuberantly joyous new album, Healing Time, to the quietly meditative, almost melancholic, final strains, we’re lifted up, exalted, transformed. Foster’s capacious vocals soar into the stratosphere at one moment and descend slowly and tenderly into warm, delicate tones

Plays well with others. If Billy Strings still got a report card, that box would not only be checked but starred, bolded, underlined, and crammed with exclamation marks. The youthful stringpuller, who just turned 30 last month, has already racked up an eclectic resume packed with collaborations with artists as

There are a million things that could get in the way of finishing an album, and the courage it takes to do so cannot be overstated. When Caitlin Rose’s first new album in nearly a decade was derailed in early 2020 for obvious reasons, it could have been taken