Waylon Payne Mines Nashville’s Contradictions, Yet Honors Outlaw Roots on New Album ‘Wayward’
Waylon Payne who embodies both the “new” and “classic” versions of Music City, and of country music songwriting. He’s an openly gay man from Texas who’s never without his tiny chihuahua named Petey — the Demi Moore of Nashville.
FRESH TRACK: JP Harris - "Hang Me"
JP Harris shares his take on the upbeat old-time Appalachian tune, "Hang Me," a ubiquitous late-night classic at fiddler’s conventions and rowdy old-time jams. His version was produced by, and features, Chance McCoy (Old Crow Medicine Show) on fiddle and harmony.
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BONUS TRACKS: James Felice's New Solo Album, Dolly Parton Day and More Roots Music News
James Felice (of The Felice Brothers) has announced his sophomore solo album, Homeward Blue, will be released on Nov. 13 via Conor Oberst's Million Stars Records. The follow-up to 2025's The Little Ones was produced by Bright Eyes' Nate Walcott. Felice has dropped the
ALBUM REVIEW: Hermanos Gutiérrez Trace Their Roots on 'Los Ojos Del Cóndor'
There is a quiet, deliberate magic to the way the Gutiérrez brothers craft music. On Los Ojos Del Cóndor, the Ecuadorian-Swiss duo of Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez (Hermanos Gutiérrez) offer another mesmerizing exercise in instrumental storytelling, trading the sun-baked, wide-open canyons of the American West for the