ALBUM REVIEW: Lissie Handles Her Heartbreak on ‘Carving Canyons’
The inspiration behind Lissie’s fifth album, Carving Canyons, was a double whammy: a break-up during the pandemic. Lissie was “broken open,” to borrow the words she sings on the title track, and she spent time grieving, healing, and strengthening her relationships with friends. In response to this personal
THE READING ROOM: How Buddy Emmons’ Steel Guitar Changed Country Music
Every now and then, the author of a book is a perfect match for the subject, and that’s the case as innovative producer and pedal steel guitarist Steve Fishell provides a biography of and loving tribute to a true pioneer on the instrument, Buddy Emmons, in Buddy Emmons: Steel
A Homecoming at the 2022 Americana Awards + Full Winners List + Red Carpet Photos
The 21st Annual Americana Honors and Awards Wednesday night had the feeling of a homecoming.
“It’s family,” remarked Milk Carton Kids’ Kenneth Pattengale as the duo opened the event as hosts. “It’s like Thanksgiving dinner. All the people you want to see, all the people you don’t
ALBUM REVIEW: Jimmy Hall Lights a Fire on ‘Ready Now’
Jimmy Hall always sounds like he's about to bust wide open, the music bottled up in him struggling so hard to get out that he can barely contain it. It's like he's in church worshiping a rock-and-roll god, raising all kinds of
ALBUM REVIEW: Amy Ray Tells an American Story, Unvarnished, on ‘If It All Goes South’
There’s nothing quite like watching people do the thing they’ve spent a lifetime training to do: Winning Wimbledon, dancing lead in Giselle, breaking a 1,000-year-old Viking weightlifting record, cooking dinner in 8 minutes and 37 seconds. Listening to If It All Goes South, the latest
ALBUM REVIEW: Rhett Miller Stars as ‘The Misfit,’ Adrift in Mesmerizing Dream World
Centuries from now, archaeologists will have a lot to sort through when they unearth the oeuvre of Texas-born Rhett Miller. As leader of the formidable alt-country band Old 97’s over the last three decades, he’s been at the forefront of a dozen studio albums that have