On 'Laysongs,' Chris Thile Explores Community and Communion
When the world went into lockdown in spring 2020, Chris Thile’s radio show, Live From Here, which he had hosted for four years, was canceled, his touring stopped, and he was both relieved and terrified of the prospects of having so much time.
He had been thinking about making
The Jayhawks' Gary Louris Does It All on 'Jump For Joy'
It’s been 13 years since Gary Louris released his debut solo record, Vagabonds, but that’s not to say the guy’s been dormant since then — quite the opposite, actually. He released One Armed Candy Bear with his side project, Au Pair, in 2015, and he’s remained faithful
Tristen Offers Pop Tunes and Sensitive Insights on 'Aquatic Flowers'
Aquatic Flowers, the fifth album from Nashville-based Tristen Gaspadarek, aka Tristen, spotlights the singer-songwriter’s proficient lyricism, mellifluous voice, and gift for crafting pop-inflected melodies, a further honing of the palette used on previous releases, including 2017’s enchanting Sneaker Waves.
The album launches with “Complex,” Andy Spore’s tasteful
BONUS TRACKS: Honoring What John Prine and Levon Helm Gave Us, and Celebrating LGBTQ+ Music and History
The family of the late, great John Prine has announced a weeklong series of concerts and events in his honor this fall. You Got Gold: Celebrating the Life & Songs of John Prine will take place at multiple locations in Nashville Oct. 3-10, wrapping up on what would have been
THE READING ROOM: Artists Reflect on Mickey Newbury’s Songwriting and Career
“Mickey Newbury simply sang with soul ablaze. After all, the long-time Nashville-based singer, a criminally overlooked artist during his lifetime but his generation’s most successful songwriter, owned an otherworldly tenor demanding fire from deepest depths.”
So writes Brian T. Atkinson in his captivating new oral history, Looks Like Rain:
Shannon McNally Tunes into an Outlaw Frequency for ‘The Waylon Sessions’
For Shannon McNally, it was one thing to think about making her next album a Waylon Jennings tribute, but another thing entirely to actually move forward with the plan. Few figures in the history of country music loom larger than that of the outlaw country legend who died in 2002.