
ALBUM REVIEW: Charley Crockett Offers Keen Observations on ‘$10 Cowboy’
Albums such as Welcome to Hard Times, Music City USA, and his last release, The Man from Waco, highlight Charley Crockett’s unique meld of the tragic, the wistful, and the satirical. With his 13th album, $10 Cowboy, he offers his most fully realized set. Occurring as a cross between

FRESH TRACK: Sue Foley – 'Nothing in Rambling'
Three-time Blues Foundation Traditional Female Artist award winner Sue Foley’s new album, One Guitar Woman, is a heartfelt tribute to the female pioneers of the guitar — including Memphis Minnie, Lydia Mendoza, Maybelle Carter, Ida Presti, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The album showcases the dexterity of Foley’s acoustic nylon

THROUGH THE LENS: Best Bets for MerleFest 2024
Ninety-seven artists are scheduled to perform across 12 stages at this year's MerleFest, held April 25-28 on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The 17 artists highlighted below are, with a couple notable exceptions, ones that regular MerleFest-goers may not be that familiar with.

FOUNDERS’ KEEPERS: Ann Savoy, Zoe Boekbinder, Jason Ringenberg, and More
Sometimes — this morning — one is given to suspect that we are little more than aggregations of the stories we tell about ourselves and each other, stories that haunt and inform and seek temporarily to connect or distance us.
Those are the best songs, in any event, the true stories, even

No Depression Sessions at Folk Alliance International 2024: Bruce Sudano
Join us as Bruce Sudano delivers his stellar No Depression Session in the AEA Ribbon Mics room at Folk Alliance International 2024 in Kansas City. Accompanied by lead guitarist Randy Ray Mitchell, Sudano's set draws two songs from his latest album, Talkin' Ugly Truth, Tellin' Pretty

BONUS TRACKS: Frank Turner’s 15 Shows in 24 Hours, Remembering Dickey Betts and Ben Eldridge, and More
Every now and then, a touring artist finds themselves with an exceptionally busy day — an early show and a late show, say, or multiple slots at a festival. But folk-punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner has really overscheduled himself — on purpose! Starting midday on May 4, one day after the release of