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Features from your favorite artists! Including interviews, essays, long-form, short-form, and more.

Hell Is Naked With Mean Mary James

Hell Is Naked With Mean Mary James

I’ve just watched footage of Mean Mary James as a six-year-old singing “Long Tall Texan” live on the Country Boy Eddie TV Show back in ‘86. Wide brimmed hat, guitar larger than her torso, a drawl and a charm and a stage presence buoyed by a fascinating mix of

Jerry Rubin: From Yippie to Yuppie

Jerry Rubin: From Yippie to Yuppie

LSD: (L)ucinda Williams, (S)teve Earle, (D)wight Yoakam in Nashville

LSD: (L)ucinda Williams, (S)teve Earle, (D)wight Yoakam in Nashville

The Poetry of Democracy: Rosa Parks, Jesse Jackson, and Aretha Franklin

The Poetry of Democracy: Rosa Parks, Jesse Jackson, and Aretha Franklin

Is Classic Rock Dead?

Is Classic Rock Dead?

Rhett Miller on How to Do Magic: Songwriting Made Simple

Rhett Miller on How to Do Magic: Songwriting Made Simple

Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss Thrill Fans in Washington

Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss Thrill Fans in Washington