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

Ya Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band

Ya Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band

There's a song by country-rock band Alabama with the lyric, “If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.” But I find that governing clause a little too narrow. In almost any genre of music, that most cranky and difficult of

Tony Poole (Starry Eyed and Laughing) on the Byrds and More

Tony Poole (Starry Eyed and Laughing) on the Byrds and More

Ryan Adams and the Infamous Stringdusters featuring Nicki Bluhm at Telluride Bluegrass

Ryan Adams and the Infamous Stringdusters featuring Nicki Bluhm at Telluride Bluegrass

Vince Gill's Down to His Last Bad Habit

Vince Gill's Down to His Last Bad Habit

The Nelsonville Music Festival, or the Ohio Serenade of the Cicadas

The Nelsonville Music Festival, or the Ohio Serenade of the Cicadas

Gary Louris on "Paging Mr. Proust" and His Favorite Shows

Gary Louris on "Paging Mr. Proust" and His Favorite Shows

Guy Clark: My Favorite Memory of Him

Guy Clark: My Favorite Memory of Him