THROUGH THE LENS: Our Favorite Roots Music Photos of 2025

Out with the old, and in with the new. While the current events of the new year are things we'd probably all like to chuck out the window already (this seems to be an increasingly true statement as every year passes), in the queer country world there is

It may not be making national news, but we're talking about it: Nashville is not weathering Winter Storm Fern well. Tens of thousands of people are still without power or heat; trees are down and roads aren't cleared. This, of course, impacts the musical community, as

Reading Alice Gerrard’s inviting and candid Custom Made Woman: A Life in Traditional Music (North Carolina, December 2, 2025) is much like sitting down with her in her front room or on her porch and listening to her regale us with tales of her relationships ( the musicians she’s