The 10 Best Albums of 2024
Well, I know that we’re almost a 12th finished with 2025 (the sooner the better, I say.) But I wanted to make sure I honored some of the best albums of this past year before we plunge headlong into whatever…
INTERVIEW? Anna Rose Shares Resonant “Let’s Be Together”
As I wrote on Rainbow Rodeo yesterday, I got a little too unplugged leading up to, during, and after the holidays and, to be honest, this interview fell off my plate! But I wanted to feature this Sleigh the Holidays…
Katie Schecter Enters The New Year With Swaggering “Pay It No Mind”
There’s going to be plenty of stuff to stress about over the next four years, but Katie Schecter has a message: “Pay It No Mind.” Raised in New York and now based in Nashville, Schecter has crafted a timeless sound…
PREMIERE: Aud Whitson Explores Layers of Grief on “Feeling It”
Less became a whole lot more as Aud Whitson began creating the emotive folk on her debut EP, A House That Can’t Get Quieter (out February 7.). The singer-songwriter relied on just a few tools to record the four gripping…
PREMIERE: Sara Jean Stevens Has a “Fourteen Carat Mind”
Sara Jean Stevens reflects on a love lost on her rollicking cover of Gene Watson’s “Fourteen Carat Mind.” It’s a lighter moment from he rupcoming sophomore EP, Lovesick. Out February 14, the four layered tracks bring hints of country, folk,…
The Best Americana of January 3, 2025: Sloppy Scales, Carsie Blanton, and More!
Listen to my favorite tracks off each album on my Spotify and Tidal playlists! Updated weekly with all the best new country, Americana, and whatever else I feel like — this is music like your life depends on it. Sloppy…
WATCH THIS: A Lonely Ever More Nest Contemplates: “Where Do Holidays Go?”
New Orleans stalwart Ever More Nest (Kelcy Wilburn/Kelcy Mae) has given us the crying country Christmas EP you didn’t know you needed with Merry Little Thing. The two original songs, “Where Do Holidays Go?” and “Back in the Doghouse on…
being anne Sings Entire EP On thank you for ruining my summer
Hamburg’s being anne keeps it short and sweet — and wants you to focus on her music. Her latest EP thank you for ruining my summer is to the point, a vulnerable collection of acoustic songs. being anne didn’t settle…