Listen to my favorite tracks off each album on my Spotify playlist! Updated weekly with all the best new country, Americana, and whatever else I feel like — this is music like your life depends on it. Nick Gusman and…
Vakili Band luxriate in the swirl and exuberance of New York’s rock’n’roll heyday. Going to one of their shows is not unlike a time portal, especially at Heaven Can Wait on the Lower East Side. The quintet capture the magic…
There’s a reason Will Mosely got as far as he did in American Idol. The season 22 runner-up has a big voice that’s perfect for country music, and his new song “Everything But Me” shows he’s got the sense of…
Roberta Lea is one of those rare songwriters where each spin gives her music new resonance. Lea is a storyteller first and foremost, and her songs are mature — stories of the day-to-day work that goes into maintaining a marriage…
Ghost Hounds pack a hefty punch with their epic sound. Fronted by SAVNT and featuing the talents of guitarists Tyler Chiarelli and Thomas Tull, fiddler Kristin Weber, bassist Bennett Miller, and drummer Sydney Driver, the band churns out propulsive arena-ready…
Listen to my favorite tracks off each album on my Spotify playlist! Updated weekly with all the best new country, Americana, and whatever else I feel like — this is music like your life depends on it. Ella Salter —…
Rodeo clowns bring levity to the drama and muscle of cattle and man — a titanic struggle that can be a metaphor for just about anything. With his rodeo days behind him, Sloppy Scales sets his sights on political satire,…
Mary Bue feels deeply, and the latest singles from her upcoming album The Wildness of Living and Dying captivate listeners with their intensity and emotional purity. These songs aren’t just acts of self-expression: they achieve the rare feat of becoming…