The Best Americana has never been better with the quality of music, diversity of styles, and the artists’ demographics in terms of race and gender.
Country’s Ashley Monroe implies that lightning can strike twice, once as insight but also as a reminder of the spiritual world outside of oneself.
Travel back five years ago when the release calendar was rife with stellar albums. 2015 offered such an embarrassment of musical riches, that we selected 80 albums as best of the year.
As our 2018 list demonstrates, women continue to make some of today's most spectacular country music, regardless of what gets played on the radio.
Pistol Annies offer hope through their heartbrokenness and comfort through community on their third album, Interstate Gospel.
We chat with Dave Cobb, four-time Grammy award-winning Americana producer, about his production work at RCA's Studio A, the significance of musical teamwork, historical lineage, and the state of the music industry.
Ashley Monroe is one of the most critically acclaimed country artists working today, and with the release of her acclaimed new set Sparrow, talks Willie, weed, and borrowing Brandi Carlile's guitar for months on end.
Comparing Ashley Monroe to a sparrow would be like calling Ryan Gosling a goose or Hugh Jackman a jackdaw. It just doesn't fit.
