Chris Stapleton Displays His Brand of Genius on ‘Higher’
Chris Stapleton’s Higher is required listening for fans of high-quality, contemporary country. He’s gifted with the most gorgeous male voice in country today.
Chris Stapleton’s Higher is required listening for fans of high-quality, contemporary country. He’s gifted with the most gorgeous male voice in country today.
Country’s Vincent Neil Emerson writes songs about hard times without being bitter. Life experiences have shown his protagonists that things can be tough.
Margo Price’s Strays II is the most significant swing she’s taken yet at expanding her sound as she strays from the country playbook more than ever.
There is no genre with as rich a history of songs about many forms of death–by natural causes, murder, suicide, war, accidents, and so on–than country.
Keep Walkin’ looks to expand on the legend of Nancy Sinatra because so much of her musical legacy is tied up in her mythology as a celebrity or an image.
Margo Cilker serves as a stand-in for all of us, which is why she can get her audiences to sing with her in concert and enjoy Valley of Heart’s Delight‘s details.
Tele Novella are more Brian Wilson than Hank Williams on Poet’s Tooth, a pop band with compositional sophistication waiting to get out of their Austin city limits.
Irish country pop artist CMAT’s Crazymad, for Me is a portrait of how we rationalize our behavior as a way of coping rather than a therapeutic dream.
Paying homage to outlaw country titan Doug Sahm, Jay Farrar of Son Volt reminisces about his friendship with Sahm and how his influence radiates to this day.
The “interviews and encounters” in Prine on Prine reveal John Prine’s care for others, and his self-deprecation and nonchalance about his accomplished career.
Southern Star succeeds because country’s Brent Cobb is more interested in telling a story and having a good time than pontificating.
Willie Nelson’s Bluegrass marks a time to relax, enjoy what we have, and settle in with something nice and easy, and it’s none the worse for knowing what it is.