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The 15 Best Country Albums of 2022

The 15 Best Country Albums of 2022

This year’s best country albums range from hard-country bands to traditional true-believers to indie-country renegades to pop-country superstars.

The 2021 Roots N Blues Festival Celebrated Women in Roots Music

The 2021 Roots N Blues Festival Celebrated Women in Roots Music

Fans reveled in the return of the 15-year-old Roots N Blues Festival and its celebration of roots music women amid a sun-drenched weekend in Missouri.

The 15 Best Americana Albums of 2017

The 15 Best Americana Albums of 2017

In Americana music the present is female. Two-thirds of our year-end list is comprised of albums by women. Here, then, are the women (and a few men) who represented the best in Americana in 2017.

Nikki Lane – “Jackpot” (Singles Going Steady)

Nikki Lane – “Jackpot” (Singles Going Steady)

What sets Nikki Lane apart from all the other chanteuses wandering the desert lately is how she revels in the grit.
Nikki Lane: All Or Nothin’

Nikki Lane: All Or Nothin’

Tough and yet tender, sexy and yet seductive, All of Nothin’ appeals to all of your good senses, and it is a wonderful testament of an artist who is very quickly coming into her own.