The Whitmore Sisters Get Together and Sing ‘Ghost Stories’
Our lives are full of Ghost Stories, and the Whitmore Sisters’ “blood harmonies” are the spirits that express the deep connections we share with each other.
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Lord Nelson’s ‘Transmission’ Reveals the Power and Beauty of Rock Played at a Loud Volumes
Lord Nelson’s bark may not be worse than their bite—their bark is their bite. They alert you to the power and glory of loud rock ‘n’ roll.
Taylor Swift Re-Immortalizes Classic ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’
Red (Taylor’s Version) is both an Intellectual Property strategy tool, and a prolepsis of the status that the 2012 album will uphold in the future.
Sierra Ferrell Plots Her Next Music Moves on Road to Destiny
West Virginia’s Sierra Ferrell has found a temporary home in Nashville as an artist who makes old-timey country sound new, but she isn’t ready to stop there.
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The 10 Best Country Albums of 2021
Our 10 Best Country Albums of 2021 reveal artists of every stripe producing some of the most satisfying country music we’ve heard in years.
Claudia Hoyser Doesn’t Stop When the ‘Red Light’s Turning Green’
Claudia Hoyser has a honey-thick country music voice and affects a bad girl persona, or more precisely, the kind of girl attracted to a bad boy.
Victoria Bailey Offers Her Take on Randy Newman’s “Rider in the Rain” (premiere)
Country artist Victoria Bailey takes the reins as “Rider in the Rain” through her interpretation of the Randy Newman tune.
John Hiatt’s Random and Open Artistic Journey
John Hiatt is a legendary songwriter, a dynamic performer, and an inspiration. Michael Elliott’s biography, Have a Little Faith, carries the legend well.
Willie Nelson Reunites the Relatives for ‘The Willie Nelson Family’
Fans will likely love the warmth and charm of The Willie Nelson Family, but the album isn’t quite essential amid such a deep catalog.
Country’s Jon Randall Reminds Us Who He Is with New Self-Titled LP
Jon Randall might be a car record, but, if so, it’s not one for the sunshine and windows down, but one for long, dusty drives under the stars.
Natalie Hemby Puts Her Fans on ‘Pins and Needles’
Natalie Hemby’s Pins and Needles arrives like a mid-career release from an artist fully confident of her direction. It has the force of time behind it.