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The 20 Best Americana Albums of 2024

The 20 Best Americana Albums of 2024

Americana has never been better with the quality of music, diversity of styles, and the artists’ demographics in terms of race, gender, and wealth.

The 15 Best Folk Albums of 2023

The 15 Best Folk Albums of 2023

The best folk albums of the year are an eclectic lot brought to us by long-time notables, indie greats, and artists taking folk music in new directions.

Joy Oladokun Offers Healing Hymns For Fraught Times in ‘Proof of Life’

Joy Oladokun Offers Healing Hymns For Fraught Times in ‘Proof of Life’

Joy Oladokun’s Proof of Life attempts to connect with others struggling, hanging in, and moving forward, an invitation traversing musical genres in its call.

Best New Songs: Emeli Sandé, Robert Glasper, Pillow Queens, Yard Act

Best New Songs: Emeli Sandé, Robert Glasper, Pillow Queens, Yard Act

The PM Picks playlist spotlights the best new songs across the varied genres we cover. This week features Emeli Sandé, Robert Glasper, Pillow Queens, and more.

The 15 Best Folk Albums of 2021

The 15 Best Folk Albums of 2021

These 15 folk albums are the year’s best because they represent folk music’s expanding roots while best serving a unifying, underlying hope.

Joy Oladokun’s “bad blood” Is Mesmerizing, Meditative, Healing Pop (premiere)

Joy Oladokun’s “bad blood” Is Mesmerizing, Meditative, Healing Pop (premiere)

Joy Oladokun uses various roots music influences on her serene and memorable new tune, "bad blood", a song that she describes as "an apology".