The 10 Best Country Albums of 2019
This was a major year for country music. With Lil Nas X, the world saw the shift. But others are helping to move country from near homogeneity to a diverse pastiche.
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Willie Nelson’s ‘Ride Me Back Home’ Is His Latest Career High
Willie Nelson's Ride Me Back Home continues a hot streak of recent records that are every bit as good as anything he's recorded. And, yes, that includes Red-Headed Stranger and Stardust.
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band Dramatically Traverse the American Landscape of the Mind
Terry Allen's musical compositions suggest that the Southwestern desert landscape is made up equally of wavering guitar lines, a broken television set, mad women, pounding drums, Indian chants, buzzing insects, and of course rodents and birds of all variety.
Willie Nelson and Phil Lesh Lead an Outlaw Music Festival of Resistance at the Hollywood Bowl
Outlaw Music Festival shows that America's musicians remain one our nation's best cultural weapons against the ever cunning forces of avarice and tyranny.
Margo Price + The National Reserve: Governors Ball After Dark
A late night set of Americana at Brooklyn Bowl featuring Margo Price and the National Reserve followed the second full day of Governors Ball.
Willie Nelson Doesn’t Want to Be the ‘Last Man Standing’, or Maybe He Does
From Last Man Standing, it seems Willie Nelson has lost his faith in people and feels pretty alone these days.
Margo Price and Suzanne Santo: Honky-Tonk Women Take Good with the Badassery on Tour
What happens when two accomplished singer-songwriters with deep roots cred take different paths during their 2018 road trips that include hot (and cold) stops in Colorado?
Chris Stapleton: From A Room, Vol. 2
It's Chris Stapleton's grasp on the constant joys in life despite the troubles that makes his music essential and enduring.
Alex Williams: Better Than Myself
Alex Williams joins the ever-increasing ranks of country music outsiders making country music the way it used to be made with his promising debut for Big Machine.
Willie Nelson: Teatro: The Complete Sessions (review)
Remastered and re-released as Teatro: The Complete Sessions, Willie Nelson's late '90s resurgence is lovingly presented in both sound and vision, providing a holistic experience that is essential for any Nelson fan.
Margo Price: All American Made
All-American Made improves and solidifies Margo Price's place as one of the most talented country artists around today with vividly personal story-telling, a little old-school spunk, and insightful social and political awareness to boot.
Supersuckers: Holdin’ the Bag
Supersuckers' impenetrable wall of defiance and desperation remains as rock solid as ever.