The Best Americana has never been better with the quality of music, diversity of styles, and the artists’ demographics in terms of race and gender.
The 2025 Newport Folk Festival had so many superb artists to catch, old favorites, rising musicians, and surprise collaborations. Here are a few highlights.
Like all of the best folk music, S.G. Goodman’s songs plumb emotional depths. They also have teeth and they’re not afraid to stick a beating on the world.
Americana artist S.G. Goodman addresses all the complications of romantic love alongside critiques of our economic system in her heartfelt new LP, Teeth Marks.
The best new artists are pushing boundaries as popular music becomes less genre-focused. New artists are forging new identities, rather than occupying the convenient marketing categories of the past.
Folk rocker S.G. Goodman discusses changing hearts and minds in the rural American South, all while releasing her debut album in the middle of a global pandemic. Goodman is a rising artist to watch.
