Music

The Nashville-by-way-of-Canada singer and multi-instrumentalist celebrates healing and female artistry on The Returner

It’s been a long road for the Arkansas songwriter, and with The Devil
I Know, she proves she’s just getting started

Get a first listen of the song from Nelson’s forthcoming album, Bluegrass

The artists play two songs, including “Promises,” from their latest album, Second Nature. Recorded at the High Water Festival in North Charleston, South Carolina

Forty years after the release of Around the Bend, now available in a newly remastered version, onetime University of Georgia student John T. Edge on that other Athens band that set the tone for college rock

The Floyd, Virginia, native gets real about her past on her sophomore album, Psychopath

The Florida-born guitarist and songwriter plays four tracks from his debut album, Wild & Precious Life, among them “Stare at the Sun,” which was influenced by the fearless guitar playing of his father, Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers. Guitarist Johnny Stachela accompanies Betts

Listen to the track from the rising blues artist’s forthcoming sophomore album, The Fatalist

Musicians reflect on the album that blasted out of little Doraville, Georgia, in 1973

Listen to a sampler and see photos from Playing for the Man at the Door, a stunning collection of field recordings from a blues fanatic

The singer-songwriter performs three songs, including two from her 2021 album, History of a Feeling. Recorded at the High Water Festival in North Charleston, South Carolina

Four members of the music collective—Julie Williams, Jett Holden, Roberta Lea, and Tylar Bryant—perform songs. Recorded at the High Water Music Festival in North Charleston, South Carolina

The North Carolina-born singer conjures female heroes on her first solo album in six years

Listen to the track from the Grammy-winning bluegrass band’s forthcoming album, Morning Shift

Wilder Woods, the stage name of South Carolina–born Bear Rinehart, performs three songs, including “Maestro (Tears Don’t Lie),” from his latest album, Fever Sky. Recorded at the High Water Festival in North Charleston, South Carolina

Listen to “I’m Free,” from the eighty-nine-year-old legend’s new album, All My Love for You

The hauntingly beautiful collaboration traces the legendary life of Willie Nelson’s sister—and shows the world that women are changing country’s sound for the better

The Western Kentucky native plays three songs, including the Hank Williams–inspired “Solitaire.” Recorded at the High Water Festival in North Charleston, South Carolina

Get to know Bully, Wednesday, and more rising Southern bands making a joyful noise

The singer-songwriter performs four songs, including two from his forthcoming debut album, This Far South: the title track and “By the Way,” a tribute to his late father, John Prine