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Matt Hendrickson

Matt Hendrickson has been a contributing editor for Garden & Gun since 2008. A former staff writer at Rolling Stone, he’s also written for Fast Company and the New York Times and currently moonlights as a content producer for Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service in Athens, Ohio.

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The North Florida blues rocker on his first album in nearly a decade, Olustee, his new tour, and why music is a lot like surfing

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Our Kind of Place

Locals drop the needle at a cozy hangout in Florence

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The Georgia band embraces the magic of spontaneity on Be Right Here

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Remembering the late juke joint owner Red Paden and a soul-shaking visit to his Clarksdale beacon for blues lovers

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The multitalented Texas native shows her rock-and-roll side on the forthcoming Polaroid Lovers

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The Tennessee native continues his fiery ascent on Reflector

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Listen to the new Magic Music for Family Folk from the North Mississippi Allstar, featuring his favorite Southern songs and a host of standout guests

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Catching up with lead singer Eric Burton as the powerhouse duo releases its dynamite sophomore album, Chronicles of a Diamond

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Listen to the track from the South Carolina native’s new album, Carolyn’s Boy, dedicated to his mother

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Listen to “I Wanna Be with You,” from Colter’s forthcoming Edge of Forever

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Catching up with TJ Osborne on the standout country duo’s self-titled fourth album and newfound sense of freedom

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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The scion of songwriting royalty steps into the spotlight with his debut album, This Far South

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Listen to “A Friend of Mine” off the forthcoming Altitude, and hear from the Country Music Hall of Famer about his first new album in six years

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The genre-bending Oklahoma native follows his own path on his most expansive album yet