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Back Porch Session: Cha Wa
The Grammy-nominated Mardi Gras Indian band performs a rousing four-song set. Recorded at Riverfront Revival in North Charleston, South Carolina

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Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country
The Tennessee native continues his fiery ascent on Reflector

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Back Porch Session: Wilderado
Max Rainer of Wilderado performs four songs, including “Morning Light,” which is included on the band’s new album, Wilderado Live. Recorded at Riverfront Revival in North Charleston, South Carolina

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Album Premiere: Luther Dickinson’s Ode to Friends and Family
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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Song Premiere: Zach Russell’s “Take Me Back to Tennessee”
A fresh face on the roots-country scene, the East Tennessee troubadour pines for home on his new single—and its accompanying video shows us why

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In the Studio with Vincent Neil Emerson and Shooter Jennings
The Grammy-winning producer Jennings helps Emerson tap into his rock-and-roll spirit on his new album, The Golden Crystal Kingdom

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Back Porch Session: Illiterate Light
The rock duo from Harrisonburg, Virginia, performs four songs at the G&G offices, including “Heaven Bends” from their latest album, Sunburned

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Back Porch Session: Woody Platt and Shannon Whitworth
The North Carolina-based husband-and-wife duo of Woody Platt and Shannon Whitworth perform four songs in the G&G offices, including the new tracks “Flow” and “Baby Get Back”

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Austin’s Black Pumas Return
Catching up with lead singer Eric Burton as the powerhouse duo releases its dynamite sophomore album, Chronicles of a Diamond

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A Surprisingly Popular Album of Frog Noises Comes Bellowing Back
Plus more special sounds as Smithsonian Folkways Recordings marks seventy-five years

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Song Premiere: Darius Rucker’s “Never Been Over”
Listen to the track from the South Carolina native’s new album, Carolyn’s Boy, dedicated to his mother

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Song Premiere: Listen to Southall’s “All I Have”
Formerly the Read Southall Band, Oklahoma’s Southall pushes the boundaries of its Red Dirt sound on a new self-titled album

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In the Spotlight: Boy Named Banjo
The up-and-coming Nashville band sharpens its sound on its major-label debut album, Dusk, out this month

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Song Premiere: New Music from Original Country Outlaw Jessi Colter
Listen to “I Wanna Be with You,” from Colter’s forthcoming Edge of Forever

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

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John Prine in His Own Words
Novelist Silas House chats with the author of the new book Prine on Prine, which collects decades’ worth of interviews with the beloved songwriter

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Allison Russell Returns with a Glorious Ode to Joy
The Nashville-by-way-of-Canada singer and multi-instrumentalist celebrates healing and female artistry on The Returner

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Ashley McBryde’s Hard-Won Truth
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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Exclusive Premiere: Willie Nelson Takes on Bluegrass with a New Version of the Classic “Good Hearted Woman”
Get a first listen of the song from Nelson’s forthcoming album, Bluegrass

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