Artists

Catching up with the country singer-songwriter on her decades-long career, Texas roots, and new album The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone

The rising Nashville star mines the bruising truth of her past for refreshingly real-life lyrics—songs that recall the best of what country music can be

Those closest to him reflect on the making of the late legend’s final album—and on his final days

Catching up with Seth Avett about the new film May It Last

Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer join forces for an album born of the bonds of sisterhood

The roots musician heads South in support of his most soulful album yet

Jason Isbell isn’t your typical country star or your typical anything else, for that matter. But on his own terms, he has quietly been leading a Nashville revolution

The Oklahoma songwriter finds a little light on Big Bad Luv

Chuck Berry may be gone, but his influence lives on in a new album—and in the hearts of his admirers

Up close and personal with some of our favorite musicians

The singer-songwriter talks Nashville, marriage, and his new album, Kids in the Street

The country icon takes a surprising detour on his new album

The twenty-seven-time Grammy winner returns with an ode to the voices of country’s past

One of the original country outlaws returns with a new album and a new autobiography

Willie, Loretta, and nearly a dozen other artists will pay tribute to Merle Haggard in a special concert this April

Looking back on the lost interview where a Southern rock classic found its name

Chris Thile brings his new version of A Prairie Home Companion to the place that first inspired the show—the Ryman

The Tennessee native’s deep roots yield rich fruit on The Order of Time

From outstanding female newcomers to a railroad ode to a Blue Ridge fest filled with surprises, a look back at the best of 2016