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Song Premiere: Aaron Lee Tasjan Stays True to Himself
Ahead of his new album, Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, the eclectic Nashville showman shares “Not That Bad,” a glittering reflection on coping with self-doubt

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Lucero Says It’s Going to Be Okay
Hear “When You Found Me,” the title track from the Memphis band’s forthcoming album—and a favorite lullaby for lead singer Ben Nichols’s four-year-old daughter

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Album Premiere: Tanya Tucker’s Live from the Troubadour
The country pioneer follows up her Grammy-winning return with a new album that’s the next best thing to seeing her onstage

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Song Premiere: New Music from the Suffers
The Houston-based soul band returns with “Take Me to the Good Times,” a joyful ode to getting back on the road

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Song Premiere: New Music from Vincent Neil Emerson
Hear the Texas troubadour’s standout track “Road Runner” featuring tourmate Colter Wall

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Listen Now: Arlo McKinley’s “Walking Shoes”
Hear the forty-year-old songwriter’s first single from his solo debut on the late John Prine’s Oh Boy Records

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New Music from an Architect of Memphis Soul
Don Bryant was a top songwriter at Hi Records in the ’60s and ’70s. Now almost 80, he’s releasing some of his own songs for the first time

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Listen Now: Hailey Whitters, Nashville’s Next Big Star
The songwriter behind “Happy People” has plenty more hits up her sleeve—and her forthcoming album, The Dream, is ample proof

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New Music from Caleb Caudle
Listen to “Better Hurry Up,” the title track and debut single from the Winston-Salem songwriter’s newly announced album

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New Music from Kentucky’s Kelsey Waldon
Get to know the first artist signed to John Prine’s record label in fifteen years—and hear an exclusive stream of the Bluegrass State native’s new song

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An Ode to Topo Chico
In a new song from forthcoming album Texas Piano Man, singer-songwriter Robert Ellis crafts a rollicking tribute to his favorite fizzy beverage

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Revisiting Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe”
One Southern trailblazer covers another with Lucinda Williams’s recording of the 1968 classic—one of twelve songs on a new tribute to the elusive country star

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Five Questions with Lucero’s Ben Nichols
Plus: Hear “Long Way Back Home,” a new song from the Memphis band’s forthcoming album Among the Ghosts

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First Listen: New Music from the Turnpike Troubadours
Stream A Long Way From Your Heart, the latest album from the Oklahoma roots rockers

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First Listen: New Music From JD McPherson
Stream the entire new album Undivided Heart & Soul

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First Listen: Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers
Stream a new song from The Long Awaited Album, Martin’s forthcoming record with the award-winning bluegrass band

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First Listen: The Blind Boys of Alabama
The storied Grammy-winning gospel outfit returns with a new album

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Honoring a New Orleans Musical Legend
A new album pays tribute to the late Allen Toussaint

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First Listen: The Secret Sisters’ “Mississippi”
On You Don’t Own Me Anymore, a Muscle Shoals duo hits its stride

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Catching Up with Justin Townes Earle
The singer-songwriter talks Nashville, marriage, and his new album, Kids in the Street