Music

Chris Stapleton has become country music’s most surprising new star—and has sent a shock wave through Nashville

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum curator Michael Gray shares five essential Sam Phillips–produced tracks

With a knack for authentic songwriting and a voice that will move you, the artist has exploded onto the national stage — and given an old sound a burst of new energy

The artist returns with an album steeped in the power of renewal

The musician plumbs a beautiful sadness on The Ghosts of Highway 20

Warren Zanes, the biographer behind Petty, selects a playlist of the musician’s lesser-known numbers

A Nashville singer-songwriter and antiques junkie shares her favorite inspiration point

Joe Bussard’s rare vintage 78s—all 15,000 of them—preserve the sounds of the South for future generations

The legendary musician taps his Texas roots for his first solo album in more than a decade

A look inside the Garden & Gun Artist Lounge & Portrait Studio at the 2015 Sloss Music & Arts Festival

Mark your calendar, Wildwood Revival features more than a dozen rock and roots musicians

Allman Brothers mainstay and guitar icon Warren Haynes explores new ground on Ashes and Dust

The songwriter’s new album soars

A book features more than 200 candid images of Elvis Presley

A modern take on country classics

The Alabama Shakes take a leap––and find themselves at the front of a musical rebirth

We asked several of our favorite musicians for albums every music-loving Southerner ought to know

Making music the old-fashioned way — on the porch

This Oklahoman channels the hip-shaking fifties and more on his sophomore release

A Florida kid from a conservative family, twenty-five-year-old Benjamin Booker may seem an unlikely candidate to lead a new wave of blues-influenced musicians. Until he gets onstage, where it’s plain to see his talent is off the charts