Brittney McKenna
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Produced by Brandi Carlile, the eponymous 11-song collection offers snapshots of Brandy Clark the person, not Brandy Clark the pen-for-hire.
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"We had basically farmed every nutrient we could out of the potential of this band's soil and we needed to let it rest," Sara Watkins says of the nine-year break between Nickel Creek albums.
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Carlile wrote her latest album during COVID-19 lockdown, fresh off having written a memoir. The record plumbs her past with humility, but even more so, celebrates the hard-won wisdom she's gained.
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Roots music has always had rule-breakers, but its shift this century toward genre-twisting innovation owes a lot to a 2000 album by three kids barely old enough to vote.
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East Nashville, where many artists and industry folks work and live, was hit particularly hard by the tornado that swept through the city in the early hours of Tuesday.
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The husband-and-wife duo's new album is an impressive feat of song craft from one of roots music's most exciting, unpredictable acts.
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Two and a half years ago, the British singer had a career-sparking moment at a music festival. Now, she's releasing her powerful debut with the help of producer Dan Auerbach.
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The Nashville-based songwriter uses her platform to share the untold stories of the city's homeless and formerly homeless population.
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Lucero, now 20 years strong, captures some of its raw live energy in a way the band hasn't done since its first handful of albums.
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On Lori McKenna's new album The Tree, the beloved writer further cements her status as one of our foremost documentarians of domesticity.