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NPR's Scott Detrow talks to NPR's Ann Powers and Marcus Dowling of The Tennessean about how two country songs sit atop the Billboard Hot 100, and the context for this moment.
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On the singer-songwriter's 16th studio album Stories From a Rock n Roll Heart, Williams is at her most emotionally uncompromising and astute.
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The folk musician became a nurse after settling in Nashville, but his first album since 1985 is now reinvigorating his music career.
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On the record's 11 songs of vividly detailed, windswept alt-country, Williamson's reeling from the aftermath of a breakup, driving on country highways and finding new love.
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A decade ago, Jason Isbell gave his career a second act by facing his own mistakes. Can he help his listeners do the same?
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Out of print, odd and obscure, Souled American's esoteric take on country music is now available digitally for the first time. We asked composer Sarah Hennies to pick a place to begin.
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In Luke Combs' unexpected cover of the Tracy Chapman classic, NPR's Stephen Thompson found hope for a world with fewer boundaries and binaries and roped-in genres.
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Singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis talks about working with producer Dave Cobb on her latest record, Joy'All.
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Side Pony's Alice Wallace and Caitlin Cannon perform songs from their debut record, Lucky Break.
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The musician from Tupelo, Mississippi performs songs from his latest album, Never Too Late to Call.