Ashley McBryde Opened Her Fifth Album With a Rattlesnake Preacher
Ashley McBryde performing. The first voice on Wild belongs to a snake handler. “Rattlesnake Preacher” opens Ashley McBryde’s fifth album on a bluegrass figure...
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Ward Davis Put Two Songs He Did Not Write on His Most Personal Album
Ward Davis performing. The most personal record Ward Davis has made ends its argument with a song he did not write. Here I Am,...
Bonnie Prince Billy Made His Thirty-First Album With Seven Other Singers
Will Oldham performing as Bonnie “Prince” Billy in 2009. The credits for We Are Together Again list seven singers besides Will Oldham. They also...
Sierra Ferrell Booked a Year of Touring Without a New Album to Sell
Sierra Ferrell performing at MerleFest in 2021. The usual reason to book a year of touring is that there is a record to sell....
Lil’ Ed Made His First Album in Ten Years With the Same Three Men
Lil’ Ed Williams and the Blues Imperials at the Ottawa Bluesfest in 2008. Ten years is a long gap between albums for a working...
Keb’ Mo’ Answered a Hard Year With One Guitar and a Gospel Choir
Keb’ Mo’ performing with a resonator guitar. Thirty years into a career built on warm, band-backed records, Keb’ Mo’ has made the album with...
Buddy Guy Won a Ninth Grammy for an Album He Made at Eighty-Nine
Buddy Guy performing live. Buddy Guy released Ain’t Done With the Blues on his eighty-ninth birthday and spent the following February collecting a Grammy...
Punch Brothers Made a Whole Album Without Chris Thile Singing
Punch Brothers performing at Bumbershoot in 2015, before Brittany Haas joined the band. Chris Thile has one of the most recognisable voices in American...
Pieta Brown Made Her Ninth Album With Two Bon Iver Alumni
Pieta Brown performing with Bo Ramsey. The two people who produced Dreamin’ Of with Pieta Brown are better known for a different kind of...
The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys Named an Album After Their Two New Members
The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys performing at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 2023. Most bands name an album after a song on it. The Po’...
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