Where Something About the Sun Came From, and Why Noel Herrity Writes Characters
A Dublin Songwriter Whose Lyrics Come First and Whose Subjects Are Real People The recording is titled Something about the Sun, and the description...
Country Folk
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....
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...
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...
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’...
Billy Strings Hired T Bone Burnett and Called In His Heroes
Billy Strings was raised on Doc Watson, Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Earl Scruggs and Del McCoury records, handed to him by his stepfather. Del...
Maybe Magic by Ryan Sweezey and a Decade of Unfinished Songs: The Long Version 
Where Deep Blue Sea Came From: Kadi Beth and a Mayday Call Over Dark Water 
Backyard Getaway by Emily Fraser, a Pop-Country Escape: The Long Version 
Why New Orleans Blues Rock Survived the Move to Switzerland on Rising by Jeb Rault