Ryan Adams (PAX AM, 2014) According to the publicity for Ryan Adams’ new self-titled record, the former bad boy is finally free from personal demons and...
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Tweedy (dBpm Records, 2014) Jeff Tweedy is a talented man: cofounder of the influential alt-country band Uncle Tupelo, leader of the critically acclaimed rock...
Joe Henry (Work Song, 2014) Joe Henry may always be thought of as the T Bone Burnett of his generation. After all, his career began when the legendary producer...
The Secret Sisters (Universal Republic Records, 2014) Nothing quite divides audiences like country music. Some love it. Some hate it. Even those who love...
Broken Bells (Columbia Records, 2014) In the 2004 dramedy Garden State, Natalie Portman’s character hands Zach Braff’s Andrew a pair of headphones...
Sam Baker (Self-released, 2013) Say Grace is a collection of rough-hewn jewels honoring the people Sam Baker calls “everyday heroes.” There is the flagman on...
Chuck Mead (Plowboy Records, 2014) Chuck Mead began his musical life as a punk rocker in his native Lawrence, Kansas; then he got the itch to play country and...
Damien Jurado (Secretly Canadian, 2014) Even if you’ve never heard Damien Jurado’s music before, you might know him by name. Since the ’90s...
Some of America’s best-known musicians have come from its least-known places. “I Never Loved a Man (The Way That I Love You)” by Aretha Franklin. “Land of...
Various Artists (Nonesuch, 2013) The songwriter is dead. Long live the songwriter. The Inside Llewyn Davis soundtrack comes from the 2013 film of the same name...
