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You Gotta Hear This: New Music From Carson Peters, Jessie Wilson, and More

It’s another full week of new releases and exciting premieres! Leading off our round up this time is young fiddlin’ phenom Carson Peters singing a Bob Seger classic, “Long Twin Silver Line.” Plus, don’t miss bluegrass...
By: BGS Staff
Video Premiere

WATCH: Meadow Mountain, “June Nights” (SkyTheory Sessions)

Artist: Meadow Mountain Hometown: Denver, Colorado Song: “June Nights” Release Date: April 30, 2024 (single) (Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks, Colorado-based bluegrass band Meadow Mountain will premiere a series of four exclusive, live performance videos of newly releasing trac...
Song Premiere

WATCH: Donovan Woods, “Back For The Funeral”

Artist: Donovan Woods Hometown: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Song: “Back For The Funeral” Album: Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now Release Date: July 12, 2024 Label: End Times Music In Their Words: “‘Back For The Funeral’ is a story that a lot of us end up experien...
Music

LISTEN: The Lonesome Ace Stringband, “May Day” (with The Andrew Collins Trio)

Artist: The Lonesome Ace Stringband with The Andrew Collins Trio Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Song: “May Day” Release Date: May 1, 2024 In Their Words: “Andrew and I wrote this tune together about 20 years ago. It was the first of May and we spent it in the sun, picking fi...
BGS Bytes

BGS Bytes: Your Roots Music Social Media Round-Up

Welcome to the second edition of BGS Bytes! From up and coming artists on TikTok to conversations the biggest artists are having online, we’re here to round up any important things happening online in roots music — so you can save your thumbs a few scrolls! In no particular order, let’...
Mixtape

MIXTAPE: Carley Arrowood’s Colorful, Vibrant Bluegrass

Music is so colorful, whether the lyrics have actual color words, carry a deeper meaning, are just stylistically vibrant, or paint a mental picture without using words at all. Music is meant to reach down and touch your soul in all kinds of ways, evoking special emotions and calling to mind famil...
Out Now

Out Now: Joh Chase

This week, we’re excited to feature Joh Chase in Out Now. Joh is an artist from Seattle, Washington now rooted in Los Angeles, California. They’ve spent the past two decades developing their craft as a songwriter and performer and they’ve opened for artists like Noah Gunderson and David Bazan. Jo...
Premieres

You Gotta Hear This: New Music From AJ Lee & Blue Summit, New Dangerfield, and More

Are you excited for new music Friday? With our slate of premieres this week, we certainly are! AJ Lee & Blue Summit bring us the first track from their just-announced album, City of Glass (coming in July), old-time, folk, and Americana supergroup New Dangerfield have released their very first...
Song Premiere

LISTEN: The Jacob Jolliff Band, “Los Angeles County Breakdown”

Artist: The Jacob Jolliff Band Hometown: New York City, New York Song: “Los Angeles County Breakdown” Album: Instrumentals, Vol. 2: Mandolin Mysteries Release Date: May 24, 2024 Label: AdhyĂąropa Records In Their Words: “‘Los Angeles County Breakdown’ is the first tun...
Lists

Saddle Up and Get to Know the Artists Behind ‘Cowboy Carter’

On March 29, Beyoncé rode sidesaddle onto the world stage and took us all by storm with the release of her eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter. Cowboy Carter arrived as the second installment of a three-act project that commenced with Renaissance in 2022. Renaissance incorporated house, disco, hyp...
Cover Story

Katie Pruitt on ‘Mantras’ and Letting Go of Control

Knowing how 2020 and the years that followed would unfold, the dynamism of Katie Pruitt‘s debut record is even more awe-inspiring. Expectations introduced the Nashville-via-Georgia singer-songwriter alongside her deepest aches and most intimate struggles as an openly queer individual raised...
Mixtape

MIXTAPE: JigJam’s Irish Bluegrass

We all grew up in rural Ireland in small communities in the midlands around County Offaly and County Tipperary. From a young age we were brought up with traditional Irish music, learning the tunes and playing in local sessions. Bluegrass was never a part of our musical upbringing, however, little...
Music

You Gotta Hear This: New Music From Malena Cadiz, the Barefoot Movement, and More

You’ve reached the end of the week and we’ve got your soundtrack to take you into your weekend! This Friday, we’re showcasing premieres from indie folk singer-songwriter Malena Cadiz, from our old friends the Barefoot Movement, and Steven Keene gives a Woody Guthrie classic a ne...
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