Much like the songs on his latest album Pathways, the sounds swirling around Canadian singer-songwriter Julian Taylor on our recent phone call for BGS were also filled with curiosity, emotion, and the subtle, intrinsic tones of a modern world unfolding. Walking the streets of his native Toronto, the introspective depths of Taylor’s voice and pure…

We're excited to kick off October with a mighty New Music Friday and our first edition of You Gotta Hear This for the month. You've simply gotta check out new music videos from folks like Darin & Brooke Aldridge (who pay tribute to Byron Berline with a track featuring Vince Gill), Buffalo Wabs & the…

No one on earth plays the guitar like Yasmin Williams. When the BGS team was first introduced to her music – back a few years now, in 2017 or 2018, during our annual programming for our Shout & Shine diversity showcase – it was an objectively jaw-dropping discovery. We've covered many singular musicians, instrumentalists, and…

Artist: Reckless Kelly Hometown: Austin, Texas Latest Album: The Last Frontier (Editor's Note: Answers supplied by Willy Braun.) What's your favorite memory from being on stage? My favorite memory of being on stage is usually the last song at the Braun Brothers Reunion. We always close with a Bob Dylan song, “You Ain’t Going Nowhere.”…

Welcome to my dinner party. It's a potluck, of course, and because I can't cook so well, I picked up a few cases of Miller High Life. Maybe a couple bottles of chilled red: delicious! Someone cooked an orzo salad, someone else made Ina Garten's Engagement Chicken, maybe some tomato/mozz/basil type of dish – I…