It’s been a decade since Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg became musical and life partners, melding her background in musical theater and singer-songwriter music together with his blues, jazz, and banjo-picking roots. Now, with a new double album, Beacons, their band Nefesh Mountain dives deep into the myriad ways music can serve as a light…

The traditional path of a musician's career would say that gaining a record label's approval reflects a certain level of accomplishment and stature. That's a good thing, right? It can be, but what makes for the right fit to a musician's career – whether with a label or as an independent artist – largely depends…

One day, as a favor for a friend who was building a recording studio, Rose Cousins wandered through a piano showroom. She had no intention of buying anything for herself, but then she came upon a 1967 Baldwin baby grand. She asked the salesperson about it and was told it already had a buyer. She…

Artist: Rose Betts Hometown: London, United Kingdom Latest Album: There Is No Ship (released March 7) What has been the best advice you’ve received in your career so far? When I lived in London, my parents would often come to my shows. Right before I’d go on, my mother would say, "Tell me a story." It…

Most people know Patterson Hood as the frontman (really one of two frontmen) for the long-running rock band Drive-By Truckers. Had they come up in the 1970s instead of the ‘90s, the Truckers would have been mentioned in the same breath as bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band. Led by Hood and…