For the past eight or so years I’ve been making this joke that we (the music industry) should “Give women Americana.” As in, if we gave the entire genre -- and bluegrass and country and old-time and folk, for that matter -- to women and femmes and non-men, I wouldn’t so much miss the men…

While putting the finishing touches on my new record, At First There Was Nothing, I found myself living beside the tracks of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in southwestern Colorado. Widely considered one of the most scenic train trips on the continent, the jaw-dropping route stretches 45 miles through pristine wilderness, along impossibly…

Artist: Dan Knobler (Producer, Engineer, Mixer) Hometown: New York, New York Latest Album: Friends Play My Son's Favorite Songs, Vol. 1 Which artist or producer has influenced you the most ... and how? Artist: There are a million I could cite for different reasons -- Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Ray Charles, Lucinda Williams, Blake Mills,…

Working your way through a hard time is pretty much impossible without the relief that comes from listening to music. In the last four years, I’ve focused a large amount of my listening on songs that talk about the hard stuff, just so I can feel better about my own. Coming out; divorce; difficult family…

Back when cowboys were king, ranchers used to have to make regular pilgrimages across long, winding trails to sell their cattle at stockyards and make their living. One such trail, known as the "Goodnight-Loving Trail," extended all the way from central Texas to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and has been immortalized many times over in movies and…