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Roots Culture Redefined
FeaturesMar 11, 2025

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…

FeaturesMar 4, 2025

Rose Cousins is nothing if not intentional. With her new album Conditions of Love – Vol 1 (out March 14), Cousins demonstrates a controlled discipline as she considers the most unruly of our emotions. The JUNO award-winning artist is a student of love, from the sweet certainty of “One Love” from her 2016 album If…

FeaturesMar 4, 2025

Artist: Amy Irving Hometown: San Francisco, California Latest Album: Always Will Be (out April 25, 2025) What has been the best advice you’ve received in your career so far? I’ve been an actor all my life. I began on this new path, making music with the band GOOLIS, a few years back. And I’ve been learning so…

FeaturesMar 3, 2025

(Editor's Note: No Skips is a brand new feature from BGS that asks artists, songwriters, musicians, and industry professionals what albums they regard as perfect, with every track a masterpiece – i.e., No Skips! For the first edition of the column, songwriter-artist-musician Adam Wright highlights Mark Knopfler's seminal album, Shangri-La, as we look ahead to Wright's…

FeaturesFeb 28, 2025

To celebrate Black History Month – and the vital contributions of Black, Afro-, and African American artists and musicians to American roots music – BGS, Good Country, and our friends at Real Roots Radio in Southwestern Ohio have partnered once again. This time, we’ve brought you weekly collections of a variety of Black roots musicians who have…