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Mandolinist Joe K. Walsh on Building 'Trust and Love'On April 4, Joe K. Walsh released his latest album, Trust and Love. The project is an utterly gorgeous take on minimalism within music. It combines a unique instrumentation of Joe (on the mandolin family instruments), Rich Hinman (guitar, lap steel, pedal steel), Zachariah Hickman (bass), Dave Brophy (drums and…

Marlon Williams' 'Te Whare Tīwekaweka' Is a Homecoming Like Never BeforeWhen he was in his early twenties, Marlon Williams watched a series of major earthquakes flatten Ōtautahi/Christchurch, the largest city in Te Waipounamu (the South Island of New Zealand). In the wake of that tragedy, the Māori New Zealand artist ascended onto the national and later international stage as a…

Six of the Best Alison Krauss CoversAlison Krauss has been recording and releasing music with her band, Union Station, for longer than she’s been able to legally drink or vote. Along the way, she’s been a key influence in the lives and careers of countless other musicians, many of whom have recorded and performed covers of…

MIXTAPE: Tony Kamel's "We're All Gonna Live" PlaylistLife is weird. In the words of Dan Reeder, “What the fuck is that about?” Everyone tells me I seem mellow and laid back – and I am. That said, if anyone were to take one step into my head, they’d be bombarded with a maelstrom of wonderings about death,…

MIXTAPE: Michigan Rattlers' Rebirth of Spring Playlist

Folk Trio the Wildwoods' New Album is a Love Letter to Nebraska

Palmyra Shakes Off Anxieties With Oh Boy Records Debut, ‘Restless’

MIXTAPE: Will Holshouser on the Accordion in Country, Bluegrass, and Roots Music

FeaturesApr 15, 2025

GC 5+5: Rebecca Lynn Howard

Artist: Rebecca Lynn Howard Hometown: Salyersville, Kentucky Latest Album: I’m Not Who You Think I Am (out May 2, 2025) Personal Nicknames (or rejected band names): My family and friends call me Aunt B What has been the best advice you’ve received in your career so far? The best advice I’ve ever received is to tell…

FeaturesApr 8, 2025

BGS 5+5: Sterling Drake

Artist: Sterling Drake Hometown: Philipsburg, Montana Latest Album: The Shape I'm In (out May 2, 2025 via Calusa Music/Missing Piece Records) Personal Nicknames (or rejected band names): “Sterl Haggard” If you had to write a mission statement for your career, what would it be? Roots country and folk music have a way of bringing people…

FeaturesApr 4, 2025

The Lil Smokies' Matthew "Rev" Reiger on Slowing Down for Their New Album, 'Break Of The Tide'

They may be called The Lil Smokies, but the bluegrass bangers birthed by the band originating from Big Sky country are anything but small. Formed in the late 2000s when the group's current sole remaining original member, Andy Dunnigan, began bringing his Dobro to picking parties during his college days in Missoula, Montana, the Smokies…

FeaturesApr 2, 2025

Artist of the Month: Alison Krauss & Union Station

After 14 years, one of the biggest and most well-known bluegrass bands in the history of the music, Alison Krauss & Union Station, have returned with a brand new studio album, Arcadia. Released on March 28 to the delight of bluegrass and AKUS fans the world over, the collection doesn't merely pick up where the group…

FeaturesApr 1, 2025

"I Once Was Lost, But I'm Pretty Found Lately" – Olivia Ellen Lloyd Finds Herself Again

In the wake of several viral country songs released in 2023 – most notably the ill-conceived pair of Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” and Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” – renowned author and country journalist David Cantwell penned an essay for TIME magazine with an absolutely stunning (while quite simple)…