Combining two of the purest voices in rock and bluegrass may seem like an unlikely match, but with T Bone Burnett at the...

Six years post-Semisonic and a year after working on The Dixie Chicks' latest Grammy winner, Minnesotan songwriter Dan...

Loved in and out of jam band circles, ALO (a.k.a. Animal Liberation Orchestra) keeps the free-form vibe flowing, but made...

Nerissa and Katryna Nields made their name being in a band, but folk songs inspired their life in music. Now the sisters...

After projects with Mary Gauthier, Loudon Wainwright III, and Bettye LaVette (among others), Joe Henry returns to solo work...

After seven years together, Canadian band Stars shows its veteran status with the carefully constructed 'In Our Bedroom...

[Editor's note: Robert Gordon passed away on October 18, 2022, at the age of 75.]

Elvis Presley's "Hillbilly Cat" days...

It's happy 40th birthday to Gillian Welch today, and so we look back to her June 2007 visit with Rita Houston at Bonnaroo...

Since writing poetry as a teenager and making his first foray into songs on 1970's 'Small Talk at 125th & Lenox,' Gil Scott...

Combine the country-rock roots of Emmylou Harris and the innovative production style of Daniel Lanois, and the result is the...

Jose Gonzalez earned a lot of buzz last year with the U.S. release of his debut album 'Veneer,' and now the Swede is ready...

The Waterboys are back in fine form on the new album 'Book of Lightning,' combining sweeping, romantic arrangements and a...

Jimmy Webb kept writing when the heyday of professional songwriting ended in the mid 60s, and added landmark tunes like...

Britain's Natasha Khan hopes to liven all of the senses with her musical project Bat For Lashes, and seems to have stirred...

Update: Hugh Masekala passed away on January 23, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 78. It was an honor to...

Songwriter Jesca Hoop has caught a lot of ears (including those of Tom Waits) with her eclectic, challenging, and catchy...