Angela Easterling photo by Sandlin Gaither Angela Easterling on The Personal and Historical Resonance Behind Songs From The Knoxville Project South Carolina-based singer/songwriter Angela Easterling has spent several years thinking about a very big project, one with the potential to be a musical stage play, that relates to her own family history in the Carolinas […]
Amy Speace photo by Stacie Huckeba Amy Speace on Weaving Together Poetry and Music For ‘The Cardinals’ And “Days Of Letting Go” Singer/songwriter and poet Amy Speace is releasing a collection of poems called The Cardinals on September 1st, 2026, along with an accompanying single, “Days of Letting Go,” out September 4th, 2026. Both will […]
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The Arcadian Wild photos by Shelby Mick Isaac Horn of The Arcadian Wild on The Risks and Rewards Behind Make It Out Alive Nashville-based Indie Folk trio The Arcadian Wild just released their new album, Make It Out Alive, on August 15th, 2026, and are following it with US tour dates this Fall. Building on […]
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Eric Conn Celebrates 25 Years of Nashville’s Independent Mastering Eric Conn is the Grammy-nominated mastering engineer and founder of Nashville-based studio Independent Mastering. This year, Independent Mastering celebrates 25 years, a major milestone, and in that time, Conn has worked with Garth Brooks, Neil Young, Joan Osborne, John Prine, Skid Row, Willie Nelson, JJ Cale, […]
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Todd Mack on Personal Songwriting and Working With Another Producer on ‘I’m Gonna Love You No Matter What’ Todd Mack is a singer/songwriter, producer, and founder of a non-profit called Music in Common. Previously, he’s played in different musical configurations, and run his own studio, but these days most of his time is taken up […]
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Scott Sean White Excavates New Truths From Life For Days Are Long Singer/songwriter Scott Sean White released his third studio album in June, titled Days Are Long, and it’s an album that really ups the ante sonically, and delves even deeper, emotionally. Working again with Dave Brainard as producer, White continues to explore a variety […]
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Billy Ray Cyrus photo by Derrek Kupish Billy Ray Cyrus on Family, Collaboration, and ‘The Hill’ Billy Ray Cyrus is releasing his new solo album, The Hill, on June 16th, 2026, and has a number of live dates in the USA coming up. The album, which is his first solo collection in 14 years, marks […]
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Scottie Miller photo by Layne Kennedy Scottie Miller Builds a Song Cycle With Hello Pain Backed By The Budapest Scoring Orchestra Singer/songwriter and pianist Scottie Miller released his new solo album, Hello Pain, on May 29th, 2026, having just come back from Australia where he was touring as Ruthie Foster’s keyboardist. While Miller loves to […]
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Anya Hinkle of Tanasi on Forging Their Sound and Challenging Herself as a Guitarist The Asheville, North Carolina-based Worldgrass trio Tanasi released their debut self-titled album in early May, the product of many years of friendship and shared professional experiences that galvanized into a new project. Made up of Billy Cardine on dobro and slide […]
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Sam Bergquist Grounded Himself in Nature and The Senses For Devils & Doves Boston-based singer/songwriter, Sam Bergquist, released his new full-length album, Devils & Doves, this Spring, bringing in a wider sweep of musical interests than we’ve seen from him in the past, and also a broad range of topics drawn from life in his […]
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