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 […]
Cory Graves Alive and Thriving (photo by Jason Janik) Cory Graves has been part of the Dallas music scene for decades. He is most famously known for being a founding member of Vandoliers, oft-times seen swapping belly sweat on stage with bandmate and bow slinger Travis Curry. I recently received a telegram telling me that […]
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The Kennedys interview (photo by Ed Cornish) Maura and Pete Kennedy create music using delightful vocals and rustic, twangy sounds; and incorporating banjo, a twangy telecaster, harmonica, pedal steel, and 12-string guitar. The results are rootsy and easy to allow to wash over you and enjoy. We had a chance to talk with them about […]
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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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Ruthie Foster: The Long Road to Saying Yes For Ruthie Foster, the road to music began with a child’s stubborn curiosity: sitting close to the television, trying to convince her siblings that the Grammy Awards mattered. She watched singers like Janis Ian and Roberta Flack step into the light and sensed something larger than fame. […]
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King Corduroy—Nashville’s Cosmic Troubadour of Southern Soul Serendipity, truly, can lead to great discoveries! My first visit to Nashville occurred a few months ago when my wife and I accompanied a family member and his wife who had tickets to a Riley Greene concert. Our visit over a long weekend was limited to the sensory […]
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Surrender Hill interview (photo by Michael Rudd) Folk duo Surrender Hill hails from North Georgia, and has spent time in South Africa recently, which inspired their recently released album Wild Country, along with recent events both in the states and globally. Rich with complex songwriting, delightful harmonies, and instruments like mandolin, banjo, organ and guitar […]
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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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Norwegian-Americana: Maren Davidsen and the Long Road Back to Herself Before there was Tennessee, there was Stavanger. Before the highways, honky-tonks and imagined horizons of America, there was the Norwegian coastline—cold water, hard wind, immense mountains and a young girl searching for where she belonged. Maren Davidsen’s music exists in that distance between two worlds. […]
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We sat down for an exclusive interview with Logan Skloss, aka Logan Ryan of the Logan Ryan Band not long ago, where we had an opportunity to chat with him about his music and perspectives as a Texas native. Logan hails from Gonzales, Texas, a town known for being the starting place of the Texas […]
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