Good Taste and Short Songs: Teddy Thompson on Influence, Restraint, and Never Be The Same Teddy Thompson doesn’t talk about influence so much as drift—what finds its way in early, what stays, and what quietly shapes a life without ever announcing itself. On his new album Never Be The Same, Thompson returns to original material […]
Emerald Butler “You’ve Got Nothing Over Me” Fiddle player and songwriter Emerald Butler has played with She’s got an upcoming EP Emerald Butler Sun Studio Sessions, set for release later this year, which was produced by Emerald, engineered by Lydia Fletcher with assistance by Dane Giordano, and mixed and mastered by Dan Lewis. A song […]
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Bay Simpson Rising I first met Bay Simpson in Muscle Shoals in 2021 at Wishbone Studios when I was producing a track with Damon Johnson of Brother Cane/Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Bay was hanging out at the studio. It’s always fun hanging around Wishbone because Billy Lawson has an “open door” policy and you never know […]
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Todd Albright photo by Agnes Fischer Todd Albright on Recording Blues for Dexter Linwood and Launching Misfortune Records On April 17th, 2026, country blues artist Todd Albright, known for his 12-string guitar work, will be releasing the album Blues for Dexter Linwood via his own newly launched label, Misfortune Records. The album was produced by […]
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Jenn Grinels “Always on the Run” (photo by Rebecca Boyd) Jenn Grinels has a new album coming out later this year with some Western influences and beautiful West Coast imagery, Western Heart. Ahead of the album’s release, Jenn has just released a new song “Always on the Run” with thoughtful lines: “Cobblestones and empty streets, […]
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Ben Brandt interview New Jersey raised, Nashville settled musician and songwriter Ben Brandt has thought a lot about the sense of balance and poise that’s so necessary, and yet so elusive, in modern society. He explores these themes both musically and lyrically, balancing between 70’s rock, blues rock and prog rock, in his new album […]
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Ellen Froese photo by Landon Johnson Ellen Froese: Songs from the Prairie Edge There is a long stretch of road in Canada where the land seems to empty itself of everything but distance. Gas stations thin out, forests close in, and the horizon feels less like a destination than a state of mind. It was […]
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Cary Morin Pocket Of Time Doubles Down on The 70s and Brings Production Home Indigenous, Colorado-based artist Cary Morin previously released a Western-inspired album, Innocent Allies (2023) and now has followed it with the album Pocket of Time, which draws inspiration both from a sense of the past and from a locale. For the new […]
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From Busker to Believer: The Hard-Earned Songs of Slaid Cleaves Slaid Cleaves lives in Wimberley now, tucked into the folds of the Texas Hill Country, playing closer to home, keeping the circle small. The road that once stretched from Maine to Cork to Austin has narrowed. The songs, though, are still wide open There was […]
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Luke Winslow-King is a charismatic and engaging Americana guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer, hailing from Cadillac, Michigan, and currently residing in Spain. His ninth album, Coast of Light, a musically expansive and brilliant collection of songs for him that should broaden his audience, will be released on March 27th. Recently, Luke spoke with us about […]
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