April 8, 2016
Haggard, who died April 6, was singularly rebellious and rootless, and his songs are a graduate course in everything timeless and true about music, says the Drive-By Truckers singer.
April 6, 2016
Outlaw, "Okie from Muskogee", poet of working class values and a fixture in country music for 50 years, Merle Haggard died Wednesday, April 6, his 79th birthday.
March 4, 2016
With more than 50 albums behind her — and her latest, Full Circle, out now — Lynn has some advice for persevering: "Girls, listen," she says. "You gotta be tough."
November 16, 2015
On Ain't We Brothers, Sam Gleaves makes same-sex relationships a central part of the story of the rural south.
August 3, 2015
At her first headlining shows in Nashville in a dozen years, Parton turned the Ryman Auditorium into the Church of Dolly.
June 26, 2015
Kacey Musgraves performed a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR Music on the same day the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage. So she couldn't possibly pass up the chance to play "Follow Your Arrow."
January 13, 2015
Kepi Ghoulie of the very famous punk band the Groovie Ghoulies goes country in his latest solo album.
December 31, 2014
After more than a decade offstage raising his daughters, the singer is touring. "It's like nothing is being held back," he says. "You get to eat mashed potatoes with both hands instead of one."
December 12, 2014 | Melody Stone
After spending 30 years touring and making music, Sacramento punk rocker, Kepi Ghoulie released an Americana album.
October 13, 2014
On her solo debut, the Kentucky-born songwriter and member of the country trio Pistol Annies relishes storytelling. Not all the stories are true, but every one comes from real life.
