Jewly Hight
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There really was no precedent for Maybelle Carter, who learned to play from her own mother and spent much of her life teaching her children — as well as generations of country stars that followed.
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In the '90s, Brooks & Dunn helped to broaden country music's audience with its embrace of a wide range of sounds and on-stage spectacle. 25 years later, their influence is everywhere in Nashville.
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The country legend's new album returns to some of her commercial roots, telling stories of domestic betrayal in grand yet thoroughly grounded fashion.
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Auerbach breaks down working with new artists and seasoned session players through his label imprint, Easy Eye Sound.
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On her bustling third album, the former Carolina Chocolate Drops member maps her vision of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora while gently taking Anglocentricism (and capitalism) down a notch.
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The Berklee-educated trio of Isa Burke, Eleanor Buckland and Mali Obomsawin deftly mine the particulars of their individual lives into a rousing, modernist adaptation of Americana music.
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The new music that's come out of Nashville in recent months is an embarrassment of riches.
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The blues artist expands her Americana sensibilities — and doubles down on her real-talking spirit — with Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Mary Gauthier and Rhiannon Giddens.
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At age 67, Rodney Crowell has become the literarily inclined elder statesman of the Americana scene. His new album, Acoustic Classics, is a look back at the songs of his career's many seasons.
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Sugarland's first album in eight years sees the country duo not only mount a comeback but address social crises in a grounded, unpretentious way.