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Wisdom & Poetry
Rodney Crowell has stopped the interview. Midsentence. The normally thoughtful Texan has been discussing Close Ties, his 18th album, and when he emphatically picks up, … more
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The ‘Garage Country’ World of Aubrie Sellers
“If you’re not pushing buttons, you’re just making something pleasant; it’s probably been done before, and it’s not making people feel anything.” So says … more
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Robyn Hitchcock
"I’m sort of surprised there aren’t more of me around,” Robyn Hitchcock muses, stirring an iced coffee at Bongo East on a blistering Nashville afternoon, … more
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Hard Working Americans
"I’ve never really taken care of my voice,” Todd Snider offers, half charcoal rasp, half turpentine and sand paper vigor, into the microphone at Audio … more
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Venus in Exile
My assistant called me,” the haute hillbilly diva/songwriter says. “She said, ‘What is going on? I heard two women in line at the Belcourt talking … more
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Unbound & Unabashed
The scruffy kid at the bar, hunched over a plate of eggs, is easy to miss. A funky hat, an oversized coat, a limp T-shirt, … more
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Keep A-Movin’
In 2007, Dorothy Gilmore-Seavers came to a crossroads in her life. She was 47 years old, the mother of two children, and successful in her … more
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Beyond Faith
It’s 7:30 on another Monday morning. But with the Americana Music Association Awards three days away, most practitioners of the grayest genre in the … more
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Sarah Potenza
Back fat. Sarah Potenza talks about back fat. A lot. It keeps coming up when the 35-year old soul/roots vocalist speaks in that voice … more
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Character Construction
I think in the ’60s and ’70s, the session musicians were so much stronger and outspoken in the way they played,” Spencer Cullum, Jr. … more