Daily Archives: October 18, 2026

One whole year of “Choosin’ Texas.” Ella Langley scored a massive hit, to put it mildly, with her single “Choosin’ Texas” this year, which Launching off the success of her Riley Green collaboration, “you look like you love me” throughout 2024 and 2025, as well as other hits such as “weren’t for the wind,” the Alabama native has become nothing short of a phenomenon thanks to the megahit that is “Choosin’ Texas,” and, in turn, she has captured the hearts […]

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In a lengthy note that accompanies Rooming House, his poignant 20th album, roots musician Charlie Parr talks about the struggles of people who can’t afford to see a doctor and who say things like “at least it’s warmer in jail.” Adds the singer: “The safety net is laughable. A net with holes large enough to […]

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Zach Bryan has just released a new 8-song EP called Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs. And to promote the EP, he’s released a two-hour interview with Matthew McConaughey, taped at Zach’s new house and property.

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Bo, a talented high school football quarterback, will take some time away from the field as he recovers from his injury. Continue reading…

The strongest connection between Margo Cilker and Nanci Griffith is their attention to people whose lives rarely become the subject of a song. Work brings their characters together; circumstances test how long those connections last. On Little White Cross, Cilker approaches that tradition with a particularly sobering view of American life. Griffith’s The Last of the True Believers offers a useful predecessor, showing how country arrangements and closely observed stories can give ordinary lives lasting significance.

Josh Orange The Fire and The Call Josh Orange is a modern roots rock band that hails from Sydney, Australia and makes emotionally resonant modern Americana styled music, while also employing ambience, keys and delays to create a dreamlike context of inner thoughts and dialogue and then  trades that off for soaring electronic expansive rock. […]

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