Yearly Archives: 2026

You only need to look at the comments in a social media post promoting Lee Brice’s new song “Country Nowadays” to see that not everyone embraced it. Continue reading…

The Infamous Stringdusters 20/20 Grammy Award-winning jam-grass quintet The Infamous Stringdusters, who got together 20 years ago, releases their new album, 20/20, twenty songs for twenty years. Banjoist Chris Pandolfi shares, “We’ve been around for 20 years, and I feel like we’re putting more into our music — both writing and the live shows — […]

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Matt Smith – ….this is not OK This is Matt’s 20th album, a personal & socially conscious project. The music is rootsy, soulful, & has threads of folk, jazz & rock. First listen, the vocal delicacy is similar to Garland Jeffreys. The themes of Austin’s Matt Smith explore love, loss & the current state of […]

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The Anthology of American Folk Music, produced by Harry Smith and released in 1952, is a stunningly comprehensive document that compiled folk, country, and blues tracks recorded between 1926 and 1933. Including Mississippi John Hurt, Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers, The Carter Family, and Reverend Sister Nelson, among many

This year’s Grammy awards, which took place in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 1, 2026, were an opportune time to highlight some of roots music’s finest music and musicians.

On Friday, January 30 at the Roxy Theatre, Dwight Yoakam headlined the first Rockin’ For The

Patton Magee of The Nude Party talks about the benefit of staying busy and recalls what happened when the police showed up at the band’s first gig.

It’s a gift to have yet another new album—his most recent was 2023’s ‘Ridin’,’ which earned a 2024 Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album—from the prolific Eric Bibb. His new one, ‘One Mississippi,’ illustrates his musical range as he moves from acoustic blues to folk to soul and to jazz.

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He’s been doing it for over 12 years. Continue reading…

Amy Earnhardt recalls a hilarious late-2000s moment involving Jessica Simpson, a NASCAR bus, and why she suddenly felt very protective of her man. Continue reading…

The comedy icon made her final public appearance in September 2025. Continue reading…