Kris Delmhorst: “Horses in the Sky”
Grief is a beast. Whether it’s losing a life, a love, a dream, or anything else, the associated emotional trauma must be reckoned with on its own terms and timeline. … Read More
The Prison Music Project: Long Time Gone
Americans love to puff up and pound our chests about the U.S. being the greatest country in the world, never mind that our rankings on things like education, health care, … Read More
Jake Blount: “Beyond this Wall”
In a world in which the ruling class’s grasp on power is always tenuous, the erasure of marginalized identities and histories is very real. We can currently see it happening … Read More
Indigo Girls: Look Long
If the butterfly effect hadn’t already made it perfectly clear that everyone in the world is connected, the coronavirus pandemic certainly has. Geography and circumstances vary wildly, to be sure, … Read More
Jason Isbell: Reunions
In any kind of art, there are pieces created to appeal to the masses and there are pieces created to capture a moment. The former are often done on a … Read More
Gretchen Peters: The Night You Wrote That Song
No matter the artist on either side of the equation, covering songs is some tricky arithmetic. Everyone and their cousin stepping into (and on) John Prine songs for the past … Read More
Sarah Siskind: Modern Appalachia
As with every person, every place has an energy that evolves and evokes its essence. The Romans called it genius loci — the protective, pervading spirit of a place. Each … Read More
Christian Sedelmyer: “Deacon Waltz”
There’s a Rolling Stone article currently making the rounds about how the music industry only wants upbeat songs right now. It’s such an American notion ― obsession, even ― to … Read More