country
Beats & Treats: Jon Pardi’s California Sunrise as a Boot-Stompin’ Cookie Recipe
Nimai Larson’s (Prince Rama) Classy Cowboy Cookies are worth spending your whole paycheck on.
Terry Allen’s Juarez is an Ode to the Road that this Musician Finds Unnervingly Accurate
Haley Fohr (Circuit des Yeux) finds the parallels between touring and Allen’s classic concept album.
M.C. Taylor Remembers His Songwriting Hero, Guy Clark
The Hiss Golden Messenger frontman never met Clark, but he knows exactly what he would have told the legend.
Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) Talks a Playlist of Songs from Her Ten Favorite Albums of 2015
This playlist includes both driving tunes and music for two-year-olds to dance to.
Nimai Larson (Prince Rama) Talks Tim McGraw’s Damn Country Music
Listening to McGraw’s new album is a Chevy pickup ride down the road to falling in love again.
Nimai Larson (Prince Rama) Talks Toby Keith’s 35 MPH Town
Our writer reflects on location and sobriety while listening to a country superstar's unfiltered, evocative and hilarious record.
Mitch Albom Talks Don Henley’s Cass County
Many Eagles hits had a country twang. Henley's new album builds from those roots, creating equally pleasing if more pared-down songs.
Larkin Grimm Talks Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard’s Django and Jimmie
In an inspired work of country-jazz fusion, two icons reveal the secret of staying in it for the long run: don’t give a fuck what anyone else thinks.
Matthew Friedberger (the Fiery Furnaces) Talks John Mayer’s Paradise Valley
I won't argue it, I'll just assume: John Mayer is a mainstream guy, as I might have even seen him quoted as saying. The effectiveness of his...
Peter Holsapple (the dB’s, Holsapple & Stamey, Continental Drifters) Talks the Mavericks’ Mono
Veteran country-rockers the Mavericks didn’t reinvent the wheel on their new album. But they did something almost as good.
Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke) Talks Justin Townes Earle’s Single Mothers
As long as we have songwriters like Justin Townes Earle, there’s no reason to worry about the fate of country music.
Prince Paul Talks Cowboy Troy’s King of Clubs
Back in the mid 2000’s, a friend of mine told me a black guy who raps has the #2 album on the Billboard country chart. I was like, “Oh sh*t!...











