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Swamp Dogg, aka Jerry Williams Jr., began his career in the 1960s. Now 81, he demonstrates that, in his long career in R&B, soul and funk, country is another road he’s traveled. -
Willie Nelson has just released his 75th solo album. And yes, you heard that right - 75th. This latest album is called "The Border." And at 91 years old, you might forgive Nelson if he just phoned this one in, but that is not what he did at all.
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In 2021, burnt out from the intensity of her early career, Rogers considered quitting music entirely. Instead, she took a detour — to Harvard Divinity School. Her new album is Don't Forget Me. -
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Scott and Seth Avett about their latest album, self titled "The Avett Brothers," which has been in the making since 2019. -
Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal perform a set of songs, including some from Leventhal's latest album called Rumble Strip. -
Recorded in Muscle Shoals, Ala., the country rock band's new album is a triumphant comeback. -
Ketch Secor, one of the band's founders and current frontman, is committed to gun law reform. -
A decade ago, Jason Isbell gave his career a second act by facing his own mistakes. Can he help his listeners do the same? -
Out of print, odd and obscure, Souled American's esoteric take on country music is now available digitally for the first time. We asked composer Sarah Hennies to pick a place to begin. -
In Luke Combs' unexpected cover of the Tracy Chapman classic, NPR's Stephen Thompson found hope for a world with fewer boundaries and binaries and roped-in genres. -
The cohort of five acts performed live in Philly as part of the artist development program. -
On the duo's latest album, its first full-length released on a major country label, Tanya and Michael Trotter Jr. sing piano-driven originals with a grown-up sense of devotion.
