Jason Isbell has earned his reputation as one of America’s greatest living songwriters by writing detail-rich tales about family schisms, working-class struggle, and Southern identity, but it’s his gift for gut-punch love songs that has cemented his legacy. The Alabama singer swore off his demons under the nurturing care of …
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The American South is a hot mess of cultural contradictions, and while those contradictions have stoked the dumpster fire of U.S. politics for a couple of centuries, they also happen to be fueling some of the best music being made right now. And to be sure, the story of rock …
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Opening with a fiddle and banjo straight out of a folk recital, “You’re the One,” the title track on Rhiannon Giddens‘ third album under her own name, starts the way one would expect a Giddens song to open. Addressing one of her children, she sings in a voice that’s warm …
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WELCOME TO OURweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, BTS are back with a celebratory new song, Sam Smith teams up with Madonna, and highlights from the excellent new albums from Janelle Monáe, Jenny Lewis, and Jason …
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