Jewly Hight
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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Musgraves' self-awareness has taken on a pensive, lamenting quality, like she's weighing the relational impact of asserting her individuality. -
Only a seasoned songwriter could capture the subtleties of committed affection the way that McBryde does in "Andy." -
Over the last five years, a gradual evolution — characterized by careful and savvy boundary pushing — has taken hold in a genre where innovation always tugs against preservation. -
Earlier this decade, it seemed like country's political streak had faded. But in the past five years, a handful of artists have displayed a renewed focus on morality that feels quietly revolutionary. -
The choirmaster is known as the "Ed Sullivan of gospel" and has helped launch the careers of artists like Kirk Franklin and Yolanda Adams. -
The unguarded emotion of May Your Kindness Remain is ideally calibrated for our moment.
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The singer-songwriter embraces casual irreverence and power-pop melodies on her infectious new album.
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This is the sound of an artist laying it all on the line.
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The bluegrass band's songs illustrate how the passage of time, accumulation of experience and changing of perspective can alter a person's relationship to the familiar.
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The country star talks about the importance of getting out of Nashville to record his ninth album, The Mountain, which will come out later this year, and why he looks to U2 for inspiration.
