A small contingent of country artists and industry players have been speaking up in a business that likes to shut down dissent.
A New Generation Pushes Nashville to Address Racism in its Ranks
Category: Stories
Arlo Parks Wants Her Songs to ‘Feel Like Surround Sound Cinema’
The 20-year-old British singer and songwriter makes music that captures modern-day misery in a way that feels improbably heartening. Her debut album is due this month.
Boom Time: How a small theater in Amsterdam became the most influential American comedy factory you’ve never heard of.
Open Mike Eagle Turned a Very Bad Year into a Very Honest Album
The 39-year-old indie rapper’s therapist told him, “Write your feelings.” So he did, on the new LP “Anime, Trauma and Divorce.”
The Challenge of Making a Comedy Store Documentary from the Inside
Beabadoobee Made Bedroom Pop. Now She’s Turning Up the Volume
The 20-year-old singer and songwriter Bea Kristi’s song “Coffee” has reached millions. Now she’s releasing “Fake It Flowers,” an album that puts a new spin on ’90s alt-rock.
Bettye LaVette Didn’t Know the Beatles’ “Blackbird.” Then It Helped Her Fly.
Ten years ago, the Fab Four’s song about civil rights gave the soul singer a creative spark. Now she’s releasing an album of tracks originally popularized by Black women.
Concerts Aren’t Back. Livestreams Are Ubiquitous. Can They Do the Job?
Jason Isbell, Self-Doubt, and the Album That Tested His Marriage
Uganda’s “Ghetto President”: How Bobi Wine went from Dancehall Grooves to Revolutionary Politics
One of Africa’s biggest musical stars hopes his country’s young, impoverished masses can make him their next leader. But can he survive until Election Day?
