Country Music Features

Led by longtime friends and musical collaborators Andrew Nelson and Blount Floyd, Great Peacock have been carving out folky, southern rock ballads for close to a decade.

Oladokun talks candidly about learning to open up during co-writes, how meditation and nature have kept her grounded and being an inspiration to others as a queer Black woman.

A decade after the first song for the trilogy was written, Joshua Ray Walker is releasing the final chapter of his fictional world, See You Next Time. The cast of characters he has been writing about are all gathered for the last night at the honky-tonk. It’s closing time, for the final time.

There’s strong and then there’s country strong. The genre is home to tough-talking women, and with the release of her debut album Hardliner, singer/songwriter Hannah Juanita aims to be one of them.

Parker McCollum is raring to go. He’s 29 years old, and after a couple of self-released records, the proud Texan has just released his major-label debut, Gold Chain Cowboy.

Taylor McCall didn’t necessarily set out to make a fully-fleshed concept album about life and death, the battle between good and evil and the struggle and perseverance of a soul. In many respects though, he didn’t have much choice in the matter.