Jason Scott
Jason Scott is a West Virginia-based freelance music, culture, and horror film journalist with four cats and an always-percolating coffee pot.
INTERVIEW•The Songs That Changed My Life: Avi Kaplan
Kaplan’s five picks are a glimpse into the kind of singer-songwriter he’s always wanted to be.
COUNTRY CLASSICS•Miranda Lambert - Revolution
Revolution is a masterclass in songwriting that perfectly balances tradition with modern style. Inarguably, it remains the template for what great country music should always be about.
ESSENTIALS•The Best Lauren Alaina Songs
A definitive ranking of country superstar Lauren Alaina's best songs
LONG READ•Brett Eldredge: A Self-Love Work-In-Progress
Ahead of his UK tour in May, Eldredge reflects on his journey to find self-love and two years spent in deep reflection.
STAFF PICKS•Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak
American Heartbreak sculpts the entire breadth of human experience, as Bryan stitches together songs of love, loss and life’s fleeting nature with brilliant command.
ALBUM REVIEW•Lady A - What A Song Can Do
With What a Song Can Do, Lady A's eighth career set, the band continue pushing forward with emotionally-driven songwriting while also looping back to their poppier roots.
ESSENTIALS•The Best Kelsea Ballerini Songs
Revisiting her songbook so far, we handpick Ballerini's best songs, from hit singles to essential deep cuts.
ESSENTIALS•The Best Trisha Yearwood Songs
Holler revisits Trisha Yearwood's impressive catalog to select her defining hits.
STAFF PICKS•Caroline Spence - True North
In an era where we are collectively reassessing meanings of life and death, the singer-songwriter's latest will stand as a lasting memento 一 an apt discernment of time and aging.
COUNTRY CLASSICS•Sam Hunt - Montevallo
It’s certainly not your momma’s taste of traditional country, yet Montevallo's honoring of storytelling roots makes it one of the great modern country classics.
ALBUM REVIEW•Ryan Culwell - Run Like a Bull
Culwell experiences profound personal and creative rebirth with Run Like a Bull, and his willingness to own up to his past through art is a tremendous leap forward.
ALBUM REVIEW•Priscilla Block - Welcome To The Block Party
It's perfectly crafted pop-country that goes down like smooth caramel, while also ensuring you that she’ll never pretend to be anything but herself.
INTERVIEW•The Songs That Changed My Life: Caroline Spence
Tasked with celebrating special songs, Caroline Spence turns the dial back to her youth and those essential cuts that forever changed her relationship with music and set her down the songwriting path.
ALBUM REVIEW•Cole Swindell - Stereotpye
When Stereotype hits its stride, it’s operating on all cylinders - Cole Swindell has the songwriting chops, but a distraction with radio fodder deters from true brilliance.