The New York Times – Music:
The Navy veteran — who blends folk, rock and country — has had a breakthrough year with his major-label debut, “American Heartbreak.” But fame isn’t what he’s after.
Category: Country Music
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Morgan Wallen’s Career Seemed Over. Now He’s Broken a Billboard Record.
The New York Times – Music:
The country singer was rebuked by the music industry after using a racial slur. Still, “Dangerous: The Double Album” has logged 86 weeks in the Top 10 of Billboard’s 200 chart.
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Finding Peace on a River Float in Texas
The New York Times – Travel:
From the center of an inner tube drifting down the slow-moving Guadalupe, in Texas, life looks good.
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Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson Debut as Plains
The New York Times – Music:
Both singer-songwriters came of age in the South and started out in indie-rock. Their joint project explores a spectrum of country influences and lets them reckon with their pasts.
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Kane Brown Didn’t Fit the Country Music Mold. So He Made His Own.
The New York Times – Music:
Prejudice has followed the biracial singer from his earliest days as a performer. Now a proven hitmaker in a range of styles, he’s releasing his third album, “Different Man.”
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Ingrid Andress, a Nashville Outsider Who Paved Her Own Path In
The New York Times – Music:
The singer-songwriter almost gave up on country music. Instead, her debut earned her a Grammy nod for best new artist. Now she’s back with an LP about the arc of a relationship.
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Willie Nelson’s Long Encore
The New York Times – Music:
As he approaches 90, even brushes with death can’t keep him off the road — or dim a late-life creative burst.
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Amanda Shires Isn’t Letting Nashville, or Her Marriage, Off the Hook
The New York Times – Music:
The singer, songwriter and fiddler found comfort with an unexpected collaborator and plumbed new depths on her latest album, “Take It Like a Man.”