Jewly Hight
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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On Rearview Town, his first album since the mass shooting at a festival in Las Vegas while he was on stage, the country singer — one of the genre's definitive stars — isn't changing course. -
The duo comprised of Mary Bragg and Becky Warren deliver songs of nerdy solidarity on the new album Comeback. -
Musgraves' self-awareness has taken on a pensive, lamenting quality, like she's weighing the relational impact of asserting her individuality.
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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 members of the sextet talk about honing their artistic identity, getting comfortable in the country lane and letting their consciences guide them. -
The unguarded emotion of May Your Kindness Remain is ideally calibrated for our moment.
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Monroe sounds more sensitive, sensual and comfortable in her skin than she ever has on her upcoming album, Sparrow.
