With some artists, people have to wait years for the release of new material, but fans of pop singer/songwriter Ari Hest just need to hold out until Monday.
Just when we thought we had heard every scintillating, supernatural and sumptuous variant of post-millennial folk music, Sam Amidon appears with an album called “All Is Well” and a musical strain that’s beguilingly resistant to the usual adjectives.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bluegrass singer Del McCoury has a funny new song called “40 Acres and a Fool” about a city slicker who hits it big in the stock market and moves to the country to become a rancher.
Betrayal and self-doubt arrive with gleaming guitars and Martha Wainwright's high, clear voice on her second album. Wainwright -- Rufus Wainwright's sister and the daughter of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III -- shares the family tradition of mixing craft and candor.
Phil Stacey's new single, "Old Glory," will begin playing on country stations over this holiday weekend. Stacey was inspired to write "Old Glory" while serving active duty in the United States Navy.
