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  How Julien Baker and TORRES Have Teamed Up and Gone Country

  Garden & Gun Magazine - Matt Hendrickson

  It started almost as a joke. When Julien Baker and Mackenzie Scott (who records under the name TORRES) met backstage for the first time after a show in Chicago eight years ago, their small talk veered toward their love of country music. A few years later, as a lark, Scott suggested they make a …

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  New Video: Ghost Hounds Channel the Eighties on “She Runs Hot”

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  Band shakeups, while common enough, usually bring their share of drama. Swapping out your lead singer is an especially delicate move. But Ghost Hounds have managed to do just that without missing a beat in their formidable schedule. Between 2019 and 2023, the Pittsburgh-based country-rock ensemble …

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  On Stage at R.E.M.’s Athens Reunion: ‘Oh, This Is Happening’

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  It’s barely been a week since the “moment,” and Jason Narducy is still trying to process it. Narducy and the actor Michael Shannon have been touring together playing R.E.M. songs, and during their February 27 show at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, the pair were joined by all four members of …

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  A.J. Croce’s Timeless Sound

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  A.J. Croce was only two years old when his father, the legendary singer-songwriter Jim Croce, died tragically in a plane crash at the age of thirty, but he still grew up surrounded by music. “My father’s record collection was really a huge influence on me,” says the Nashville-based musician, …

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  Five Classic Songs Dolly Parton Wrote for Her Late Husband, Carl Dean

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  Carl Dean, husband and longtime muse of country icon Dolly Parton, passed away Monday at the age of eighty-two, bringing to a close a romance that spanned decades. “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,” Parton wrote in an Instagram post yesterday. “Words can’t do justice to the love we …

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  Song Premiere: Listen to Sierra Hull’s Haunting, Beautiful “Spitfire,” an Ode to Her Tennessee Grandmother

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  No teenager relishes being told what to do. Sierra Hull was just thirteen when she signed a record deal with Rounder Records. A mandolin prodigy, the East Tennessee native soon had voices chirping in her ears about the best way to navigate her career. But as she gained confidence over the ensuing …