Georgia troubadour Tinsley Ellis has been immersed in music his whole life. Born in Atlanta in 1957 and raised in southern Florida, he acquired his first guitar at age seven, inspired by seeing The Beatles perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Like many kids his age, Ellis discovered the blues...

Kathleen Edwards is a modern-day cornerstone of North American roots music. Since making her debut with 2002's Failer, she's spent the 21st century occupying the grey area between genres, swirling together her own mix of alt-country, folk, and heartland rock & roll. It's a sound that has earned its creator...

"It may be a bit premature to crown Albert Castiglia America's newest King of the Blues, but there's little doubt that he at least deserves the title of heir apparent." --Miami New Times

This unexpected folk-rock orchestra materialized out of Albuquerque, but they might as well have slipped through an intergalactic portal or stowed away on a derelict spacecraft before crash landing in the desert. Dust City Opera tell harrowing tales of sadness, madness, and mishaps. With each performance illuminating the space between...

Chicago guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Ronnie Baker Brooks is one of the city's--and the world's--most undeniably talented and electrifying bluesmen. Ronnie was born into Chicago blues royalty as the son of legendary multiple Grammy Award nominee, Blues Hall Of Famer, and longtime Alligator Records recording star Lonnie Brooks. He is...

Goodnight, Texas is a band you've almost certainly heard by accident somewhere. And now on second look, you're deep in their catalog and they're telling you stories about trapped coal miners and lovebird bank robbers. Banjos and mandolins twinkle. Now you're seeing Avi Vinocur and Patrick Dyer Wolf and their...

David Wilcox is a penetrating storyteller. The revered folk musician has an effortless talent for spinning lyrics that quietly cut deep, and crafting melodies that seamlessly ride the plot twists and turns. Wilcox handily exemplifies the power of lyrical and musical catharsis.

Each moment in a person's life has its own song, says Zoryana Dybovska, who founded Yagody in 2016 in the West Ukrainian city of Lviv, together with students from the local theater faculty. The four traveled through different regions of Ukraine to explore the musical traditions of the people there....

The New York based Progressive Americana group Nefesh Mountain has been hailed as one of the formative boundary-pushing ensembles in roots music. The band's creators and dynamic husband and wife team of Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff have created a world and sound all their own; blurring the lines between...