COUNTRY/ FOLK

Trent Richardson turns one of life’s most difficult chapters into an intimate promise with “Promise You Now,” a deeply personal country-leaning ballad released on August 28, 2026. Written from his family’s experience following his son’s diagnosis with Septo-Optic Dysplasia, the song carries the weight of uncertainty without allowing despair to…

Karen Salicath Jamali’s OM Mare Shangri-la marks a striking new chapter for an artist whose musical journey began in an extraordinary place. A Danish-born American composer, pianist, singer-songwriter, guitarist and visual artist, Jamali began composing after a near-death experience in 2012 that profoundly reshaped her understanding of consciousness and connection.…

At just 18, Tenkasi, India-based singer and artist Rishi Ulaganathan is already building a musical identity that stretches far beyond a single tradition. Having studied Carnatic music since 2018, Ulaganathan moves comfortably between Tamil classical music, English melodies and pop, bringing together different musical worlds with an ambition for a…

Psalm 63 translates a deeply personal, ancient scripture into a lush, cinematic landscape. That’s the heartbeat of Melody and Truth: original Christian music and Scripture songs that point people to Christ, worship that magnifies Jesus, and a longing to see hearts anchored in His Word for the glory of God.…

Recorded before Faith Hill later turned the song into a signature country hit, LaCosta Tucker’s previously unheard version of “It Matters to Me”  carries the remarkable intimacy of an artist hearing her own story preserved in a song long before the world knew it. Now, decades later, that voice finally…

Country music has always had a soft spot for complicated relationships, questionable decisions, and stories that sound too strange to be true. Reagan Hudson’s “When Your Husband Gets Out of Jail” takes that tradition somewhere delightfully unexpected, transforming a throwaway line from a television court show into a funny, bittersweet…

Some memories do not fade so much as change shape. Scott Lowder’s “Ghost of You” explores that truth through a warm blend of alternative folk, Americana, and heartland rock, turning a song more than a decade in the making into an intimate reflection on friendship, loss, and the people who…

Mark Cee may have spent roughly three decades writing songs before stepping properly into the spotlight, but Ghost Talk Show sounds less like a delayed debut than an artist finally opening the door to a room he has inhabited for years. The Long Island-based indie folk/Americana singer-songwriter records entirely at…

Seattle-based outfit Pete Keating and The Renslow Trestle are bringing heart and soul back to the Pacific Northwest with their heartwarming single, “Tenderly.” Recorded at Seattle’s legendary London Bridge Studios, where grunge icons like Pearl Jam and Soundgarden made history, the track taps into mid-century Americana, drawing inspiration from legends…

Interview by Zara Miller. Siena Fantini Is Writing Open-Hearted Pop for the Girls Who Feel Everything. There is a specific kind of pop artist who knows how to make emotional survival sound like sunlight in a bottle. For millennials, Natasha Bedingfield did it with songs that felt like opening the…