#country music

Fanny Lumsden Lives Her Country Life On The Road With A Family of Thrillseekers, A Guitar and a Fistful of Awards

The crushing experience of cancelled tours was ameliorated by sweeping up an array of industry awards, including ARIA Country Album of the Year for her third album Fallow...

Cat Woods

5 of the Best Country Christmas Songs of 2021

The 2021 holiday season finds the likes of Pistol Annies, Brett Eldredge and...

Cillea Houghton

Chapel Hart Build Sass and Soul into Sophomore LP The Girls Are Back in Town

Equal parts sassy and heartfelt, the 12-track project finds the trio putting their most fearless foot forward, tackling topics ranging from bullying...

Cillea Houghton

PREMIEREAdeem the Artist Reclaims Identity With Cast Iron Pansexual LP

There are few albums that capture such an array of the queer experience quite like Cast Iron Pansexual, the new LP from Adeem the Artist. Officially out Friday but premiering via Audiofemme today, the record bursts with personality, marked with deep moments of personal retrieval and reflection on...

Bee Scott

Hailey Whitters Honors Perseverance With Deluxe Album Living the Dream

She'd written songs for Alan Jackson, Martina McBride and Little Big Town, but was still waiting for her own star to rise. “I’m 12 years in to a 10...

Cillea Houghton

Willie Jones Redefines the Patriotic Anthem with "American Dream"

The budding artist often wondered what it would sound like if he took that format and “turned it...

Cillea Houghton

PLAYING NASHVILLE2020 Was a Tumultuous Year for Music City

In a year bookended by a devastating tornado in March and a bombing on Christmas morning, with the COVID-19 pandemic sandwiched in between, Nashville has been dealt its fair share of blows this year. But these...

Cillea Houghton

Reyna Roberts Claims Her "Stompin’ Grounds" as 2021's Next Country Star

With fire-red hair and a voice to match, Roberts is coming for her country crown in 2021. Case in point: her latest single, “Stompin’ Grounds,” with its rollicking guitars and spellbinding blend of hard...

Cillea Houghton

Zoë Nutt Turns Challenges Into Triumph on Sophomore Album 'How Does It Feel'

Raised in Knoxville, Tennessee by a musical family, Nutt spent much of her childhood analyzing lyrics, yet believed at the time that music was an “unreachable” profession. In high school,...

Cillea Houghton

Daniel Donato Conceives Cosmic Country On Debut LP

“Guitar is the great lighthouse of my life,” says Daniel Donato. The musician speaks with gusto about his work ─ and for good reason. On his debut album, A Young Man’s Country, he invites the listener into what it must be like for his live shows, and he dazzles not only with his thoughtful...

Bee Scott

Rising Country Songwriter Tiera Finds a Voice through Woman-led Music Brand Songs and Daughters

In partnership with...

Cillea Houghton

PREMIEREBrooklyn Supergroup Rhinestone Mine Campy But Heartfelt Country Aesthetic on Debut EP

As she developed a taste for the...

Lindsey Rhoades