Every Sturgill Simpson Album, Ranked

Sturgill is one of my favorite artists going right now, and one of my favorite artists to write about. I’ve been tangling with his body of work in print and elsewhere for nearly as long as Sturgill ...
The Marshall Project

When Texas Was Fertile Ground for Prison Bands

Until the 1980s, an annual prison rodeo offered a chance for men inside to perform and sell albums. Now we’re making them available to you.

These Fishing Lure Makers Are Quietly Keeping an American Tradition Alive

Deep in the Ohio River Valley and in eastern Tennessee, a cult of diehard fishermen have been quietly securing the legacy of ...
American Songwriter

The Heartwarming Reason Why Waylon Jennings Included a Beatles Cover on This 1966 Album

Waylon Jennings included a cover of this Beatles track on his 1966 album, but the two musical acts were connected since the 1950s.
American Songwriter

How Loretta Lynn Helped Waylon Jennings Land This Southern Gothic No. 1 Hit That “Hid Under a Rock” for a Year

Loretta Lynn had a feeling "Rose In Paradise" would be a good song for Waylon Jennings, and it ended up being his last No. 1 hit.

How ‘Wanted! The Outlaws’ Became Country’s First Platinum Album — and a Movement for Outsiders

Marking 50 years of Wanted! The Outlaws, artists and historians revisit the compilation that transformed Waylon, Willie, Jessi and Tompall into country’s defining rebels.