Kristen Ford -- Pinto
Kristen Ford explodes with charismatic energy on her arena-ready diary of a life coloring outside the lines, Pinto -- out now on Righteous Babe Records.
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Melissa Carper -- A Very Carper Christmas
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Katy Guillen & The Drive -- Make That Sound
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Get something for everyone in your polycule ranch from our 2026 holiday gift guide!
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Editor Rachel Cholst reviews The Hours Are Long But the Pay is Low, the memoir of Bloodshot Records co-founder Rob Miller. Miller impresses on us a devotion to authenticity, independence, and community.
Haunted Like Human - American Mythology
Haunted Like Human touch on American mythologies and improve them -- or tear them down -- in an album that Bee Delores proves that "everything they touch turns to gold."
Orville Peck - Appaloosa
Bee Delores tips her hat to Orville Peck's stunning Appaloosa EP -- according to Bee, it's one of the best of the year.
Safe Space
In time for (American) Thanksgiving, Richard Marcus examines how queer people -- especially country fans -- need to fight for every square inch of safe space.
Rainbow Ruckus 11/18: The Kentucky Gentlemen, Boy Golden, Allison Russell, and More!
This week's Rainbow Ruckus features the sweet hereafter, traditional fiddle, intoxicating cowboy dreams, forbidden fruit, and finding love in a Tyler Perry movie.
Weakened Friends -- Feels Like Hell
Steve Roberts captures the spirit of Weakened Friends' simmering rage on their grunge-inflected Feels Like Hell
Coward Country
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Tiberius -- Troubadour
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