TIMBO: MORE THAN A HONKY-TONK HERO
From the dance floors of Skinny Dennis to a storied BBQ joint, we chased TIMBO across Music City. The born-and-raised Nashville son traces his path from sleeping in a booth at the Station Inn as a kid to dealing drugs as a teenager to sold-out shows at the Ryman Auditorium with Sierra Ferrell.
Joshua Ray Walker: What Comes Next
Aint Dead Yet isn't just a macabre finger to the sky, it's also a promise. A plea to get back to it. At the time of his cancer diagnosis, Walker was on track to become one of the best and biggest voices in the independent Americana/country music scene. Indeed, his cancer didn't change that, he still is. But how to reconnect the dots? Enduring is only part of it. What comes next is sometimes even harder.
Summer Dean Isn’t Waiting To Be Let In
“Feels damn good today / To be a thousand miles away,” country singer/songwriter Summer Dean observes in her song “A Thousand Miles Away.” Though superficially a breakup song, it easily doubles as a reflection on Dean’s career, as well: “I guess I could have settled down / and kept pretending I was someone I couldn’t be / Lived my life in just one town / But who’s to say that’s what a woman really needs,” she sings.