at the crossroads of American music

SOUL COUNTRY

By Alan Richard

JON BYRD FINDS COUNTRY'S SOUL

NASHVILLE — Jon Byrd is one of Nashville's best pure country singers and gut-string guitar players. He’s surely the only one to have...

By Alan Richard

MIKO MARKS MAKES HER WAY 'HOME'

DECATUR, Georgia — Miko Marks has played music for a long time, but her first show at Eddie’s Attic showed why the talented...

By Alan Richard

ROY ROBERTS: STILL COUNTRY COOL

Something different was afoot one night in 1980 when Roy Roberts took the stage. The veteran R&B singer had toured for years on his own...

By Alan Richard

MARSHALL CHAPMAN COMES HOME

More than 50 years after she left Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Nashville, Marshall Chapman returned to her hometown to share her...

By Alan Richard

END OF THE GROOVE

Howard Grimes died in February. The former drummer for the Hi Rhythm Section that backed so many greats at Royal Studios in Memphis had a...

By Alan Richard

COUNTRY MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD

From his home in Amsterdam, Jamal Khadar’s online radio program, Reimagining Country, is an exploration of his family’s cultural roots —...