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It was right after a glorious six-week European tour, in the middle of talks with a new management team about a big release for her newly finished album On My Own, that singer-songwriter Lera Lynn first felt it. Something in her body was off. She was getting nauseous on the road — and, as this was someone used to long trips to gigs, it couldn’t be car sickness. She stopped to pick up a pregnancy test at her local Kroger in Nashville. The next morning she was staring at two bright red lines.
It was right after a glorious six-week European tour, in the middle of talks with a new management team about a big release for her newly finished album On My Own, that singer-songwriter Lera Lynn first felt it. Something in her body was off. She was getting nauseous on the road — and, as this was someone used to long trips to gigs, it couldn’t be car sickness. She stopped to pick up a pregnancy test at her local Kroger in Nashville. The next morning she was staring at two bright red lines.
- 8/30/2021
- by Laura Lane
- Rollingstone.com
At least once a year, Lera Lynn considers quitting music. She says the social media obligations alone have been enough to send her packing. But it’s when she encounters a fellow artist’s particularly stellar album, song, or even video that the singer-songwriter asks herself a recurring question.
“Who am I fooling?” Lynn says. “These people are good. They should be the ones making music, not me. I think that’s something everyone can relate to. There are a bunch of different reasons why one can be discouraged.”
That Lynn,...
“Who am I fooling?” Lynn says. “These people are good. They should be the ones making music, not me. I think that’s something everyone can relate to. There are a bunch of different reasons why one can be discouraged.”
That Lynn,...
- 12/15/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
There is a wealth of new holiday music from country and Americana artists this year. As we enter the heart of an unusual Yuletide season, Rolling Stone Country rounds up some of this year’s best holiday songs.
Scarlett Burke & Hailey Whitters, “Howdy Christmas”
“A little eggnog in my whiskey,” is all Scarlett Burke and Hailey Whitters say they need to get in the holiday spirit in this throwback country twanger. Donning their best “boots and bells,” the songwriters ready for a Christmas at home — even if it’s only in their minds.
Scarlett Burke & Hailey Whitters, “Howdy Christmas”
“A little eggnog in my whiskey,” is all Scarlett Burke and Hailey Whitters say they need to get in the holiday spirit in this throwback country twanger. Donning their best “boots and bells,” the songwriters ready for a Christmas at home — even if it’s only in their minds.
- 12/14/2020
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.
Flo, “Talking to Myself”
Chilean pop-country performer Flo has a touch of Avril Lavigne’s punkish sneer in her delivery on “Talking to Myself,” calling out an obsessive dude who refuses to put any effort into making their relationship work. With bright,...
Flo, “Talking to Myself”
Chilean pop-country performer Flo has a touch of Avril Lavigne’s punkish sneer in her delivery on “Talking to Myself,” calling out an obsessive dude who refuses to put any effort into making their relationship work. With bright,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Three years after releasing his post-Civil Wars solo debut, John Paul White has announced details of his next solo album, The Hurting Kind, which will be released April 12th on White’s Single Lock Records.
Featuring vocal contributions from Lee Ann Womack, Erin Rae, and the Secret Sisters, White’s forthcoming album was co-produced alongside the Alabama Shakes’ Ben Tanner and recorded a variety of studios in White’s native Muscle Shoals region. The Hurting Kind also finds White co-writing with legendary Nashville songwriters like Bobby Braddock and Whisperin’ Bill Anderson.
Featuring vocal contributions from Lee Ann Womack, Erin Rae, and the Secret Sisters, White’s forthcoming album was co-produced alongside the Alabama Shakes’ Ben Tanner and recorded a variety of studios in White’s native Muscle Shoals region. The Hurting Kind also finds White co-writing with legendary Nashville songwriters like Bobby Braddock and Whisperin’ Bill Anderson.
- 1/18/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
This week’s list of must-hear songs features a holiday theme, as there was no shortage of new Christmas recordings released this year. Here’s 10 of the best.
Jillian Jacqueline, “Kid at Christmas”
Two acoustic guitars and a pair of harmonized voices trace circles around one another in this wintry ballad, which finds Jacqueline longing for a return to the childlike innocence that once characterized her Christmas holidays.
Aaron Watson, “Lonely Lonestar Christmas”
“Even this fire is giving me the cold shoulder,” sings Aaron Watson, who finds himself spending Christmas...
Jillian Jacqueline, “Kid at Christmas”
Two acoustic guitars and a pair of harmonized voices trace circles around one another in this wintry ballad, which finds Jacqueline longing for a return to the childlike innocence that once characterized her Christmas holidays.
Aaron Watson, “Lonely Lonestar Christmas”
“Even this fire is giving me the cold shoulder,” sings Aaron Watson, who finds himself spending Christmas...
- 12/21/2018
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
In the first episode of its new series Unearthed, instrument company Ernie Ball visits Americana songwriter Rodney Crowell at his Nashville home to discuss the Texas-born Grammy winner’s success in his adopted hometown and capture him in intimate performance.
The 15-minute documentary opens with footage of Crowell performing his Close Ties track “I Don’t Care Anymore,” with glimpses of the art and music memorabilia peppered throughout his home. Crowell then shares how he first got a record deal and moved to Nashville as a young artist.
“A friend...
The 15-minute documentary opens with footage of Crowell performing his Close Ties track “I Don’t Care Anymore,” with glimpses of the art and music memorabilia peppered throughout his home. Crowell then shares how he first got a record deal and moved to Nashville as a young artist.
“A friend...
- 12/3/2018
- by Brittney McKenna
- Rollingstone.com
Rodney Crowell’s nutty-as-a-fruitcake video for “Christmas Everywhere,” the title cut from his wholly original holiday release, is chock full of seasonal nostalgia even as it plays out like a chaotic, curdled egg nog-induced fever dream. Co-written by Crowell with acclaimed gypsy jazz guitarist John Jorgenson the tune, which also features the Mavericks’ Eddie Perez on guitar and album producer Dan Knobler on bass, is set to a giddy Western swing beat with lyrics that celebrate the ubiquitous, often dizzying nature of the season.
The video features a cast that includes Crowell’s daughter,...
The video features a cast that includes Crowell’s daughter,...
- 11/27/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
The 2018 Americana Music Festival and Conference gets under way in Nashville on Tuesday, with hordes of Americana artists, journalists and fans descending upon music venues, clubs and bars around Music City. This year, with an uptick in scheduled day parties and happy hours supplementing the requisite nighttime showcases, there’s a distinct SXSW vibe — proof that this hot-ticket festival is growing quickly.
More than 500 live performances are on tap, and while you won’t see them all, we suggest you make a point to catch these 21.
Fantastic Negrito (Tuesday, 11:00 p.
More than 500 live performances are on tap, and while you won’t see them all, we suggest you make a point to catch these 21.
Fantastic Negrito (Tuesday, 11:00 p.
- 9/10/2018
- by Marissa R. Moss, Brittney McKenna, Jeff Gage, Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
For the past 41 years, Rodney Crowell’s holiday traditions have included reading Clement C. Moore’s iconic 19th century poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (or “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”), to his children and grandchildren on Christmas Eve. This year the singer-songwriter adds a soundtrack to that tradition in the form of his first-ever holiday-themed LP, Christmas Everywhere, out November 2nd on New West Records.
Featuring a dozen original tunes by the Texas-born tunesmith, the album, produced by Dan Knobler, features guest appearances from Vince Gill, Lera Lynn, Brennen Leigh,...
Featuring a dozen original tunes by the Texas-born tunesmith, the album, produced by Dan Knobler, features guest appearances from Vince Gill, Lera Lynn, Brennen Leigh,...
- 9/6/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Lera Lynn has a classic quandary on her hands at the moment: she can’t actually perform her latest album while she’s on tour. Plays Well With Others, released in June, paired Lynn with a wide assortment of duet partners, including John Paul White (who produced the album at his studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama), Nicole Atkins, Rodney Crowell and more. Aside from having one of her band members handle the other vocal parts on a couple songs, it would be difficult to cover the entire range of what appears on the album.
- 8/30/2018
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
A searching bit of electro-tinged pop from Hunter Hayes, a psychedelic duet from Lera Lynn and a grand tribute to a family hero by Tucker Beathard make up the 10 must-hear country and Americana songs this week.
Cordovas, “I’m the One Who Needs You Tonight”
With plenty of parlor piano, pedal steel and stacked harmonies, “I’m the One Who Needs You Tonight” mixes the unpolished country-rock of Workingman’s Dead with the woodsy warmth of Music From Big Pink. The result is a song that wears its countercultural influences proudly,...
Cordovas, “I’m the One Who Needs You Tonight”
With plenty of parlor piano, pedal steel and stacked harmonies, “I’m the One Who Needs You Tonight” mixes the unpolished country-rock of Workingman’s Dead with the woodsy warmth of Music From Big Pink. The result is a song that wears its countercultural influences proudly,...
- 8/10/2018
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
As awards show season begins its March to the Sea and we in the entertainment press community hoist our picks and axes and start shoveling hot takes into the furnace of the Internet for the hungry masses, there is but one thing I'm sure of:
Lera Lynn is being robbed.
Now, some of you are probably saying, "Alex, who's this Lera Lynn? Surely some fresh-faced ingénue who anchored some little-appreciated character drama on a far-flung network?"
False. Lera Lynn is the wonderfully dead-eyed singer-songwriter who apparently had a residency at the bar (the Black Rose) frequented by Colin Farrell and...
Lera Lynn is being robbed.
Now, some of you are probably saying, "Alex, who's this Lera Lynn? Surely some fresh-faced ingénue who anchored some little-appreciated character drama on a far-flung network?"
False. Lera Lynn is the wonderfully dead-eyed singer-songwriter who apparently had a residency at the bar (the Black Rose) frequented by Colin Farrell and...
- 12/10/2015
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- People.com - TV Watch
Lera Lynn admits finding a new audience for sad, slow songs is a tough feat, but she knows now that performing as the "Greek chorus" of hit HBO show "True Detective" is a real avenue for lovers of the down-and-out. In an interview today (Aug. 10) -- a day after the Season 2 finale -- Lynn is happy to report that more people are coming to her shows and more doors are being opened after she spent the summer singing in what could be The World's Saddest Venue -- Frank's bar. Lynn collaborated with famed producer T Bone Burnett and songwriter Roseanne Cash to create the eerie, depressing laments for her "strung out" Siren, on Nic Pizzolatto's show. But don't mistake it: she's more than glad to have gone through it. Read our Q&A below, on what her character really was, what her plans are next, and if Frank's bar...
- 8/10/2015
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
Note to haters of season 2 of HBO's True Detective: You have a point.
The series heads into its 90-minute finale Sunday with none of the intense anticipation that preceded the conclusion of season 1 in March 2014. Dissatisfaction with this sprawling but tepid L.A. noir – set not in Los Angeles proper but a scummy neighboring municipality called Vinci – has been voiced so clearly, HBO's programming president recently assured the conference of the Television Critics Association that TD2's conclusion will be very satisfying.
However, a bright silk bow isn't much good when it's tied around an old cardboard shoebox.
As has been observed elsewhere,...
The series heads into its 90-minute finale Sunday with none of the intense anticipation that preceded the conclusion of season 1 in March 2014. Dissatisfaction with this sprawling but tepid L.A. noir – set not in Los Angeles proper but a scummy neighboring municipality called Vinci – has been voiced so clearly, HBO's programming president recently assured the conference of the Television Critics Association that TD2's conclusion will be very satisfying.
However, a bright silk bow isn't much good when it's tied around an old cardboard shoebox.
As has been observed elsewhere,...
- 8/7/2015
- by Tom Gliatto, @gliattoT
- People.com - TV Watch
Say, who's that miserable-looking woman whose haunting melodies have soundtracked Colin Ferrell's barroom angst on True Detective this season? It's Nashville singer-songwriter Lera Lynn, who, it turns out, is also the mystery woman heard in True D's first season-two teaser. Along with music supervisor T Bone Burnett and Rosanne Cash, Lynn wrote a number of songs on the True Detective soundtrack; she spoke to Vulture from her kitchen about her work on the show, and made it very clear that she is not playing herself in those smoky bar scenes.How did you end up working with T Bone Burnett on these songs? He worked with my manager, Sheri Sands, on the Raising Sand record with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Sheri spoke to him about an Ep that I released last March, Lying in the Sun, and he was interested in using the title track for True Detective. He...
- 6/29/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
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