Folk and Country

Waxahatchee Shares New Single "Much Ado About Nothing"

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

Fresh off one of the year's best albums, Waxahatchee has released a new song. A video for "Much Ado About Nothing" is out now. The song is...

Joy Oladokun Plots North American Tour

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2024

Having just recently announced their fourth album 'Observations from a Crowded Room,' Casa Grande, AZ-born singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun...

Naima Bock's 'Below a Massive Dark Land' Hides a Universe of Light

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PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2024

The title of Naima Bock's sophomore record is a bit of a misnomer — the immense, looming weight of a phrase like 'Below a Great Dark Land'...

Maya Hawke Announces 'Clipped Wings' EP, North American Tour

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2024

Even when opening for Faye Webster upward of two years ago (at the time that she was on the cover of Exclaim!), Maya Hawke drew a feverishly...

Kris Kristofferson, Country Music Icon and Actor, Dies at 88

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2024

Kris Kristofferson, the American country music superstar who also found success as an actor, has died. Kristofferson's family shared in a...

Leif Vollebekk Speaks to the Past on 'Revelation'

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2024

For some artists, the songwriting muse visits through acts of conscious collaboration. For Leif Vollebekk, the solitude of the...

Mustafa Takes a Profound Journey on 'Dunya'

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2024

'Dunya,' Mustafa's full-length debut, roughly translates from Arabic to "the world in all its flaws." And to be sure, there is an entire...

Rose Cousins Details New Album 'Conditions of Love - Vol 1,' Plots Canadian Tour

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2024

Nova Scotia's Rose Cousins has announced the follow-up to her 2020 LP 'Bravado.' 'Conditions of Love - Vol. 1' arrives March 14, 2025, and...