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The American Songwriter Q&A: Robbie Robertson

As a member of The Band, Robbie Robertson changed the course or rock music history, hipping the genre to a more old-timey sound with songs like “The Weight,” “Up On Cripple Creek,” and “The Night They...

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Taylor Swift: The Garden In The Machine

“Country music is truly music for everyone,” said Tim McGraw, as he and his wife Faith Hill prepared to announce the Country Music Association’s 2009 “Entertainer of the Year” award. “And that’s never...

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Jessica Lea Mayfield: Look At Miss Ohio

“Things are starting to get weird.” Jessica Lea Mayfield, whose Nonesuch Records debut Tell Me is in stores now, is on the phone from her home in Ohio and we’re having a good laugh over her recent...

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Dr. Luke: A Pop Star’s Best Friend

The first line of a great pop song sets the scene, so let’s do that here: Dr. Luke – born Lukasz Gottwald, former Saturday Night Live house band guitarist, Songwriter of the Year at the 2010 ASCAP Pop...

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The Low Anthem: What’s That Sound?

The Grand Ole Opry as a religious experience – maybe you’ve heard this one before. Long before Ben Knox Miller and his bandmates in The Low Anthem were invited to play at The Ryman last December by...

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Alison Krauss: The Golden Girl

These days, many Nashville-based artists co-write their own material with big name songwriters so they can share a piece of the royalty pie in times of declining CD sales. But the truth is, a lot of...

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Phantom Power: Recording Marty Stuart’s Ghost Train

Marty Stuart’s Grammy-winning song “Hummingbyrd,” an instrumental tribute to The Byrd’s guitar virtuoso Clarence White, stood in stark contrast to the other Nashville-produced country records at the...

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The Band Perry: Playin’ In The Band

At the end of an all-night bus ride from Nashville, Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry look out at the freshly fallen foot of Iowa snow and ponder an unlikely comparison to Lynyrd Skynyrd. “I feel it’s...

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Waylon Jennings: The Eternal Outlaw

Waylon Jennings had not yet realized his potential as a songwriter when he first played “Good Hearted Woman” for Willie Nelson at a poker game. After hearing it, Nelson sneaked in this line right...

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Middle Brother: The Extended Interviews

Middle Brother are a band of brothers comprised of Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, John McCauley of DeerTick, and Matt Vasquez of Delta Spririt. We asked these three amigos about their favorite musicians,...

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