With her roots stretching from the Catholic church to riot grrrl, the US singer-songwriter explains how sobriety and self-analysis powered her classic new Waxahatchee-produced album
The songwriting o…
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‘A sublime, breezy confection’: writers on their 2026 songs of the summer ⊕
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The annual rundown of Guardian writers picking their most played tracks of the season goes from club-ready pop to sunny tech house
Check out a Spotify playlist of the choices
Kim Petras’ greatest song …
37 days ago
Myles Smith: My Mess, My Heart, My Life review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week ⊕
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He can write a decent rousing chorus, but the Stargazing hitmaker’s influences couldn’t be more obvious if he tried – right down to a ghastly Galway Girl sequel
You know what you’re getting with …
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Big Lalas Energy to ulcerative colitis meds: Fox is this World Cup’s very soul in the US ⊕
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The US version of the tournament’s opening ceremony helpfully focused on one of its main themes: aspirational consumerism
The 2026 World Cup: a festival of football; a moment to revel in upsets, spect…
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Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open review – midwestern elegist mulls over the mystery of life’s big questions ⊕
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With help from Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver and Lucinda Williams, the Americana artist shares his uncertainties around his roots and relationships in unhurried, subtly melancholic songs
The fi…
82 days ago
‘My generation have deluded themselves’: ex-Vampire Weekender Rostam on pop, protest and life as an Iranian-American ⊕
Inspired in part by Zohran Mamdani’s NY mayorship, Rostam Batmanglij’s gorgeous new album fuses Americana with sounds of the Middle East. So why isn’t his mum happy?
The first song Rostam Batmanglij e…
5 months ago
Lucinda Williams review – Americana legend brilliantly rails against a world out of balance ⊕⊕
Limelight, Belfast
At 73, the lodestar of Americana still writes with urgency, as the patient force of her band sends the music grooving skywards
‘Thanks for being receptive to my complaining,” Lucinda…
6 months ago
Emmylou Harris review – spine-tingling goodbye from 78-year-old country legend ⊕
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Emirates Arena, Glasgow
The lived-in dustiness of her voice only enriches her storytelling, with her greatest songs now more devastating than ever
For Emmylou Harris, it’s no cliche to say that every s…
Singer-songwriter Bill Callahan: ‘I’m not a craftsman – I’m more of a drunk professor who likes coincidence and mistakes’ ⊕⊕
Preceding the release of My Days of 58, the Americana legend once known as Smog discusses his Yorkshire youth, why Spotify is like the mafia and the bleak state of AI
We got married to [Smog’s] Our An…
8 months ago
Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter of Alright Guy, dies aged 59 ⊕
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Influential musician who created Americana hits had recently been hospitalized with pneumonia
Todd Snider, the influential alt-country singer-songwriter who created Americana hits such as Alright Guy,…