Grayson Haver Currin
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Upending Expectations for Indigenous Music, Noisily
After long being consigned to a legacy of stereotypes, Indigenous American artists are making some of the country’s most engaging experimental music.
The Pedal Steel Gets Its Resurrection
As the sound of country music has shifted, the emotive whir of its classic instrument has often been sidelined. The complicated antique has found new...
Joan Shelley’s New Songs Soothe Old Wounds
As a Kentucky farm kid, the singer and songwriter made music to have a voice in her troubled home. On her new album, “The Spur,”...
A Boxed Set for the Birds Hopes to Save Them, Too
A star-studded, 242-track trove of songs and poems inspired by birdsong is the latest project in a series of releases raising awareness about its own...
Kevin Morby Chases Ghosts, and a New Album, in Memphis
Since he was an anxious teen, Morby, a Kansas City singer-songwriter, has been fixated on death. By facing his fears in a mythical city, he...
How a Pro Skateboarder Became an Apostle of Ancient Tuning
Duane Pitre was poised to become a street skating legend. Now he embraces just intonation.
Michael Hurley, an Original Folk Iconoclast, Turns 80
For six decades, the folk singer has chronicled his woes and loves on records he’s mostly made himself. His new album celebrates that independence —...
Jon Hopkins’s Psychedelic Journey to a New Way of Creating Music
For more than a decade, the British producer’s muscle and grace made him a festival favorite. His new album, “Music for Psychedelic Therapy,” takes an...