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Six Pics: Old 97’s, Heartless Bastards And BJ Barham At 9:30 Club

Playing a Monday night in D.C. can be tough for any act, particularly when the gig kicks off at 10…

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Sturgill Simpson's new album, A Sailor's Guide To Earth, comes out April 15.

Review: Sturgill Simpson, ‘A Sailor’s Guide To Earth’

For Simpson’s first album since his 2014 breakthrough, the inventive country singer crafts a highly personal song cycle about order and insubordination.

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Merle Haggard.

Remembering A Country Legend: Merle Haggard On World Cafe

The “Okie from Muskogee” talks life, music and songwriting in this 2003 interview. Haggard died Wednesday morning.

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Margo Price's debut album, Midwest Farmer's Daughter, is out March 25.

Review: Margo Price, ‘Midwest Farmer’s Daughter’

A debut solo record, born of both heartache and imagination, is saturated with sounds of ’60s and ’70s Nashville.

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Tiny Desk Concert with Chris and Morgane Stapleton

Chris Stapleton: Tiny Desk Concert

With his wife Morgane, the country singer-songwriter sings patient, detailed songs of devotion to love, Los Angeles and liquor.

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Old Dominion's new album, Meat And Candy, comes out Nov. 6.

Review: Old Dominion, ‘Meat And Candy’

The fast-rising country band brings first-rate craftsmanship to one of popular music’s abiding themes: savoring fleeting pleasures.

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Maddie & Tae.

First Listen: Maddie & Tae, ‘Start Here’

With a sound rooted in rich vocal harmonies and acoustic instrumentation, the young country-pop duo explores a sense of living in between childhood and the next thing.

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Tiny Desk Concert with Kacey Musgraves

Kacey Musgraves: Tiny Desk Concert

Before closing with the go-your-own-way anthem “Follow Your Arrow,” the country singer showcases four songs from her terrific second album, Pageant Material.

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Ashley Monroe's new album, The Blade, comes out July 24.

First Listen: Ashley Monroe, ‘The Blade’

A solo singer, go-to collaborator and member of the Pistol Annies, Monroe is a star who’s both arrived and rising: accepted by insiders without losing her veneer of outsider cool.

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"It seemed natural to work together again," says John Davis (right) of his ex-Q and Not U bandmate Chris Richards (left).

Ex-Q And Not U Duo Paint Branch Re-Emerges With A New EP

To followers of D.C. indie rock, John Davis and Chris Richards might be familiar names. They toured widely with their…

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Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard's new album, Django And Jimmie, comes out June 2.

First Listen: Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard, ‘Django And Jimmie’

More than three decades after Pancho & Lefty, the country titans pair up again, this time for an album that puts eclecticism front and center.

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