It’s all about the voice with Norwegian singer Ane Brun. Sure, there are also her exquisite songs, which run from melancholy and jazzy right through to playful, sunny pop and, of course, her wicked dance moves (check the whip-smart choreography in the video to latest single “Directions”). But it’s A...

It's hard to put a label on singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop. Her music draws from folk, rock and electronica, but she manages to transmute these familiar genres into an avant-pop sound that's all her own. Hoop's songs range from experimental art rock romps to heartbreaking acoustic ballads, and her liv...

It's hard to pinpoint exactly what makes rising country sensation Chase Bryant stand out from the pack the way he does. Maybe it's his warm, earnest voice and knack for writing catchy, engaging tunes. Maybe it's his understated yet effortlessly cool style, which includes a pompadour that would make ...

It's tempting to try to summarize dobro master Jerry Douglas's musical impact with numbers: 12 Grammy Awards, 11 Musician of the Year awards from the Academy of Country Music (and three more from the Country Music Association), eight instrumentalist awards from the International Bluegrass Mu...

It's been years since Musgraves lived in Golden, Texas, her childhood home of roughly 600 people, but the whirlwind that followed Same Trailer Different Park — a debut album that topped the country charts, took home two Grammy Awards (including Country Album of the Year) and sent Musgraves halfw...

It's been almost ten years since Young Jeezy dropped his 2005 debut album Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, but the Grammy-nominated rapper has stuck close to his roots. Though he's explored new territory in his numerous solo releases, mixtapes, and collaborative work with the United St...

It's been a quick rise for soulful British singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran. He played his first club gig in New York City in early 2012, and by the summer of 2013 tickets for his first headlining concert at New York's Madison Garden sold out in just three minutes. Sheeran's take on acoustic...

It was toward the end of the T Bone Burnett–curated September 2013 Another Day, Another Time concert at New York City’s Town Hall—a celebration of the early ’60s folk revival that had inspired the Joel and Ethan Coen film Inside Llewyn Davis—when singer Rhiannon Giddens indisputably stole the show. ...

It takes a masterful songwriter to tell heart-wrenching tales with a sense of humour, and John Grant does just that. His strong baritone bleeds frank, confessional lyrics with generous honesty and musical eloquence. Formerly of Colorado’s The Czars, Grant has emerged from a difficult past to deliver...

It says all you need to know about Buddy Guy that the music genre that he has come to embody, the Chicago Blues, could never hope to contain him. In the more than 55 years since the Louisiana moved to Chicago and embarked on one of the most influential careers a guitarist could ever hope for (just a...