An interview with one of the year’s surprise success stories in the music industry, who’s become known as much for emotional openness as for hit songs.
Category: Country Music
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Jelly Roll on the Grammys, Crying and His Rap Past
An interview with one of the year’s surprise success stories in the music industry, who’s become known as much for emotional openness as for hit songs.
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Country Music in 2023: The Personal Overtook the Political
A few weeks of political brouhaha this summer obscured a different story: The genre is moving, in fits and starts, from the political to the personal.
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Willie Nelson, Style Icon
The Texas troubadour, who is having a moment at age 90, found success only after he decided to be fully himself, in his music and his look.
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Former Dixie Chicks Member Laura Lynch Dies
Lynch, who was dismissed from the band in 1995, died in a car crash in Texas on Friday, the authorities said.
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10 New Christmas Albums for 2023
Our critics on 10 new holiday albums from Cher, Robert Glasper, Sabrina Carpenter and more.
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Chatting About the Best Songs of 2023
The most impactful tracks of the year come from different genres and generations — and not all of them are traditional songs.
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Jelly Roll: The Popcast (Deluxe) Interview
An emotional conversation with one of the year’s biggest breakout stars about turning his life around and transitioning from Southern rap to country hitmaking.
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Hear the Best Albums and Songs of 2023
A playlist of 124 songs from our three critics’ lists to experience however you wish.
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Best Songs of 2023
Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken.
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Best Albums of 2023: SZA, Olivia Rodrigo, 100 gecs and More
Many of the LPs that made an impact this year, including SZA’s “SOS” and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Guts,” came from looking inward.