The Art of Seclusion

After writing in an abandoned rubber band factory for three months, Nashville native and roots-rock poet Rayland Baxter has emerged with Wide Awake, a politically charged anti-manifesto that’s still fun enough to play at a backyard cookout

Happy Days

Sad Baxter cuts through the fog of depression with triumphant grunge pop

On Par

Ahead of her upcoming AmericanaFest performance, Liz Cooper talks about trading a driver for a Fender Mustang

The King in the North

How Any Old Iron’s Andrew Clancey went from working in a scrapyard to outfitting Beyoncé

Alive! and Acoustic

PETER FRAMPTON DISCUSSES HIS ADOPTED HOME OF NASHVILLE, GOING ACOUSTIC, AND THE (INEVITABLY) ENDURING LEGACY OF THE TALK BOX