Josh Crutchmer
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Trey Pendley Wants to Invite You to His Country Boy Friday Night (opens the original)
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Trey Pendley had a range of experiences and influences to draw upon when he set out to make his debut record. He’s a parent, a road dog who has toured with Ashley McBryde, Brothers Osborne, and Blackberry Smoke, and he’s a product of a small town in Arkansas with a name that’s a frequent novelty for travelers along Interstate 40. That last part is what won out for Pendley. “I’m a redneck through and through,” he says. “There’s nothing I can do to help but be a redneck, and I want to feel that.”
Robert Earl Keen's Longtime Guitarist Received an ALS Diagnosis. Texas Music Is Rallying (opens the original)
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Musicians throughout Texas are rallyng around one of the most popular guitar players of the Austin music scene. Rich Brotherton, best-known as Robert Earl Keen’s longtime guitarist, confirmed a diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, commonly called Lou Gehrig’s Disease) on social media in August 2025. The 13 months since have become a collective effort to lift the spirits of Brotheron, who has also played alongside artists like Patty Griffin, Caroline Herring, Rodney Hayden, and Andy H
Lawrence Rothman Wants to Break Free From Music's Ones and Zeroes (opens the original)
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For most of Lawrence Rothman’s career, the singer-songwriter and producer has eschewed any notion of a genre. But the longer they have spent in Americana spaces, whether on their own projects or producing for the likes of Amanda Shires or Maggie Rose, the more Rothman comes around. “Americana, to me, in 2026, is everything that’s associated with great American music, all rolled into one ball,” Rothman says. “It’s soul, R&B, singer-songwriter, folk, country, rock. You even got a little bit of pun
Katie Pruitt Wants to Meet You Face-to-Face (opens the original)
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Katie Pruitt is one of those rare artists who bravely navigates the world through the songs she writes. Her first two albums were defined by her frank and candid reckoning with her sexuality and Catholic upbringing. Now, on her third, she’s letting listeners in on her broken heart. “All of us, including myself, are just trying to find reasons to keep going and keep hope alive,” she says. “Writing these songs was really cathartic.” On Friday, the 32-year-old Georgia native released Fools for the
Medium Build Is Learning to Say No (opens the original)
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When Rolling Stone last talked with folk-rock songwriter Medium Build, he admitted to being worried about all he’s accomplished suddenly disappearing. “There’s a huge fear of: If I stopped working, will it all go away?” he said last year. While those concerns didn’t come true, the pressure to keep his foot on the gas nearly destroyed him. Nick Carpenter starting releasing music under the name Medium Build with the 2016 album Falling Apart. By 2023, he was turning red-hot: A collab with X Ambassa
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