After a stint in the Air Force, Newbury bummed around while before hitting Nashville in the days when Kris Kristofferson and Tom T. Hall were still roaming the streets. It was the mid-60’s, and these ...

Peter Blackstock of No Depression Magazine on the West Coast produced a tribute to Newbury, Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited, available on the Appleseed label. “My primary motivation for putting together ...

Gretchen Peters, “The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury” (Scarlet Letter Records) It took Gretchen Peters years to complete her album dedicated to Mickey Newbury’s rich catalog, a ...

Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of "What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should)." Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for her free weekly newsletter. Perhaps you remember a line from ...

Queensland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this ...

The narratives of popular music are always being rewritten—underappreciated bands get their due, regrettable hits get discreetly swept under the rug, and devotees privately reimagine the meanings of ...

Elvis Presley’s performance of “An American Trilogy” in his groundbreaking 1972 global satellite concert and subsequent multi-platinum album Aloha From Hawaii helped bring one singer-songwriter to ...

An American musician returns with a trilogy of his best albums. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you ...

Perhaps you remember a line from Waylon Jennings’ career-making hit, “Luckenbach, Texas,” that tips the cowboy hat to “Hank Williams pain songs and Newbury train songs.” Everyone knows Hank Williams ...

It took Gretchen Peters years to complete her album dedicated to Mickey Newbury’s rich catalog, a careful and sensible pace. Newbury’s songs carry such depths of feeling — skewing mostly toward the ...