There are few people in my career whom I’ve enjoyed working with as much as Lisa. Visionary, gracious, and unfailingly encouraging. (With some damn fine dogs to boot.)

Better than I ever expected.

Would you buy a home from this man? @jonbern.bsky.social would! A delightful profile of one of music's most eccentric geniuses — and L.A.'s premier used-house salesman — Jonny Fritz.

I love hearing Lukas Nelson talk about how he spends time with Willie. It's easy to forget it's his, you know, dad. And the time he devotes to being with him is really inspiring.

I always loved this band. During the hair-metal era, Junkyard had the same grit and, dare I say, authenticity of groups like GNR and the tragically underappreciated Four Horsemen.

If you don't like the Tyler Childers album, you don't like fun. It's really that simple. It is a joyous celebration of music and all its twists and turns, and even gave us some instant-classic catchphrases. Ya goddamn right I'm flexin'.

Rarely does a day go by where I don't replay Dusty Slay's Travis Tritt bit in my head. So, we were thrilled to have him guest on Nashville Now. Check it out:

Our first Nashville Now podcast is live! Check it out every Wednesday wherever you get your pods™️

I couldn't help but notice this last night, and was compelled to write about it.

I hate sounding like a salesman when lives are on the line but fuck it I’m nothing if not transparent w/ you: Go to @rollingstone.com website if you wanna subscribe, print and/or online. The buttons are right there. This is the kind of work we’ve been doing lately that is pissing off Trump’s staff

"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...

A compassionate read by David Browne, on a Nineties alt-pop star facing a challenging new reality

Sat with Eric Church for the Rolling Stone Interview. I could have done the whole thing just on the mindset behind his love-it-or-hate-it 2024 Stagecoach performance: "They're wanting to hear 'Drink in My Hand' ... and I’m giving them none of that."

Preach it, DRTI! May this be the moment for Kaitlin Butts.

Takeaways from Eric Church's orchestra-and-choir show: EVTM is meant for the live stage. Brilliant. "Knives of New Orleans" is Top 3 Church songs. Great to have it back in set list. Joanna Cotten is god. No other mainstream country artist could pull off that show. I don't like the Pinnacle.

I'm here for any and all Dickerson Pike content. Old Crow's Ketch Secor previews his new solo album with this bluegrass rap about Nashville's most notorious road.

A chilling story by David Browne that involves heavy metal, a disenchanted American citizen, and an interview conducted via handwritten notes sent from a Russian gulag. Reporting of the highest order.

This is such an incredible story, and a deserved honor. Congrats, Natalie!

Josh Crutchmer is unassailable as a writer, editor, and journalist, imbuing his stories with grace and compassion (see: Vandoliers!), while also championing a genre that is in his very blood. It is my honor to edit him and I would follow him into hell — or at least Boone Pickens Stadium on Night 1.

One of the most important stories I've ever had the honor of editing --- about one of the best live bands you'll ever see. @jcrutchmer.bsky.social with a beautiful profile of a beautiful soul. @vandoliers.bsky.social

Some real gems here, including Gary Stewart's 'Out of Hand,' an album that, imo, features the greatest country song title of all time: "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)."

Jessica Simpson — who wowed me at Luck Reunion — is the Americana queen you didn't know you needed. @marissarmoss.bsky.social with the definitive Nashville sitdown:

Stephen Wilson Jr. may in fact be the most interesting person I've ever interviewed in the country genre, or elsewhere. Boxer, scientist, man of faith, man of fact, songwriter...layers upon layers.

Every answer is better than the last: "This big guy jumped out from wherever and told me he was gonna kill me because apparently I impregnated him from the stage." A wildly entertaining "lost" interview with David Johansen, by @rollingstone.com's David Browne

Happy Presidents’ Day weekend folks www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I had no idea how complex the history of the Village People was. And that's *before* DJT got involved.

For @rollingstone.com, I wrote about what Nashville can learn from Beyonce's big Grammy win. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

I wrote about that Highwaymen video that's been making the rounds... That Nelson, Cash, and Kristofferson dared to criticize America during an interview on a foreign country’s TV program is extraordinary. Twelve years later, the Chicks would be blackballed for less.

We will not be pretending this is totally cool and normal. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The deepest of dives into the music and mindset of Eric Carmen, by the always stellar Andy Greene.

‘No One Treated Us Like Inmates’: Why Prisoners Opt to Fight Fires In California, incarcerated people become firefighters, but the low pay — and few job prospects when they're out — can make it a difficult choice. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

I wrote a feature on Ringo's new country album, but I'm most excited about this oddity breakout I got from him. Where is Hank 3???

The @rollingstone.com politics team did a deep dive for the print magazine on what went wrong for the Harris campaign this year — zeroing in on how Dems do and do not talk to people. From @tessastuart.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Simply stunning (and vulnerable) writing by @stephenrodrick.bsky.social

Three miners enter, two leave. This wacky yet catchy song —about cannibalism! — was so integral to my childhood back in Northeast PA's coal country. I just had to write about its history. Bon appétit!

You either die a rock star or live long enough to start a country band

Thoroughly enjoyed editing this piece. Bring back the malls!

The year’s best country (and Americana) albums, including personal faves like Elvie Shane, Kaitlin Butts, Silverada, and that madman Koe Wetzel.

You may ask, “Who needs this?” but I’m here to tell you it’s really, really good. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

going to be very annoyed if in 3-4 years elite Dems start breaking out the “most important election of our lifetime” line again because buddy, there were, unironically, two Most Important US presidential elections of my lifetime, 2016 and 2024, and the party fucked up both of them royally

What an inspiring night. Welcome back, Jesse. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

🔥 🗣️STURGILL SIMPSON: “This toxic patriarchal energy is an age coming to an end… that energy is clawing for its survival bc it knows it’s dying. We’re heading to something beautiful, we just have to go through some dark shit first. So love everybody.” (H/T @wutangforchildren.bsky.social )

Everybody talkin about “man at the garden” but “reincarnated” is where it’s at

wrote about shaboozey, the cma awards, and the asinine expectation that black artists should continuously subject themselves to hostile environments under the guise of participating in a community that refuses to accept them 🔗: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The Carne Mare steakhouse mention in this excellent Nashville takedown gets me every time. 🥩

And I stand by this today. We’re in deep shit and someone with the ear of the voter — namely, country stars — should speak up. Or not? Who cares.

What’s the secret sauce at Bronco Burger? “Ketchup and mayonnaise.”

Rookie mistake: I left Tw—r last year, but instead of deactivating/locking, I deleted. Now a jabroni is impersonating me with my old handle. Those migrating here, take heed.

Even he has tired of this.