When Beyoncé teased her country-tinged album Cowboy Carter last February, the first sound anyone heard was Rhiannon Giddens ’ banjo. Giddens, who lent her distinctive instrument to the single “Texas ...

Folk-stomp is bigger than ever, but Mumford & Sons and the Lumineers' new albums sound like deliberate rejections of that label they never asked for ...

Just what is the “Red Dirt” sound? Think traditional country, without the modern Nashville sound, and with elements of ...