Nashville-based breakout solo artist Allison Russell finds herself in a good place going into the 2022 Grammy Awards with three nominations, including Americana Album of the Year. Outside Child was released in late May on Fantasy Records and received immediate acclaim for its insightful and healing reflections on horrible abuse she suffered in her youth. Its song “Nightflyer” has been tagged for two possible Grammys, as American Roots Song and American Roots Performance.

Ten years ago, Phoebe Hunt was a new touring artist, playing progressive western swing with the Belleville Outfit out of her hometown of Austin. Now she’s applying lessons from travel, yoga, study and youth collaboration to her band The Gatherers and her two recent, highly complimentary albums, Shanti’s Shadow (2017) and Neither One Of Us Is Wrong, out last Friday.

A long-planned partnership between the Roots Barn venue development in Madison and radio show Music City Roots dissolved last week, and MCR producers and staff have departed the holding company Roots Productions, LLC.

Through her rich, emotive voice, Kiely Connell shares observations from around her hometown and a bit of her own story on Calumet Queen.

On November 10, 2021, WMOT, the noncomMUSIC Alliance and partner stations will host the second annual Public Radio Music Day.Public Radio Music Day is a nationwide celebration uniting public radio music stations, fans, artists, and other music industry members to celebrate and spread the word about the unique role noncommercial stations play in the music world both locally and nationally.

Abortion did not become illegal in most states until the mid to late 1800s. But by the 1960s, abortion, like childbirth, had become a safe procedure when performed by a doctor.

The newly identified strain of the coronavirus, which could be more transmissible than the previously dominant delta variant, has global health officials worried about a possible new surge in cases.

Determined to improve the way doctors connect with their patients, a new wave of innovators are using technology to match people of color with culturally competent professionals.