
River Roads Music Festival
The River Roads Music Festival (featuring Indigo Girls, Dar Williams, the Milk Carton Kids, Sunny War, the Nields, Raye Zaragoza

Normal History Vol. 851: The Art Of David Lester
Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Daniel Lanois Released “Belladonna” 20 Years Ago Today
20 years ago today, Daniel Lanois released Belladonna. Desert moons. Read our classic feature on him from that year: Daniel

Essential New Music: Colin Andrew Sheffield’s “Serenade”
Some musicians need just the right instruments to create. Colin Andrew Sheffield is not picky that way. If you happen

MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Chris Stamey’s “Anything Is Possible”
While it might be a ridiculously huge stretch to say that Chris Stamey has collaborated with every great musician on

Five Questions With Greta Kline (Frankie Cosmos)
Greta Kline has certainly made the most of her considerable creative gifts and the home environment that fostered them. The

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of T. Hardy Morris’ “Don’t Kill Your Time (To Shine)”
T. Hardy Morris has some advice for young artists, young lovers and former selves: “Don’t waste your time worrying about

A Conversation With Robert Randolph
A lot can happen in a half-dozen years. For pedal-steel journeyman Robert Randolph, it was long enough for him to

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Maygen & The Birdwatcher’s “Elizabeth”
The origins of “Elizabeth” are far from glamorous, its central melody inspired by an earworm Maygen Lacey couldn’t shake as

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Swimming Bell’s “95 At Night” Video
The 1943 avant-garde milestone Meshes Of The Afternoon served as the main inspiration for the fittingly surreal visual manifestation of

Essential New Music: Derek Monypeny / Kevin Corcoran’s “Abacomancy”
Seeing, says a cliché from another century, is believing. If you saw Derek Monypeny and Kevin Corcoran perform, you’d know

Wawa Welcome America Concert, Philadelphia
The Ladies may Love Cool James, but LL Cool J loves union workers a little more. The night before July

Normal History Vol. 850: The Art Of David Lester
Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Five Questions With Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean)
By the band’s own admission, Sunflower Bean was at a crossroads in the months leading up to the recording of

Five Questions With BC Camplight
Kicking drugs after 15 years was a mixed blessing for BC Camplight’s Brian Christinzio. On the one end, it served

MAGNET Exclusive: Joshua Ray Walker Goes Track By Track On “Tropicana”
If you ever have a chance to see Joshua Ray Walker, drop everything and go. The guy can flat-out sing,

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Matthew Szlachetka’s “Un-American Dream”
It was country/Americana icon Radney Foster who nudged Matthew Szlachetka back into the singer/songwriter game. “Lately, I’d been focused on

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Coral Moons’ “Made Up My Mind”
Back to releasing music on their own after a one-album stint with Brooklyn’s Better Company label, coed indie-pop foursome Coral