Boz Scaggs’s ‘Silk Degrees’ Turns 50

Though full of songs about lost love and bad luck, the album buoys its bluesy mood with slick, seductive arrangements that reflect the era’s disco craze.

Dierks Bentley on His Summer Tour, and Picking Acts Like Hero Ricky Skaggs and Kaitlin Butts as Support: ‘Selfishly, These Are People That I Wanna Go Watch Their S…

Dierks Bentley talks about his summer Off the Map Tour, which has Ricky Skaggs and Kaitlin Butts as support acts, and his ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1964, the Rising Country Musician Who Backed Reba McEntire and Ricky Skaggs Before His Life Was Tragically Cut Short

“Chris walked into the woods one day with a fiddle, and when he walked out, he could play that thing. That’s the way Chris ...

R&B stars consider two ways to serve an audience

Jill Scott's return from a long absence, and Brent Faiyaz's play for a mid-career pivot — offer opposing visions of artistic advancement in the genre.