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October 2013

October 22, 2013

God and Country Music: Shovels & Rope’s Punk-Rock, Incidental Spirituality

"Regardless of the intention behind Shovels & Rope’s spiritual aesthetics, they are present throughout."

September 2013

September 24, 2013

God and Country: Echoes of the Church in American Music

Popular music generally and Americana in particular are full of Christian relics—images, sounds, and pictures...

September 06, 2013

God and Country Music: “Sin City,” 40 Years after Gram Parsons

"Parsons figured out how to merge the old and new, sacred and saeculum (the current...

August 2013

August 09, 2013

God And Country Music: New Avett Brothers Album Means Only Good Things

"What make the Avett Brothers such a wonderful group is their consistency and their heart."

August 03, 2013

God and Country Music: The Musical Stylings of the Film Mud

Earlier this month, my wife and I got the chance to see Mud, a film...

June 2013

June 10, 2013

God & Country Music: The New Jason Isbell

I was fourteen when I first heard Jason Isbell. When he was still with the...

May 2013

May 17, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Jay Nash’s Letters From The Lost

Jay Nash’s new album Letters From The Lost came out Tuesday. Recorded in a home studio in...