Malin came out of the Lucky Lips trio and built a solo catalogue — 'Wildhorse' (2020), 'Pages' (2022) — that won Spellemann's country category and made her a regular at AmericanaFest Nashville. She sings country the way someone who grew up loving it does.
- Patsy Cline
- Emmylou Harris
- Iris DeMent
- Darling West
- Lucky Lips
- Signe Marie Rustad
Malin Pettersen on tape
Late-night listening. Hit play and let it run.
Landmark records
Pull the thread
USA · 1944 — 1997
Townes Van Zandt
The patron saint of the kitchen-table songwriters.
USA · 1953 — present
Lucinda Williams
Louisiana made audible.
USA · 1978 — present
Sturgill Simpson
Walked into Nashville with a haircut and an attitude.
USA · 1991 — present
Tyler Childers
Appalachia, unfiltered and unembarrassed.
USA · 1988 — present
Sierra Ferrell
Sings like she found the songs in a creek bed.
USA · 1984 — present
Charley Crockett
Keeps the bones, throws out the gristle.
USA · 1979 — present
Jason Isbell
Wrote 'Southeastern' and meant it.
USA · 1983 — present
Margo Price
Outlaw country with a working-class spine.