Vincent Neil Emerson
East Texas songwriter in the Van Zandt lineage — literally.
Born in the same county as Townes. Writes the kind of plainspoken, Choctaw-grounded Texas songs that feel like they were waiting for somebody to bother. Rodney Crowell produced his self-titled record; Shooter Jennings produced the next one.
- Townes Van Zandt
- Guy Clark
- Blaze Foley
- Charley Crockett
- Colter Wall
- Rodney Crowell
Vincent Neil Emerson on tape
Late-night listening. Hit play and let it run.
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.