Willie Nelson
The road never asks if he's tired.
Willie wrote 'Crazy' for Patsy, walked out of Nashville in '72, grew his hair, picked up Trigger, and changed what country music was allowed to be. Sixty years on, he is still touring, still writing, and still the patron saint of every artist on this site.
- Hank Williams
- Django Reinhardt
- Frank Sinatra
- Waylon Jennings
- Merle Haggard
- Family Band
Willie Nelson 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.