This week's crop of new music also includes songs from Laci Kaye Booth, Cole Swindell, Something Out West, and Steve Martin ...

From embracing simplicity to spending time in nature year-round, Finland offers valuable life lessons—no matter what you think of the World Happiness Report.

We would be happier if it all disappeared overnight. When I first came to live in Finland as an English teacher in the 1980s, the country was a remote and unknown quantity, quietly tucked away ...

Kelsea Ballerini celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry with a moving cover of Barbara Mandrell‘s 1981 tune “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool.” Ballerini took the ...

Chappell Roan provocatively but persuasively dons country ... majestically hymn-like melodies — a melody that’s set atop edgy electronic drums and interrupted by stray guitar lines.

There’s plenty here for die-hard completists who will marvel at owning Neil Young’s original 1977 mixes. For the rest of us, this release edges into self-indulgent territory ...

It’s a mellow toe-tapper that leans warmly into the country vibe: frayed fiddle lurching tipsy heartache over 4/4 guitar chords, with drums rattling like shot glasses on a tin tray. You can ...