I was naïve to think it would be a while before I’d find a true exception to the sentence, “It’s hard to become a successful nepo baby if you don’t have a lot of raw talent already”. Unfortunately, Stella Lefty is an exception. Imagine editing an album the way you might edit a photo on your iPhone. You turn up the “surface level lyricism” level to the max, and you tone down the “mainstream country production” level halfway. Just enough that it could be Americana but sounds li

Sierra Hull - photo by Louise Geri The audience at Sierra Hull’s performance at Northwest Tune-Up Bike and Music Festival was a far step from what I’m used to in the bluegrass scene, as someone who didn’t listen to much bluegrass before moving to Nashville. The Puget Sound was the backdrop to a massive Bellingham festival fairground filled with girls in jorts, kids running around with bubble wands, food trucks lining the lot, and perhaps strangest of all, massive man-made dus

Reagan Sheedy tells the story behind May 29, 2026 release "Love Note to Nashville".