We've seen a huge wave of musicians break into the industry this year but next year, the likes of Rosalia and Olivia Dean are ...

Iowa duo Kathryn Severing Fox and Chad Elliott have turned a mutual love of songwriting into a hit album and a growing collection of awards and fans.

Cunningham sat on the lyrics for a while before eventually taking them to his bandmates. Guitarist Simon Friend came back ...

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list kept on growing in December. As we close out ...

Making sense of the madness. Despite country radio clearly losing the decades-long stranglehold it has had on consumers for the better part of the past five or so years, there’s no denying that it’s ...

Including Britpop classics, punk rarities, a different side of Nick Drake, an over-the-top Big '80s masterpiece, '90s ambient ...