When a German-born songwriter in his sixties filters his life’s rear-view mirror through authentic American roots music, you get The Cumberland River Project and the profoundly human new EP, "Meet Me In The Rain". Frank Renfordt acts as the absolute sole architect here. He is singing, writing, producing, and physically wrapping his hands around the acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, bass, mandolin, keys, and drum...

Gary Grant Chamberlain has released "Just Go to Church", a country ballad that stares completely unblinking into the void of human tragedy. The Indiana-born singer, songwriter, guitarist, and former police officer took up his craft again to honor the memory of his two-year-old son, Garrison, who perished in a house fire. At a time when the music industry flirts so heavily with artificial intelligence,...