Each month, I round up the best country (and country-ish) music on bandcamp for Bandcamp Daily.

February's edition includes @SarahJarosz, @ChathamCoLine, Missy 'missyraines 💫' Raines, wonderful Willi Carlisle, @TheRealRoseline and more.

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Ceasefire! Thank you to the artists and activists working hard.

Album cover design timelapse! Whit Stone of Joplin, MO did it. So proud of the detail and easter-eggs.

In this episode of Songwriters & Tour Riders, hear Willi Carlisle talk about his new album 'Critterland,' moving to Arkansas, and his favorite Oklahoma story.

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Nobody that understands economics would willing choose to be in the music business

when you stay out late & get drunk & wake up inexplicably fine & feel like you have been given a little forehead kiss from god & write a funny poem

New music video today for “When the Pills Wear Off.” YT has the goods.

Everybody will move to Nashville wearing a Bluegrass Pride shirt and wind up touring with a famous bigot in like two years.

Today on BGS, we're continuing to celebrate Artist of the Month Willi Carlisle! Carlisle is at his best when limning complex networks of historical figures, news, “traditional music,” contemporary poetics, and nature. #AOTM

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Something I ADORE about this BGS write-up is that it realized NOT EVERYTHING that I do is autobiography. acknowledging an artist’s showmanship is rare.

If you've been loving Willi Carlisle's new record 'Critterland,' there's a ton of reasons why — including that it was produced by Darrell Scott! We recently compared Scott's first and latest records, and it's a must-read.

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It’s hard to not fall a little in love with Artist of the Month Willi Carlisle — and you've got plenty of chances in this Basic Folk episode from 2022. Listen now on BGS, or wherever you get your podcasts!

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stop trying to sell “real” country music. reality died a long time ago. drag is as close as it gets.

On 'Critterland' — Willi Carlisle's third LP — idealists, mourners, addicts, depressives and drug dealers are all given a sympathetic stage. In conjunction with the album's release today, we've got a fresh interview with Carlisle: arktimes.com/rock-candy/202…

'Through it all, Willi Carlisle consistently aligns himself with the outlaws, the freaks, and the lonely folks of whom he sings, a big-hearted display of empathy that makes Critterland a place worth visiting again and again.' - SPIN
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'As Critterland is set to arrive next Friday, I remain adamant that its title track might very well be the best country song of the decade thus far.'

New interview with Willi Carlisle and Paste Magazine's Matt Mitchell (@yogurttowne) is up now.

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not unproud of this rant about hotdogs i did with Paste Magazine

Highly recommend streaming Willi Carlisle outstanding new single 'Higher Lonesome' on Spotify open.spotify.com/track/2uPvSx1h…