Who are producers and what do they do? We discuss their impact on albums, varying styles, and more of 1990s music producers

What happens when bands reverse the dreaded sophomore slump? We discuss our favorite sophomore albums of the 90s.

The 1999 album Bareback by Hank Dogs is a traditional English folk album, simultaneously behind and ahead of the times

On the 1998 album Since, Richard Buckner crafts an album that manages to sound grounded in tradition but timeless in execution

The band expands upon Vaughan’s blues template and mildly dips its toes in more pop and radio friendly territory.

What is alternative country an alternative to? Country? Rock?

From charity comps to label samplers, the 1990s may have been the peak decade for compilation albums.

As with all tributes, artists stay close to the original version while others radically reinterpret, and that’s the case with Twisted Willie

After scoring a hit “Fly Me Courageous," Drivin' N Cryin' returned with an ode to the classic rock riffage of AC/DC, Aerosmith & Hendrix.

Twenty years since being released, we revisit the 1995 debut of Jay Farrar's post-Uncle Tupelo band Son Volt

The 90s were influencial, but which bands became influential we didn't expect? And which should have been influencial but faded away?

Seems like a 90s band is reuniting every week, we discuss with our roundtable the hopes, dreams and realities of bands getting back together

Steeped in the alt-country that rose to prominence with bands like Uncle Tupelo and The Jayhawks, we check out Faithless by Whiskeytown

Written and recorded after the departure of co-founding lead singer and songwriter Mark Olsen, it rests on the shoulders of Gary Louris.