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If you're going nowhere, I could use a ride.
If you're searching in a sea of ghosts
I'm the girl who's wearing red
Sea of Ghosts, by Emily Scott Robinson
from the album Appalachia
emilyscottrobinson.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
“This was an opening ceremony for the ages: effortlessly chic, bewitching and divine. Milan simultaneously delivered a three-hour love letter to Italy, and a plea for hope and harmony in a fractious world.”
‘We are all connected’: Winter Olympics opening ceremony stresses harmony and showcases Italy
A stunning curtain-raiser was a fitting celebration of the host country and the Games – with wider messages never far from the surface
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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Watch Emily Scott Robinson cover Patty Griffin and John Prine and play her own 'Dirtbag Saloon'.

Filmed at #TakeRoot in Groningen.

theinfluences.com/emily-scott-...
Emily Scott Robinson covers Patty Griffin and John Prine
Emily Scott Robinson performed covers of Patty Griffin’s 'Trapeze' and John Prine’s 'Paradise', and her own 'Dirtbag Saloon' at the TakeRoot festival.
theinfluences.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is a Emily Scott Robinson on repeat weekend.
January 31, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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As with the finest country music, Appalachia foregrounds shared human experience as something that elevates all of us when we're actually open to giving a damn about someone whose life may not be exactly like ours.

It isn't just a brilliant record in a technical sense; it's a vital, important one.
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Each of the songs here scans quite deliberately as a powerful rebuttal to the ongoing and increasingly vocal attacks on empathy. The characters she's written about here are, to a one, given a story of struggle and resilience, and Robinson's performances convey why those stories *matter* to her.
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Seriously, if there are going to be better albums than this one in 2026, it's shaping up to be an incredible year.
ESR, Appalachia (*****): Have we already heard the finest album of 2026? Setting aside that this is the best singing Robinson's ever done-- which says an awful lot on its own-- and that her writing here is a refinement of her already superlative understanding of form and structure, this album stuns.
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
“There’s this thing I do with every record I make,” she says. “I knit a prayer into it, and I ask for all these songs to find their way to everyone who needs them.”

Thank you, Emily Scott Robinson, this album has found its way to me.
January 30, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I hoped for a better day
One I wanted to remember with you
— Bella White
Bella White - Dream Song (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bella White
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...
BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Great news. It made zero sense to me.
Carter Faith and Morgan Wade have dropped out of this MAGA tour
A couple names actually surprise me on this MAGA-coded country tour:

Lauren Alaina???

Josh Turner???

Morgan Wade???

Carter Faith???
January 25, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Been listening to a lot of Emily Scott Robinson waiting for the new album, it reminded me how much I love this EP.
Built On Bones, by Emily Scott Robinson
6 track album
emilyscottrobinson.bandcamp.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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The new LP from country singer-songwriter Emily Scott Robinson brims with a much-needed sentiment: Hope. It's our Album of the Day.
Emily Scott Robinson, “Appalachia”
The new LP from the country singer-songwriter is shot through with a much-needed sentiment: Hope.
daily.bandcamp.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Anyway, here are just few country artists who aren’t MAGA assholes, have spoken out about issues AND make really good music:

Margo Price
Tyler Childers
Ken Pomeroy
Benjamin Tod
Emily Scott Robinson
JR Carroll
Kaitlin Butts
Telander

(And there are plenty of others)
January 20, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Happy 14th anniversary to one of my favorite albums of all time.
January 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Don't take it on you
It's just the cold truth
Nothing comes easy
Except for pain
— Joy Oladokun

#NewMusicFriday
Joy Oladokun - Nothing Comes Easy (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Joy Oladokun
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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a decade of cussing on a Sunday. happy 10 years to “My Church” 💒
January 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
“Nothing on this planet is yours. Nothing. You cannot give me anything, because all that you have is stolen.” #Pluribus
January 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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New Music Friday! First one of '26, and it's a good one. The debut album from Mon Rovîa is a beautiful, tragic travelogue from his childhood in war-ravaged Liberia to an America equally full of promise and failings. Listen to "Heavyfoot" below, and read my review on Americana Highways. #listenbetter
REVIEW: Mon Rovîa “Bloodline” • Americana Highways
Mon ​Rovîa has a new album “Bloodline.” We reviewed it. Enjoy our quality music reviews and coverage on Americana Highways.
americanahighways.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
But in the silence of this ending, we will gather in the snow
And it's okay if, for tonight, dear, there are things you do not know
— Emily Scott Robinson
Emily Scott Robinson - Hymn for the Unholy (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by EmilySRobinsonVEVO
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Haven't watched enough new shows to make a list, but I'll say “North of North” and “Pluribus” are the ones I enjoyed the most in 2025. #NorthOfNorth #Pluribus
December 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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just a couple of goats #pluribus #plur1bus
December 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Absolute favorite #Pluribus scene.
Anti-imperialismo por Manousos #Pluribus
December 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM