Author Alan Sculley

311 // UNITY TOUR For a band like 311, which is now 26 years into its career, there’s been no question about whether the group needs to make new albums, according to vocalist Nick Hexum. Some...

Marianas Trench // LARGER THAN LIFE Marianas Trench is bringing the biggest show it can fit into clubs and theaters on tour. “What we’re doing is we’re trying to bring an arena show into...

Interview with DARIUS RUCKER     Darius Rucker says he never counted on reaching a point in country music where he would be a bona fide arena-level headliner. But with his fourth...

THE AVETT BROTHERS // BARE BONES The Avett Brothers have been on quite a musical journey of evolving their sound over the past decade, going from a trio playing acoustic guitar, banjo and...

YOUNG // COMIN' OVER Chris Young is low key enough that if one hadn’t paid attention to the country singles chart or a couple of significant creative developments in Young’s approach to...

FOR KING & COUNTRY: RUN WILD This year’s Winter Jam tour could be considered a symbol of just how quickly For King & Country has risen through the ranks of the Christian music scene. Just two...

MELISSA ETHERIDGE: THIS IS ME Melissa Etheridge didn’t call her latest studio album “This Is M.E.” to suggest that it gave fans the most honest, best reflection of who she is musically, lyrically and...

SOMETIME LAST NIGHT: R5's SECOND ALBUM R5’S SECOND FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, “Sometime Last Night,” arrived last July. A new album is notable, but the bigger news is the group came close to releasing an...

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND Adam Aijala says Yonder Mountain String Band has never been a group to plot out its career – or just about anything the group does. To hear him tell it, there was no strategy...

GRACE POTTER // KICKING UP THE DUST During the two years that went into making her new album, “Midnight,” Grace Potter realized a game-changing truth about herself. “I figured out that I’m here for...