Judy Craddock returns to her Nashville roots to soak up the music, people, and food of AmericanaFest while she can.

If I Don’t Try. Review by Carl F. Gauze.

The Bakersfield Sound (Bear Family Productions). Review by James Mann.

Midwestern (Wroxton Recordings). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Wild and Free (Devious Planet). Review by Joe Frietze.

The Man With Everything (Flour Sack Cape Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.

My American Dream (Thirty Tigers). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Cheyenne Valley Drive. Review by Jeremy Glazier.

Anchors (Thirty Tigers). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Alone. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Namaste. Review by James Mann.

Side Pony (Nonesuch). Review by Joe Frietze.

After What I Did Last Night… (Goldview). Review by James Mann.

Todd Snider and Elizabeth Cook give their home the Cheech and Chong touch in East Nashville Tonight.

Inland (Grey Matters). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Sage (Neurot Recordings). Review by May Terry.

Chateau Revenge! (Cheap Lullaby). Review by jeff schweers.

Author Jimmy McDonough is no stranger to tortured artists, difficult personalities, and musicians in hopeless thrall to their muses. Tammy Wynette was long dead by the time McDonough pondered this book, but Matthew Moyer thinks the distance makes it even more special and sacred.

Walking Papers EP (Grand Palace). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

Magic Love and Dreams. Review by Matthew Moyer.