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Stories, memories, and the meaning behind the music, from the folks who make it.

• Emotional Country Songs: Songs That Say What You Can't
• Father-Son Country Songs: The Folks Like Them Songbook
• Country Songs About Dads: A Songwriter's Picks
• Country Songs About Moms: A Songwriter's Picks
• Real Country Music: A Songwriter's Guide
• Country Songs About Faith, Family, and Coming Home: A Songwriter's Picks
• Country Songs for Losing a Parent: A Songwriter's Picks
• Country Songs About Missing Someone (A Songwriter's Picks)
• What It's Actually Like to Make a Record With Your Dad
• Every Song We've Written Starts With the Same Question
• Songs That Sound Like John Prine (And Where to Find That Feeling Now)
• Acoustic Roots: The Instruments That Defined Early Country Sound
• Thankful for Everyone that support us
• The Notebooks We Carry Everywhere
• Characters That Live Forever
• Gospel, Blues, and the Country Crossover
• The Underrated Power of the Bridge
• Writing Sad Songs That Heal
• Why We Still Believe in Full Albums
• When Simplicity Becomes a Virtue
• The Chorus Is the Punch—But the Verse Is the Soul
• Why We Still Make CDs in the Streaming Age
• The Saddest Country Songs Ever Written, and Why They Still Work
• The Power of Specificity in Lyrics
• Country Music Chronicles
• Why Every Country Song Has a Truck in It (and Why That’s Okay)
• The Outlaw Movement: When Country Got Grit Again
• Why – A Song for Those Still Fighting Battles We Can’t See
• Boiling Water and Picking Strings – A Night at Cooking Class with My Son
• How to Say More with Fewer Words
• From Front Porches to Radio Waves: How Country Spread Across America
• What Makes a Great Country Song? (Hint: It Ain’t the Hook)
• Our Latest Album Any Place Worth Going is now out on streaming
• Welcome to Our New Blog