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The Strat might be turning 70 this year, but its story is only just getting started – and these are the players writing the next chapter in its history

Once Sharon Van Etten did it, and Angel Olson did it, and even The Cactus Blossoms did it, maybe all rootsy artists were destined to cast aside their sound to make a synthesizer record.

CMAT’s second effort, Crazymad, For Me, combines abstract and well-trodden themes to create a rich palette of compelling musical tales of regret and acceptance.

For Beauty Around the Clock, Christy Turlington talks simple skincare, self-care, and why she plans on aging without cosmetic intervention.

Like Neil Young, Kurt Cobain, Buddy Holly, and others before her, Lucinda Williams proclaims allegiance to ROCK on Stories From a Rock n Roll Heart.

The following 70 albums span nearly four decades of alt-country and stretch the limits of “whatever that is.”

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Bruce Springsteen and his wife, Patty Scialfa, contributed to a new song on Lucinda Williams' upcoming album 'Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart.' The collaboration, 'New York Comeback,' was released Tuesday. The album, Williams' first since suffering a stroke in 2020, is due out June 30 and will feature Angel Olson, Tommy Stinson, Margo Price, Jeremy Ivey, Buddy Miller and Jesse Malin.

April will see new releases from Indigo de Souza, Wednesday, Blondshell, The National and so many others.

It can be tough to keep track of all the new music coming out in 2023. Impossible, really. But we can certainly try to…