Sturgill Simpson is, once again, in the midst of an intriguing creative restart. The ambitious country/psych-rock/bluegrass artist announced earlier this summer that you can call him Johnny Blue Skies ...

Sturgill Simpson has more or less kept his focus on what’s ahead. None of the solo albums he’s released in the past decade have been the same. And even when he rerecorded a bunch of songs on 2020’s ...

Two words, one question: Why not? It’s a fitting ask for someone like Sturgill Simpson. He’s the type of artist who at any given moment can draw on his country music pedigree, knack for gnarly fuzz ...

A decade following the breakout success of his May 2014-released album "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music," Sturgill Simpson has announced not just his forthcoming eighth album — July 12's "Passage ...

I was a lot older than I should have been when I discovered not everyone experiences music the same way. Not everyone is moved to tears after three notes of Sigur Ros. Not everyone lies on the thin ...

In the eight years since his last Twin Cities concert, Sturgill Simpson has made two traditional bluegrass albums, an electronic hard-rock record and a cowboy storyteller concept LP. His newest ...

About halfway through his new album, Sturgill Simpson sings about identity. In a tune aptly titled “Who I Am,” he tempers a sense of loss with “comfort in just knowing nothing ever stays the same.” ...

Ever ask a question, almost dismissively, as if you knew there wouldn’t be any concrete answer at hand? Such an instance occurred last month, when the same question popped up in conversations with ...

Seemingly every artist has one song they wish they hadn’t written or recorded. Sometimes, the songs don’t age well and fall out of favor. On the other hand, an artist may get tired of playing a ...

Listen to songs by Clairo, Dawn Richard and Sturgill Simpson plus more. By Lindsay Zoladz These days I’ve really been enjoying “Charm,” the recently released third album from the 25-year-old ...