Carena Liptak
Carena Liptak is a writer based in southern Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee. Her work has appeared in American Songwriter, No Depression, Taste of Country, The Boot and elsewhere. She is a fan of strong coffee and large-eared dogs.
LONG READ•Why I Love: The Secret Sisters on Brandi Carlile
Yodeling, Neti Pots and “Rare Inclusivity”: The Secret Sisters share lessons learned from their friend and mentor Brandi Carlile.
ALBUM REVIEW•Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
Waxahatchee’s fifth album Saint Cloud is a move towards clarity and personal power.
INTERVIEW•One Hot Minute: HARDY
Multi award-nominated songwriter-turned-artist HARDY reflects both on the unforgettable year behind him, discussing his friendship with Morgan Wallen and what lays ahead.
ALBUM REVIEW•Pony Bradshaw - Calico Jim
Comfort isn’t the takeaway from many of the eerier stories told on Calico Jim, but they do offer some insight into how the past informs the future - and how small stories can, over the course of history, impact our world and culture at large.
ALBUM REVIEW•Lainey Wilson - Sayin' What I'm Thinkin'
On Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’, Wilson sounds tender and spunky, confident and fallible, glamorous and hilariously realistic - often all at the same time.
INTERVIEW•One Hot Minute: S.G. Goodman
Goodman speaks about the difficult task of relinquishing control over how the songs are perceived and what the next album she's making has taught her.
INTERVIEW•Cuts The Deepest: Brittney Spencer
Brittney Spencer reflected on just a small selection of the albums that have inspired her – the five discussed highlighted as particularly powerful influences on who she is as an artist.
LONG READ•Ten Year Town: Logan Mize
Logan Mize shares the early inspirations that made him fall in love with music, discussing his journey from Kansas to Nashville and back again, and how that evolving relationship with Music City impacted his new album, Still That Kid.
INTERVIEW•One Hot Minute: Willie Jones
Musician, artist, innovator - Willie Jones talks to Holler about his debut album Right Now, blending genres and how he's proud to be an American.
ALBUM REVIEW•Tyler Childers - Long Violent History
Tyler Childers braids legacy and progress with Long Violent History.