Melissa Carper

Old-school country that resonates across time and place — old-time, bluegrass, western swing, jazz and blues woven back together, from the days before the industry drew artificial lines and race-based genre labels. Celebrated for profoundly observational lyrics, a homespun sensibility and a voice that curls like a croon from a gramophone; Nashville veteran Chris Scruggs dubbed her “HillBillie Holiday.”