The Telegraph — Kentucky singer Sturgill Simpson is reinventing country music with his metaphysical peculiarity, says Helen Brown more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jason Isbell @ Governors Ball (more by Dana (distortion Yavin) Sturgill Simpson has not been shy when it comes to talking about Nashville not playing a part in his new-found success as a country singer, but Wednesday night Nashville recognized,... more info

Stereogum — Last week, underground country singer Sturgill Simpson played Conan and performed his song “Living The Dream,” which contains the lyrics, “I don’t have to do a goddamn thing except sit around and wait to die.” The second half of “goddamn�... more info

Stereogum — One of 2014′s great under-the-radar critical favorites has been Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, a collection of beautifully weathered old-school country from the Kentucky singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson. And it’s been fun watching Simpson ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt and P Squared Photography; words by Chris La Putt Sturgil Simpsons @ Joe's Pub 7/15/2015 (by Chris); backstage w/ Byrne While listening to Sturgill Simpson sing about Buddha, turtles, and DMT at the first of... more info

Stereogum — Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds In Country Music cracked our list of the best albums of 2014 so far, and we’re not the only ones transfixed by Simpson’s forward-thinking take on traditional country. Apparently, so are the talent buyers at ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Country singer Sturgill Simpson has been in the NYC-area opening for Pokey LaFarge on Wednesday, Zac Brown Band last night (which he does again tonight, 7/11), and he's got another show on Tuesday (7/15) at Joe's Pub with The... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "A lot of journalists, it feels like they want to lure me into being the poster boy, and talk shit about modern country, and I just don't have anything to really offer there," he says. "Because, fortunately, I've never pursued... more info

Stereogum — Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds In Country Music was likely one of the more surprising inclusions on our list of the 50 Best Albums Of 2014 So Far, if only because we haven’t previously covered the Kentucky-born, Nashville-based singer-songw... more info