Stereogum — Last year, the grizzled country-music adventurer Sturgill Simpson spent $4,000 making his great album Metamodern Sounds In Country Music and released it on his own. That album found its audience, and now Simpson is nominated for a Grammy and showing ... more info

Stereogum — Sturgill Simpson is moving up in the world. Besides the honor and glory that comes from cracking Stereogum’s list of the year’s best albums, Simpson was recently nominated for a Grammy, and our own Tom Breihan notes that the country singer’s up... more info

Stereogum — Sturgill Simpson will be featured on a special episode of Austin City Limits this weekend. ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014 features lots of talent both old (Loretta Lynn, Robert Plant & Patti Griffin), new (The Milk Carton Kids, St. Paul ... more info

Stereogum — The most talked-about musical performance from last night’s Tonight Show is definitely Daniel Radcliffe randomly rapping Blackalicious’ “Alphabet Aerobics.” But the best one was probably from the Kentucky singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson, w... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sturgill Simpson at Joe's Pub in July (more by Chris La Putt) Earlier this year, country singer Sturgill Simpson released his new album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, and he's continuing to play shows in support of it at increasingly... more info

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