In this week’s issue (below): Hannah Damn Dasher had a record deal at the worst possible time for a new artist. And then she didn’t. It hasn’t slowed her down one bit, as you’ll see in this week’s girl talk with Jess Wright. She used the nationwide lockdown to start a thing that got bigger than she ever thought it could, while still making the music she wants to make, and now she’s putting out a cookbook too. We talk about all of that, plus the hooch status of our grandmothers (hint: they are/were), the artist’s style who first influenced hers, and what Naomi Judd had to say about it all.

Plus, a career mile marker (203 — IYKYK) for Julie Roberts, Brandi Carlile made music mean something, Trisha Yearwood’s back for Band As One, alongside our friend Rissi Palmer, Hailey Whitters, and others, a bunch of great new music that came out Friday and more. Read all about it below.

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