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Meredith Lawrence

Meredith Lawrence is a New York–based writer and photographer. She started her career in local news in Oregon and Washington and is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School's Arts&Culture MA program. Her work has appeared in High Country News, Texas Monthly, and Vox.

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Woody Guthrie’s California

A new remastered album tells of the musician’s West Coast adventures.

Aug 21, 2025
western af playlist

A Western AF Video Playlist

New to Americana music? These four tracks from Western AF will help you understand its roots and resurgence.

Mar 27, 2023
mike vanata, left, and brian harrington founded western af to promote americana singers and songwriters

We’re Western AF

A Wyoming YouTube channel is helping to drive the Americana music resurgence.

Mar 27, 2023
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What’s Good for Grass Is Good for the Earth

Kent Reeves is part of a movement to fight climate change by repairing California’s grasslands—which pull carbon from the atmosphere. Its success depends on ranchers and their cattle.

May 24, 2021
Andy Hedges doesn’t claim that all cowboy poetry stories are true, but “you could listen,” he says, and “learn a lot of true things.”

Cowboy Poets of the New West

Cowboy poets ride tradition and verse to the stage each year in Elko, Nevada, debunking myths about the Old West—and creating new ones.

Jan 7, 2020
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