South Oakland is the neighborhood where University of Pittsburgh students live in unkempt group homes, guzzling cheap beer and frequenting basement rock shows. Singer-songwriter Merce Lemon grew up ...

Merce Lemon and Fust are two of the best and brightest indie acts currently channeling the spirit of the sad-eyed country greats. So the prospect of the Pittsburgh singer-songwriter and the Durham alt ...

The Vermont rocker Greg Freeman has been growing in stature lately, in large part thanks to the slow-burn success of his 2022 debut album I Looked Out. (His ripping performance at our Austin party ...

Rising indie-country acts Merce Lemon and Fust have teamed up for two collaborative George Jones covers, with Merce taking the lead on “Cup of Loneliness” and Fust doing the same on “Choices.” Cup of ...