Morgan Wade

With a commanding voice -- raspy and earthy yet bearing bruises and scars that convey vulnerability -- Morgan Wade cut a striking figure when she emerged with her debut album, Reckless, in 2021. Pitched partway between Americana and arena rock -- a distance she navigated with collaborator Sadler Vaden, the guitarist in Jason Isbell's 400 Unit -- Wade blended her influences in a distinctive, emotionally candid way. Her second album, Psychopath, appeared in 2023. A native of the small Appalachian town of Floyd, Virginia, Morgan Wade was drawn to music as a child. She wrote song...