Americana News

Willie Nelson's latest album is dedicated to the song-writing of Rodney Crowell   Willie Nelson will celebrate his 92nd birthday on April...

John Craigie has gone halfway around the globe to promote his latest album Quirky Portland singer-songwriter John Craigie crams a lot...

Alison Krauss has released her first album in 14 years with her band Union Station Alison Krauss was just 16 when she released her debut...

Folk icon Joan Baez is flanked by six of the greatest female singers in Americana music. From left: Margo Price, Bonnie Raitt, Linda...

Irish guitarist-singer Muireann Bradley has made a major impact on the blues scene at the age of 18 Move over thirty-somethings Molly...

Joe Ely's new album comes as he battles healh issues   Americana legend Joe Ely’s 21st solo album has been released only days after his...

Tylers Childers set Auckland fans on fire when launching his 2025 global tour Mule Pull ’25 is off and running! Tyler Childers launched...

It was little surprise that Sierra Ferrell collected four Grammys at the 67th annual awards   If you had come across Sierra Ferrell...

Ringo Starr has help from the best in the business on his latest album   If you are a pop music superstar from the era of sex, drugs and...

David Olney was admired as a songwriter's songwriter   If anything best defined dying as unjust, it would be that the circumstances of...

Rosanne Cash's heart-warming tribute to Kris Kristofferson provided a sad highlight of Americana music in 2024   Perhaps the most...

Singer-songwriter great Dwight Yoakam has released his 16th studio album and the first for nearly a decade. In between his last, Dwight's...

“Beatles Go Americana” screamed one headline in the music media when it was announced that Lucinda Williams will release a new album...

Nothing personifies the seemingly-everlasting life of 91-year-old Willie Nelson more than this stanza - The autumn took the rest/ But it...

James Burton has become the 17th artist to be inducted into both the Country Music and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. And at 84, Burton is one...

Want to tell the world about your divorce? Maybe even do it with your ex? Even better, why not write a song about it. And better still...

Of all the tributes to music legend Kris Kristofferson in the past week, the one many will remember most was from the daughter of another...

There is no one better qualified to write a eulogy to Kris Kristofferson than the great singer-songwriter himself.   His lyrics were some...

It is now 25 years since a bunch of music executives got together in Austin, Texas, and lamented on the fact that country radio was not...

It is now more than six decades since Tom Paxton was among the founding artists on the famous Greenwich Village music scene in New York...