Definition Debate at Special Anniversary of Americana Music Association
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...
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Americana News
- 5 days ago
- 4 min
Bluegrass Salutes Folk Legend
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...
- Aug 30
- 6 min
Ry Cooder Heads Unique Concept Album
If you have ever trekked across the expansive landscape of a national park and wondered what music might be suitable on your headphones,...
- Aug 24
- 4 min
New Album Out of Ruins
When Gilliam Welch sang Lord, Tear My Stillhouse Down in 1996 she could not have imagined that her creative musings would be literally...
- Aug 23
- 4 min
Carter Cash Celebrates Famed Multi-Instrumentalist
There are fewer greater names in country/roots music than John Carter Cash, son of legends June Carter and Johnny Cash and grandson of...
- Jul 20
- 5 min
Steve Earle Goes Back to the Future
Steve Earle’s standing as a singer-songwriter in the top echelon of Americana artists cannot be denied. And it is no better illustrated...
- Jul 11
- 3 min
Fine Contemporary Tribute to Old Time Music
It is 20 years since the Virginia Assembly designed what was known as The Crooked Road as Virginia’s Music Trail, a 333-mile drive that...
- Jun 30
- 5 min
Treasure from the Johnny Cash Vault
Got a spare 30 minutes? And want to hear 11 original songs that you have never heard before from one of the great voices in modern music?...
- Jun 26
- 4 min
Legends Issue Second Impressive Album
Texan Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Californian Dave Alvin are music stalwarts in their respective States, with each having written a classic...
- Jun 4
- 4 min
Willie Nelson Leads an Ageless Revolution
As octogenarian Joe Biden slowly shuffles across the stage at another campaign rally this summer, two of the greatest artists in popular...
- Apr 21
- 5 min
Intense Row over Jason Isbell Tribute Song
The creative license of songwriters to implicate individuals - either living or dead - in their work has suddenly been brought into sharp...
- Apr 12
- 4 min
Big Names Back Indie Debut Release
Every so often, the release of an artist’s debut album reveals a feel-good story in the music industry. And this is a one of the best! It...
- Apr 1
- 7 min
Jerry Garcia's Bluegrass Journey
Jerry Garcia’s magnetic influence on bluegrass music – and indeed his early obsession with the genre – has finally been formally...
- Mar 15
- 4 min
Six Decades of Ralph McTell
Few could imagine that in post-war London, there was a teenage boy dreaming of being a musical guitar-in-hand vagabond playing chords and...
- Mar 3
- 4 min
All Aboard Nash’s Southbound Train
How does an artist cram 60 years of singing and song-writing - among some of the greats in the music business - into two and a half...
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Molly Meets Joni at the Grammys
While all the hype at the 2024 Grammy Awards may have surrounded Taylor Swift and/or Barbie songs, there was a wonderful moment - lost on...
- Feb 2
- 5 min
The Pizza Man Surely Delivered
It is now more than thirty years since three of the finest musicians to ever strap an acoustic instrument over their shoulders decided to...
- Dec 14, 2023
- 8 min
Raitt Grammy Surprise Highlight for Americana Music in 2023
Bonnie’s Raitt’s surprise – and deserved - triumph at the 65th Grammy Awards was the clear highlight of Americana Music in 2023. It was...
- Nov 11, 2023
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Cat Power Sings Dylan An Inventive Gem
And the award for the most inventive covers album of the year – maybe all-time - goes to … Chan Marshall for her November 10 release Cat...
- Oct 24, 2023
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Back to the Future for Emmylou Harris
It may have taken almost 50 years, but Emmylou Harris has finally re-recorded a song she first did with Bob Dylan on Desire - one of his...
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