Americana News

Hayes Carll tops album airplay. Four acts dominated the ratings for Americana radio airplay in 2019. Texas troubadour Hayes Carll scored...

The release of the only known recording of Hank Williams singing “Blues Eyes Crying in the Rain” has once again shone a spotlight on one...

The great man may be dead but his music lives on. Such a line could apply to a hundred artists, but it fits perfectly to Leonard Cohen,...

Don’t be surprised if there have been rumblings in a few celebrity graveyards from Memphis to Montgomery, given The Mavericks have marked...

Just when the documentary series Country Music by Ken Burns appears to be defining itself as “The Johnny Cash Show”, or indeed “The...

There is no better way to promote your latest album, than to declare it might be your last! Sheryl Crow did this in pointing to her new...

Bruce Springsteen’s 70th birthday on September 23 provides a perfect opportunity to mark his enormous contribution to Americana Music!...

Television series documenting the history of country music date back decades and some of the best – Bringing it all Back Home & Lost...

Justin Townes Earle missed a bus in Australia and ended up in Cairns, about as far north on the Australian eastern seaboard as any...

John Prine cemented his Superstar status by winning both Album and Song of the Year at the 2019 Americana Music Awards. Artist of the...

Aside from being among the greatest Americana music artists, Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill have a lot in common. They have been...

Texas icon Robert Earl Keen has put his musical muscle behind Americana Music by creating a new podcast called Americana Podcast: The...