Americana News

If there was ever a best mix ‘n match in Americana music, it would have to be Austin City Limits and singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen....

One of the most distinctive pair in roots music has reunited after more than half a century, to produce a new album featuring the work of...

Lucinda Williams is on the road again. This fact may not be headline-grabbing given that musicians all around the world are back touring...

The death of Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins while on tour in South Americana is a sad reminder that musicians are back on the road...

The recent feud between big-name artists and streaming services epitomizes the sheer complexities of the music industry in an era when...

In an era when music news seems dominated by superstars either squabbling with streaming services or preoccupied with multi-million...

There’s a common refrain in the studios of Nashville which says: “Emmylou Harris can make a good song great.” But when she scored a...

If ever there was a moment in 2021 which personified Americana’s desire to embrace all musical genres, it came at the Americana Music...

When it comes to partnerships in the music industry, there are few as enduring – and indeed endearing – as the one between Emmylou Harris...

In 2007 a sixties rock icon teamed up with a young fiddle-playing bluegrass star to form one of the most unlikely combinations in modern...

It seems that hardly a month goes by without another release of a live album from the Jerry Garcia Band. Nothing wrong with that, given...

Many of the great Texas troubadours – Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Billy Joe Shaver – are sadly gone. But thankfully many...

Fifty-years ago this month, a young Chicago postman, turned-singer-songwriter, released a self-titled album called John Prine. It would...

Sturgill Simpson, one of Americana Music’s hottest acts, has shocked the industry with a sudden Instagram announcement that he has...

The legacy left behind by recently-departed artists across all genres dominated the 20th Americana Music Association’s annual Honours and...

The Queen of Nashville Emmylou Harris is writing her memoirs! This revelation, which will delight fans worldwide, lies buried in one of...

Few songwriters have married musical lyrics with journalism like Tom T. Hall who has died at 85. For Hall wrote some of country music’s ...

When it comes to “colourful characters” in modern music, few can match David Crosby. And on the occasion of his 80th birthday, the...

Many stars and big names in Nashville have wasted little time accessing social media to pay tribute to Nanci Griffith, one of Americana...

Americana music has lost arguably the greatest interpreter of its songs with the death of Nanci Griffith at the age of 68. It is believed...