Tyler Boone Dodges Cliches With "Jealousy" (premiere + interview)
Americana rocker Tyler Boone wraps up a successful year with a video for "Jealousy" while growing his second career in the bourbon business.
05 Dec 2019
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Fruition Bring Halloween Catharsis to Petaluma's Mystic Theater
Fruition give the Bay Area a boost with a triumphant All Hallows Eve performance in the wake of PG&E's forced blackouts.
02 Dec 2019
Banjolectric's "Another Thing For Pain" Is a Raw Reflection on Substance Abuse (premiere)
Gregory Mulkern continues to push the envelope on what a banjo can do through Banjolectric, this time through the brooding, reflective music video for "Another Thing For Pain".
25 Nov 2019
Alexa Rose Breathes New Life Into Americana with 'Medicine For Loving'
Alexa Rose has created some timeless Americana songs on her new album. They're truly medicine for living, as all the best songs are wont to be.
25 Nov 2019
Enjoy Yourself: An Interview with Todd Snider
Todd Snider's 2004 album, East Nashville Skyline, is getting a new lease on life with a new vinyl edition, but the veteran troubadour remains creatively restless and committed to his musical future. "I might sound like I know how life works but I don't. I know less about it all the time."
22 Nov 2019
The Lumineers Get Cerebral on 'III'
Gone are the days of the Lumineers' pop-standards and monosyllabic earworms. III is a cerebral and disquieting portrait of addiction.
22 Nov 2019
'Not Alone' Is Gabriel Birnbaum's Bluesy, Soulful Slice of Indie Americana
The multi-instrumentalist from Wilder Maker and Debo Band, Gabriel Birnbaum draws from a deep well of inspiration on his first solo album.
22 Nov 2019
Penny and Sparrow Wrap Up Their Takeaway Sessions with "Stockholm" (premiere)
With a performance of "Stockholm", Austin folk duo Penny and Sparrow drop the third video in their live 'Takeaway' series with SouthBound Creative.
21 Nov 2019
Lost Dog Street Band's Benjamin Tod Readies Release of Second Solo Album With "Saguaro's Flower" (premiere)
A Heart of Gold Is Hard to Find marks first effort Lost Dog Street Band's Benjamin Tod has recorded completely sober. "Every song on this album," he says, "is for someone." Hear "Saguaro's Flower" ahead of the 22 November record release.
Jedd Beaudoin
Music
14 Nov 2019
With 'Cape Disappointment' Aaron Semer Shows Why He Is the Singer-Songwriter We All Need
Americana/folk artist, Aaron Semer's second solo album, Cape Disappointment, is a blunt, direct work on living and loving in our turbulent times.
13 Nov 2019
Many Circles: An Interview with Trigger Hippy's Steve Gorman
On their sophomore album, Trigger Hippy cement their reputation as a hard-working American rock band with a bright future. Co-founder Steve Gorman says, "This feels special and that's worth protecting."
Jedd Beaudoin
Music
08 Nov 2019
SUSS Marries High Lonesome and High Art on 'High Line'
Ambient country band SUSS' co-founder, Bob Holmes discusses the seemingly unlikely but ultimately necessary marriage of music that marries the imagined America of the past and present.
Jedd Beaudoin
Music
05 Nov 2019
Winterpills' Frontman Philip B. Price Issues New Solo Album 'Bone Almanac' (album stream + interview)
Veteran singer-songwriter and Winterpills frontman, Philip B. Price creates an album inspired by environmental concerns. Hear Bone Almanac ahead of its 8 November release.
05 Nov 2019
Rebecca Turner Returns with 'The New Wrong Way' (premiere) (interview) (album stream)
New Jersey-based singer-songwriter Rebecca Turner fuses elements of her classic sound on The New Wrong Way, which brings together country and rock with loving tributes to two musical giants.
04 Nov 2019
'World Full of Blues': The Return of Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley
On their third album, World Full of Blues, Americana guitar masters Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley expand their horizons, while still playing up a storm.
04 Nov 2019
Allison Moorer Adds Heavy Songs, True Blood and Healing Heart to Painful Origin Story
Americana's Allison Moorer has traveled the world, but revisits the early years of her small-town past — and the horrific moment that changed two sisters' lives — with an album and memoir that go to hell and back.
30 Oct 2019
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