Guy Clark’s ‘Old No. 1’ Revisited By Americana’s Best
This tribute to Old No. 1 shows what made Guy Clark so special. The Texan wrote plaintive songs that used quotidian details to express elegiac emotions.
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Built with an Old Hammer: Dale Watson’s Honky-Tonk Truth
The tools haven’t changed much. The influences are still there. The approach is the same. Dale Watson is still building, as he puts it, with that old hammer.
Mildred Are Philosophically Listless on the ‘Fenceline’
Mildred show how our current ennui can be transcended by friends coming together to perform music, that boredom can be an impetus, not an obstruction, for creativity.
Hurray For the Riff Raff Are at a Vibrant, Outspoken Peak
Live Forever captures one of the best sounding tours of 2025, revealing Hurray For the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra as one of the leading musical voices of the 2020s.
Inside Shakey Graves’ Wonderfully Weird World
Somewhere between tape hiss and memory, between backyard shows and crowded rooms, Shakey Graves is still digging.
Dale Watson Is Still Fiercely Independent on ‘Unwanted’
Dale Watson sings and writes about love, life, and liquor with equal fervour. He’s a passionate man, whether he’s crooning about yellow mustard or his own death.
Salim Nourallah Connects Manila to the Stars
“Making records isn’t for the faint of heart,” notes songwriter Salim Nourallah, who is in the middle of a year when five full-length albums are planned.
Brown Horse Get Loud and Bleak As They Drive On
Brown Horse have released their loudest and bleakest LP, where muscular guitars, walloping drums, and thumping pedal steels converge and erupt like a volcano.
A Banshee Tree with ‘Bad Luck’ Grows in Colorado
Banshee Tree’s music is inclusive with an assortment of styles. From acoustic folk to psychedelic funk and jazz, their music is always moving.
Aubory Bugg Sensitively Recalls Who She Once Was
Aubory Bugg beautifully captures that period when we are free to imagine what our lives are and will be.
Ashley Monroe Pens a Love/Hate Letter to Music City
Ashley Monroe is not happy with the way she’s been treated by Music City. Dear Nashville is a concept record about her professional experiences.
Michael J. Sheehy Revels in Gin-Soaked Americana
Michael J. Sheehy’s voice is in fine form; a silvery, bruised quaver that rides wind and song like an injured sparrow seeking shelter.