Americana Music Association Announces Streaming ‘Thriving Roots’ Conference
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has rolled the music industry keeping musicians from coming together together to create music and keeping musicians off the road and deriving them of a much-needed revenue source. Many have tackled…
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Announces Streaming Festival “Let the Music Play On…”
Some of my fondest memories of my 5 years in San Francisco was attending the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass roots music festival. The first weekend in October would roll around and me, my daughter and friends…
Bloodshot Records Artists Rocked By Sale & Accounting Issues
On Monday, July 20th, a form letter was sent out to all artists currently signed to the independent Chicago-based music label Bloodshot Records that the the label is currently up for sale due to ongoing…
Remembering Charlie Daniels – Americana Pioneer
Charlie Daniels singer, songwriter, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, philanthropist and Country Music Hall of Fame member died Monday from hemorrhagic stroke in Nashville. He was 83 years old. We all know about Daniels’ most famous for Grammy-winning…
Old 97s New Album “Twelfth” Out This Summer
Remember alt.country? The Old 97’s and their legions of fans worldwide haven’t. And those fans will be rewarded when the Dallas’ stalwarts deliver their 12th album, ‘Twelfth,’ on August 21st. To drive home the title…
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Wanted! – Notable Americana and Roots Music Releases for 2020
2019 turned out to be another excellent year for Americana and roots music. Releases from John Paul White, Buddy and Julie Miller, Chuck Mead, Tanya Tucker, and many others were cause for celebration for the music we love. Roots radio continues to gain listeners and…
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Colter Wall’s New Album “Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs” Out This Summer
Sometimes you just want to stretch out after a long days work and have a beer and daydream about simpler times. 24-year-old Canadian crooning cowboy Colter Wall writes and performs songs perfectly suited for such an activity. Now more songs of dusty trails and scenic…
Bobbie Gentry’s “The Delta Sweete” Expanded With New Deluxe Edition Out 7/31
How do you follow up o the biggest album of 1967? If you’re Bobbie Gentry you don’t sit on the impressive laurels born of her best-selling debut “Ode to Billie Joe”, which displaced the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band from its 15-week reign…
“A Night For Austin” Fundraiser Featuring Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett and More
Austin, Texas, the self-professed “lLive Music Capital of the World” has announced “A Night For Austin,” a television and streaming event to raise money for the community of Austin in reaction to the closures and loss due to COVID-19 shutdowns. Produced by Luck Productions. “A…
Sturgill Simpson Announces Livestream From Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium
Sturgill Simpson announced a free livestream concert in conjunction with nugs.tv that will take place fro an audience-less Ryman Auditorium inNashville. The show will take place this Friday, June 5 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Simpson will be “playing with a host of friends…
Charley Crockett Announces Summer Release of “Welcome To Hard Times”
Neo-trad Texas troubadour Charley Crockett just gave us another reason to look forward to summer. He’s just announced his next studio album, “Welcome To Hard Times,” will be released July 31st on Thirty Tigers. “Welcome To Hard Times” is produced by Mark Neill (The Black…
John Prine’s Family Announce ‘Picture Show’ Tribute Livestream June 11
On June 11th the John Prine’s family will celebrate the late beloved singer-songwriter’s legacy with the Picture Show a livestream tribute. Produced by the Prine family and Oh Boy Records, the event will feature “musicians, actors, and friends sharing memories and songs.” The names of…
How About? Sarah Jarosz’s New Album “World On The Ground”
With less than 3 weeks until ‘World On The Ground’ is released Sarah Jarosz has been busy on her social platforms offering fans 3 songs from the album and some media interviews including her tips on making sourdough bread. So here’s everything I know about…
Listen Up! Gillian Welch Releases New Song For Mother’s Day
Gillian Welch debuts the song “Happy Mother’s Day” in celebration of the holiday. This release is on Acony Records, the independent record label she and partner David Rawlings founded in 2001, and comes from a newly rediscovered cache of demos and home recordings from the…
Listen Up! Nathaniel Rateliff “Willie’s Birthday Song”
Today the honorable Texas Yoda turns 87. This is no small feat for anyone let alone a musician that has spent most of his working life on the road. In fact, he’s so indelibly tied to life on the road that one of his best…