Record Store Day Black Friday 2020 Releases – Roots & Americana Picks
Despite all the damage the pandemic has caused the music industry if you’re a record collector there is a silver lining. Vinyl sales surpassed CD sales for the first time in 34 years! This is…
Hear Steve Earle Pay Tribute to Justin Townes Earle
On his forthcoming album, “J.T.”, Steve Earle & The Dukes pay tribute to Steve’s late son, Justin Townes Earle (J.T.), who passed away on August 20, 2020 in Nashville. The album will be released digitally…
Amazon Studios to Create Merle Haggard Biopic
deadline.com reports that Amazon Studios has acquired the rights to create a Merle Haggard biopic. Top of the list to play The Hag s Oscar-winning actor Sam Rockwell (The Green Mile, The Assassination of Jesse…
Americana and Roots Selections for Record Store Day – Drop Day 3
Like, well, everything in 2020 this year’s Record Store Day has gad a different plan. The main day itself was originally scheduled to take place back in April, but it was postponed and split into…
Sturgill Simpson’s Keeps His Bluegrass Promise This Friday
In the worst kept secret in current days Sturgill Simpson is set to release his first solo bluegrass album, titled ‘Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions,’ on Friday, October 16th. The album of…
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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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Listen Up! Exclusive Feature: Kyle LaLone – ‘Honky Tonk Stage’
Remember the sound of live music in a packed bar? As a fan during these COVID times we get wistful for those moments, but performers experience a deeper longing as well as the joy. And those feelings shine through in the twang-drenched ‘Honky Tonk Stage’…
Buck Owens’ A Merry ‘Hee Haw’ To Be Released
IT’S A BAKERSFIELD KIND OF CHRISTMAS AT OMNIVORE Buck Owens’ A Merry ‘Hee Haw’ Christmas due in stores November 13. Many of us are flat-out done with 2020 and are ready to turn the page on the hole damn year. Now there’s a something to…
William Elliott Whitmore New Album Coming This Fall
Long-time roots-revivalist William Elliott Whitmore is set to release his eighth studio full-length album ‘I’m With You’ on October 16. ‘I’m With You.’ on Bloodshot Records. This will be his first release of original material since 2015’s ‘Radium Death.’ The first single “My Mind Can…
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 the technical hurdles to stream performances to connect with fans…
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 would pack blankets, food and plenty of water and head…
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 conflict with co-owners Nan Washaw and Rob Miller. This conflict…
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 cross-genre hit song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” from…
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 even further the cover features the most famous #12 of…
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…