Americana Music Association Announces First Round of 2017 Americanafest Showcases
(L-R) Top: Brandy Clark, Hiss Golden Messenger, Turnpike Troubadours (L-R) Bottom: Charley Crockett, Deer Tick, Bettye LaVette Continuing the stellar tradition of being the preeminent roots music event of the year, the Nashville-based Americana Music…
Nikki Lane and Loretta Lynn Performs on CBS This Morning
Honky-tonk chanteuse and entrepreneur Nikki Lane has been making the rounds on television as of late to promote her excellent third release, ‘Highway Queen.’ On a stop with a special Saturday CBS This Morning the…
Steve Earle and The Dukes To Release ‘So You Wannabe an Outlaw’ This Summer
Legendary ‘Hardcore Troubadour’ Steve Earle and the current version of his backing country rock band The Dukes – – guitarist Chris Masterson, fiddle player Eleanor Whitmore, bassist Kelly Looney, and new members drummer Brad Pemberton…
Watch Out! Nikki Lane Performs “Jackpot” on Conan 4/26/17
Last night Nikki Lane treated the Conan O’Brien audience to a rousing rendition of her cut “Jackpot.” Bedecked in her spectacular Nudie suit finest Lane leads her crackerjack band through the jumped-up shuffle clearly leaving…
Watch Out! Lillie Mae “Over The Hill And Through The Woods” and “To Go Wrong” on Conan 4/13/17
Lillie Mae made her solo national television debut last night on the Conan O’Brien show. She and her band, featuring her brother on guitar and sister on backup vocals, tear through a spirited version of…
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Wanted! – Notable Americana and Roots Music Releases for 2017
2016 was another great year for Americana and roots music, and 2017 shows signs that the great music will continue to come our way. As our Cream of the Crop favorites from last year makes plain we might be experiencing a new golden age of…
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Cream of the Crop – Twang Nation Top Americana and Roots Music Picks of 2016
The year in musuc for 2016 is best defined by the classic Dickensian line from “A Tale of Two Cities,” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Mortaility cut a wide swath across some of the greatest and influential musicians…
Wanted! – Notable Americana and Roots Music Releases for 2016
2015 was another bumper crop year for Americana and roots music, and 2016 show vast signs that the great music will continue to come. As our Cream of the Crop favorites from 2015 makes plain we might be experiencing a new golden age of roots…
Loretta Lynn to Release New Album ‘Wouldn’t It Be Great’ on August 18
The latest volume of Cash Cabin Sessions, recordings is going to be one by a country music legend. Loretta Lynn will celebrate her 85th birthday not only by playing two sold-out shows in the hallowed halls of Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on April 14th, but by…
Record Store Day 2017 – Americana and Roots Music Picks
It’s that time of year again. Well, yes Spring but more specifically for a music blog it’s the annual season of blossoming limit selections of rare and obscure vinyl known as Record Store Day. The event has helped fuel the resurgence in sales and pushing…
Jason Isbell Announces new album, ‘The Nashville Sound’ – Out June 16th
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist Jason Isbell and his mighty band, the 400 Unit, have announced the June 16th release of their highly anticipated new album, The Nashville Sound (Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers). The Nashville Sound is the follow up to 2015’s critically acclaimed Something More…
Justin Townes Earle To Release ‘Kids In The Street’ May 26
Though they’ve had a rocky history, on his latest album Justin Townes Earle has ended up at the same label of his father, Steve Earle. ‘Kids in the Street’ is Earle’s finale in the emotionally self-reflective trilogy ‘Single Mothers’ (2014) and ‘Absent Fathers’ (2015). ‘Kids…’…
Lindi Ortega To Release New EP ‘Til The Goin’ Gets Gone’ March 17 – Watch title Cut Lyric Video
Dark Americana chanteuse Lindi Ortega will release ‘Til The Goin’ Gets Gone’ an EP of four songs, three originals and a cover of Townes Van Zandt’s “Waiting ‘Round To Die” on March 17. In her downtime last year she rediscovered an intimacy she had neglected.…
John Moreland : New Album ‘Big Bad Luv’ Out May 5th. Stream ‘It Don’t Suit Me (Like Before)’
Few people embody the genuine soul of Americana and roots music than Tulsa, Oklahoma’s John Moreland. A new album from this unassuming poet of the human landscape is always a cause for celebration. On May 5th Moreland will release his fourth album, entitled ‘Big Bad…
Angaleena Presley Gets ‘Wrangled’ With Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, Wanda Jackson and Guy Clark
On April 21 honky-tonk songstress, and one-third of the country super-group Pistol Annies, Angaleena Presley will release her sophomore solo album ‘Wrangled’ April 21 on Mining Light/Thirty Tigers records. ‘Wrangled’ ‘s the 12-track has Presley once again at the co-production helm with Oran Thornton (Eric…
Sturgill Simpson’s Unlikely Road to the Grammys
My first impression of Sturgill Simpson was of a man that embodied a duality of seemingly contradictory attributes – carefree determination. It was September of 2011 and over a pitcher of beer Simpson and I discussed his custom made telecaster (by him), the wonders of…
Willie Nelson To Release New Album, ‘God’s Problem Child’
Willie Nelson, who appears to never rest, will release his new album, ‘God’s Problem Child.’ The collection of all-new studio material, his first in nearly three years, will be released April 28th, the day before the Texas music legend turns 84. That last album, ‘Django…