The year in music 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.” Mortality cut a wide swath across some of the greatest and influential musicians…

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…

Springsteen’s “Nebraska” is a far cry from the more commercially engaging follow-up “Born in the U.S.A.” It’s a 4-track DIY stark study of rust-belt existential ennui some consider (I count myself as one) as his most personal work. The title cut is a particularly dark…

Sturgill Simpson and band took his latest “Sound and Fury” on the road by playing the storied Troubadour club in Los Angeles and it sounded like a great show. Simpson band must have gotten up at the break of dawn to it in on the…

The Highwomen – self-titled Terri Hendrix – ‘Talk To A Human’ Crystal Gayle -‘You Don’t Know Me’ Paul Cauthen – ‘Room 41’ NRBQ – ‘Turn On, Tune In’ Amy Speace – ‘Me and the Ghosts of Charlemagne’

Here’s some of the choicest sections of Americana and roots music for August 30th, 2019. Titles are linked to a source to purchase that may contribute to this site and help us keep doing what we do. Enjoy the great bounty shared by these fine…

Here’s some of the choicest sections of Americana and roots music for August 23rd, 2019. Titles are linked to a source to purchase that may contribute to this site and help us keep doing what we do. Enjoy the great bounty shared by these fine…

In tribute to the memory of singer/songwriter David Berman Swedish roots duo First Aid Kit has released two songs; the original “Strange Beauty” and their rendition of Berman’s band Silver Jews’ “Random Rules.” In speaking about David Berman and their homage to his life and…

Insurgent country artist Cody Jinks will release his next independent LP ‘After the Fire’ on October 11th, the album is the first to be released via the Texas songwriter’s own label, Late August Records. Last April Jinks posted photos from West Texas’ Sonic Ranch studio,…

Kelsey Waldon has released a lyric video for “Sunday’s Children,” he second single from her upcoming Oh Boy! Records release “White Noise/White Lines.” The song is a Southern-fried soul-song urging awareness, unity, and understanding and to accept each other’s differences and look for “universal truth.”…

Light in the Attic Records continues its Lee Hazlewood archival series with 400 Miles From L.A. 1955-56, a collection of previously unknown demo recordings that reveal the talents of the late songwriter, producer, and artist from a very early stage in his career. (out Sept.…