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…
WARNING : Profanity I like to think I know a little about the history of country music and it’s talent over the years. So how is it that I’ve never heard of Wheeler Walker Jr.?…
While attending the Americana conference and Festival in Nashville I took some time to head roughly 25 miles south to Franklin TN to chat with South Carolina singer Julie Roberts. I arrive at a house…
I imagine Hayes Carll’s welcoming, laid-back style being perfect for hanging out on a Texas afternoon shooting the shit. Until that time Carll’s newly launched Google hangout event is the next best thing. Conducted it…
I’ve been kicking around the ideas to address Giovanni Russonello’s “Why Is a Music Genre Called ‘Americana’ So Overwhelmingly White and Male?” i heard my mom’s advice in m mind, “just walk away from the…
Joy Williams helps out Lightning 100’s Wells Adams morning show on Nashville Lightning 100 morning show and discusses her new baby, covering the Smashing Pumpkins, living in Nashville, displays decent skill in a lightening round.…
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David Letterman, and his Late Show booking crew, have been long-time enthusiastic supporters of country and Americana music. Recently it seems like Dave has invited a roots artist to play every night of the week,…
When the nominees for the Americana Music Association awards was released there was some that commented on the lack of diversity; which is a shortcut for racial diversity. I agree there’s no one of color…
If you’re a struggling musician I suggest you take a look at the career of Jim Lauderdale. Between early setbacks as a Bluegrass banjo player, and being marginalized in Music Row there were plenty of…
The first time I heard Nashville-based Jessica Maros and Tyler James, collectively knows as Escondido, it was the video for their garage-country noir song Bad Without You I was hooked. I even used the song…