Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
"There's nothing quite like falling with a safe place to land," sings Craig Jackson, who recently released Stars In Her Crown, a full-length rootsicana record which features his latest single, “Safe Place to Land." Recorded live and to tape at Battletapes Audio in in the heart of East Nashville neighborhood Inglewood, the band captured the... Continue Reading →
Take me home country roads, for I have never been so homesick for the South as after seeing Andrew Combs last night at Mississippi Studios in Portland, Oregon. After I obsessively listened to his music over the last two months, I was anxiously waiting to see this performance by the man from Nashville that could... Continue Reading →
“I was 10 years old and my older brother started taking guitar lessons,” recalls Colorado-based industry veteran David Starr. “Like a lot of kids, I saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan; for a lot of people that was a life-changing thing. They were a unit, a cohesive group that did this thing. I thought, ‘Well,... Continue Reading →
Serendipity is the accident of finding something good without even looking for it. Such is the story of harmony-rich Americana trio Applewood Road, composed of Emily Barker, Amber Rubarth, and Amy Speace—all three individually accomplished solo artists. However, a chance meeting resulted in something they might never have imagined. “Amy and Emily had the same tour... Continue Reading →
Florida-based husband-and-wife duo AJ Swearingen and Jayne Kelli are set to release their sophomore album, The Marrying Kind, on July 21st; the record houses 12 beautifully-crafted songs that challenge us to explore life’s hard questions while embracing what we have in the moment. The Marrying Kind is painted on a wide folkicana canvas and painted... Continue Reading →
Nashville remains the music capital of the world, and with good reason. It’s a hub for aspiring artists, a constant stop on major tours, and still goes by the moniker “Music City.” But while we used to accept that artists had to play to the Nashville crowds in order to make it and then stay... Continue Reading →
“When I sing, that’s just what happens,” says Joe Cocker-esque soul man Jimmy Lumpkin, who emerged from his cabin he shares with his wife and his dog in the backwoods of South Alabama and traveled to California to make his forthcoming debut record, Home, which will be released by Skate Mountain Records. In May, Lumpkin unleashed... Continue Reading →
Since 2013, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has featured a SuperJam dedicated to the appreciation of bluegrass music. The annual showcase is presented by The Bluegrass Situation and headed by Ed Helms who, rumor has it, moonlights as an actor when he’s not picking a banjo. While Helms adds a bit of star power,... Continue Reading →
Atlanta-based alt-country collective The Good Graces have been making jangly roots music for the last decade; more of a community musical collaboration than a band, The Good Graces are the brainchild of singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kim Ware, and include a rotating cast of a dozen musicians, with a core group of players. The band... Continue Reading →
The intimacy of the City Winery listening room was the perfect setting for grassy folk trio Quiles & Cloud to share the moving music from their latest release, Shake Me Now, out in March via Compass Records. Made up of Maria Quiles, Rory Cloud, and Oscar Westesson, the three hail from the temperate climes of... Continue Reading →