Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
In Nashville, there’s no such thing as a school night when it comes to live music, so it was no surprise that there was a healthy crowd at Mercy Lounge last Tuesday to witness the raw energy of Charleston-based progressive Americana outfit SUSTO. The band has been on tour for a while playing shows coast-to-coast,... Continue Reading →
When one thinks of the Detroit music scene, garage rock is generally what comes to mind. Not so in the case of Americana outfit Willa Rae & The Minor Arcana. “There’s a home for any kind of music you want to play in Detroit; there’s a huge garage rock scene here, but there are country... Continue Reading →
"Something between us changed, I'm not sure if it's you or me, but lately all I do seems to wreck you," sings Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and performer Lori McKenna in her new song "Wreck You" from The Bird & The Rifle, her new full-length album set for release on July 29th on CN Records via Thirty Tigers. Produced by Dave... Continue Reading →
With their new album, Radiant, released today vis No Evil Records, Nashville's Wild Ponies are the musical equivalent of Kentucky Derby thoroughbreds; with compelling lyrics, intriguing vocal stylings, and stellar guitar work on full display, Radiant is everything a country album should be--and more. Doug and Telisha Williams use their skillful instrumentation as a canvas upon which to paint breathtaking lyrical... Continue Reading →
Nashville, a.k.a. Music City, home of the Grand Ole Opry and of more household names than one can count, is also home to the next big thing (and soon-to-be household name)-- Americana outfit Roanoke, who will release their self-titled debut on May 13th. Roanoke is a wondrous concoction of every good thing about the... Continue Reading →
At the heart of The Danberrys is Ben DeBerry and Dorothy Daniel - a distinctive pair of artists from East Nashville, Tennessee, whose new album, Give & Receive, set for release on June 17th, draws from the deep traditions of bluegrass, old-time country, blues, and funk/soul. The pair met each other in junior high, dated in high school, went... Continue Reading →
“When we look back on the places we stood, I want to see I loved you good,” says folk singer-songcrafter Justin Klump in his heart-warming new song, "Loved You Good". The Nashville-based Vancouver, Washington native's self-titled new album brims with accessible folk-pop written directly from the heart, and is set for release on Friday, May... Continue Reading →
"Heaven" is a song whose introduction explains its origin. "I really was moved one Sunday morning by the songs of Sister (Rosetta) Tharpe," explains Marc Oxborrow of Phoenix punkgrass outfit The Haymarket Squares. "In fact, I was lying in bed, watching a documentary about this powerful guitarist, preacher and iconoclast, when I began thinking about... Continue Reading →
The Tall Pines, comprised of Christmas Davis and wife Connie Lynn Petruk, recently descended on the Music City with their signature fire and conviction, playing a show at local venue The Family Wash. Petruk held down percussive duties--a foot on the suitcase stomp box, a maraca in one hand, and a tambourine in the other--as Davis... Continue Reading →
Des Moines retro-soul outfit The Maytags have announced that they will self-release their debut full length, Love Lines, July 1, 2016, and have shared the album's first single, "Marry Ya". Love Lines, recorded at Nashville's The Bomb Shelter with Andrija Tokic, who has also recorded Benjamin Booker and Alabama Shakes, smolders with the intensity of a relationship that... Continue Reading →