Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
Hello out there to our fellow folk fans across the pond! If you're going to be in Cambridge the last weekend in July, go ahead and snag your tickets to the world famous Cambridge Folk Festival, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014. Held each year since 1965 in the beautiful setting of Cherry Hinton Hall,... Continue Reading →
Texas troubadour Hayes Carll’s has released“Sake Of The Song”, a single from the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter’s anticipated new album, Lovers and Leavers, which will be released April 8th via Thirty Tigers. Already receiving widespread acclaim, Rolling Stone recently named the album as one of their “35 Most Anticipated Country Albums of 2016.” Produced by Grammy-award winning producer and musician Joe... Continue Reading →
"My Love Is For" - Jill Andrews I had the pleasure of experiencing Jill Andrews' live performance of this song just last night, and I was transfixed. She introduced the song by saying that she thinks it's fun that she is the only one who knows who "her love is for". The track is from... Continue Reading →
Texas-based troubadour Jonathan Tyler performed recently at local venue Mercy Lounge, providing opening support for Ron Pope & The Nighthawks. Tyler, who has played Mercy Lounge many times, appeared solo this time, equipped with a guitar, a harmonica, and a kick drum (at one point, he introduced the "band" saying, "...and on the kick drum, my right... Continue Reading →
Luther Dickinson's new album, Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook Vol. I & II), released last week to widespread critical acclaim. The album is a retrospective of Dickinson's life and includes new songs, songs he wrote with North Mississippi Allstars, songs he learned from friends and family, songs passed down to him by his heroes and mentors of... Continue Reading →
Have mercy y'all, The Currys have announced their return with their sophomore LP West Of Here, out March 25th. The latest LP finds brothers Jimmy and Tommy Curry and cousin Galen Curry once again wrapped in their own modern brand of harmony rich Americana. West Of Here showcases each of the family members’ songwriting chops and is a welcome addition... Continue Reading →
Irish singer-songwriter Ciaran Lavery has announced that he will be releasing his sophomore album, Let Bad In, on May 27th via Believe Recordings. Let Bad In blends Americana and hip-hop influences in a grainy voice with a deep soul impulse over processed beats and sumptuous strings that ultimately create a "very personal album" says the singer. He explains, "I have... Continue Reading →
Boston-based heartwarming folk n’ rollers The Ballroom Thieves have teamed up with The Maine Youth Rock Orchestra for a ground-breaking collaboration that is, in a word, unbelievable. “We’re a program offered by a non-profit rock school here in Portland called the Maine Academy of Modern Music,” explains Kevin Oates, founder and director of MYRO. “I’m... Continue Reading →
She's at her best when she not only has a guitar in her hands, but a pencil too. She's 1/3 of Pistol Annies, 1/2 of the Cherry Sisters, 2 parts sugar, 1 part spice. She's an East Tennessee gal in a Middle Tennessee town with a new record out and a Grammy nomination to show for it.... Continue Reading →
From Greenwich Village to Nashville to Los Angeles, Bob Woodruff has hard-earned life and love lessons from his travels on the dusty roads and hard city streets of America. His career began in the mid-90’s with critically-acclaimed country rock releases, Dreams & Saturday Nights (1994, Elektra) and Desire Road (1997, Curb/Imprint). Woodruff played the rock... Continue Reading →