Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
“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 →
Raised in the storied Shoals of northern Alabama and in pursuit of her musical dreams in Nashville, folk-pop songstress McKenzie Lockhart began to experience a longing for home-grown community and a greater space to explore her own creativity—her story then took a unique turn as she packed up her things and headed south with a... Continue Reading →
“When you called, I saw ‘Tennessee’ pop up on the cell phone; usually it’s New York, California, or somewhere like that these days and I was like ‘finally! I get to talk to a Southerner,’" says Jay Burgess, in his gentle, easygoing drawl. Burgess, the frontman of Alabama Americana outfit The Pollies, was at home on... Continue Reading →