Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
“My love for music is everything I am,” declares Tierinii Jackson, lead vocalist of Memphis-based rock n’ soul outfit Southern Avenue. The energetic powerhouse with the formidable pipes joined forces with award-winning blues man Ori Naftaly, who initially hired her to sing on a tour; the pair, along with Tierinii’s sister Tikyra Jackson, Daniel McKee,... Continue Reading →
Jay Farrar, through his various bands and exemplary projects, has become a purveyor of the great American songbook, like many great musical legends before him. As he brings his own unique flavor to the party, Farrar’s music has encompassed folk, country, garage rock, psychedelia, and now, blues-inspired stomp. Farrar’s forthcoming release, Notes Of Blue, from his... Continue Reading →
Hamilton, Ontario's Sarah Beatty has released a new acoustic roots-folk track "Bandit Queen," the lead single and title track from her forthcoming sophomore LP, set for release on February 3rd. Inspired by 19th century outlaw Belle Starr, the album is a modern day blues-driven folk fable featuring country, folk, and jazz stylings. Beatty's intriguing and soulful voice... Continue Reading →
Kelsey Waldon - Dirty Old Town Kelsey Waldon's Dirty Old Town, released in August of this year, came back to our attention recently with a live Audiotree Session featured on Spotify, and we got all excited about the record all over again. This album from the hardworking Nashville-by-way-of-Kentucky songstress is country as cornbread, and we just know... Continue Reading →
“My parents used to listen to music all the time, they’d leave us with a babysitter while they’d go to a three night Grateful Dead run up in New York City or somewhere like that,” says Baltimore-based Americana artist Cris Jacobs, whose news album, Dust To Gold, was released on October 21st via American Showplace... Continue Reading →
“We haven’t been to Nashville in a while; our first Nashville show, we played a little club in 1989, we were drawing a crowd because we were the buzz band at the moment. All the press was there, and we’d been warned that they were pretty critical. We were so nervous,” recalls Alan Anton, bassist... Continue Reading →
This week, 62 year old soulful blues man Robert Finley released his aptly-named debut album, Age Don’t Mean A Thing, via Big Legal Mess (Fat Possum) last week; Finley, who, at age 11, used money meant to buy shoes to purchase his first guitar, recently told NPR that being able to play soul music for a living... Continue Reading →
“I went on a musical pilgrimage after high school and ended up in New Orleans; it was like all my interests had come together in this one place,” says bluesy roots rocker Luke Winslow-King. The Cadillac, Michigan native was inspired by the fact that music is an integral component of the Crescent City culture. “I... Continue Reading →
At barely 21 years old, Australian rocker Russell Morris recorded "The Real Thing”, a psychedelic rock single that skyrocketed its way to the top of the Australian charts in 1969, becoming the continent's biggest song that year, and earning airplay in some U.S. markets. More hits followed, prompting Morris to seek his fortune in the... Continue Reading →
“It’s fascinating,” says traveling troubadour and lyrical mastermind Jeffrey Foucault, of the fact that Americana has become “a thing” over the last few years. “In the mid-90s, you rarely heard an acoustic guitar on the radio, you never heard it on television or in commercials. It’s not that people weren’t traveling around playing acoustic guitar,... Continue Reading →