Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
Nashville-based indie folk outfit Anouk Asunder will release their album, ROAM, on June 16th. The album, inspired by frontwoman Iris Dutour’s move to the United States six years ago and the accompanying emotional experiences of growth, choices made, and lessons learned, is the band’s debut effort. “I always liked the connotation of the words ‘to... Continue Reading →
“Music found me as a kid,” says Georgia-bred Nashville-based soulstress Jessie Smith. “I was an average kid in every other way, but the first time I noticed I could keep a beat was in first grade church choir, I had to tell all the other kids when to come in! That same year, my mom... Continue Reading →
Known as a bass-toting sideman for artists like Jonny Fritz and Andrew Combs, Jackson, Tennessee’s own The Kernal is headed to center stage with the release of his forthcoming debut, Light Country, out on John Paul White’s own Single Lock Records on March 3rd. “I’ve been waiting to put this out for a while, and... Continue Reading →
Baseball Hall of Famer Al López once said, “Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short.” Award-wining All-Star... Continue Reading →
“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 →
Shane O’Malley Firek, the single constant member of The Ferdy Mayne, is no stranger to adversity and the physical and spiritual journeys necessary to survive it. “I was going through massive change when I was writing this material,” Firek explains of his self-titled debut album, out March 24th via Greater Peaks Records. “Before my sobriety, I was completely insane, in and out of jail,... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I hear an album that feels so genuine and unique, it refreshes my musical palate, bringing new flavors I didn’t even know I liked. My musical experience had been missing something for a while, but I didn’t know what--until my first listen to John Fatum’s debut LP, Locked Up in My Mind, due for release December 11th via... Continue Reading →
"I've always had a thing for lyrics," says Son Little, the artist formerly known as Aaron Livingston and literal son of a preacher man, who recently released his self-titled debut album on label ANTI- Records. "I've written a lot of songs in the last few years, and had done a lot of work where there was... Continue Reading →
Texas-raised, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Charlie Oxford creates his own blend of modern soul on his self-titled debut due for release this Friday, September 25th. It's been a long road for Oxford and this album, which almost never saw the light of day; "It was a classic situation of artist signs with record label, things don't pan out the way... Continue Reading →
Have you ever heard a song that grabbed your heart, invaded your soul, held onto both for dear life, and made you feel things you forgot you could even feel? Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats have created an entire album of songs that do exactly that, a self-titled debut on Memphis, Tennessee's renowned label Stax Records, home of... Continue Reading →