Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
“‘Sweet Tooth’ was the very first song I ever wrote in Nashville, before I moved here,” says singer/songwriter Suzie Brown of her perennially punny tune. “My husband Scot [Sax] was here to write, and I was in the hotel. I thought I might as well write a song too,” she laughs. “And, I love candy.”... Continue Reading →
Earlier this year, Denver-based singer/songwriter Leslie Tom, who cut her teeth in her native Texas listening to Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and Bob Wills on the radio of her father’s Ford truck, released her new self-titled EP. Produced by John Macy (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Richie Furay, Los Lobos) and recorded at legendary studio Cinderella Sound... Continue Reading →
“I’ve always told stories,” says alt-country rocker Ron Pope, who is one of the best (and one of our favorite) tale spinners around these days. “I was in a car with my dad and one of his friends, and we were riding back from Yankee Stadium. We were telling a story back and forth about... Continue Reading →
Shoot The Moon, Roger Street Friedman’s latest release via The Playroom Records and co-produced by Friedman and Felix McTeigue (co-writer of Florida Georgia Line’s #1 hit “Anything Goes” and Americana chart topper and Grammy-nominated “Wreck You” by Lori McKenna), is the result of a concerted woodshedding effort following his critically lauded debut album, 2014’s The Waiting Sky.... Continue Reading →
Poetic troubadour and finger-picking wunderkind Sammy Brue is set to release his debut album, I Am Nice, on June 16th via New West Records. The 12-song set was produced by John Paul White of the Civil Wars and Ben Tanner of Alabama Shakes and recorded at their Sun Drop Sound studio in Florence, Alabama. A native... Continue Reading →
After a decade-long career as an artist, seasoned performer Justin Townes Earle is in the midst of experiencing several "firsts"-- on May 26th, Earle will release his New West Records debut Kids In The Street, which marks his first time working with an outside producer on his first album recorded outside of Nashville. It's also his first... Continue Reading →
Since its formation in 2004, the Joplin, Missouri-based Ben Miller Band has taken the DIY approach to a whole new level, tipping its collective trucker hat to the rootsy ruckus of America's musical past, while carving out its own quirky niche in the modern tsunami of Americana music--a style Miller has dubbed "ozark stomp." The... Continue Reading →
Mother Church Pew had so much fun with The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers last week! Not only did we have the honor of presenting their show in Nashville, the band sang a new and unreleased song just for us the next day at The Quill in East Nashville. Written by drummer and co-founder Will Wadsworth,... Continue Reading →
Nashville songstress Lilly Hiatt played her stirring song, "Far Away", exclusively for us at New West Records in Nashville recently. "Far Away" is the first song from Hiatt's latest release, 2015's Royal Blue; the record, produced by Adam Landry, embodies a gritty spirit of freedom that is a shining example of all things good about Americana music. Without further... Continue Reading →
Nashville's Hailey Whitters, who released her debut album Black Sheep to widespread acclaim on October 2nd, recently performed "Low All Afternoon", a track from the album, exclusively for Mother Church Pew. Of the song, Whitters says: "It's not necessarily about me, it's about a friend of mine, and her relationship with this guy. It just fell out... Continue Reading →