Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
North Carolina duo Mandolin Orange, who combine simplistic melodies with complex lyricism, are set to release their fourth studio album, Blindfaller, on September 30th via Yep Roc Records. Building a musical foundation based upon the long-established sounds of roots music, members Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz are keeping the musical traditions of the Appalachian mountain range... Continue Reading →
The adage "there's no school like the old school" is a familiar one, and for good reason. Just like that expression has withstood the test of time, so have the endearing sounds of jangly banjo, acoustic guitar-picking, and old-fashioned southern harmonies. Ontario’s two-time Juno award-winning Americana singer-songwriter Jenny Whiteley has a simple, but powerful old-school... Continue Reading →
Folk pop singer-songstress McKenzie Lockhart, happy to be back in her native Alabama after trying her hand at pursuing music in Nashville, is elated to be releasing her most authentic project to date. While living in the Music City, Lockhart began to experience a longing for her home and space to explore her creativity, so, she packed... Continue Reading →
"I wrote this song after reading a biography book on Hank Williams Sr.," says Nashville folk/country artist Drew Kohl of "Like You Used To", the twangy first single from his album, New Rain, set for release in October. "I was listening to a lot of his songs and old country tunes and playing lead guitar in... 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 →
Critically lauded folk songstress Aoife O’Donovan will release Man In A Neon Coat: Live From Cambridge on September 9th via Yep Roc Records. Recorded live at The Sinclair in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 13, 2016, the album features live trio performances of tracks from her highly-acclaimed albums, In The Magic Hour and Fossils, as well as covers of Joni Mitchell and Emmylou... Continue Reading →
For most casual fans of music, the forty-five minutes that a band spends on the stage is all they can see. However, when the guitar cases are closed and the venue’s floor is littered with empty beer cans and trash, most bands load their gear into the van and return back to their normal lives.... Continue Reading →
Alaska native Michael Howard will release his new album, Gasoline Dream, this Friday, August 12th. The singer-songwriter and activist follows in the tradition of great American socially-conscious storytelling songwriters; he is also an outsider, culturally and musically. Even though his American Heartland lies at the edge of the Last Frontier, his music reads the pulse of contemporary society, no matter where its... Continue Reading →
Lori McKenna is the kind of woman that gets her five children to school, then comes home to fold a load of laundry before Taylor Swift comes over for a writing session. She’s the kind of woman who writes Grammy award-winning songs that brim with the wisdom of one who knows life inside and out,... Continue Reading →
"When you're down, I'll pick you up, I'll be the shelter you dream of," sings Nashville-based troubadour Don Gallardo in "A Cup Of Rain", the latest single from his acclaimed album, Hickory, out via Southern Carousel Records. Gallardo, who will release Hickory on July 22nd in the U.S., teamed up with a star-studded roster of sidemen for the project, which made... Continue Reading →