Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
Atlanta-based alt-country collective The Good Graces have been making jangly roots music for the last decade; more of a community musical collaboration than a band, The Good Graces are the brainchild of singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kim Ware, and include a rotating cast of a dozen musicians, with a core group of players. The band... Continue Reading →
Americana singer/songwriter Shelly Waters is set to release her new, self-titled album on July 28th. Recorded in Nashville with renowned producer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Kaler, the 12-song concoction is as flavorful as the jambalaya made in her home state of Louisiana; her sound derives its spice from the holy trinity of blues, country, and rock.... Continue Reading →
For decades, Athens, Georgia has consistently been a wellspring of groundbreaking music, of which R.E.M. and The B-52s are fine examples. Townsfolk joke that it has something to do with the latitude and longitude of Athens’ geographical position on the planet. “There’s something with the Earth’s magnetic pull that causes this massive creative energy that... Continue Reading →
“I buried that bag of money, in a ditch on Highway 21; I drove that car straight off the levee, and I laughed the whole way down,” recounts Nashville-based troubadour Bern Kelly, in the ominously spare introduction of “Sin #2,” the new single from his forthcoming album, Lost Films, set for release on June 23rd via... Continue Reading →
Sometimes when you spin an album for the first time it takes you back to a familiar place. With their forthcoming release, Colorado-based Head for the Hills transports you to an intimate hillside amphitheater at sundown but Potions and Poisons also takes the time machine back to the era of the Prohibition speakeasy. The Colorado quartet... Continue Reading →
Heartfelt emotion. Soul-stirring sound. These are ways to describe Sheridan, Wyoming’s The Two Tracks, who will release their forthcoming album, Postcard Town, on May 19th. Produced by the legendary Will Kimbrough, the record features 11 new tracks inspired by the spirit of the open road. Today, the band releases "Lost In This Canyon,” a single... Continue Reading →
“We grew up playing music, but it wasn't until a couple of years ago that Ben and I started playing together,” recalls Zach Gage of appropriately-named, Ohio-based, rootsy string band The Gage Brothers. “There is five years’ difference between us, and most of our lives, we were more interested in picking on each other than... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles-by-way-of-Nashville-based singer/songwriter Courtney Jaye has an adventurous spirit and an incurable case of wanderlust. “I love the Grateful Dead, and at a very early age, I gravitated to that culture of touring and seeing the world through music,” she reveals. “I’ve always wanted to see as much as I could in this life.” Taking... Continue Reading →
Colorado-based singer/songwriter Todd Adelman will release his sixth full-length album, Time Will Tell, on May 12th; Adelman notes that the title sums up the album’s tracks. “Though I named the album and wrote these songs a few years back, they are more pertinent than ever given the current state of affairs,” he said. “This record... Continue Reading →
Josh Bohannon, born and raised on country music in a Georgia map dot, was more afraid to stay in his small hometown than he was to leave—and leave he did, choosing the polar opposite setting to pursue his musical dreams. “I moved to Los Angeles to do rock music, was in rock bands, metal as... Continue Reading →