Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
Southern California string band Moonsville Collective has decided to do something different in 2017—while most bands release a record every other year, our favorite crafters of “California Goodtime” have decided to release four. This year. That’s right, four. “We’ve had a bunch of songs stored up, so we decided to stay home and put 20... Continue Reading →
From June 8-10, 2017, thousands of roots music fans from across the glove will gather amongst the dense, sun-speckled pine forests of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the heart of Paul Bunyan country, to enjoy the world-class lineup that is this year's Blue Ox Music Festival. Hosted each year by progressive Americana band Pert Near Sandstone, Blue Ox showcases the complex... Continue Reading →
Music lovers will soon be able to own a piece of rare audio history, thanks to a partnership between the Southern Folklife Collection (SFC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Yep Roc Records. “Music lovers and researchers have long come to Chapel Hill to hear the unique recordings that are in the... Continue Reading →
Brushwood Songs & Stories - Norman Blake Brushwood Songs & Stories, out today via Plectrafone Records, highlights the celebrated and six decade-long career of prolific songwriter and master of all things stringed, Norman Blake, who has indicated that this may be his last recording. Blake was old-time before old-time was cool, and you need this album in... Continue Reading →
After three albums out via iconic Seattle-based alt-rock label Sub Pop Records, indiecana songcrafter and former Band of Horses drummer Sera Cahoone is embracing her earliest influences with her upcoming roots-centric album, From Where I Started, set for release March 24th. The Seattle-by-way-of-Colorado artist, who is no stranger to honky-tonk twang and the freewheeling Americana spirit, has unleashed... 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 →
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 →
It's time to get your tickets for the 30th year of MerleFest, and this year's lineup is the business. First, some history: MerleFest, named to honor the memory of Doc Watson's late son, Eddy Merle Watson, was hosted by the legendary Doc Watson himself prior to his death. The gathering happens on the last weekend... Continue Reading →
It’s that time of year again, y'all...the lineup for the 2017 Muddy Roots Music Festival has been announced, and it's a doozy! Founder Jason Galaz says next year's festival is "truly the great 'homecoming' of the underground roots music scene worldwide." Th event, which begins Friday, September 1, 2017 and ends Monday, September 4, 2017, marks... Continue Reading →
Long winters spent cozied up indoors lend themselves to fruitful periods of creativity in the Land of 10,000 Lakes; in the last fifteen years, there have been a plethora of phenomenal string bands born in Minnesota. “I think it’s called the ‘O Brother Effect’,” says mandolin player Nate Sipe of Minneapolis-based newgrass collective Pert Near Sandstone,... Continue Reading →