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Corb Lund “Agricultural Tragic” (New West Records, 2020)

April 15, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Corb Lund describes the approach to his 10th album as “what it feels like to have six generations of cowboy heritage thrown into the crazy 21st Century urban setting”. While he clearly works in the wider/Americana/Country tradition he […]

Luther Black and the Cold Hard Facts “Luther Black and the Cold Hard Facts” (D.A. Records, 2020)

April 15, 2020 Mark Johnson 0

“There’s an old adage that your first album is your best album because you had your whole life to write it. Well that gives me a big advantage releasing my first album at my age”. So says […]

Sadler Vaden “Anybody Out There?” (Dirty Mag Records / Thirty Tigers, 2020)

April 14, 2020 Lyndon Bolton 0

Sadler Vaden is best known as lead guitarist and vocalist in Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit. He said recently, “I live and breathe it. And I think I’m pretty good at it. I just love rock and […]

Waxahatchee “Saint Cloud” (Merge Records, 2020)

April 14, 2020 Tim Martin 0

The fifth album from Katie Crutchfield’s Waxahatchee has been widely praised. The basis for this praise has often been her adoption of more elements of Americana and particularly her new found love for Lucinda Williams’ ‘Car […]

Waco Brothers “Resist!” (Bloodshot Records, 2020)

April 14, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

Cash meets Clash! The Waco Brothers, a mash up of Jon Langford’s punk sensibilities and cowpunk twang, are probably the only band still around who merit the term “Insurgent Country,” a trademark on which Bloodshot Records […]

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Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0

When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]

artwork for Big Harp album "Runs to Blue"

Big Harp “Runs to Blue”

March 30, 2026 0

Los Angeles-based Big Harp duo relaunch with plainspoken album after ten-year hiatus. Farmland and ranches make up close on 90% of Nebraska’s land area. Not the likeliest place to find a thriving indie music hub, perhaps; […]

For the Sake of the Song: Jefferson Airplane “Comin’ Back to Me”

March 30, 2026 0

If I were to casually name-drop Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow (1967), you might find yourself thinking about Grace Slick’s voice bellowing through Somebody to Love, or the rolling-drum acid-trip stylings of White Rabbit. God knows those […]

Corb Lund “Agricultural Tragic” (New West Records, 2020)

Luther Black and the Cold Hard Facts “Luther Black and the Cold Hard Facts” (D.A. Records, 2020)

Sadler Vaden “Anybody Out There?” (Dirty Mag Records / Thirty Tigers, 2020)

Waxahatchee “Saint Cloud” (Merge Records, 2020)

Waco Brothers “Resist!” (Bloodshot Records, 2020)

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

Big Harp “Runs to Blue”

For the Sake of the Song: Jefferson Airplane “Comin’ Back to Me”

Various Artists “Old No. 1 Revisited”

Fruit Bats head for “The Landfill” with the new album out in June