Nashville-born Laura Cantrell moved to New York to study English at Columbia University. There, her great interest in music blossomed although she was initially involved in indie rock with the band Bricks rather than the country […]
Here’s a guy who’s got 15 albums to his name, whether solo or in his celebrated band The Blessing, and he’s barely known in his home country – but revered in America – particularly Colorado. And […]
If you’re already a fan of Jason Molina, you can stop rolling your eyes now. You’re right… how can anyone try to pick a ‘top 10’ from the man who carved out an almost invisible career […]
Ry Cooder occupies a very special place in the canon of Americana, as an instrumentalist, songwriter, collaborator across many genres and interpreter of American traditional music. A highly rated guitarist, especially on slide where he is […]
Country soul is one of the great sub-genres of music and is a cornerstone of what subsequently became called americana, and it does what it says on the tin, it mixes country and soul music. What […]
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