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Maren Morris to release new album in March – new single out now

January 24, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Grammy-winning US musician Maren Morris has announced details of her new album, ‘Humble Quest‘. The record will be released on 25th March via Columbia Records. The album features the lead single, ‘Circles Around This Town“‘, released […]

Features

Classic Clips – The Highwomen “The Chain”, The Howard Stern Show, 2019

November 26, 2021 Rick Bayles 0

The Highwomen came about following a conversation Amanda Shires had with producer Dave Cobb, during the making of her 2016 album ‘My Piece of Land’. She thought of creating a female ‘supergroup’ in homage to the […]

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AMA 2021 Honors & Awards nominees announced

May 27, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

The Americana Music Association’s annual Americana Honors & Awards is returning for its 20th year on September 22nd at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and the nominees for the award categories were announced yesterday by Keb’ Mo’ and […]

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2020 US Americana Honors and Awards announced

December 16, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

And you can always tell at a glance whether it’s ours or not by the spelling of the word “honor” – trade secret. The winners of the 2020 Americana Honors and Awards in the US were […]

Album Reviews

The Highwomen “The Highwomen” (Elektra, 2019)

September 24, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

The Highwomen are Country music’s latest “supergroup”. Comprising Brandi Carlile, Natalie Henby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires the group came out of an idea from Shires to form an all-women group as a homage to the […]

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Anniversary Cheers: The Delines “The Scenic Sessions” gets a wider release for its 10th birthday

Anniversary Cheers
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Folk Roundup – Spafford & Campbell, Mikey Kenney, Merlyn Driver, Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola, Eva Goodman & SERA, Kate Gregory and Brendan Hearn, Sons Of Perdition

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  • Interview: Trevor Sensor on connection, bataille and love in the time of confusion
  • More People Really Should Know About: Melanie Ida Chopko
  • Anniversary Cheers: The Delines “The Scenic Sessions” gets a wider release for its 10th birthday
  • Folk Roundup – Spafford & Campbell, Mikey Kenney, Merlyn Driver, Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola, Eva Goodman & SERA, Kate Gregory and Brendan Hearn, Sons Of Perdition
  • Haunted Like Human “American Mythology”
  • The Song Remains: Bob Weir
  • Gold Star “Phantom Sam” – anyone seen him?
  • Video: Katie Spencer “Cypress & Bog Oak” / “Stranger”
  • For the Sake of the Song: Peter Rowan “Panama Red”
  • Amy Grant “The 6th Of January (Yasgur’s Farm)” – searching for a united, optimistic, progressive nation
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Interview: Trevor Sensor on connection, bataille and love in the time of confusion

January 13, 2026 0

“Are you really real, do you feel the same thing that I do, girl, when I touch you, girl?” ~ Ricky Nelson According to iconic filmmaker Federico Fellini, “The visionary is the only true realist.” Before […]

Interviews

Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 0

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

Interviews

Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 37

Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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