Twenty years ago today, Mark Heard passed away after suffering a major heart attack a month earlier. Heard was arguably just on the verge of finally getting the wider audience he had long strived for, with several distribution deals in […]
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I received this CD recently from Toronto-based singer-songwriter Glen Hornblast. Usually, when I receive material in the mail and it’s a self-produced effort I assume it was probably recorded in someone’s basement or the artist mortgaged his house for the third time and ventured to the neighborhood recording studio — more […]
Larry Brown Amen, the debut album of Missing Cats due for release in September, is the collaborative effort of long time friends Jojo Hermann (paino/vocals) and Sherman Ewing (guitar/vocals). They became acquainted back in the 80s at Columbia University, and […]
Tanglewood is ever poised for its key demographic. You can’t miss the L’il Medic Vending Machine and Philips HeartStart Defibrillator just inside the main gate at Ozawa Hall—Tanglewood’s smaller venue devoted to weeknight chamber concerts. On a recent visit by […]
“Hi, my name is Brian and I am a former Rock ‘n Roll Addict….I had it bad too….” That’s how my own “Hooked on Bluegrass” story begins. Yours may begin a lot differently. Chris Stapleton (formerly with the SteelDrivers) […]
The Little House On The Prairie books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, and the television series starring Michael Landon, are a multi-generational phenomena that have, and will continue to, affect American culture and history in the decades to come. In my […]
Here’s the best Americana and roots-type music releases for the week of August 14th, 2012 from Americana Boogie. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links […]
Sometime in 1946 when legendary singer-songwriter, Billy Joe Shaver, was a child, he crawled out of the window of his grandmother’s house and followed the railroad tracks to downtown Corsicana, Texas. Homer & Jethro were playing a concert at the Wonder Bread […]
One of Australia’s most popular and celebrated singer-songwriters enjoys touring America. Even if she isn’t known on a first-name basis in this country like fellow Aussies who simply can go by Olivia, Kylie, Keith and Nicole. Maybe Kasey Chambers, who […]
In 1999, Minneapolis, Minn., singer/songwriter Kevin Bowe and his band the Okemah Prophets released the compelling Americana album Restoration. At the time, a lot of roots rock fans thought Restoration was the beginning of something that would end up seeing […]
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