There’s no reasonable explanation why I have not heard the Sumner Brothers before, except for the fact that I haven’t. Shame on me. The Sumner Brothers’ brand of authentically rough and poignant home-made music is exactly what I need some […]
The town of Flint, Michigan is statistically one of the most violent in America. With a crime rate so high, it sits at #1 on the FBI’s list of Most Violent Towns In America. Despite the staggering crime rate and […]
Here’s the best Americana and roots-type music releases for the week of September 25th, 2012. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go either ” […]
Writing and singing sad, sad songs is Mindy Smith’s specialty. But just hearing those words on a record is like buying a one-way ticket on her emotional journey. To complete the trip and fully appreciate the original Mindy Project, make […]
I’d been dreaming about my pilgrimage from Scotland to Nashville for the AMA conference for many years, but this year it finally happened. AMA tickets purchased in January followed by an endless wait until September…..lots of anticipation, but also slightly […]
One of the highlights of the Americana Music Association Festival & Conference was the Gram Parsons Notebook event at Nashville’s Hard Rock Cafe. Hard Rock, No Depression, The Gram Parsons Foundation and Sin City Social Club teamed up for a […]
Finally, a couple years after the premier at the Woodstock Film Festival, I watched the documentary “Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune” last night on Netflix. Sort of buried in their library, I had to find it through the website […]
Around the corner from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the Mother Church of Country Music, a bunch of lucky Americanafest goers found ourselves in the presence of the holy grail of Cosmic American Music, which, on September 14, transformed the Hard Rock […]
Fear not guitar aficionados there is a new gun slinger in town and his name is Simon McBride. September 25 2012 marks the international release of Crossing The Line, the third album from McBride and the first in the U.S. […]
The headline could read, “Prairie Fiddler with a Mountain Heart” regarding Tricia Spencer and her first solo recording, “Fiddlin’ Like There’s No Tomorrow“. In a recent interview Tricia remarked that she hopes someday, to live in the mountains where she […]
