On episode 139 of the Americana Music Show, Maya Lerman from Maya and the Ruins talks about recording in Lafayette, working as a music archivist, and tying songs together with her voice. Plus rock and roll from Javi Garcia, Willie […]
On episode 138 of the Americana Music Show, Carrie Rodriguez talks about working fiddles into her songs, the influence New York had on her music, and channeling Alejandro Escovedo. Plus feel good rock from Marshall Chapman, roots rock from The […]
Once in a gas station store in south Georgia a young French couple stood ahead of us in the checkout line. As they left, the cashier set one fist on the counter and stared after them. “If I was going […]
I’ve always wanted to turn up to a live music event and be able to say ‘I’m with the band!’ and tonight at Stackridge’s show I was able to do just that because my brother-in-law needed an extra pair of […]
Bill Haite is a man of few words. Maybe it’s standoffishness or maybe he’s just shy like all the other greats. After all, when he takes to the stage, he turns his back to the audience like a lost Blind Lemon Jefferson […]
The Wailin’ Jennys’ Ruth Moody hits the ball out of the park on this atmospheric second solo album, which profits from her poetically crafted love songs and lilting vocals. The understated but passionate “One and Only,” which reminds me a […]
Various Artists Way to Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake (Story Sound Records) Nick Drake’s influence on an entire generation of lowered-gaze singer/songwriters is undeniable, but the fact that his influence persists nearly 40 years after his passing makes him […]
The phrase seems to have been first used in 1902 in an article printed in the Atlanta Constitution: “I saw women and men rushing back and forth amid the flames for an hour. They would run along, then came the […]
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