Listen to Reed Turchi’s gravelly, snarling voice and swaggering slide guitar playing and you’ll find his self-proclaimed style of “kudzu boogie” spreading over you and engulfing you much like that omnipresent Southern-growing plant from which it takes its name. The […]
Blues songs are traditionally about women who have done you wrong, working on a chain gang, or being brought low by booze; but what about Christians and Muslims killing each other? John Mayall, often dubbed the “godfather” of British electric […]
In March 1969, after several years of steeping themselves in the British blues, the soul of their Southern homeland, and the rock and roll emerging from England at the time – and playing as the Escorts, the Hourglass, and the […]
All the buzz! Red-hot! Break-through artist! Not hyperbole, but truthful descriptions of Nora Jane Struthers, who is currently touring in support of her sophomore release Carnival. The album is full of progressive roots rock exuberance, and was masterfully produced by […]
BEN & ELLEN HARPER Childhood Home (Prestige Folklore) Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Ben Harper and his mother Ellen have collaborated to create an absorbing, deeply personal collection of original songs. Childhood Home features ten songs – six written by Ben and […]
This was a welcome return to Glasgow for one of our more perplexing musicians, the Tucson-raised and now domiciled in Mexico Dan Stuart. Last time he played here, the audience turnout was pitiful, especially coming as it did only a […]
Canadian Music Week descends on Toronto this week. Moved from the unforgiving month of March, the fest this year is hardly limited to Canadian acts. Most of the city’s biggest and best venues are offering showcases and big-ticket headliners all […]
Originally written for LN Magazine’s May issue Gina Villalobos is a songwriter already known for her willingness to dwell, unflinchingly, in reality. The Los Angeles resident became one of the most acclaimed artists in the L.A. Americana community with her […]
[NOTE: This contest is now closed. Congratulations to Jeff Fister, Lynne Patterson and Jeff Newport, who will receive a copy of this album. Thanks to everyone who entered!] If Americana music had a recipe of influences, it’s safe to say […]
Unearthed recordings from shelved sessions can be mixed blessings. The new release from the Cash estate, Out Among the Stars, pulls from restored and completed sessions from 1983 when, as his son John Carter Cash states on the liner notes, […]
