Here’s all of the Americana and roots-type music releases for the week of July 8th, 2014 from Americana Boogie. THE MASTERSONS Good Luck Charm (New West) Austin, TX-based husband-wife duo The Mastersons are “poised to be one of Austin’s breakout […]
Most of this room is wood. Wood tables and chairs, stools, a bar. There’s wood around the doorways and the giant window that opens in the back like a garage door. Wood beams in the ceiling are exposed. And there’s […]
(Note: This contest is now closed. Thanks for all your entries!) The Jayhawks have long been one of the most beloved bands in the roots, alt-country, and Americana spectrum. Their early albums were some of the most influential in the form […]
Brandi Carlile decided she was going to turn Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center into equal parts Texas roadhouse and Nashville Honky-Tonk. “Tonight we open for ourselves, get ready for the ‘shit kicker’ set. Carlile played a make up show from April […]
The media churn around the archival release of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s new live box set, invites backlash from the uninitiated, who could perceive this as yet another sad attempt for over-the-hill musicians and audiences to recapture their glory […]
When the cops finally busted Madam Marie, the young ne’er-do-well knew it was time to leave the seaside carnival life forever. Riding Tilt-a-Whirls and chasing factory girls underneath the boardwalk…cruising the circuit with switchblade lovers and open-shirted casino boys…it was […]
The solo played by U.S. jazzman Wynton Marsalis to close his now-annual residency at London’s Barbican in early July was a rare personal moment in what was otherwise a master class in sharing the limelight. In lieu of a full-fledged […]
The Belladrum Festival Tartan Heart Fringe – has become the best time for a music lover to be in the Highlands and Islands. Scotland July 26 – August 19 2014 www.tartanheartfringe.co.uk The Tartan Heart Fringe was initially conceived when I was […]
I’ve been listening to a little bit of Keb’ Mo’ recently and a whole lot of the Smithsonian Folkways Classic African-American Songsters collection, thinking about the strange connection I have to African-American storytelling traditions. Strange because I’m a white lady […]
