Frank Turner steps out of Bull Moose Records into Portland, Maine’s midday sun. He’s taller than expected, some 6’2, 6’3”, and clad entirely in black—black Nikes, black cut-off shorts, black t-shirt, a black paneled hat. He lights a cigarette, as […]
Drive-By Truckers are set to release their new album, American Band, on September 30. Today they gave us a sneak peak with a “First Listen” on NPR Music. The Alabama band have never shied away from inserting their political beliefs […]
Australian singer-songwriter Bill Jackson didn’t set out to have a career in music, at least not at first. But it kept calling to him. And once he got the right guitar and the right people in his life, he answered […]
This week, we’re turning our spotlight on a handful of artists whose music centers around excellent songwriting. First up is fiddler/poet Amanda Shires, who’s always had a knack for lyrical excellence, and her latest effort, My Piece of Land, is […]
Everyone’s talking about the great speech T Bone Burnett gave as the keynote address to AmericanaFest yesterday. If you missed it, here’s the transcript (posted with permission from the Americana Music Association): I have come here today first to […]
The last full-bore music festival I attended was the 2008 Austin City Limits Festival. A great three-day lineup of musicians, but I remember feeling like a disoriented steer in a roundup in the intense heat and the dust, and being […]
Dolly Parton is a living legend. One of those rare talents that has it all and can do it all. Since her early beginnings, Dolly Parton knew she was going to be a star. This evening she brought her unique […]
As you know, over the past several months, the mainstream media, which is controlled by … well, I don’t need to say it … has been been running articles and news stories virtually every single day in advance of Bruce Springsteen’s […]
“Fish were jumpin’ when T Bone Burnett conducted his first conference call with Alison Krauss and Robert Plant to discuss making an album together.” Lloyd Sach’s opening sentence of his critical appreciation of T Bone Burnett, T Bone Burnett: A […]
The Americana world got dolled up last night and turned out for the Americana Music Association’s 15th annual Awards & Honors event in Nashville. Here’s a list of the winners: Album of the Year: Something More Than Free, Jason […]
