Jason Samuel is a regular attendee at the Americana Music Association Conference in Nashville every year. When I’ve seen him there, I’ve always appreciated his enthusiasm for the music and for radio. Bill Frater: Where and when did you start in […]
The Drive-By Truckers rolled into Providence, RI last week carrying a rock show with a strong message. The band with roots in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, put on a show like they used to make ‘em – complete with provocative songwriting, screaming guitars, and […]
Dear Terry, I know you remember that night some years back when we swapped songs up on the mountain after a grandtastic bike ride. I played “Officer Down” by N.Q. Arbuckle of Toronto and your perspicacious ears picked up on the […]
Half an hour northwest of San Antonio sits a spacious music and drinking hall called John T. Floore’s Country Store. Elvis Presley’s played there, as have Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Merle Haggard, and a multitude of Americana legends […]
The last week of another year has arrived. And while, sure, a year is a sort of arbitrary way to group artistic projects, this transition from one calendar year to another affords us the opportunity to take stock of what […]
It’s Great to Be Alive! is the fifth Drive-By Truckers live release if you include the 2004 concert DVD Live at the 40 Watt and 2011’s vinyl-only Live at Third Man Records along with 2000’s Alabama Ass Whupinn’ and 2009’s […]
I first heard the term “Americana” as refering to music when I was interviewing Texas-via-South Carolina songwriter Floramay Holladay several years ago. Prior to that, I only knew of Americana as a kitschy decorating style. Holladay told me about the Americana Music Association […]
Riding in the back of my parents’ Buick, my dad told me that a concert they had attended at the fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta had been recorded for an album. As he shoved the eight-track into the dash, my […]
From Muscle Shoals to Mobile, the country’s best music is coming from the state of Alabama. The music has always been here, but today it is different. Alabama bands are topping the Billboard charts in multiple genres and selling out […]
