Southern Fried, the premier Scottish festival of Americana roots music celebrated its tenth birthday at the tail end of July. Held annually in the fair city of Perth, sometimes called the gateway to the Highlands, it’s what one might call, […]
East Tennessee’s WDVX is one of the shining stars in the Americana radio world. I believe much of their success is due to keeping it local by presenting live music every day at noon in downtown Knoxville on their popular Blue […]
Sugarlands MountainFest – Downtown Gatlinburg, TN – September 28 – October 1, 2017 Sugarlands MountainFest, an inaugural music and outdoor festival produced by Sugarlands Distilling Company, is a spirited celebration of the great outdoors. For four days this fall, outdoor enthusiasts […]
When I saw Sam Outlaw for the first time last year he was so impressive. At King’s Place in London, where we’d gone to see Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison, we found that they weren’t the headliners as we’d expected […]
Here’s a podcast on the recent Americana Music Association UK Awards show in London earlier this month. Included in the podcast are songs by Lewis and Leigh, Sam Outlaw, Jim Lauderdale and Steepways. Please feel free to share your feedback in the comments […]
It may not be in quite the same league as the way young Brits like The Rolling Stones and Cream re-introduced Americans to their own blues heritage back in the Sixties and Seventies, but is the UK now exporting Americana […]
Anyone who has been to AmericanaFest can tell you, Americana music is not limited to America or even American artists. Americana is not a genre specific to a single nation. Rather, it is a state of being, a mindset, a calling. […]
Fifteen years or so ago I had tickets to see Kelly Willis. I’d fallen in love with her What I Deserve album and was really looking forward to seeing her, only for the gig to be cancelled. As it turned […]
Whitney Rose is on tour with the Sam Outlaw Band performing at the Sunset Tavern in Seattle, WA.
Last year at the Americana Music Conference in Nashville, I started talking to a guy about the nice Western shirt he was wearing and about how much I love Western shirts too. He told me his story about moving to the States […]
