One of the “bright spots” in Americana radio is the success of Austin’s Sun Radio, an all-music non-commercial station that’s broadcasting on no less than seven frequencies throughout central Texas. The station features many speciality shows and live events like radio […]
Clad in a black hat onstage at Seattle’s Tractor Tavern on Thursday night, Sunny Sweeney remarked that she’d move to the Pacific Northwest in a heartbeat, just so she could wear a hat every day. But that wouldn’t feel quite […]
Like Elizabeth Cook, Sunny Sweeney launched her career more than a decade ago as a major-label country ingénue, before finding a more hospitable reception in Americana. Maybe she had a little too much edge and attitude at the time for […]
These are demoralizing times for most Americans, and it’s at such historical junctures that music is most potent and therapeutic. Ruthie Foster couldn’t have known it as she was recording her deeply satisfying new album, Joy Comes Back, but the […]
Sunny Sweeney is grinning, leaning across the conference table at her publicist’s Music Row office to display an image on her phone. She’s pulled up her website and navigated to a particular T-shirt she sells as merch. “There it is,” […]
Not many debut discs sound this confident, poised, and excited. Sweeney is a Texas honky-tonk singer who aspires to a contemporary Grand Ole Opry of her own mind — one which includes Jim Lauderdale, the Dixie Chicks and Iris DeMent […]
