Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle Team Up for “LSD Tour”
For those fans of classic Bakersfield-style country, excellent songwriting from alt-country Gods, and unnatural illicit psychedelic substances, Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, and Steve Earle have...
View ArticleVintage Album Review – Lucinda Williams’“Car Wheels on a Gravel Road”
Perfection is certainly not at the heart of the appeal or staying power for Car Wheel on a Gravel Road. Instead it's the sloppy, sticky, loose feel of it all, carried upon the words of Lucinda's candid...
View Article30A Songwriters Festival Assembles Incredible Lineup for an Important Cause
The 10th annual 30A Songwriters Festival set for January 18-21, 2019 in Walton County, Florida will take on extra significance this year, and not just because it's the event's 10th Anniversary. Located...
View ArticleRailbird Festival Announces Impressive Inaugural Lineup
The amount of premium festivals with stacked lineups for you to salivate over as the target for your discretionary music budget are starting to get downright overwhelming, and a new festival set to...
View ArticleReview –“Country Music” by Ken Burns, Final Recap
If you're a country music fan and are disappointed that your favorite artist didn't get enough screen time in the Ken Burns film on country music, well guess what, your favorite genre did, and by the...
View ArticleLucinda Williams Announces New Album “Ghosts of Highway 20”
Lucinda Williams isn't slowing down anytime soon. After releasing a double album in September of 2014 called Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, and walking away with the Americana Music Awards'...
View ArticleFacts & Rumors: The Albums to Look Forward To In 2016
Who will be releasing new albums in 2016? What are some of the most-anticipated projects? What are the rumors swirling out there about new albums that may be released in the coming year? Here’s a...
View ArticleThe 2016 Americana Music Awards Announce Nominees
Early Wednesday evening (5/11), the nominees for the 2016 Americana Music Awards were announced via NPR's live stream from the historic Mansion on O Street in Washington, DC. The event was hosted by...
View ArticleScenes from Americana Music Awards Rehearsals
AmericanaFest is one of the biggest annual gathering of the tribes on the roots music calendar, and the crown jewel is the Americana Awards on the Wednesday of the festival week. This year Saving...
View Article2016 Nominees for Saving Country Music’s Song of the Year
A song can change a life, and a song can change the world. And if you're a real music fan, you know this to be true because you've felt it, and seen it yourself. We're not looking for fanciful ditties...
View ArticleFINALLY: Nashville to Host a Tribute to the Late Great Merle Haggard
A tribute is finally planned for The Hag, and it promises to be a star-studded event. 'Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard' will take place at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Thursday, April...
View ArticleL.A. Weekly Slams Legacy Americana Artists in “10 Lamest Americana Acts” List
So apparently Americana and some of its top artists aren't above criticism by a major media outlet. This is what the independent country and Americana communities had to face down on Friday (3-31) when...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Unlame Americana Acts
Unless you were stuck on an island recently, I'm sure the article called "10 Lamest Americana Acts" by the once prestigious, and now click-hungry newsweekly alternative known as L.A. Weekly passed...
View ArticleCall Her Dr. Lucinda Williams After Berklee Bestows Honorary Degree
Lucinda Williams already has a host of accolades to her name, including hit songwriter for her penning of "Passionate Kisses," multiple Grammy Award winner, a founding partner in the alt-country and...
View ArticleThe Outlaw Country Cruise Announces 3rd Annual Lineup
The Outlaw Country Cruise has just announced the lineup for their 3rd Annual voyage, and it's a doozy. As opposed to leaving from Florida this year, the Outlaw Country Cruise's Norwegian Pearl will set...
View ArticleWillie Nelson’s Luck Reunion to Broadcast Virtual Fest
This year the Luck Reunion had an incredible lineup. But like everything else, it has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus. Nonetheless, they will be celebrating Thursday (3-19) with a live streaming...
View ArticleJason Isbell, Lucinda Williams Address Ryan Adams Situation
Lucinda Williams just released a new record called 'Good Souls Better Angels,' and Jason Isbell is about to release a new one called 'Reunions' on May 15th. And in lengthy interviews with both artists...
View ArticleClassic Country Diminished in New Rolling Stone 500 Best Albums
It's worth noting that Rolling Stone's new updated version of their "500 Best Albums of All Time" significantly diminishes iconic titles from the classic country canon. Not only were some titles...
View ArticleMile 0 Fest in Key West Announces 2021 Dates & Lineup
The Texas, Red Dirt, and Americana-oriented Mile 0 Fest in Key West, Florida will be moving forward in 2021, and they have just announced the festival's preliminary lineup. Usually occurring in late...
View ArticleIconic Instruments & Big Stars to Benefit Country Hall of Fame
To help in the COVID-19 recovery effort, the Hall of Fame is planning a special live streaming event that will match up many of the iconic instruments in the "Precious Jewels" collection and other...
View ArticleMerle Haggard Tribute Concert to Finally Be Released
Unless you were there in person, you missed it. But now we'll all get the opportunity to see the tribute concert that transpired on April 6th, 2017, when a hefty list of musical talent all assembled at...
View Article2021 Grammy Nominations Relevant to Country & Roots
The 2021 Grammy Award nominees were announced on Tuesday (11/24), and as can be expected, there is some good, some bad, many worthy nominations, a few probably born of virtue signaling as you can...
View ArticleKris Kristofferson’s Final Performance
At 84-years-old and having suffered health issues recently, it's hard to blame Kris Kristofferson for wanting to hang it up. His service to art, film, music, and America as an Army Ranger and...
View ArticleMile 0 Fest 2021 Moves Forward Amid Challenges
Promoting a festival on a small tropical island at the tip of Florida is tough enough. Trying to do it these trying times makes it even tougher. Co-owner Kyle Carter talks below about some of the...
View ArticleThe Best Part of the Grammy Awards Will Not Be Televised
The majority of the high-profile bellyaching about the Grammys is coming from self-absorbed millionaire entertainers whose livelihoods and legacies are secured. It's selfish and shortsighted of them to...
View ArticleLucinda Williams Suffered Stroke in 2020
At last week's Mile 0 Fest in Key West, Florida, Lucinda Williams was scheduled to be the headliner, and was supposed to take the stage Thursday night, April 29th. Her name even graces the top of the...
View ArticleNobody Puts Mike Moonpie in a Corner (Mile 0 Fest 2021 Recap)
It could have been a disaster, or it could have not happened at all. When Mile 0 Fest rescheduled their 2021 festival from late January to late April, a lot of dominoes had to fall their way for them...
View ArticleBorn & Raised Fest Announces Loaded Inaugural Lineup
With ZZ Top and Cody Jinks at the top of the card, Blackberry Smoke, Randy Rogers Band, Parker McCollum, and Robert Earl Keen filling out the top slots, and an impressive undercard that includes...
View ArticleLucinda Williams Returns to the Stage After Stroke
“I just got out of rehab,” she told the crowd. “But not THAT kind of rehab.” Apologizing for not playing guitar or dancing around, Lucinda alternated time standing and sitting on a stool as she started...
View ArticleRobert Plant & Alison Krauss to Try and Capture Magic Again
The two originally met and collaborated at a 2004 Lead Belly tribute concert at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singing the Lead Belly song “Black Girl.” They struck up a friendship over their mutual...
View ArticleMaking Sure Justin Townes Earle’s Legacy Is Not Forgotten
Second generation country performer Justin Townes Earle passed away tragically on August 20th, 2020, but strong efforts are underway to make sure his legacy doesn't go forgotten, especially after the...
View ArticleForgiveness For Me But Not For Thee: On Jason Isbell & George Jones
Just like so many of the characters in today's popular music space, Jason Isbell has transformed from one of the most universally-revered independent artists of our time, to being reviled by large...
View ArticleCompendium of Country Music Definitions, Subgenres, Terms, & Eras
Country music is country music, and the best definition of what country music is, is that you know it when you hear it. It's self-evident. But the genre has birthed many subgenres, many stylistic...
View ArticleBilly Joe Shaver Tribute Album Announced Amid Estate Dispute
August 16th, 2022 would have been Billy Joe Shaver's 83rd birthday, but unfortunately, he passed away on October 28th, 2020 at the age of 81, leaving a legacy of songwriting that set the very...
View ArticleLuke Bell Achieves Escape Velocity
Never has the story of a deceased independent country artist been so compelling to the point where it is covered so overwhelmingly across the entirety of American media, and beyond. And yes, the...
View ArticleAssessing Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Country Albums of All Time”
'Rolling Stone' published a list of the The 100 Greatest Country Albums of All Time this week, and as per usual, it has many arguing its merits, omissions, and inclusions. There was a time when...
View ArticleBilly Strings Wins Big, Luke Bell Paid Tribute at Americana Music Awards
The 2022 Americana Music Awards transpired at the Ryman Auditorium Wednesday Night, September 14th, with Billy Strings, Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell, Sierra Ferrell, and The War and Treaty all...
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Iconic and Elemental Songwriter Malcolm Holcombe Has Died
Malcolm Holcombe was one of these elemental songwriters. Too raw, authentic, and unpolished for the spotlight, but a spellbinding influence on many who gladly step into it, he was the origin of...
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