REVIEW: Sweet Lizzy Project’s “Technicolor” is Miraculously Good Flavorful Americana
Something different in Americana-roots music despite its Latin origins — it qualifies. This LP started in Cuba, was recorded in Nashville with help from The Mavericks’ Raul Malo – how Americana can you get? Technicolor (Mono Mundo Records – drops Feb. 21st), is the debut 10-track by Cuba’s first ex-pat rock band, the 5-piece Sweet […]
Key to the Highway: Eric Brace
Americana Highways’ Key to the Highway series photo by Melissa Clarke Fans always clamor to learn more about their favorite, most beloved musicians and those who travel with them. There’s such an allure to the road, with its serendipity, inevitable surprises, and sometimes unexpected discomforts. This interview series is a set of questions we are […]
Amanda Shires Rocks and Rants at Sixth & I in Washington, DC
In the historic Sixth and I synagogue and arts center in downtown Washington, DC, Amanda Shires was looking up to the balcony, recalling the year she left her newborn daughter home with her husband and took to the road to promote My Piece of Land, albeit with a heavy heart of guilt. Traveling around in […]
