For most bluegrass enthusiasts, Roland White is considered a living legend and a virtuoso on the mandolin. His work with the Kentucky Colonels, featuring his brothers Clarence and Eric Jr., brought bluegrass to the forefront of the American folk revival of the 1960s. If you’re a novice and newcomer to bluegrass like me, Roland White […]
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Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Australian Americana musician Daniel Champagne’s “The Great Dividing Range,” due to be released on November 2nd. Produced by Tim McArtney (Asta), this is a stripped-down, bare bones recording of Champagne on an acoustic guitar and singing. Champagne has particularly emotive vocal intonations which render this song a very […]
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Often overshadowed by its southern counterpart Tennessee, Kentucky has become something of a hotbed for the finest in the Americana, country and bluegrass resurgence the last few years. The Kentucky-based Wooks’ sophomore studio effort, Glory Bound, sees that train moving ever onward, but never losing sight of the hills and hollers they call home. Glory Bound was recorded by long time Elkhorn City, KY native, J.T. Cure, at Rickey Wasson’s Main Street […]
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photos by Kevin Gillingham Seeing a show at the Bowery is always a special event for me. Other than maybe the 9:30 Club in D.C., I believe it’s one of the best indoor venues in the nation. The acoustics are always great, and even with a packed house, it’s hard to have a bad “seat” […]
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Last Thursday night the Bottle Rockets rolled into the DC area on tour for their brand new release on Bloodshot Records, Bit Logic. [For our review of the album click one of these bolded words here.] They took the stage at the still fairly new venue in Georgetown, Gypsy Sally’s. Gypsy Sally’s offers everything you […]
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Playing a pair of Stonetree custom guitars, the guitar duo blasted out dirty, custom rock ‘n roll sounds while the rhythms were commanding and grooving all at the same time.
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Paul Kelly’s new album Nature (Cooking Vinyl) features Kelly’s acoustic guitar playing in bright tones, with hopeful clean sounds and easy rhythms sometimes meandering among the tambourine. A host of musicians and artists contributed to Kelly’s album; among them Cameron Bruce on organs and pianos, Myee Clohessy and Xani Kolac and Lisa Stewart on violin, […]
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Americana Highways is pleased to present you with this song premiere “Hope Will Rise” from We Are the Northern Lights. The band is fronted by Hadar Orshalimy and Sheldon Low, with Jack DeBoe on rhythms, Matt Cusson on piano and keys, and Adam Tressler on guitars. This release was co-produced by Jack DeBoe and Matt […]
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Americana Highways brings you the premiere of this song by The West Coast Feed: “Strung Along” from their upcoming self-titled album, to be released on October 26. An eight member band, The West Coast Feed provides layers of music on the album, with frontman Jesse Butterworth on vox, Matt Woll on electric guitars; and a […]
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RETURNS WITH DOWN THE ROAD WHEREVER NOVEMBER 16 ON BRITISH GROVE RECORDS VIA BLUE NOTE Photo credit Derek Hudson In celebration of his upcoming ninth solo studio album, Down The Road Wherever (out November 16 on British Grove Records via Blue Note), Mark Knopfler is set for a 28-date North American tour kicking […]
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