“Tonight it’s okay to have your phone out at a Dawes show.” So indicated Taylor Goldsmith, frontman and guitarist for the Dawes just prior to “We’re All Going to Die”. On this evening of the 2018 midterm elections, Goldsmith was likely wise to permit this concession, as many national and local state races were quickly […]
photo by Valerie Fremin Austin singer-songwriter Terry Klein entertained a crowd of family, friends, and fans at DC’s Hill Country BBQ on Tuesday evening. I spoke to Terry before the show, and discovered some connections. Terry went to college at the University of Michigan, and I spent my freshman year. He related a harrowing story […]
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For a band that originally came together to play a cancer benefit show for the Cricket Fund (set up in memory of Christina “Cricket” Russell—more on that later), The Krickets have accomplished quite a bit in two short years. In 2016, they cut their debut, Spanish Moss Sirens, in Muscle Shoals with Ben Tanner (Alabama […]
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On the final stop of his first full tour as a headliner, Chris Stapleton stuck to the setlist. When your songs are as strong as his, that’s not a bad thing. Stapleton’s All-American Road Show Tour, which started in May 2017, concluded its third and final leg Sunday night at Baltimore’s Royal Farms Arena. Playing […]
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Willy Braun made a distinction that explains a lot about the state of today’s music business when he introduced the first of two songs from Reckless Kelly’s most recent studio album at a concert last week. “I say it’s the new album,” Braun said before breaking into “The Champ,” a song from 2016’s Sunset Motel. […]
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Atlanta based band Collins Drive has a new release, This Town of Mine (Good Girl Cassie Music). The core members of Collins Drive are Don de Leaumont on vocals and guitar, Allison Shockley on bass, and Mike Satterlee on drums; the album was produced by Tim Delaney at Electric Gardens Studio. At the heart of […]
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Thursday’s show at The Shrine in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was like getting two sides of the same coin. Both Ryan Culwell and Will Hoge can be found in the Americana genre and both are talented songwriters. Both artists also recently released albums in the last few months and both albums are insight into these artists and […]
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Americana Highways is pleased to be the home base for Pete Mancini’s song premiere “DUI Blues” from his album due out in early 2019 on Diversion Records. “DUI Blues” features Pete Mancini on vocals, guitar and bass with Tom Ryan on drums, and was recorded and mixed by Bill Herman at Paradiddle Studios. “DUI Blues” […]
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Americana Highways brings you this song premiere of Ynana Rose’s interpretation of Lefty Frizzell’s 1951 ballad: “I Want To Be With You Always,” from her upcoming album Tea Leaf Confessions. The song consists of Ynana Rose on vocals and rhythm guitar, Tammy Rogers (Buddy Miller) on fiddle, Bill Flores on pedal steel, Dorian Michael on electric guitar […]
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To nick the subtitle of a recent collection of essays on Texas songwriters,1 Malcolm Holcombe’s approach to songcraft is “ruthlessly poetic.” Holcombe’s latest, the Marco Giovino-produced Come Hell or High Water (Singular Recordings), marks the 13th in a string of dependably strong collections bearing Holcombe’s distinct, darkly Appalachian imprint. Featuring Iris DeMent and Greg Brown […]
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