Americana Highways presents this premiere of Shea Rafferty’s “That’s What Friends Are For” from his forthcoming album To the Morning Sky, produced by Troy Stewart and engineered by Gregg Williams. “That’s What Friends Are For” was written by Shea Rafferty & Troy Stewart, and is Shea Rafferty on vocals, Paul Brainard on pedal steel; Troy Stewart on […]
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Photos by Sierra Haney Ain’t nothin’ gonna slow down the momentum that has been built from Shane Smith & The Saint’s album, Hail Mary. Not even a bus fire that resulted in total catastrophic loss of all their music gear and personal belongings. The fire occurred on Thursday, November 21st as the band was traveling from […]
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If you’ve ever seen Blackberry Smoke, you know just how entertaining the band can be live. It’s not surprising that Blackberry Smoke released a live album. After all, the band released a live album only five years ago. However, for a band with a presence like Blackberry Smoke, live albums will always be in fashion. […]
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Little Orange Room Sessions is a one-take, one-shot, “living-room”-style performance video series recorded in Eugene, Oregon. Each two-song session is recorded in the 125 square feet that I use for mixing, producing, and sometimes even recording entire albums. Little Orange Room Sessions grew out of my crazy love of music and mixing, a growing curiosity […]
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The voice is good, but some vocal lessons are still needed to smooth wrinkles in St. Paul, Minnesota’s Nicholas David’s performance. Be not deterred. The 11-track LP Yesterday’s Gone (drops Nov 29 – Wildheart Records) was recorded in New Orleans & cool originals flourish. David’s obvious Dr. John-inflected vocal moments are worthy. His voice has […]
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For people who enjoy vocals similar to David Fogelberg, Steve Goodman, Jonathan Edwards, Emitt Rhodes or Jackson Browne this LP by 5-time Emmy winner Mark Oblinger will be quite intriguing. Fortunately, despite a light touch, Mark doesn’t project like a wimpy-folk singer. His voice has depth, character, and sincerity. “Judgment Road,” (should’ve been called “Playing […]
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Americana Highways presents this premiere of Sofia Talvik’s “Christmas Train”, written by Sofia Talvik, and due to be available on December 1st on Makaki Music. “Christmas Train” is Sofia Talvik on acoustic guitar and vocals; Marcus Högquist on electric guitar, with Tim Fleming on bass, Joakim Lundgren on drums, and Sofia Talvik and Marcus Högquist on backing vocals. The […]
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If You’re Going to the City: A Tribute to Mose Allison available via Fat Possum Records on November 29th features performances from a wide variety of artists including Taj Mahal, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Chrissie Hynde, Iggy Pop, Ben Harper, Robbie Fulks, Loudon Wainwright III, Peter Case, Richard Thompson, Dave and Phil Alvin, Frank Black, […]
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When you write about music, you hear a lot of new stuff throughout the course of a year. As they, say, you have to kiss a lot of frogs. However, kissing all of those frogs makes you appreciate the really good albums you hear throughout a year. This year, there were some good ones. In […]
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If you want to know how Nashville has changed over the years, Charlie Daniels is a good person to ask. Just look at the back cover of “Nashville Skyline,” the 1968 record by Bob Dylan on which Daniels played as a session man. Daniels points out that there was only one skyscraper at the time, […]
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