The Rolling Stones have often been right in step with their times but never more so than in the final two years of the 1960s. Having dispensed with the psychedelia of 1967’s Their Satanic Majesties Request, they returned the following year with Beggar’s Banquet, which includes lines like “I shouted ‘Who killed the Kennedys?’ / […]
‘smallsongs’ is a youtube channel that features small & stripped down performances on the streets of different cities, featuring musical acts at their rawest. The channel started in Colorado, and is now expanding to Berlin and other cites around the world. This week we’ve been sharing our first ‘smallsongs’ in Berlin and from the German folk […]
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Americana Highways presents this song premiere of Guy Forsyth & Jeska Bailey’s “Armalite Rifle” written by Guy Forsyth and produced by Mark Addison and from their album due to be available in 2020. The song is Guy Forsyth on guitar/vocals/slide guitar/kitty litter box(tub) & foot stomp; Jesska Bailey on vocals; Matt Giles on the can/lawn […]
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With this, Illinois-born Mike Osborn’s 3rd LP Unbroken, (Oct. 25th release Je Gagne Records), continues a journey of self-realization & inner peace. Produced by Randy Ray Mitchell the LP features John Griparic (bass), Tom Fillman (drums) & Mike (lead guitar, vocals) Mike doesn’t explore anything that hasn’t been done by other artists, i.e. — learning from […]
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For Robbie Fulks the silliness that he is known for has been replaced here with an undeniable sincerity that bristles with an intensity that vacillates between restraint and exuberance on his reinterpretation of Bob Dylan’s Street Legal. On 16, Fulks’ source material demands a new voice from him, and he delivers – at times he […]
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“Maybe someone knows what fate is, maybe someone just knows why,” Gene Clark posited in a wistful melancholic meditation that makes “Some Misunderstanding” one of the climactic moments and centerpiece of his 1974 album No Other. Looking back the singer seems to be sharing the most intimate and vulnerable details of his complex character, the […]
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Americana Highways’ playlist Road Trip to Yesterday, curated by Laura Sikes, is newly updated today! Follow to listen to fresh updates every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. On the 4th Thursday, find the top three winners from our monthly reader poll for favorite new album the month before mixed in WITH other new Americana […]
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You probably find that your favorite songs affect you differently as they (and, let’s be honest, YOU) age. Certain lyrics jump out at you, while others may fade, and you’ll notice new musical intricacies. In your mind, the songs evolve. The same thing happens to the artists who write those songs. 10 years ago, a […]
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Sometimes all you need to hear is a little bit of a band to know that it’s not something that’s easily sorted. That is apparent almost as soon as you start playing Wild as the Night, the new album from Fruition. “Forget about You” features a guitar riff by Jay Cobb Anderson that has enough […]
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Joseph Arthur, Come Back World. If there is a present day hidden missile waiting in the rock ranks ready to explode, look to Joseph Arthur. With decades-long dedication to chasing his inner muse, sometimes in the open and others in the darkness, the Akron, Ohio native has never wavered from the course. His albums […]
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