Last year, in a review of H.R. Gertner’s Two Dimes for a Nickel, I called the Florida singer-songwriter’s dirtbag brand of folk poetry “Trailer Park Shakespeare.” In his newest release Sink or Swim, we see a gentler and more refined Gertner – one who isn’t singing about meth head ex-girlfriends or apologizing for waking up […]
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Americana Highways brings you this song premiere of Alaskan Emma Hill’s “Early to Bed” from her forthcoming album How Could I Have Been So Wrong? due out on January 31. The album was produced by Bryan Daste, Emma Hill, and Zach Hill; recorded and mixed by Bryan Daste in Portland Oregon, with acoustic guitar and lead […]
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Americana Highways brings you this video premiere of Boys Club for Girls’ “The Weatherman.” “The Weatherman” was written by Amie Miriello, Vanessa Olivarez & Jason Dmuchowski; produced by Tim Craven. The video was directed & edited by The Bishops. With the musicians walking through puddles in the rain with bubble umbrellas, playing acoustic guitar in […]
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Americana Highways brings you this song premiere of Jeremy Garrett’s “What Would We Find” from his forthcoming release Circles. “What Would We Find” is Jeremy Garrett on vocals, fiddle, guitar and mandolin, with harmony vocals by Prisca. The album was produced by Jeremy Garrett and Billy Hume, engineered and mixed by Billy Hume, and mastered […]
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Americana Highways brings you this song premiere of Chad Harvey’s “Heyburn” from his upcoming album Run From The Sound (out March 6 on Indie 500 Records). Run From The Sound was produced, engineered and mixed by Marc Johnson and mastered by Andy Vandette. “Heyburn” is Chad Harvey on acoustic guitar, Marc Johnson on electric guitars, […]
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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 Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii is a long way from Jason Isbell’s hometown upbringing in Alabama. Isbell, along with his wife Amanda Shires, arrived via Japan to perform their first ever concert in Hawaii. Isbell may perhaps be one of the best songwriters of our time. His songs tell stories, paint pictures, and […]
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Influence. That’s the word Philly-born Vance Gilbert doesn’t mind hearing when anyone describes his music. He says he’s black but plays an acoustic guitar but not the blues. One reviewer said he was “a folkie trapped in a vaudevillian body;” I agree. Gilbert also admitted he wanted to be a “5’5 white woman,” after he […]
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With the timely 2020 release of Is It You, Is It Me?, Dustbowl Revival sharpens their genre blending sound, while simultaneously mastering a defined message for the turning of this uncommon era. Recorded in a flash two-week studio session, Is It You, Is It Me? looks deeply into the seminal, collective consciousness of today. And […]
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Eleven Hundred Springs is a band that has been making country records for more than 20 years. The band’s website describes the band’s sound as “indigenous country,” which is a good way to differentiate it from the often-bland country music that comes out of Nashville. On the new album Here ‘Tis, the band shows that […]
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