Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Heather Anne Lomax’s lyric video for her song “All This Time,” the title track for her album due out on May 1st. All This Time was produced by Jason Hiller (The Secret Sisters), mixed by Zachary Ross (Janiva Magness/The Reverend Shawn Amos) and mastered by Gavin Lurssen and […]
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This predominately acoustic collection highlights Joe Nolan’s word play prowess and sincere sentimentality. His first out on Fallen Tree Records, Drifters, finds Nolan teaming with engineer Scott Franchuk (Riverdale Recorders, Edmonton, Canada). In the midst of the cacophony of noise that constantly fills modern life Nolan’s turn toward simple arrangement and minimal accompaniment offers welcomed […]
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A theme album is always an interesting notion for an artist to attempt. It’s even more interesting when the theme is how the transcontinental railroad changed the western United States. So, if you were considering a similar album, just know that James Hyland beat you to it with Western. Hyland was one of the founding […]
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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, and find the top three winners from our monthly reader poll for favorite new album the month before mixed in WITH other new Americana and roots rock songs, PLUS classic old favorites! FOLLOW! Enjoy! […]
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I’ve been lucky. I’ve had an advance of the new American Aquarium album, Lamentations via New West Records for a little bit now. Lucky also because I’ve had plenty of time to deep dive into every nook and cranny. To really think about and consider what I’ve heard over and over. Often, as reviewers we […]
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With his latest album, Early Morning Rain (Blue Rose Music), prolific singer/ songwriter Steve Forbert celebrates a number of his fellow songwriters from over the years with an album of eleven handpicked cover songs meant to highlight the craftsmanship of their respective songwriting and songwriting in general. Over a career that has spanned six decades, […]
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Photo credit: Cal & Aly Americana Highways’ Key to the Highway series Fans always clamor to learn more about their favorite, most beloved musicians and those who travel with them. There’s such an allure to the road, with its serendipity, inevitable surprises, and sometimes unexpected discomforts. This interview series is a set of questions we […]
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Americana Highways presents this premiere of Nate Lee’s song “Tobacco,” (written by Daniel Salyer) from his forthcoming album Wings of a Jetliner, produced by Professor Dan Boner at ETSU Recording Lab. “Tobacco” was performed by Nate Lee and The Becky Buller Band: Nate Lee on lead vocals and mandolin; Becky Buller on fiddle and harmony […]
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Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Tex Moonlight’s song “Smoke Signals” from his forthcoming album Moonshot, due to be released the summer of 2020. Moonshot was recorded at Invisible Sound Studios in Baltimore, MD; co-produced by Tex Moonlight and Dave Nachodsky. “Smoke Signals” is Glenn Workman on keyboards and piano; Jeremy Norris on guitars and French horn; Dave […]
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I’ve never been “into” Fiona Apple. For me, the 90s were a musical black hole. I first came to know her at the Ohana Festival a couple of years ago. She played some of what she was working on for Fetch the Bolt Cutters, and a bunch of covers. There was a moment, I remember […]
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