Americana Highways invites you to vote for your favorite THREE releases of July 2020. The vote stays open until August 29th at 11:59pm EDT; results will be posted August 30th. Write in, if we overlooked one! The top three winners get placed on our monthly playlist, and just for being on the list you also […]
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John Fusco & The Road Riders – John the Revelator – Double Album In 1998 Mercury Records issued an LP called Largo, — filled with exceptional songs performed by dynamic artists from many genres. Pop singer Cyndi Lauper & Joan Osborne besides veterans from The Band. NYC rocker Willie Nile & roots artist Taj Mahal. […]
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The results from the readers’ vote for favorite June 2020 releases are in! Congratulations top ten! There was a tie for tenth place. The top three will be featured in our next playlist update by Laura Sikes. (Find the playlist any time, on our website’s homepage.) 1) Blackberry Smoke “Live from Capricorn Sound Studios” 2) […]
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Tyler Childers and Spotify are honoring the one-year anniversary of his Grammy nominated album, Country Squire, with the exclusive release of two new tracks, part of the Spotify Singles collection (and a gift for anyone needing new music right about now). Side A is a new take on Childers’ “House Fire” featuring the Travelin’ McCourys. […]
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Peter Himmelman – Press On I’ve been listening to Emmy & Grammy-nominated Peter Himmelman since his 1st LP (1986). I was impressed by many tracks over the decades. Instead of being nostalgic about the inspiring & intense songs I admire by Peter, I’m pleased to hear his new collection with the barest of overdubs maintains […]
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MERCURY LOUNGE LIVE PRESENTS: JOHN FULLBRIGHT WITH GUEST PILGIRM PPV EVENT Virtual Live Streamed Event | Saturday, August 1st | 8PM TULSA, Okla. June 27, 2020 – The Mercury Lounge Tulsa is excited to announce the return of Grammy-nominated Oklahoma singer songwriter, John Fullbright, August 1st for a high definition streaming, full band live performance, with local […]
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We tend to take for granted that what we’re told as kids is true. Eventually, as we mature, we’ll find that those myths, tall tales and half-truths aren’t as solid as we were led to believe, and we need to seek out our own truth. It’s part of growing up. New York-based band Heathcote Hill […]
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Billy Strings Streaming Tour 2020 — photos by Jesse Faatz Photography; Billy Strings continued the 2020 Streaming Strings tour Wednesday night, sliding into a new venue, this time, the City Winery in Nashville. Having played two shows at the Station Inn, and prior to that, two more at the Brooklyn Bowl, it would seem that Apostol […]
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The 2020 Virtual Woody Guthrie Festival came to a close this past Sunday, putting a wrap on a bold journey into unknown territory for the Woody Guthrie Coalition and the annual fest. Following an impressive all-star line-up of songwriters on Tuesday and Saturday’s broadcasts, the invaluable Terry “Buffalo” Ware got the Sunday show underway with […]
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Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Rob Williams song “Falling Sky” from his upcoming album Weathering the Storm, Vol. 1 due to be available August 28, 2020. Weathering the Storm, Vol. 1 was produced by John Morand, recorded in Richmond, Virginia at Sound of Music Studio, and mastered by Nathan James at Vault Mastering […]
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