Kenny Roby has been a fixture in the Americana music scene since the early ‘90s when his band 6 String Drag helped define the nascent roots-based genre for the pre-internet listening audience. Recently, by phone, we spoke about his moving and wonderful new album The Reservoir, the songwriting process, and the artist’s place in […]
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The way I see it when it comes to Americana music albums released so far in 2020, I believe there are a select handful of records that speak directly to and about certain aspects of the personal and political state of affairs in this country right now. I believe they are The Unraveling by […]
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Americana Highways brings you this song premiere of Andrew Gold’s solo demo “Don’t Bring Me Down,” a harbinger for the digital release of his demo collection Something New: The Solo Demos by Andrew Gold, out on Omnivore on August 28. “Don’t Bring Me Down” is out on August 14. Gold was a session man for […]
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Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky – Please Leave Your Light On Apparently, veteran artists have begun to explore the music of the past or reinvent their own in that indomitable style. I recently reviewed an LP by jug bandmaster Jim Kweskin & Samoa Wilson that beautifully reinvented songs as dusty as 1914. Here, Down Under […]
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Skylar Gregg – Roses Working out of Nashville country traditionalist Skylar Gregg created an LP out of her own stories about addiction, morality & abuse through an honest 10-year journey through her life. Skylar’s not from the cookie-cutter pop-oriented country singer establishment. Her rich vocal twang (at times) has authenticity. The horns are Muscle Shoals […]
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As a reviewer, sometimes reviewing EPs can be hard. By only having four or five songs to go on as opposed to the nine or ten or more songs which are on an LP, it can sometimes become an arduous task to try to get a feel for what the recording artist is trying […]
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Mac McAnally – Once In a Lifetime Over the years I had LPs by great artists who disappeared (Michael Dinner, Alex Rozum, Gene Ryder, Heather Mullen, Dann Rogers, Emitt Rhodes, Greg Copeland). Or continued to record but were under the radar, like Dean Friedman, Mark Germino, Rob Jungklas, Robert Hazard & Mac McAnally. I’m always […]
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H.R. Gertner has not let the pandemic get in the way of creating. Releasing not one, but two albums during the worldwide shutdown, Gertner used stripped down recording techniques — acoustic guitar, vocals and other sparse accompaniment such as cello and dobro — to deliver his songs of sincerity. The first, Waiting for the End […]
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On Mordechai, Khruangbin’s 3rd full length album, the band continues to push the boundaries of their ‘60s Thai influences while simultaneously harkening to its soft jazz kindred spirits. Like a new age neon lounge act, Khruangbin defies easy categorization or explanation – one of many things that makes this band so intriguing. Although appealing to […]
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Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Talena Bricker’s song “In Betweens,” which is a precursor to her forthcoming EP War Line. This song and the EP were recorded, engineered, and mixed by Matt Greco at The Rye Room in Portland, OR; then mastered by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering. “In Betweens” is Talena Bricker on […]
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