GROOVES & CUTS – John Apice Artists Under the Radar Part 2 will appear in December. This month — new Christmas/Holiday music. It’s hard to beat the classic Christmas songs but there are indeed many great holiday songs produced today. An ideal open is British singer-songwriter Leigh Haggerwood’s emotionally uplifting vocals on his song “My […]
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Americana Highways presents this premiere of Eric Brace & Last Train Home’s holiday song “By the Lights on the Tree” (Red Beet Records). “By the Lights on the Tree” is Eric Brace on acoustic guitar and vocals; Jared Bartlett on electric guitar; Kevin Cordt on trumpet; Jim Gray on electric bass; Martin Lynds on drums and sleigh bells; Scott […]
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Americana Highways brings you this seasonally appropriate premiere of Bob Davoli’s song “Don’t You Let the Darkness Drag You Down,” from his forthcoming album Wistfully Yours (Gutbrain Records). Wistfully Yours was produced by Bob Davoli, recorded at Wellspring Sound Studio; engineered and mixed by Eric Kilburn, with assistance from consulting engineer Rob Griffin. Toby Mountain […]
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Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Justin Howl’s song “I Must Confess” from his forthcoming new bluesy album Wanderlust. Justin Howl writes the most authentic rootsy songs with the most authentic old-timey instrumentation. “I Must Confess” is a song of eternal devotion with harmonica and guitar driving the infectious energy with tambourine embellishments. […]
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Americana Highways Readers: Vote for your TOP TEN favorite albums of 2020. Write one in, or email us at americanahighways@gmail.com with “favorite album” in the subject heading, if we missed one! Poll stays open until Dec 23rd.
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Americana Highways invites you to vote for your favorite THREE releases of November 2020. The vote stays open until December 31st at 11:59pm EDT; results will be posted January 2nd. Write in, if we overlooked one, by emailing americanahighways@gmail.com with “November Favorite” in the subject heading! The top three winners get placed on our monthly […]
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A Jerry Jeff Walker Anthology Underscores His Strengths Texas’s Jerry Jeff Walker wasn’t originally from the Lone Star State, nor was he originally Jerry Jeff Walker. Born and raised in upstate New York as Ronald Clyde Crosby, he reinvented himself by the early 1970s as an Austin-based proponent of the burgeoning outlaw country genre. The […]
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Americana Highways’ PLAYLIST, “Downstate,” curated by Rodney Metoyer on Apple Music has been newly updated! Follow to listen to fresh updates once or twice a month. You may also find albums 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 […]
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When quarantine broke out in March 2020, musician/filmmaker/neighborhood centerpiece Scot Sax decided it was time to start profiling the immense road seasoned talent suddenly surrounding him full time in his east Nashville neighborhood. With touring abruptly transformed into a non-option, Sax opened his lot for musicians to come perform a piece of music in ways […]
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With her dazzling new EP Heart In Tennessee singer-songwriter Teni Rane firmly establishes herself as a glorious musical force to be reckoned with by giving us a brilliant collection of six songs that illustrate a wonderful ability to capture and communicate complex and simple emotions and observations in a way that we can all […]
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