Pony Bradshaw is an artist from northwest Georgia. It’s not easy to find information on him other than that he writes songs and is a natural dissenter. Even if you don’t know a lot about him, it’s easy to see from his new album that he has a real knack for writing songs. Calico Jim was […]
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photo by Melissa Clarke 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 are […]
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Even in the midst of this era of great Americana songwriters, Ben Nichols has always been considered a gifted storyteller. A few years back, the Lucero frontman shifted his focus from the stories of himself and his bandmates to include both the larger world (Civil War soldiers and once-illegal mixed-race marriages) and deeply personal (the […]
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Pony Bradshaw is an artist who lives in northwest Georgia. The area where he lives helped to inspire his new album Calico Jim. The album tells stories of man and nature and the connection to history. Of the album, Bradshaw said, “It was paramount that we practiced restraint. Less glamour was something I reminded myself […]
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Americana Highways invites you to vote for your favorite THREE releases of December 2020 and January 2021. The vote stays open until February 28th at 11:59pm EDT; results will be posted March 2nd. Write in, if we overlooked one, by emailing americanahighways@gmail.com with “December or January Favorite” in the subject heading! The top three winners […]
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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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The 1st review was studio album reviews John Mayall (part one) – The First Generation 1965-1974 – 35 CD Career Retrospective – Studio Albums; this review focuses on compilations, live, unreleased live/BBC dates, & an EP with Paul Butterfield. Looking Back (1969/38-minutes) was actually John’s 7th release. It had 11 cuts of single releases (A/B sides). […]
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Americana Highways premieres Randy Lee Riviere’s song “Our Town” right here, from his forthcoming album Wyoming, due to be available via Wilderness Records on February 26. Wyoming was recorded, produced and mixed by Kevin McKendree at The Rock House, Franklin, Tennessee. “Our Town” is Randy Lee Riviere on guitars and vocals; Kevin McKendree on piano, electric piano, […]
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The pandemic and its 10 months (and counting) of isolation have allowed us to do some profound navel-gazing. And even as most of us don’t have an ability to write about what we found in the deep-down, a few good folks have managed to put that isolation into song. Brooklyn-based songwriter Sam Phelps’ new EP, […]
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‘smallsongs’ is a youtube series brought to you by Americana Highways with small & stripped down performances on the streets of different cities around the world, featuring musical acts at their rawest. Back in November we took our ‘smallsongs’ bus to Dallas and got the opportunity to meet HONIN to shoot a couple songs in […]
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