Wilco’s terrific Summerteeth—the group’s third album, which first appeared in 1999—expands to more than four times its original length in a recently issued deluxe edition. The clamshell-boxed set couples a remaster of the adventurous original record to a wealth of previously unreleased material, including two dozen demos and outtakes and a 26-song contemporaneous Boulder, Colorado, […]
Americana Highways is pleased to bring you this video premiere of Tiffany Williams’ cover of the song “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” from her forthcoming EP I’ll Be Back Soon, due to be available on Feb 12. The song was written by Darrell Scott, and was produced, engineered and mixed by Rachael Moore with additional […]
Continue ReadingLike every other music lover, I love making playlists. Check out this month’s update of Her Voice, a playlist that celebrates the women of Americana. Follow and enjoy! It’ll be updated monthly with a cumulative year end list.
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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, featuring musical acts at their rawest. In 2020 I got a sneak preview of some songs off the upcoming Fishboy album “Waitsgiving.” We took a tour around the historic square in Denton, TX […]
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Indie band Hounds released their album Cattle in the Sky on February 5th from BMG, following on from 2017’s collection, Anything At All, but they seem to have covered a great deal of creative ground between albums as well as solidifying some of their guiding lights will be, musically speaking. There’s something of the bubbling […]
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It’s not easy for a musician to come up with something original. After all, the number of musical notes is limited. But even if you’re using all the notes that every other musician has ever used, it’s possible to put a different spin on things. Brian Smalley is an artist from Florida who has developed […]
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Uncle Walt’s Band – Recorded Live at the Waterloo Ice House This trio of Austin, Texas artists captured live in 1982 (Omnivore Recordings, drops Feb. 5) includes previously unissued alternate takes; strap yourself in for a 21-cut collection with the late Walter Hyatt (guitar/vocals), the late Deschamps Hood (guitar/fiddle/3-octave range vocals – 5-time recipient of the […]
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Rod Abernethy – Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore This award-winning North Carolina singer-songwriter & master acoustic guitarist fills his musical kitchen with rich aromas immediately with the opening tune: “Just Around the Corner,” from his new 12-cut LP (drops Feb. 5) released on Songs from Downstairs Records. What’s instantly likable is the voice, & compositions that […]
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By my estimation, there are two kinds of “covers” albums – copycat ones and reinvention ones. With the former, the artist does nothing more than record his or her version of another artist’s songs without much originality or vitality and with the latter, the artist reinterprets those same songs in a way that makes […]
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The Burnt Pines. Sometimes there are semi-secret clues to understanding how bands achieve a unique sound. The Burnt Pines are a polycultural outfit, members coming from various nationalities and pursuits. Bandmember Aaron Flanders is from Illinois and the semi-token American in the band. Besides being in charge of most of the stringed-instruments for the band, it turns out he […]
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