It is no secret to anyone who knows me that I am a firm believer that a lot of what passes today as “country music” oftentimes bears little to no resemblance to the country music that I grew up listening to – the music from the sixties, seventies, and eighties. Without specifically calling out […]
If you’re a songwriting partner with Slaid Cleaves, you are in great company. If you’ve grown up writing songs with Slaid Cleaves for the last 30 years, you’ve got a 1st class education in the craft. Make no mistake. Picott is making art here. You will not ever be able to stream this double album […]
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The Allman Brothers Band – Down In Texas ’71 Let me first clarify that this live CD is entertaining but more of a curiosity for fans, purists, historians & archivists. Despite stellar playing (to be expected from The Allman Brothers) – few listeners will sit through the poor recording quality. Engineers cleaned up the source […]
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April 2021 Favorite album poll: Vote for three. Email us at americanahighways@gmail.com with “April poll” in the subject heading if we need to add your favorite to the list! Poll is open until May 31. Top winners will be featured in our playlists. Take Our Poll
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The results from the readers’ vote for favorite March 2021 releases are in! Congratulations top dozen! The top three will be featured in our next AH playlist update by Laura Sikes, and will be brought to the attention of our 3 other playlisters too. (Find the playlists any time, on our website’s homepage.) Vote for […]
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Americana Highways presents this video premiere of New Earth Farmers’ song “Everything Was Beautiful, Goodbye,” from their forthcoming EP, Into The Great Unknown. This EP is the first release as New Earth Farmers for duo Paul Knowles and Nicole Storto, who have been playing together and releasing music for 17 years. The song was recorded at Opus […]
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Americana Highways brings you this video premiere of B.B. Palmer’s “Simulation Theory” from their forthcoming album Krishna Country. The album was engineered by John Paul “JP” Molpus, Wade Allen and Bernard Palmer Breitung; recorded at the Sound Wall; and mastered by Pat Patten. Krishna Country is Bernard Palmer Breitung on acoustic guitar and vocals; Josh “Bucky” McKenzie on tele; […]
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Americana Highways is pleased to host this premiere of Dean Owens’ song “Land of the Hummingbird” featuring Gaby Moreno and the Calexico band. This song is a track on Dean Owens’ forthcoming album Sand and Blood (The Desert Trilogy EPs Vol 2) which features Calexico, and will be out May 7. Sand and Blood was recorded […]
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Kyle Culkin’s critically acclaimed first album, My Americana, included a mix of blues, gospel, rock, country, and soul. Now, Kyle Culkin is going back to his rhythm and blues roots in his new album Pork Chops & Blues. But Culkin isn’t the only notable name featured on the eight-track album recorded at Cool Noise Records. […]
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Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny, Let’s Get Happy Together. Maria Muldaur enjoyed a brief flirtation with the pop world with “Midnight at the Oasis,” a Top 10 hit in 1974, but the bulk of her six-decade career has found her immersed in folk, jazz, and blues. She performed in the Even Dozen Jug Band […]
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