Rodney Crowell — Wolf Trap Looking up to the balcony and rafters at the Barns at Wolf Trap, Rodney Crowell was blinded by the spotlights for a few seconds. But when he looked down to see the audience, he seemed surprised to see a sea of masks. In this Northern Virginia theater with its impeccable […]
When Joe Nolan was unable to drift from club to club to support his 2020 album Drifters, he set a goal for himself to have another record locked and loaded in time for touring to once again commence. Although writer’s block struck in the earliest days of the pandemic, the Canadian Folk Music Awards-nominated singer-songwriter […]
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Jason Isbell w/Amythyst Kiah — Ryman Auditorium 10/19 It was an honor to be able to experience and document a night of Jason Isbell’s series at the Ryman. Isbell played a total of 8 shows at the Ryman throughout the last couple weeks. Each show, a different artist opened and on October 19th it was […]
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Emily Scott Robinson — American Siren The songs on singer songwriter Emily Scott Robinson’s third release, the aptly named American Siren, will comfort you, make you cry, and have you dancing in your seat. Produced by Jason Richmond (The Avett Brothers, The Steep Canyon Rangers), American Sirens will be released Oct. 29, via John Prine’s […]
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Rigby Summer – Geography This, the first full-length LP by Oklahoma-based singer Rigby Summer who’s written for nearly 15 years without recording finally has. What was the old Heinz catsup ad slogan years ago? “Good things come to those who wait.” Well, it’s true. From the start, she sings her 11-songs with perfection. Evident on […]
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Ian Jones – The Evergreens EP Well, it’s nice to know some singer-songwriters in 2021 still fall into that poignant category of Steve Goodman, Townes van Zandt, David Blue & Eric Andersen. Seattle’s Ian Jones (acoustic guitar) carries that bright torch with wonderful vocal clarity & story songs that are well-constructed. The Evergreens (Drops Oct […]
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Jackson + Sellers Breaking Point For two artists who recently formed a band together, Jade Jackson and Aubrie Sellers have very different musical backgrounds. Sellers, the daughter of Nashville country musicians, has two records of what she’s termed “garage country,” while Jackson, with help from producer and punk rock legend Mike Ness, has released two […]
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Jaclyn Reinhart — Sleep With Ghosts interview While Jaclyn Reinhart’s new EP Sleep With Ghosts reveals the emotional scars left behind from the challenges she has faced, she is also unafraid to share the inner workings of her impassioned past and hopes to take her listeners on a journey from “hurt to hopeful.” The 5-song […]
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Will Johnson interview by Brian DeSpain Will Johnson is a member of several bands, including Centro-Matic, South San Gabriel, Monsters of Folk and the duo Marie/Lepanto (with Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster), and project bands such as the Woody Guthrie lyric-driven New Multitudes. Johnson has hit the road for a solo run of shows in Tulsa, Little […]
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Virgil Shaw — “The Valley” Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Virgil Shaw’s song “The Valley,” from his forthcoming album At the Time I Didn’t Care. At the Time I Didn’t Care is due out October 22 (Rocks In Your Head). The record was produced by Sonny Smith (of Sonny & the Sunsets0, mixed […]
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