With his new album The Scrapbook climbing to the top of the charts in his native Australia, singer, songwriter and all-around jack of creative trades Angus Gill is doing more with his 23 years than most of us do in a lifetime. The collection of bluegrass songs is not only a love letter to the […]
Music Reviews: ‘Next Stop Is Vietnam,’ plus Kinky Friedman and Billy Joe Shaver As I observed in a 2018 review of Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America’s Forgotten War, Motown artist Edwin Starr got it wrong when he sang, “War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin’.” True, war isn’t good for much, […]
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Jana Pochop — “Matador” Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Jana Pochop’s song “Matador,” from her forthcoming album The Astronaut, due to be released next year. The Astronaut was produced by Daniel Barrett (Ruthie Foster, Grace Pettis); mixed and mastered by Mark Hallman (Carole King, Eliza Gilkyson, Ani DiFranco, Salad Cleaves). In addition to Jana Pochop, […]
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Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of Phil Gammage’s song “Between the Tracks” from his upcoming album From Nowhere to Somewhere, which is due to be available on Oct 22. From Nowhere to Somewhere was recorded at 30 Below Studio in NY; engineered by by Brent McLachlan, Tony Mann, and Phil Gammage, and produced by Tony […]
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Americana Highways presents this video premiere of Alias James’ song “Hell (if I don’t cry),” from his recently released song produced by Alias James for Ravenhood Music. “Hell (If I don’t cry” is AJ on vocals and guitars; Dave Zirbel on pedal steel; and JP McLean on bass. The video features the Kick’n Country Girls and Cowtown Cowgirls line […]
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Billy Strings — Mission Ballroom First off, if you ever get the chance to see Billy Strings live, say yes. The show was most definitely one of a kind. Billy Strings played to a packed house at the Mission Ballroom in Denver, CO last night. In fact, he played shows there October 14th-17th […]
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Maja Francis — A Pink Soft Mess While Maja Francis discovered much about herself in the making of her debut album A Pink Soft Mess, she hopes that listeners will learn more about who they are when sitting down to give the record a spin. That’s how it has always played out for the Swedish […]
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Georgia Blue — Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit On November 5, 2020, two days after Election Day and two days before President Biden realized victory, Georgia’s vote counts were slowly – agonizingly slowly – tilting away from Donald Trump. Seeing the momentum turning, Jason Isbell promised, for the whole world to see on Twitter, […]
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Ben Caplan — recollection With a powerful, booming voice that vibrates your very soul long after the record draws to a close, Ben Caplan doesn’t just write music – he crafts emotions that leap from the song and on to the listener. Nowhere is that more apparent than on his latest album, recollection, a whimsical […]
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BC & The Big Rig – Liars & Saints This Oklahoma-based 5-piece ignites an 11-cut set with cleverly crafted tunes & typical bar band lyrics. It’s well-recorded with blistering guitars & authoritative vocals (Brandon Clark-vocals/guitar). Recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville the group maintains a high decibel mode in an early Allman Brothers/Foghat/Georgia Satellites memory. […]
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