The Mercy Of The Road. I’ve been touring Europe for nineteen years – sometimes twice a year. In one sense it’s simply work. In another sense, it’s a mysterious adventure. I’ve had passports expire, illness, missed shows and all manner of carefully arranged travel gone wrong. I once woke at five am to […]
Americana Highways brings you Jeremiah Johnson’s 2020 European Tour Diary, ahead of his forthcoming album release for Heavens to Betsy (Ruf Records). Follow along with weekly updates until it’s over! https://www.jeremiahjohnsonband.com 1/27/2020 – 11pm Central Time So here I am sitting at the terminal at St Louis Lambert International Airport watching all the different people […]
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Americana Highways’ Back Road Playlist, curated by Will Payne Harrison, is newly updated; listen and follow!
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Putting together a highlights list for the 2019 Americana Music Awards Festival, which has grown to 300 some-odd official acts, with more than 700 official performances, not to mention all the local and off-schedule gigs and parties mushrooming exponentially everywhere throughout the city, inevitably comes with the caveat that the vast majority of the acts […]
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The results are in! The results from the readers’ vote for favorite July release are in! Congratulations top ten! Take a listen right here on the playlist! Click anywhere in BOLD to read more!!! Rod Picott‘s “Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil” The W Lovers “This Little Town” Western States “From the Center Out” Chuck […]
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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 asking some of our […]
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Stream the Newport Folk Festival live, on Newport Folk Radio, right here:
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Vote for your favorite THREE releases this month, July 2019. The vote stays open until August 12th at 11:59pm EDT; results will be posted August 13th. Write in, if we overlooked one! What's Your Favorite July 2019 Release? (vote for three; or write one in!)
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Americana Highways’ Key to the Highway series Photo by John Partipilo 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 […]
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Americana Highways’ Key to the Highway series Photo by Melissa Clarke 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 […]
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