Favorite Albums of February 2022 The results from the readers’ vote for favorite February 2022 releases are in! Congratulations top dozen! The top five will be featured at the top of our new AH playlist “New Americana Music” this month, here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/70zkunFIXYbcH0zKp5ktPV?si=V-hra8MQSLWEq7O0ShzoGg Please heart & follow this playlist so it will grow and reach more […]
Bentley’s Bandstand: April 2022 By Bill Bentley The Americans, Stand True. Some bands have the perfect name. Like The Americans. One, it’s a true fact that the group is made up of Americans. But even more importantly, they have a sound that comes right out of the nation’s soul. There are no trickinations or shortcuts […]
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March ’22 Favorite album poll: Vote for three. Email us at americanahighways@gmail.com with “March poll” in the subject heading if we need to add your favorite to the list! Poll is open until the end of the day May 1. Top winners will be featured in our playlists. You can check out the playlist […]
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Matt Andersen photo by Colin Robertson Matt Andersen — 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 […]
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Feb ’22 Favorite album poll: Vote for three. Email us at americanahighways@gmail.com with “Feb poll” in the subject heading if we need to add your favorite to the list! Poll is open until the end of the day April 1. Top winners will be featured in our playlists. You can check out the playlist […]
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Favorite Albums of Dec ’21 and Jan ’22 The results from the readers’ vote for favorite December 2021 and January 2022 releases are in! Congratulations top dozen! The top three will be featured in our new AH playlist “New Americana Music,” here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/70zkunFIXYbcH0zKp5ktPV?si=V-hra8MQSLWEq7O0ShzoGg and in our “Road Trip to Yesterday” playlist updated by Laura Sikes, […]
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Dana Cooper — 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 […]
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Dec ’21 Jan ’22 Favorite album poll: Vote for three. Email us at americanahighways@gmail.com with “Dec-Jan poll” in the subject heading if we need to add your favorite to the list! Poll is open until the end of the day March 1. Top winners will be featured in our playlists! You can check out […]
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Music Reviews: David Bowie’s ‘Brilliant Adventure’ Plus Elvis Costello’s ‘The Boy Named If’ Shortly before cancer ended David Bowie’s life in 2016, his record company began issuing a series of box sets that deliver remasters of his studio albums alongside previously unreleased concert and studio material. First came Five Years (1969–1973), then Who Can I […]
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Favorite Albums of 2021 — Readers’ Poll Results Our readers voted for their favorite albums of 2021, and here are the results! Congratulations! We will add the top 10 to our New Americana Music playlist. There were several tied for the 50 spot so we included them all. What a wonderful year of new music. Thanks […]
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