Lost Dog Street Band return with their newest batch of songs, Glory, via Anti-Corp Music this Friday January 21st. There’s still a handful of bands that pique my interest enough make me want to write about them, and Lost Dog Street Band is one of those, and well here we are. I thought this would […]
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Top Picks of 2021 — David Nowels’ Self-Indulgence Well, here we are at the end of another year aren’t we? How’d that happen? Anyway, I guess that means it’s time to compile that ever indulgent “best of” list. Here’s my dilemma, what if you basically took the year off? Sure I’m exaggerating, but it’s really […]
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Dead and Company: Dallas and Houston, October 2021 Thirty-three years ago this month marks a rather significant day in my musical development. In October of 1988, I saw my first two Grateful Dead shows, and if I’m being honest, it left much more than just an impression on my music tastes. Those first two shows […]
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American Aquarium — Jones Assembly Live music is back, hallelujah, hallelujah! How do I know? Last week saw American Aquarium triumphantly return to OKC for a Sunday barn burner of a show. We all know the pandemic related shutdowns were hard on all aspects of the music community, and especially tough on those artists […]
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The 23rd annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival was held this past week, July 14th -18th in its rightful location, Woody’s hometown of Okemah, OK. You see, last year’s virtual festival (you can revisit it here: https://americanahighways.org/2020/07/17/show-review-woody-guthrie-festival-2020-virtually-was-a-celebration/ ) was really spectacular. Actually, it was one of the best virtual events I covered. But still, and understandably, […]
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Senora May released her second album, aptly titled All My Love on Valentine’s Day this year. Quite appropriately, it’s a beautiful new collection of love songs from the Kentucky singer songwriter. Independently released, the album, though not really a whole-hearted departure, All My Love is still distinctly different from her first album, 2018’s Lainhart. What […]
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North Carolina’s Matt Heckler has released his new earthy sophomore collection Blood, Water, Coal digitally as well as on compact disc via Anti-Corporate Music this past Friday, February 19th. Vinylphiles don’t fret, as all indications are that the vinyl pressing will follow shortly. Blood, Water, Coal is the follow-up to 2019’s flawless After the Flood, and […]
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Edie Brickell and New Bohemians return Friday February 19th with a strong new and anticipated effort, Hunter and the Dog Star via Thirty Tigers that should appeal to early, as well as new and casual fans. The band’s fifth studio release clocks in at 41 minutes; features 11 all new cuts, and is their first […]
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In a year of what seemed like, crisis after crisis, there was some absolutely remarkable music releases. As such, it seemed there were a lot of releases throughout the year that somewhat unceremoniously ended up lost in the reeds so to speak. One of those albums was Praise, the sophomore release courtesy of Frenchie’s Blues Destroyers. […]
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Is it really even New Year’s Eve without at least one member of the Grateful Dead performing somehow, somewhere? In a year of unabashed weirdness, who better than one Bob Weir and the Wolf Brothers to wrap things up and propel us into the fresh hope of 2021? I couldn’t think of anyone better to […]
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