You can call Wayne Hancock a throwback, and you certainly wouldn’t be wrong. After all, how many western-swing artists do you come across these days? The good thing is that you know what to expect when you hear a new Wayne Hancock album. That is particularly true for the new album Man of the Road. […]
Sometimes all you need to hear is a little bit of a band to know that it’s not something that’s easily sorted. That is apparent almost as soon as you start playing Wild as the Night, the new album from Fruition. “Forget about You” features a guitar riff by Jay Cobb Anderson that has enough […]
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When it comes to Louisiana music, you probably have a good idea what to expect. You’ll hear accordion, rub board, and some infectious rhythms that will get you moving. On the new album Au Bout de La Rivière, The Revelers give you a lot of what you would expect, but the band also adds some […]
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The Mavericks is a band that – after 30 years – needs no introduction. It is a band that has refused to be defined by any genre or singular musical style. The band just released an album of covers entitled The Mavericks Play the Hits as a way to celebrate 30 years of making music. […]
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It’s not often that an artist releases two albums within a week of each other, but that is exactly what Cody Jinks has done with After the Fire and The Wanting (Late August Records). You don’t have to listen very long before you realize that they are two very different albums. After the Fire is a fairly […]
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Jamie McDell is a singer-songwriter from New Zealand whose album Six Strings and a Sailboat went Gold and won Best Pop Album in New Zealand in 2013. On the Botox EP (recorded, mixed, and produced by Nash Chambers) , she shows that whether it’s pop or more country sounds, she can make it sound good. […]
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photo by Stacie Huckeba Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley are a duo that came together shortly after Hensley moved to Nashville. Ickes was formerly in the bluegrass band Blue Highway and has won the IBMA Dobro Player of the Year award 15 times. The band’s first album Before the Sun Goes Down was nominated for […]
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Ted Z and the Wranglers is an Americana band from Orange County, California. The band recently released its new album Southland. By phone Ted Z discussed making the new album, how it compares to the previous album, and what’s next for the band. Americana Highways: You mentioned how making the new album was different than […]
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Boston may seem an unlikely source for a blues band. It’s certainly not the first location you think of when you think about the blues. However, on the new album Lonely Soul (Colemine Records), Matthew Stubbs (Charlie Musselwhite’s longtime guitarist) and Pat Faherty of GA-20 show that you don’t need southern roots to play the […]
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With so many bands and different types of music out there, it is a challenge for any band to get noticed. However, there are two fairly simple ways to stand out from the crowd. First is to have a structure that is unlike any other band. The other is to come up with a unique […]
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