Like every other music lover, I love making playlists. While compiling my favorite song playlist for the chaotic year that was 2020, I became awestruck as I was gloriously reminded of how many of my favorite songs of this past year were written by and/or performed by women. Amongst all that was going on, 2020 […]
Like a lot of writers I love making lists and I had a blast putting the list you see below together. The entries are unranked on purpose because I feel like putting a number beside them would cheapen the process in that it would suggest a super qualitative decision on my part. I approach listening […]
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Ana Cristina Cash is a singer – songwriter who is based in Nashville and who is married to John Carter Cash, the only child of Johnny and June Carter Cash. Her critically acclaimed jazz infused country album Shine, which was produced by her husband, was released in April of this past year and like […]
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Since its creation in the early to mid – 1970s with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and a bevy of others, outlaw country and its more recent sub genre descendant alt-country, have always been about eschewing the formulaic tendencies of country music and about telling stories and doing your music your own way. With his […]
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With her dazzling new EP Heart In Tennessee singer-songwriter Teni Rane firmly establishes herself as a glorious musical force to be reckoned with by giving us a brilliant collection of six songs that illustrate a wonderful ability to capture and communicate complex and simple emotions and observations in a way that we can all […]
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With the new album The World Will Break Your Heart singer / songwriter Gary Van Miert through his musical vehicle The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! gives fans of Americana and roots music plenty to latch onto and love with an altogether vibrant collection of ten distinctly original and sometimes over the top wryly humorous […]
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With the recent release of his two new EPs Oh Sedona and How To Fall In Love earlier this year, singer-songwriter Michael McArthur offers up acoustic versions of several songs from his acclaimed 2019 LP Ever Green, Ever Rain and as a bonus adds two brand new songs and a rousing and impassioned cover of […]
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Once upon a time in 2017, tenor saxophonist John Fournier and trumpeter Marques Carroll, between takes at a recording session with famed singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks, struck up a conversation in which they discovered that were both dealing with the tumultuous state of the world in much the same manner – by listening to and […]
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Bruce Sudano is a singer-songwriter and music industry veteran who has garnered songwriting credits for songs by his late wife Donna Summer, Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, and others. His latest EP, Spirals Vol 2 : Time And The Space In Between was released on Oct 23 and stands as another […]
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Nikki O’ Neill is a singer-songwriter and guitarist whose vibrant music encompasses Americana, soul, R&B, country, and the blues. Recently I spoke to her about her music and her new album , World Is Waiting. Our conversation, edited for length and clarity is below. Americana Highways : Who would you consider to […]
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