I’ve had the opportunity to cover numerous shows this year and choosing just a few photos has proven to be a very difficult task. I could have easily just picked photos from the few days I spent at this year’s Americanafest, but I’ve tried to include only a couple of photos from that week. From […]
Hannah Bethel’s new song “The House is on Fire” is due out on October 18th; it was produced by Jeff Huskins and Hannah Bethel and features Bethel, with Jon Conley on guitar (arrangement by Hannah Bethel) and Scotty Sanders on steel guitar. Americana Highways caught up with Hannah and had a chat with her that […]
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Have you ever been so consumed by a song, an artist, an album that you listen to them non-stop? That sometimes the song you love most makes you cry and then sometimes it makes you think? That you wonder what the artist experienced and how they can speak to you so directly with their songs? […]
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If the name James Steinle (that’s pronounced Stine-lee) isn’t familiar to you, then I predict it won’t be long before it is. I had the pleasure of catching this young, Texas singer/songwriter at my favorite dive bar in Tulsa, The Mercury Lounge, on one of the last summer nights of 2019. The crowd was spotty, […]
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Look in any music group on Facebook and you’ll likely see the name Lost Dog Street Band. With six albums under their belt, including Benjamin’s previous solo album, these aren’t newcomers to the music world. They’ve been busking, crisscrossing the country and playing to whoever will listen for years. In the past couple of years […]
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1. Alexa Rose happened to be the first set I caught the entire week and might have been my favorite. With the fading last glimmers of sunset radiating around the TRUE music venue at the Cambria Hotel, Alexa took the stage backed by a four piece band. Her voice is as haunting as it is […]
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I distinctly remember the first time that I realized I really loved Jason Isbell’s music. I was in Nashville for Americanafest in 2017 and was watching the awards show at The Family Wash. He was joined on stage by Amanda Shires to perform “If We Were Vampires”. I can distinctly recall getting goosebumps watching their […]
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If you’re looking for the best album of the summer, look no farther than Shane Smith & The Saints third record, Hail Mary (Geronimo West Records). However, this isn’t an album filled with breezy road trip music. This album is intense, with stories from a band that’s been touring the last ten years and all […]
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It’s not often that the blue neon of the Mercury Lounge hosts artists from the Bluegrass state, but that’s what happened one balmy, Wednesday night in June. The last few years it’s seemed like there has been an utter explosion of talent from the great state of Kentucky. Unfortunately, unless they’re a nationally touring act, […]
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Colter Wall’s latest album may be called Songs of the Plains, but Tulsa, Oklahoma had its own Songs of the Plains in store for Colter and his crew. Being that its spring in tornado alley, the songs were more to the tune of rain, thunder and tornado sirens. Severe storms moved through the area right […]
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