Reckless Kelly — Belly Up Tavern 11/9 On November 9, alt. country rockers Reckless Kelly brought their roadhouse music show to the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA, just north of San Diego. Reckless Kelly is a band you go to see for the tradition. Willie Braun’s going to play an acoustic guitar that […]
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On September 17, Lindsey Buckingham released his seventh solo studio album entitled simply Lindsey Buckingham (Rhino Records). The former Fleetwood Macster recorded the album at his home studio in LA, playing all the instruments and singing all the parts. He served as his own producer and engineer, mixing the songs with Mark Needham. Stephen Marcussen did […]
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On September 10, 2021, Reckless Kelly released its latest album 9/11 Demos, a collection of 16 songs originally recorded on September 11 & 12, 2001. At that point, the band – consisting of brothers Willie and Cody Braun and their drummer Jay Nazz – had two albums under their belts. They’d booked studio time at […]
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Brian Wilson was touring again, and I had to be there. It was a sad affair. He could barely move; they had to help him on stage. And singing, forget about it. It was more of a rough growl. And his bass guitar, I suspect the soundman had it turned off. The best he could […]
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On August 1, 2021, Vivien Cooper and Brother Paul Brown – organist (and the only American) in The Water Boys – released their first collaboration: a quarter-hour children’s album The Instrumental Alphabet. Cooper wrote the poem that playfully, but challengingly for a child just learning, meanders through the alphabet with words beginning with surrounding […]
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I fell in love with Rickie Lee Jones a long time ago. I remember the exact moment. And no, it wasn’t when I heard “Chuck E.’s in Love” or the rest of her first album. It should have been. I just relistened to it, and it is the best début album by a female solo […]
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Welcoming these great artists with some killer songs to the playlist: “California” by Tiffany Williams (from the album I’ll Be Back Soon) “Compass” by Sierra Hull (from the album Weighted Mind) “We Had It All” by Domenic Cicala (from the album Come on Over: The Honky Tonk Duets) “All of My Love” by Senora May (from the […]
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Welcoming these great artists with some killer songs to the playlist: “Sam Story (Cigarette Butts)” by Ewan Macintyre (from the album Dream on Sally) “Testify” by Annie Mack (from the 5-song EP of the same name) “Things to Come” by Jeremy Parsons (from the album of the same name) “Pieces” by Azure Wolf (single with […]
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Americana Highways recently caught up with Lorenzo Gillis Cook of Petite League. The band’s fifth studio album Joyrider, released in January, is a delight on multiple levels. Imagine if Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds with just a guitar and Dennis. That’s pretty close to Joyrider. No kidding. Straight out of Syracuse, NY, and now making […]
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Monica Sorenson has an amazing voice that sounds like no one else, but evokes great female singers ranging from the queens of early blues to mid-century rockers like Ann Wilson and Chrissie Hynde, popular singers like Cher and Dolly, and even jazzier voices like Ricky Lee Jones. Combine that voice with lyrics that embrace a […]
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