Anders Parker – Wolf Reckoning (Recorded and Freed Records) Across a 20 year career Anders Parker has cut his own path, zig zagging across roads and wilds with his music. From Portland, OR, to Brooklyn, NY, to Raleigh, NC, to Upstate New York, finally to New Orleans, with some short, rootless incursions into California, Texas, […]
Americana Highways is hosting this video premiere of Anders Parker’s song “Sunyata.” The song appears on his upcoming release Wolf Reckoning out October 1st on Recorded and Freed Records. Parker continues his dive into melodic psychedelia. Loping, sinewy guitar lines float in between a dense organ backdrop and Parker’s high croon. The reverb-soaked performance is […]
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4/5 Stars – Joe & The Feels debut album Unsupervised (out today on Out Of The Past Music) with superb production from Jason Weinheimer (Fellowship Hall Sound), hits on all the best vibes from the 90’s and the early 00’s. The opening track “Beef” is a chiming combination of Brighten The Corners era Pavement and […]
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Joe and the Feels debut album Unsupervised comes out April 16th on Texas label Out Of The Past Music. When Joe Yoder moved back to Little Rock in 2018 to begin his new career as a licensed social worker, he wasn’t necessarily thinking “rock and roll.” He’d been an active part of the scene there […]
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4/5 Stars – The Libras new album Faded, out today on Out Of The Past Music, is an exceptional addition to the Americana Rock canon. Recorded entirely during the Covid- 19 lockdown, Faded is an exquisite and efficient collection of driving Americana and bright chamber pop. Jason Weinheimer spends most of his time making other […]
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On February 19th, 2021, the ever prolific Reed Turchi will release two very different full length albums: I’ve Chosen Love and Creosote Flats. I’ve Chosen Love is a record steeped in the groove and soul of Memphis and the Mississippi River and Creosote Flats is blues that sound freshly emerged from the arid West. I’ve Chosen Love (4 out of […]
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“Behind The Board”: Getting down and dirty with those responsible for making the records we love. This week we are in the studio with Sam Patlove; owner, producer, and engineer at Bud’s Recording Services and Bud’s Presents #Live And Direct in Austin TX. (Greyhounds – ‘Primates’ / Erika Wennerstrom – ‘A Tribute To Townes Van […]
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Notes on A Playlist Fellowship Hall Sound ~ Selections from 2020 by Jason Weinheimer My main job as producer is to invite the right people to the party ~ and step aside while they realize a song’s full potential. To that end, my favorite production process is to assemble a full band and record live […]
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Americana Highways got to sit down with Jessica Pyrdsa, better know as Datura, to discuss her ravishing cover of everyone’s favorite Christmas Carol, Tom Waits’ Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis and her annual Tom Waits Tribute which will be live streamed December 14th at 7pm (CST). AH: Hey Jessica, tell us a bit about […]
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With two albums coming out on February 19th, 2021 (I’ve Chosen Love & Creosote Flats), Americana troubadour Reed Turchi seems to be in constant motion. I caught up with him recently as he was filming a live taping for Bud’s Presents #Live and Direct in Austin TX. Americana Highways: I really dig the song “I’ve Chosen […]
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