Jenn Grinels “Always on the Run” (photo by Rebecca Boyd) Jenn Grinels has a new album coming out later this year with some Western influences and beautiful West Coast imagery, Western Heart. Ahead of the album’s release, Jenn has just released a new song “Always on the Run” with thoughtful lines: “Cobblestones and empty streets, […]
Ben Brandt interview New Jersey raised, Nashville settled musician and songwriter Ben Brandt has thought a lot about the sense of balance and poise that’s so necessary, and yet so elusive, in modern society. He explores these themes both musically and lyrically, balancing between 70’s rock, blues rock and prog rock, in his new album […]
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Ellen Froese photo by Landon Johnson Ellen Froese: Songs from the Prairie Edge There is a long stretch of road in Canada where the land seems to empty itself of everything but distance. Gas stations thin out, forests close in, and the horizon feels less like a destination than a state of mind. It was […]
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Cary Morin Pocket Of Time Doubles Down on The 70s and Brings Production Home Indigenous, Colorado-based artist Cary Morin previously released a Western-inspired album, Innocent Allies (2023) and now has followed it with the album Pocket of Time, which draws inspiration both from a sense of the past and from a locale. For the new […]
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From Busker to Believer: The Hard-Earned Songs of Slaid Cleaves Slaid Cleaves lives in Wimberley now, tucked into the folds of the Texas Hill Country, playing closer to home, keeping the circle small. The road that once stretched from Maine to Cork to Austin has narrowed. The songs, though, are still wide open There was […]
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Luke Winslow-King is a charismatic and engaging Americana guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer, hailing from Cadillac, Michigan, and currently residing in Spain. His ninth album, Coast of Light, a musically expansive and brilliant collection of songs for him that should broaden his audience, will be released on March 27th. Recently, Luke spoke with us about […]
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John Hollier and the Rêverie have a new album, Rainmaker, which by all accounts is celebratory, high octane backwoods music, inspired by cajun and Louisiana themes and blended together with dollops of Americana and Nashville sounds. We had an opportunity to chat with John about the album, and the resulting conversation is here to […]
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Sammi Accola photo by Penny Kapadoukakis Sammi Accola has a new album coming out this week, A Candle on a Busy Street. Sammi’s songwriting is interwoven with her life experiences with women in recovery and in a broad global context. We had a chat with Sammy about the music, some of her experiences in the […]
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Brock Davis “I’ll Be Your Alibi” Americana Highways is hosting this video premiere of Brock Davis’ song “I’ll Be Your Alibi” from his recently released album Nothing Lasts Forever. The album was produced by Brock Davis, engineered and mixed by Zach Allen, recorded at Pentavarit in Nashville, TN; and mastered by Alex McCollough (True East […]
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Nathaniel Rateliff on the new film Lovers out today Nathaniel Rateliff added two songs to the new film out this week which was set in the Denver area, “Lovers.” One song he contributed is a new, original song written for the film and the other is a sweet cover of Springsteen’s “My Hometown.” We had […]
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