“One for the Losers”: Colby T. Helms Sings for the Overlooked We interviewed Colby T Helms about his new album and more. Enjoy our quality music reviews and coverage on Americana H There is a stretch of Franklin County, Virginia, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge, where Colby T. Helms still lives on land […]
Jad Tariq on His Life and Times While Finding Precious Company Jad Tariq is a Memphis-based Rhythm & Blues guitarist/vocalist who recently had the honor of being invited to join Bob Dylan’s touring band for a series of dates. His sophomore album, Precious Company, arrived in mid-September, and follows debut album Jad Tariq Sings. Featuring […]
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From the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena to the juke joints and working musicians of Mississippi, the blues remains more than a musical tradition. Through conversations with Bobby Rush, DuWayne Burnside, Super Chikan, Roger Stolle and others, a deeper story emerges about the people keeping the music alive—and the next generation preparing to carry […]
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photo of the Star Room Boys at the 40 Watt by Jason Thrasher MAR(R): dinged love and twinkling endurance. Pretty Little Lies: Talking truths with Star Room Boys’ frontman Dave Marr * The goods, they bleat, bleeding neon atop the loudest totem so low, while some of the greats slip and sluice right quick through […]
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Katie Pruitt: Songs for the Time We Have Katie Pruitt wrote more than 60 songs while working on Fools For the Fleeting, her third album for Rounder Records. She kept ten. Somewhere in the cutting, a subject emerged: the beauty and damage people carry around, and the difficulty of staying connected to one another when […]
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Lyal Strickland photo by Jym Wilson Photography Lyal Strickland on The Quest for Personal Honesty and Shooter of Truth Ozarks-based singer/songwriter Lyal Strickland is returning with new album Shooter of Truth, his first studio album in ten years, on October 16th, 2026. It follows his 2025 live EP, Ghost Light at The Gillioz, and 2016’s […]
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Warren Haynes photo by Shervin Lainez Warren Haynes on The Creative Goals Behind ‘Dreams & Songs: A Symphonic Journey’ On September 18th, 2026, Warren Haynes, the Grammy Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and Gov’t Mule frontman, released a very special live album, Dreams & Songs: A Symphonic Journey. It captures performances that happened in 2019 […]
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Americana Highways’ Key to the Highway series Fans always clamor to learn more about their favorite, most beloved musicians and those who travel with them. There’s such an allure to the road, with its serendipity, inevitable surprises, and sometimes unexpected discomforts. This interview series is a set of questions we are asking some of our […]
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Jordan Whitmore Me or Us Jordan Whitmore has a new EP Me or Us releasing on October 16, a collection of songs that tell the story of a marriage dissolving, the inevitable feelings, and the aftermath and in the end, acceptance. Americana Highways is premiering the EP. Music can be a way to process experiences, […]
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Jess Williamson: Raised on Dolly, Bound for Elsewhere By Brian D’Ambrosio Jess Williamson was four or five years old, riding in the backseat while her mother drove and her grandmother sat up front. A song came over the radio. The two women began talking about how much they loved the singer. “Who is that?” Williamson […]
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