The Kitchen Dwellers take in a wide swath of musical traditions and build upon Bluegrass traditions to interpret, adapt, and in some case, arrange them in new and surprising ways. Their music feels continually unexpected, and the spirit of experimentation is something that drives them, particularly on their latest 2019 album, Muir Maid, and in […]
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Bones Owens is an artist who makes his home in rural Tennessee. He has played with artists like Mikky Ekko and Yelawolf. His first couple EPs leaned toward an Americana sound while his new full-length, self-titled album is more of a blend of rock and blues. By phone, he discussed the making of the new […]
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Evelyn Rubio is a brilliant and charismatic blues-rock vocalist, songwriter, and saxophone player whose album Crossing Borders from May of last year is easily one of 2020’s most underrated (and largely overlooked) treasures. Recently I spoke with this super dynamic performer about that album, her music, and her future plans. Our resultant conversation, edited […]
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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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photo by Chris Bickford Songwriter and performer Mando Saenz is set to release a new solo album, All My Shame, on February 26th via Carnival Recording Company, a label where he’s a staff writer as well as a recording artist. Saenz writes many songs that end up being recorded by other artists and friends, and […]
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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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Recently I had the distinct pleasure of conversing with Lee Rocker, the long-time upright bass player for the legendary rockabilly and rock and roll band The Stray Cats. We spoke about his exceptional new solo album Gather Round, his favorite Elvis song, the power of music, and his future plans. Our resultant conversation, edited for […]
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Wynonna Judd has been a fixture of the American music scene since the early 1980s when she launched along with mother Naomi, the legendary country music duo The Judds. The iconic duo would ultimately release six studio albums, garner five Grammy awards, fourteen number-one singles, and sales in excess of 20 million records. In 1992 […]
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On January 30th, Cornelius Chapel Records released a new album from Alabama Slim, The Parlor, named after the studio where it was recorded in the summer of 2019, and featuring his cousin Little Freddie King as a special guest. Alabama Slim’s two previous records, Blue & Lonesome and The Mighty Flood were issued by Music […]
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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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