It’s not everyday you go to a show with a dress code. But when the dress code—flannel—fits right in with a mission to help friends and neighbors in need as the weather takes a turn for the worst, you know you’re going to have a great time. Entering its 6th year, Flannel Fest 2019 is […]
The Mavericks is a band that – after 30 years – needs no introduction. It is a band that has refused to be defined by any genre or singular musical style. The band just released an album of covers entitled The Mavericks Play the Hits as a way to celebrate 30 years of making music. […]
Continue Reading
Americana Highways brings you this video premiere of the title track from the Chordaes’ recent album, produced by Marc Swersky: What We Breathe In, which was released on February 22, 2019. “What We Breathe In” is Leo Sawikin on lead vocals and acoustic guitar; Ethan Glenn on drums; Kevin Foley on electric and slide guitar; Alex […]
Continue Reading
photo by Stacie Huckeba Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley are a duo that came together shortly after Hensley moved to Nashville. Ickes was formerly in the bluegrass band Blue Highway and has won the IBMA Dobro Player of the Year award 15 times. The band’s first album Before the Sun Goes Down was nominated for […]
Continue Reading
Scott Avett is having the type of month multi-hyphenates dream about: a new album; a sold out show at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center; an appearance on The Tonight Show; and the opening of a huge collection of his paintings at the North Carolina Museum of Art. “Today is the first day I’m constantly reupping as a […]
Continue Reading
Ted Z and the Wranglers is an Americana band from Orange County, California. The band recently released its new album Southland. By phone Ted Z discussed making the new album, how it compares to the previous album, and what’s next for the band. Americana Highways: You mentioned how making the new album was different than […]
Continue Reading
Carlene Carter first stepped onstage at the age of four next to her mother June Carter and aunts Helen and Anita. She’s spent the next sixty years solidifying her place as a “Carter Girl,” the title she used on her 2014 homage to the original Carter Family who changed the landscape of country music since […]
Continue Reading
Hannah Bethel’s new song “The House is on Fire” is due out on October 18th; it was produced by Jeff Huskins and Hannah Bethel and features Bethel, with Jon Conley on guitar (arrangement by Hannah Bethel) and Scotty Sanders on steel guitar. Americana Highways caught up with Hannah and had a chat with her that […]
Continue Reading
photo by John Hancock Fiery blues guitar player/singer/songwriter Samantha Fish is back with her first new album in two years, Kill or Be Kind. It’s her initial release after signing with Rounder Records, and it features an enhanced focus on songwriting. This road warrior of a musician took time to speak with Americana Highways about […]
Continue Reading
You could say that Kelsey Waldon’s life has been a whirlwind of late. For one, there’s her new album White Noise/White Lines which after several years in the making is finally out. The record which feels like a breakthrough, has been highly anticipated ever since John Prine announced onstage at the Grand Ole Opry that […]
Continue Reading
