Korby Lenker ’s eighth studio album, Man in the Maroon, arrives May 21st from Grind Ethos Records, and the album itself draws a great deal from Lenker’s experiences on a ranch in Montana that he retreated to from his home in Nashville in order to gather his thoughts following the death of his younger sister. […]
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Mark Rubin’s work as co-founder, bassist and tuba player in the ground-breaking Roots and Punk band Bad Livers is what he’s most widely known for, but since 2015, he’s been in a developing role as a songwriter and frontman for his Jew of Oklahoma project. His third studio album under this moniker, The Triumph of […]
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A band that has remained together for 25 years is a rarity. Pine Hill Haints is a band from Alabama that has remained intact for 25 years and continues to go on as strong as ever with the music they label “Alabama ghost country.” By phone, Jamie Barrier (guitar, vocals) discussed the band’s beginnings, the […]
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Hailing from the Appalachian region of Stokes County, North Carolina and Patrick County, Virginia, Mason Via grew up steeped in old-time and bluegrass music. 2021 has proven to be a transitional year for Via, who participated on the nineteenth season of American Idol and joined the popular old-time group, Old Crow Medicine Show. Having grown […]
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This Spring, Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird released the outcome of a monumental team up, a major reunion in music making for the former bandmates of Squirrel Nut Zippers. The album, These 13, is a truly haunting collection in many ways, blending tradition and modern methods seamlessly and creating a powerful sense of the past […]
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On May 7th, 2021, Omnivore Records will release Yesterday’s Tomorrow, a select live recording of the reunion concert held in May 2018 at the Ramkat Club in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that brought together a wide swath of the members of the “Combo Corner” scene to play their bands’ memorable anthems once more. For those who […]
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Maia Sharp is a highly productive songwriter, performing musician, and producer, and she divides her time between writing songs for herself and writing songs for others, but in both endeavors she often collaborates with co-writers. Her songs have been recorded by The Chicks, Bonnie Raitt, Trisha Yearwood, Cher, Art Garfunkel, Lisa Loeb and many, […]
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Americana Highways had the chance to interview Colby Acuff on his new release, If I Were the Devil, produced by Kyler Daron. Acuff also discusses his roots in North Idaho, his songwriting process, influences, and what being a modern day “outlaw” means to him. AH: I’ve read that you’re a North Idaho boy with southern […]
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Zoe FitzGerald Carter works as a writer, musician, and songwriter and also teaches both memoir writing and songwriting. Her many years of experience as a performer led her to songwriting with her band Sugartown, and her first fully solo album, Waterlines, was released in late March 2021. It was produced by Jeffrey Wood and features […]
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Upon the occasion of the two emerging Americana artists Alice Wallace and Caitlin Cannon forming their new band Side Pony together and releasing their first single “Lucky Break” off of their upcoming debut album in October, I recently had the good fortune of being able to interview these two charismatic Nashville based songwriters about […]
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