AmericanaFest 2024 “Must See” It’s time for AmericanaFest 2024! I’m highlighting some must-sees for anyone else who’s making the trek to Nashville, as well as sharing my choices for the Americana Awards (to be held Wednesday evening at the Ryman Auditorium). My ground rules for the musts – they have to be folks I haven’t […]
Top 25 Albums for AMA’s 25th Anniversary Year 25 years ago, spurred by conversations that took place at South by Southwest in Austin, the Americana Music Association became a reality. In September 2000, the nascent organization held its first conference in Nashville. Two years later, the Americana Honors and Awards came into being. As the […]
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Favorite Albums of July 2024 You voted! And now the results from the readers’ vote for favorite albums of July 2024 releases are in! Congratulations top ten! What a great bunch of albums this month, and this month’s competition was fierce! We had almost 18,000 voters! Check out this list just to see what else […]
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Vote For Your Favorite Albums of August 2024 poll: Vote for three. Email us at americanahighways@gmail.com with “August poll” in the subject heading if we need to add your favorite to the list! Poll is open until the end of the day September 5. Top winners will be featured in our playlists. You can […]
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Vote For Your Favorite Albums of July 2024 poll: Vote for three. Email us at americanahighways@gmail.com with “July poll” in the subject heading if we need to add your favorite to the list! Poll is open until the end of the day September 5. Top winners will be featured in our playlists. You can […]
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Favorite Albums of May 2024 You voted! And now the results from the readers’ vote for favorite albums of May 2024 releases are in! Congratulations top twelve! What a great bunch of albums this month, and this month’s competition was fierce! We had almost 18,000 voters! Check out this list just to see what else […]
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Sturgill Simpson Songs, Ranked In an eight-year time span (2013-2021), Sturgill Simpson gave us five great records, plus two bluegrass albums reinventing songs from his catalog. The Kentucky native and Navy vet has managed to nab Grammy noms in four different genres (Americana, rock, country and bluegrass). Now that Simpson has delivered his promised five […]
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Vote For Your Favorite Albums of June 2024 poll: Vote for three. Email us at americanahighways@gmail.com with “June poll” in the subject heading if we need to add your favorite to the list! Poll is open until the end of the day August 5. Top winners will be featured in our playlists. You can […]
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Born in the U.S.A – a ranking When it comes to Springsteen, I’m a confirmed Born to Run guy – it’s my favorite album, from anyone (unless you catch me in a Southeastern kinda mood). But I didn’t know much about The Boss until Born in the U.S.A. hit my 13-year-old ears. That cassette soundtracked […]
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Vote For Your Favorite Albums of May 2024 poll: Vote for three. Email us at americanahighways@gmail.com with “May poll” in the subject heading if we need to add your favorite to the list! Poll is open until the end of the day July 5. Top winners will be featured in our playlists. You can […]
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