Charlie Parr — Last of the Better Days Ahead In the realm of traditional acoustic blues and folk very few people master it. With Parr’s latest release he has done just that. A self-taught musician since the age of eight and with 13 albums behind him, his finger picking style on both the 12-string resonator […]
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Leah Blevins — First Time Feeling Some voices just have the power to cut through the clutter and snap your ears to attention. Lucinda Williams, Margo Timmons and Ian Noe are a few of the folks who can draw you in and make a good song great and a great song incomparable. Kentucky’s Leah Blevins […]
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Buck Owens & The Buckaroos – First of 3 Remastered Reissues // Sweet Rosie Jones / I’ve Got You On My Mind Again / Tall Dark Stranger What we have here is a country-western artist in the tradition of Sonny James, Marty Robbins, & not Tex Ritter. Yes, a veteran of Hee-Haw (co-hosted with guitar/banjo […]
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The Wandering Hearts – Self-Titled 2nd LP Out of the UK, folk/Americana scene is the trio known as The Wandering Hearts (together since 2015) with a nice well-produced full sounding sophomore LP. Unlike their American counterparts, the UK musicians usually embellish their music with solid arrangements, ensemble singing that has a unity that creates one […]
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July 2021 Favorite album 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 July 31. Top winners will be featured in our playlists. See last month’s winners here: Readers’ Favorite […]
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JULY 2021 GROOVES & CUTS – Elvis Presley Sang Folk Songs? – John Alice Aside from the fact that Elvis Presley was known for his ability to effectively perform in many musical genres including rockabilly, country, Gospel, blues, middle-of-the-road ballads, easy listening, traditional pop, Dixieland, New Orleans lite jazz (“Crawfish”) & straight rock ‘n roll […]
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Phish at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre On July 30, Phish’s 2nd night of their rescheduled summer tour continued at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham Alabama, right outside of Birmingham. Phish opened with “Moma Dance” leading into “Sigma Oasis” which has only been played three times since being released in 2020. Singer Trey Anastasio addressed the crowd, […]
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Music Reviews: A Must-watch Concert Blu-ray from Little Steven, Plus Joan Armatrading If you weren’t among the lucky folks who scored tickets to one of the 2019 concerts by Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul, you have a second chance to witness the extravaganza on a new Blu-ray. Called Summer of Sorcery Live at […]
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Once Beatles fans had digested the news of their breakup, which became official in April of 1970, attention turned to what would come next. Would John Lennon produce the first blockbuster solo album, or would that come from Paul McCartney, the group’s other principal songwriter? The answer turned out to be neither of the above. […]
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Nobody’s Girl — self-titled (Lucky Hound Music) Is it possible to wear down a digital sound file? That’s what I’m about to do with Nobody’s Girl. I envision Fleetwood Mac’s soaring Wiccan harmonies colliding mid-air with Mary Chapin Carpenter’s 4th-gear driving American heart. The result is a cascading firework of sounds rendering my speakers blown, […]
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