Adam Faucett New Variations of the Reaper Arkansas musician songwriter Adam Faucett has a new album, New Variations of the Reaper. This album pays homage to Arkansas throughout, with a darkness and a slow electric guitar energy in songs that were written during Adam’s arduous road to recovery from throat surgery. The resulting album is […]
Jeremy Nail Fleeting Things Austin area musician songwriter Jeremy Nail has just quietly released a beautiful, raw EP of songs that speak to your very soul, Fleeting Things. Hushed with subtle touches of atmospheric amplification of its signature introspective energy, this EP harnesses slightly more modern “indie folk” atmosphere, somehow managing to focus the sound […]
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Vote for Your Favorite Albums of 2025 https://www.patreon.com/americanahighways335/membership Americana Highways Readers: Vote for your TOP TEN favorite albums of 2025. Write one in, or email us at americanahighways@gmail.com with “favorite album” in the subject heading, if we missed your favorite and we’ll add it!!!! Top winners will be added to our playlist on Spotify. This […]
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The Delines – Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom: A Masterclass in Soulful Americana Storytelling Reviewing a new Delines record is one of those rare pleasures that carries its own quiet pressure. Their albums are so rich, so cinematic, so emotionally precise that capturing their essence in words feels like trying to summarise a great American […]
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Dana Maragos – Unimaginable Things This album was originally released regionally (Chicago) in late 2024 but is becoming nationally available. It’s the exceptional 4th studio album by singer/songwriter Dana (pronounced Donna) Maragos (Mare-ah-gose). The effort is dedicated to her late brother Danny (1960-2023) & includes songs inspired by conversations, stories & reflections of troubles, & […]
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How on earth did the Beatles progress from songs like “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” in only a little more than three years? The sparks that ignite artistic growth can be enigmatic, but the Fab Four’s Anthology album series, released in the mid-1990s, did help to flesh […]
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Ronnie D’Addario – Written By This 13-song set, written by New York City-born Ronnie D’Addario, features multi-instrumentalists The Lemon Twigs – Brian & Michael D’Addario, who also produced the Written By (Dropped Dec. 5/Omnivore Recordings/40:48). The songs include guest singers such as Todd Rundgren, Sean Ono Lennon & 3 others. For one thing, the introductory […]
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Todd Snider photo by Melissa Clarke The Lyrics Only Todd Could Write When we lost Todd Snider, we lost one of America’s most important writers. Though he never gained the mainstream recognition or fame that other top-echelon lyricists amassed in their lifetimes, his influence on the now-mature class of Americana songwriters that followed him by […]
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Dove Ellis Blizzard Seems like just about every year lately, we music writer types, come December, are ready to put the finishing touches on our year-end lists and close up shop until January 2nd or so, but one spectacular late-year release manages to make revisions necessary (personally, Adeem the Artist in 2022 and Zach Russell […]
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Tommy Womack Live a Little This has all the rousing, irrepressible rhythm of bands like Blue Rodeo, the late Scott Kempner (Del-Lords), the Jayhawks & the Bottle Rockets. Tommy Womack’s vocals are well-watered, rootsy & earthy. His opening tune, “Speed, Weed & Alcohol,” is captivating & not long enough. The follow-up is a warm ballad […]
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