On New Ways to Lose, BJ Barham Finds What’s Worth Fighting For What happens to angry young men when they grow older? That’s the question at the heart of New Ways to Lose, the new album from American Aquarium. Artists who survive long enough eventually confront that question. Few have a compelling answer. American Aquarium […]
BJ Barham and River Shook are two of my favorite live acts – whenever they bring their bands through Denver, I’ll cancel pretty much everything else to be there. With both of them releasing albums on the same day – Barham with American Aquarium’s New Ways to Lose, and Shook with their self-titled first solo […]
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American Aquarium kicked off the second leg of their Fear of Standing Still tour with Ken Pomeroy opening in Little Rock, Arkansas and Americana Highways was there. Perhaps many readers can relate. Maybe you have a few favored bands you’ve seen a lot. Maybe it’s been thirty times or more. From show to show, […]
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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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B.J. Barham photos by Glenn Cook at Union Stage show B.J. Barham picks up the phone and apologizes. He needs to delay the start of our conversation. The 38-year-old American Aquarium frontman, a self-described extravert who talks a mile a minute and is known for his high-energy tightrope walking shows, is picking up his daughter […]
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