Brennen Leigh Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love Brennen Leigh can do just about anything, and on her new record, she’s usually able to get it done in under three minutes. Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love is 12 tight, cleverly quippy songs laced with heartache and wrapped in gorgeous, old-school Texas country […]
AmericanaFest 2024 – Day 4 Friday would be my last day in AmericanaFest this year – there was music back home in Colorado, too! But my last day in Nashville was filled with memorable moments. The California Country Show – ACME Feed & Seed Anchored by California Country Radio Show host Dave Bernal, this year’s […]
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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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Music & Book Reviews: Wonder Women of Country, plus Thee Sinseers, Matt Blake, Pete Ham, and Eddie Hinton This column rarely covers EPs—the unending flood of full-length CDs is more than enough to keep a critic busy—but a six-song set called Wonder Women of Country: Willis, Carper, Leigh is too good to ignore. The Texas-based […]
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