Favorite Albums of 2025 – Editor’s Pick What defines a great album? When you’re several songs in and your mind is still exploding, you’re still groovin’, or turning it up and leaning in to listen closer? Lots of albums have that one incredibly great song, or two, or three. But for a favorite album you’ll […]
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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Favorite Albums of October 2025 Vote For Your Favorite Albums of October 2025 : Vote for three. Email us at americanahighways@gmail.com with “October poll” in the subject heading if we need to add your favorite to the list! Poll is open until the end of the day November 11. Top winners will be featured in […]
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Todd Snider photos by David Nowels Last week’s news that Todd Snider had died hit me hard. Much harder than I would have guessed. From what I’ve read online—and I’ve read a lot online—that seems to be true for many people. Snider was a real one of one, a singular talent whose songwriting, stories, and […]
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Downstate October 2025 — Americana Music Playlist on Apple Music Downstate October 2025! This is a nice list, with frequent and fresh quality updates. Please follow and heart Americana Highways’ Apple Music playlist, “Downstate,” curated by Rodney Metoyer, which has just been newly updated! Find new quality music that maybe you haven’t heard of, or […]
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Todd Snider High Lonesome and Then Some Reno is where Johnny Cash shot a man just to watch him die. It’s where the Grateful Dead lit out from, and where R.E.M. staked their claims to being stars. It’s more funky than flashy, more quirky than conventional. It is very much a Todd Snider kind of […]
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Todd Snider’s Songs — and Stories — Shine on — Live: Return of the Storyteller Review by Mark Pelavin[i] Maybe you have a friend who is deep into scotch, or whisky, or craft beer. I bet they love to talk up specific bottles, but that they do so in a way that makes clear that the drink is, […]
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Todd Snider played a truly beautiful set to a happy group of folks at the Birchmere last Tuesday night. After having released one of the best albums of this year, The First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder, he played a mix of songs from over the years, back to his first album, while loyal fans […]
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I don’t think it’s a well kept secret that most of us here at Americana Highways are big fans of Todd Snider. We’ve covered his shows and albums and also been fortunate to have Todd participate in some interview pieces as well. Snider is a folk singer’s folk singer, a true troubadour, and one hell […]
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Americana Highways’ Key to the Highway series Photo by Melissa Clarke Fans always clamor to learn more about their favorite, most beloved musicians and those who travel with them. There’s such an allure to the road, with its serendipity, inevitable surprises, and sometimes unexpected discomforts. This interview series is a set of questions we […]
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