[rating=8.00] These associations come to mind with the mention of two-time Grammy winner Jim Lauderdale – “That’s Americana,” (for his emcee work with the Americana Music Association as well as
[rating=9.00] Nashville, Will Kimbrough, Mary Gauthier, John Prine and Emmylou Harris all suggest that this must be an Americana record, right? Yes and no. Genre is not important to Shemekia
[rating=8.00] Memphis-based Lucero is one of the seminal bands of Americana music and are marking their twentieth anniversary as a band with this slight departure in sound, the highly literate
[rating=8.00] Rather than hailing this as a completely new sound for Amanda Shires, consider her work with her former Texas pop-rock band, Thrift Store Cowboys. Her new sound, which she
If there is one thing you can learn from Loren Cole, it’s to question everything. The singer-songwriter came of age in the digital world, but she finds the whole social
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Among the Ghosts, the new album from Memphis rockers Lucero, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best
[rating=9.00] Suffice it to say, Back Roads and Abandoned Motels is the strongest Jayhawks album since their seminal classic Tomorrow the Green Grass, an album that helped establish the original
[rating=8.00] It’s hard to prepare yourself for Israel Nash’s Lifted that begins with an instrumental prelude that is somewhat reminiscent of the orchestral backdrops Jack Nitzsche created for Neil Young
[rating=9.00] Called by some the “unofficial poet laureate of New York City,” Willie Nile’s twelfth studio album, Children of Paradise, easily ranks among his best. The angst and in-your-face passion
[rating=7.00] Louisiana Lovin’ is a collaboration between Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Yvette Landry and fellow Lafayette, LA guitarist/vocalist Roddy Romero. The spark for the album grew out of an accidental
