PREMIERES

Arkansas native Elise Davis just released her debut album The Token and she is already grabbing the attention of fans and journalists who are drawn to her stark, brooding Americana. Davis exudes as much soul as she does angst, and ultimately what we come away with are potent, infectious songs that everyone can relate to. On […]

When Petter Ericson Stakee, the principal songwriter and driving creative force behind Americana band Alberta Cross, began preparing for his Stripped Back acoustic tour, he felt like it would be a good idea to add a visual to the music. This came in the form of two different versions of “Beneath My Love”, the upcoming second single […]

The Harmed Brothers came of age a few years back when the airwaves were being polluted by the neo-folk revival with bands like Mumford and Sons and the Lumineers ho heying us all to the point where our ears bled. Though the Portland-based band had its roots in bluegrass and folk with distinctly poppy undertones, […]

By way of Boston and Washington D.C., Kingsley Flood have spent the last handful of years churning out socially aware Americana. The band’s sound, which feels like it could coexist in small town America as much as the major cities the band members call home, revolves around the potent lyrically punch of frontman Naseem Khuri. Growing […]

We live in complicated times. Our political system is in laughable disarray, as is our justice system, and with so much trouble abroad and on the homefront, sometimes it can feel like the world really is going to shit. For Louisiana bluesman Robert Finley, some of life’s most complicated issues are also the most personal, […]

At this point in time, after movies like the Boondock Saints, The Town, and The Departed have turned the city of Boston into a running line of cliches filled with hardened tough guys speaking with that unmistakable accent. Of course, the soundtrack for all of this has been the Celtic punk rock of bands like the […]

Seattle band Massy Ferguson dropped their new album Run It Right Into The Wall back in July, but for this release they took a different approach. Whereas the band’s last release, the EP Backwoods, was unmistakeably alt-country, bringing to mind Lucero and Whiskeytown with a West Coast country groove, their latest finds them embarking for a sound […]

Family flows through the music of Goshen, IN’s, Wilson’s Reservoir. From the songs on their new record to the name of the band itself, kin and home resonate through their world. Named both after an actual reservoir in Georgia – primary songwriter Ben Wilson and his father cleared the land on which it is dug, and thereafter the […]

The title track from Blake Rainey and His Demons’ latest album, Helicopter Rose, is about rescue, and it’s a theme that carries throughout the new record, one populated with stories of forlorn barflies, tattered relationships, and other hard-luck realities of modern life.”  Rainey has earned his share of acclaim over the past 15 years. His previous band, […]

Country-tinged California band The Mother Hips have been chugging along for over twenty years, amassing a cult following in that time as a result of their groovy, laid back songs and live shows that are never the same. In that time the Hips have released nine full-length albums, an impressive catalogue to say the least. […]

Since 2012, the trio known as Ohio Knife have been whipping up hard-hitting rock and roll that stays loyal to the blue collar roots of their home base of Cincinnati. With a sound that comes across as a grittier punk rock Bruce Springsteen meets the Midwestern roots and straightforward punch of Lifter Puller, Ohio Knife make […]

Paul & The Tall Trees leader Paul Schalda seems to embody the unexpected overlap of The Band’s Americana, Ian MacKaye’s unhinged emotion and the doo-wop melodies his father, Will Schalda Sr. (a member of Brooklyn vocal group, The Montereys), raised him on. A former guitarist for soul-man Charles Bradley, his voice can be hauntingly harsh, raucous and […]

On his new record Often in the Pause (released 5/6/16), Seattle-based singer/songwriter Kris Orlowski, continues to explore the themes of authenticity, loss, and a search for connection that has always been central to his songwriting. Orlowski has grown into a potent songwriter, and his meditative, melodic dream pop, shaded with flecks of alt-country and soft rock, […]

With a career spanning four-plus decades in the music industry as a songwriter, performer, sideman, recording engineer and producer—Jono Manson tells his story brilliantly and unforgettably on his new record that literally has been a lifetime in the making. Jono Manson will release The Slight Variations  on October 14, 2016. At its core, Variations is an amalgamation […]

Formed in 2011, Connecticut band Birds Over Arkansas have been steadily gaining a following around New England with their pop-infused Americana that immediately pulls the listener in with distinct, catchy harmonies and heartfelt lyrics. Consisting of Scott Haskitt (guitar, lead vocals), Laura Hartshorn (keyboards/vocals), John Mondick (guitar/mandolin/vocals), and Ryan Berg (drums/percussion), Birds Over Arkansas have […]

For over twenty years the husband and wife duo of Brett and Rennie Sparks have been forging their own path along the dusty outskirts of Americana as The Handsome Family. Their sound has always been tough to pin down, although many have been known to call it Western gothic, which is fairly accurate. Save for getting […]

Colin Lake wasn’t born in New Orleans, but you would hardly know it from his rootsy, soulful sound that seems to rise up from the bayous across Louisiana. Listen to the singer-songwriter and slide guitar player’s natural sense of blues, soul and rock and roll and you’ll get the sense that he’s been in the […]

If history serves us right, it’s easy to see that the most influential, important acts of all time have always led to legions of acts who try and copy exactly what makes them so good. Such was the case with Michael, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Jackie aka the Jackson 5, whose rise to the top of […]

Nashville singer-songwriter Carey Ott, who recently signed a publishing deal with IMAGEM, will be releasing his newest album, Nocona, on Friday, September 9. The album features contributions by a group of Nashville friends and stalwarts that includes Will Kimbrough, Cage The Elephant co-founder Lincoln Parish, and Dualtone recording artist Rebecca Roubion. Ott, who grew up […]

Southern California band LP3 & The Tragedy will digitally release their debut album Southland Hum on September 16th. LP3 & The Tragedy features two gypsy cousins, Louie Perez III (son of Los Lobos’ Louie Perez) and Ruby Rosas (daughter of Lobos’ Cesar Rosas) with friends, Mike Berault, Eric Fuller, and Carlos Guzman, who together form a group of breakfast club rejects bringing Americana in its darkest and […]