Joan Shelley – Ginko (2012)
Ginko is Joan Shelley’s much anticipated 2nd album, and her Ol Kentuck debut. The stellar performances delivered by Joan and her backing band (featuring Ben Sollee, Cheyenne Marie Mize, Daniel Joseph...
View ArticleLindsay Lou & The Flatbellys. Ionia
It might not be a trend as yet but recently Blabber’n’Smoke has noticed bands that are using the basic tools of bluegrass and adding their own particular twist. Examples include Fish & Bird, Front...
View ArticleEb & Sparrow – Eb & Sparrow (2014)
Eb & Sparrow is a genre-defying, five-piece folk band that has been gaining attention across the country from city bars to folk clubs, festivals to house concerts. They have supported Rodriguez,...
View ArticleNell Robinson – On the Brooklyn Road (2011)
mp3 320 kbps | 120 MB | UL | After her debut album Loango charted in bluegrass and Americana in 2010, Nell Robinson was named one of the most “utterly charming,” “freshest voices” in roots music, and...
View ArticleThe Mountain Goats – Beat The Champ (2015)
mp3 256 kbps | 87 MB | UL | UA Beat the Champ will be The Mountain Goats’s first studio album since 2012’s Transcendental Youth. According to frontman John Darnielle, Beat the Champ is a concept album...
View ArticleCry Monster Cry
My quest to bring you the best americana music from this fair isle continues. Often I come across artists that I feel as though I have written about when in fact they've just become embedded in my...
View ArticleLAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK —LAURIE & KATHY SINGS THE SONGS OF VERN & RAY...
http://www.laurielewis.com http://www.kathykallick.com http://www.spruceandmaplemusic.com This here is a ripper, as California bluegrass girls, and former members of west coast bluegrass ensemble,...
View ArticleMARK EDGAR STUART —TRINITY MY DEAR (Madjack Records)
http://www.madjackrecords.com Singer-songwriter, and bass player with The Memphis Drawls (and before that, sideman for Alvin Youngblood Hart, Cory Branan etc), Mark Edgar Stuart writes good songs;...
View ArticleERIC HISAW —ERIC HISAW (Self-Released) EP
http://www.erichisaw.com Texas-based, guitarist Eric Hisaw is not only a fine sideman, but worthwhile act in his own right. Hard-working Hisaw’s vocals contain on “Take Care Of Yourself” hints of...
View ArticleVincent McCallum (Special guest Les Cowley) Scottish and Belgium Dates
VINCENT McCALLUM: International artist, musician, singer, songwriter, performer was born in England with Scottish roots and brought up in Portugal. LES COWLEY: film soundscape creator, singer...
View ArticleSnyder Family Band – Wherever I Wander (2015)
mp3 320 kbps | 111 MB | UL | UA Elements of bluegrass, folk and rock come together in the Snyder Family Band’s southern, Americana mix.
View ArticleThe Miller Tells Her Tale 527
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash: Highway Bound (New Old Story,self-released)Pokey LaFarge and The South City Three: Knocking The Dust Off The Rust Belt Tonight (Something in the Water,Decca)Rob Heron and...
View ArticleEmbleton – It Did Me Well (2015)
mp3 320 kbps | 86 MB | UL | UA His journey may not end in Ohio, but for now it is a fitting home. Embleton is content to plug in a guitar and rock out with a group of locals. The band’s lineup (John...
View ArticleAmericana Music Show rotation playlist for March 23, 2015 - Americana Music...
Classic soul music from Pops Staples, New R&B / soul from Liz Longley, stringband music from Spuyten Duyvil The post "Americana Music Show rotation playlist for March 23, 2015" appeared first on...
View ArticleFreight Train Boogie Show #290
FTB Show #290 features The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band new album called So Delicious. Also new music from Robert Earl Keen, Gretchen Peters and Jim Ed Brown. Here's the iTunes link to subscribe to...
View ArticleAlice Boman, ‘Burns’ Video
Alice Boman is from Sweden, but her voice — a soft pang and haunted swell — drifts in from somewhere closer to home. That’s how I feel about it anyway, and this cut, in official video form, does it...
View ArticleEp238 Ryan Bingham tattoos his soul - Americana Music Show Podcast
Ryan Bingham plays tracks from Fear And Saturday Night and talks about playing the dive bars, finding success, and how he met his wife. This week I’ve got a cut from that posthumous Pops Staples album...
View ArticleM. Lockwood Porter #1509
Max Porter performs as M. Lockwood Porter, in homage to his grandfather and to make it easier to find him on the Internet. Partly based on a childhood dream to leave Oklahoma and live in California,...
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