Americana can have as many definitions as people you ask, but it is a powerful musical style. We can hear it from the east coast to the west, from the northern border to the southern gulf. It is a fascinating style of music …
Category: Americana
2016 Fall Folk Playlist – 10 Tracks to enjoy with pumpkins and candy corn
Photo credit: Andrew Calvetti Fall brings with it beautiful leaves falling from trees and cooler temperatures. Here in northeast Ohio, the season means a nice chill that pairs nicely with hooded sweatshirts, pumpkins, and candy corn. We encourage our readers to take in …
Editor’s Choice: Three melodic tracks from Katie Buxton, Linying, and Van William
Music still astonishes me. After all these years as an honest fan followed by several more years of being a disillusioned blogger, it takes something really remarkable to pull me out of my chair and get me to engage. These three remarkable musicians …
Album Review: Wilco – Schmilco
Album Review: Wilco – Schmilco Guest Post by Brad Johnson Wilco’s tenth studio album sees Jeff Tweedy and co in a nostalgic frame of mind. Throughout their career, Wilco has pioneered experimentation within classic rock and country soundscapes, but on Schmilco, the band …
Ten Exciting New Albums for Fans of Folk and Americana Music in 2016
Ten Exciting New Albums for Fans of Folk and Americana Music in 2016 These types of run down or list articles are fun for some and annoying to others. We are getting an impressive volume of submissions lately, so it’s tough to keep …
Album Review: The Marrieds – Fire in the Flame – (NewMusicFriday Winner Ep 8)
Album Review: The Marrieds – Fire in the Flame – (NewMusicFriday Winner Ep 8) The Marrieds are a talented folk duo that seems to be able to explore deeply human emotions with sweet, subtle music. They offer a bilingual mix of music that …
Album Review: Kenny Brothers Band – A Walk in the Woods
Album Review: Kenny Brothers Band – A Walk in the Woods Straight out of New England forest trails, the Kenny Brothers Band brings us a debut album that weaves between trees, circles past the no trespassing sign onto the path less traveled and …
New Music Friday – Episode 15 – All Singer Songwriters! (Vote in the Poll to decide who wins a full review)
New Music Friday – Episode 15 – All Singer Songwriters! (Vote in the Poll to decide who wins a full review) If you’ve been following (and voting in) these polls, you’ve heard some pretty remarkable music over the past few months. There are …
Album Review: Rob Baird – Wrong Side of the River (#NewMusicFriday Ep 7 winner)
Album Review: Rob Baird – Wrong Side of the River (#NewMusicFriday Ep 7 winner) Rob Baird is as purely Americana as an artist can be. His sound is equal parts blues, country, and the wide open spaces of the American West. There’s a …
Album Review: The Tumbling Wheels – Play the No Counts (New Music Friday Ep 4 winner)
Album Review: The Tumbling Wheels – Play the No Counts (New Music Friday Ep 4 winner) This might be the shortest album review ever because, well, it’s not REALLY an album. It’s just a two song release on Bandcamp. However, the rules is …
