on May 31, 2021 at 6:04 am ×
By Brian Rock Summer is finally here and, after more than a year of lockdowns, things are finally opening up! That means road trips – and road trips mean summer playlists! Here are a few […]
on May 20, 2021 at 9:02 am ×
Joe Bourdet has been a figure on the California roots music scene for a number of years, playing in and writing music for several bands, including The Whispering Pines, Painted Hills with Josh Schwartz, and […]
on May 18, 2021 at 9:50 am ×
By Brian Rock If you are “of a certain age” and can trace your musical evolution from Punk to New Wave to Alternative to Roots Rock to Americana, then Steve Almaas has been Everywhere You’ve […]
on April 29, 2021 at 8:15 am ×
Rider Soran is the Idaho-born frontman of the band Rider & Rolling Thunder. He was raised on a healthy diet of Creedance Clearwater Revival, The Stones, The Dead and more and it shows on their new […]
on April 26, 2021 at 7:47 am ×
By Brian Rock The Rose Petals make history – or at least sing about it, on their debut album, American Grenadine. The ascendant Americana duo had the unorthodox, yet inspired idea to create an album […]
on April 13, 2021 at 8:15 am ×
By Brian Rock West of Texas releases their Texas sized debut, Heartache, Hangovers & Honks Tonks. If ever there was truth in advertising, this is it. This generously packaged, sixteen song album is a virtual […]
on April 6, 2021 at 9:30 am ×
One of the hardest working musicians in honky-tonk didn’t let 2020 slow him down. Following up 2019’s Tryin’ To Be A Blessing, outlaw country singer Dallas Moore releases his new record, The Rain, on April […]
on March 29, 2021 at 6:02 pm ×
By Brian Rock Texas native, Mason Lively reintroduces himself to the Americana scene with his self-titled second release, Mason Lively. Like Pat Green and Casey Donahew, Lively is part of the next generation of Texas […]
on March 19, 2021 at 8:05 am ×
Country rock legend Steve Earle officially releases the record J.T. on March 19. Having been pre-released on digital platforms on January 4th, many fans may have already heard Steve Earle and The Dukes take on […]
on March 8, 2021 at 8:15 am ×
By Brian Rock Colorado renegades, The Barlow, raise the bar for Country music in 2021 with their sophomore album, Horseshoe Lounge. Combining elements of outlaw country, honky-tonk, red dirt country and southern rock; they create […]
on February 25, 2021 at 8:05 am ×
By Brian Rock Rick Holmstrom finds glimmers of hope in these dark days on See That Light. The guitarist and bandleader for Mavis Staples plumbs the depths of his own Covid/Lockdown-induced funk to produce a […]
on February 20, 2021 at 8:05 am ×
In a time of social distancing, the Folk Unlocked virtual festival is a musical trip around the world that marks the launch of the Village Fund, FAI’s grants to struggling musicians and folk music workers […]