The legendary Texas Tornados – Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender, Flaco Jiménez, and Augie Meyers – help us kick off the week with their version of ? and the Mysterians’ garage rock classic “96 Tears”.
Readers’ Pick: Anna Elizabeth Laube – Annamania
You picked Anna Elizabeth Laube – Annamania as your favorite new release for the week of January 22, 2020. New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2021 Steve Earle & The Dukes […]
Beth Lee – Waiting On You Tonight
I have a friend who likes to say that people need to get repotted every now and then. They get root-bound and need a new container to explore, and some new scenery. I’ve found that to be mostly true. Beth Lee seems to have also found benefit in that. After spending her early career as […]
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Tasjan Tasjan Tasjan
Aaron Lee Tasjan has been a central figure in the Americana scene for several years now. In fact his new album is charting ahead of its release and the single, “Up All Nightâ€, is in the top 5 of this week’s Americana singles chart. This may be a somewhat controversial opinion, but this release is […]
Ana Egge on Touring in the Bluebaru and Chasing Down the Digital Trails
Singer-songwriter Ana Egge talks about playing “Pick-A-Mania”, working construction, and writing one’s own story.
Monday Morning Video – Frank Turner “The Next Storm”
How about a double dose of Frank Turner to kick off the week. Here’s Turner – both acoustic and with his band the Sleeping Souls – performing “The Next Storm”. But I don’t want spend the whole of my life indoorsLaying low, and waiting on the next stormI don’t want spend the whole of my […]
Readers’ Pick: Matthew Sweet – Catspaw
You picked Matthew Sweet – Catspaw as your favorite new release for the week of January 15, 2020. New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2021 Steve Earle & The Dukes – […]
Rod Abernethy – Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore
Sometimes songs capture in a snapshot what ends up being a universal truth. John Prine certainly had a knack for it, and a lot of Woody Guthrie’s material is relevant 60 or 70 years later. Rod Abernethy bottled a bit of that with the title track from his latest record, Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore. Written […]
Drayton Farley- A Hard Up Life
Drayton Farley has released a new album, “A Hard Up Lifeâ€. The songwriting is authentic and has great depth. He has become one of my favorite songwriters, and certainly needs to be recognized as so many other Alabama born musicians have been recognized the last decade or so. Farley if from Woodstock, Alabama; a dying […]
Ben Nichols on Drawing Furniture, Sharing a Cell Phone, and Enjoying the Moment
Ben Nichols of Lucero recalls working at his family’s business and talks about focusing on where you are rather than where you want to be.