EDITOR’S NOTE: No Depression’s new “Top 5” series features a quick playlist in which roots musicians share what they’re listening to at the moment. It gives artists the chance to highlight their contemporaries, as well as classic songs getting them through
Erik Vincent Huey photos by Michael Aarons Erik Vincent Huey has a place among the energetic roots rock performers and songwriters, solidifying with he recently released album Fort Defiance, produced by Eric “Roscoe” Ambel. The songs are anthemic with bits of punk and even Celtic punk mixed in, and the energy is always turned up […]
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Lightning Stills self-titled Drinking is fun, right up until it ain’t. That’s the overarching theme to the debut full-length from Lightning Stills. The Omaha band has crafted a country record soused in late-night bar misadventures, plus more than a little day (all hours of the day) drinking. But it’s not the celebratory slop you’d hear […]
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Sassparilla Honey, I’m Using Again Portland-and-Colorado-based Americana and back-porch soul band Sassparilla releases their new album, Honey, I’m Using Again, a collection of songs exploring motifs of loss, addiction, and survival. Produced by songwriter Kevin Blackwell and recorded in his studio basement in Golden, Colorado, Blackwell credits producer/engineer Chet Lyster for teaching him how to […]
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The best of modern Americana music finds its roots in the traditions of the past as it moves us into the present. Today’s most authentic artists blend those traditions through craft and innovation into our modern sensibilities. Rick Shea is a truly unsung hero of Americana music whose
The Cucumbers – As You Heard Me This song concept that accompanies the Jon Fried novella “Hello George” is comprised of 8 song demos for As You Heard Me. They’re songs by an “elusive, aspiring songwriter” Daisy Steinberg. An additional 8 for More Songs for Barry that Daisy sent to the young music publisher, Barry […]
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Where in previous years the Rock The Country announcements came with excitement by many and some eye rolls, this year was proceeded by widespread rebuke and condemnation of the performers.
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July Moon “Devil Walkin’” Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of July Moon’s song “Devil Walkin’” from their forthcoming EP set for release later this year. The EP was produced by Clint Wells and recorded at The Smoakstack in Berry Hill, Tennessee. “Devil Walkin’” was co-written by Piper Bateman, Braelyn Watt, Cassidy Daniels, Marti Dodson, […]
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