Benjamin Tod Country Is Dead Country artist Benjamin Tod unveils his new album, Country Is Dead, on which he covers 12 classic country songs by Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, and Bob Dylan, among others. Tod explains, “Some of these songs I started playing on the streets of Nashville when I was a teenager […]
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Outlaw Music Festival at SPAC on Sunday August 30, 2026 The final night of the 2026 Outlaw Festival at the Albany Med Health System stage at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga, New York on Sunday August 30 2026 did not disappoint. For this final performance the line-up included: Willie Nelson, The Avett Brothers, Sheryl […]
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This album’s a total vibe in a “push play and let it roll” kind of listening experience. Their fifth album is solely devoted into leaning into what they do best, which is capturing a mood that reminds you of the late ’70s.
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August is stuffed with outstanding blues releases. Keb’ Mo’ makes a couple of appearances, with a stripped-down acoustic album The Breakdown, as well as on the Morgan Freeman-curated Symphonic Blues Experience. Ruthie Foster is as magnificent as ever on her latest outing, Just Say Yes
Never mind Americana, here’s Canadiana.
Back in the late 1980s when the rootsy Toronto group Blue Rodeo arrived on the scene, Rolling Stone issued a provocative declaration: “The best new American band may very well be Canadian.” Just south of the border back then, a fledgling