Daily Archives: September 20, 2026

Maggie, Suzzy, and Terre Roche, three sisters from northern New Jersey, sang like angels on the albums they made together, with astonishingly close harmonies and imaginative phrasing. Though rooted in folk, their music owes debts to everything from jazz and barbershop quartets to 1940s vocal groups and punk. Their lyrics, which often chronicle events from […]

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Not a bad gig. There’s no doubt that Ole Miss fans are happy today after taking down LSU and their former coach, Lane Kiffin, in his highly-anticipated return to Oxford. But one fan is feeling especially good today after making over $18,000 – all thanks to a piece of poster board and a couple hours of work. The eyes of the college football world were on Oxford yesterday, with former Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin back for the first time […]

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Buddy Miller’s self-titled album makes an easy case for pairing with Dan Penn’s 1994 Do Right Man. Both records sit where country, soul and gospel overlap, but the stronger connection is in how they treat songs and singers. Penn appears on Miller’s new album, which makes the lineage unusually direct.

Americana Music Association Honors & Awards Even in 2026, when everyone knows everything, and the computers know even more than that, it’s still possible to keep a secret. According to AMA Executive Director Jed Hilly, the reunion of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers had been in the works for nine months, but the announcement wasn’t made until […]

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