It’s nationwide, and affecting all genres. We’re losing large swaths of the population of blue collar, club-level working musicians who can sustain themselves without any other means of employment, and at an alarming pace.
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For two decades and across a dozen or so studio releases, Pokey LaFarge has carved out a niche for himself with his brand of old-timey-meets-newfangled boogie rock gospel blues. While at times a little hokey and hackneyed, the crooner’s modern-old sound has, for years,
It’s fitting that Jamie Fisher’s Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith opens with an epigraph from the Danish philosopher Kierkegaard: “The individual has manifold shadows, all of which resemble him and from time to time have an equal claim to be
The Cashville Trash Pandas “Sacrifice” Americana Highways is hosting this video premiere of the Cashville Trash Pandas’ son “Sacrifice” from their forthcoming album self-titled debut album, which is set for release on October 16. The album was produced, recorded and engineered by Jubal Lee Young at The Squirrel’s Nest; recorded and engineered by Chuck Sigler […]
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August Benjamin “Surrender” Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of August Benjamin’s song “Surrender” from his forthcoming album. The album was produced by Todd Adelman and recorded at The Woods, in Woodstock, NY. “Surrender” is August Benjamin on vocals and guitars; Taras Prodaniuk on bass; Jim Christie on drums; and Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams) on […]
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The Ameripolitan Awards & Weekender will be returning in 2027 after two years away, and is partnering with another event to make it “bigger and badder than ever.” The date and location has just been announced.
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Would have been nice to have this a few days ago. Over the past few days, one of the hottest topics in college football has been the controversial ending in the matchup between the Michigan Wolverines and the Western Michigan Broncos. The Broncos, who compete in the Mid-American Conference, came into the game as 28 point underdogs. But they managed to give the #16-ranked Wolverines all they could handle in Ann Arbor. The Broncos kicked a field goal with just […]
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A fitting release that takes her back to her Smoky Mountain roots. On August 25th, 2026, Dolly Parton sadly passed away at 80-years-old in Nashville Tennessee. Dolly had been dealing with undisclosed health issues for the last year or so, and she previously shared that she was having issues with severe kidney stones. Aside from that, she understandably didn’t share more, though clearly there were more serious issues going on. Dolly’s reps confirmed she sadly died following a “brief battle with […]
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Just a mother mountain lion taking care of her cubs and leading them to some fresh water in the mountains of Idaho. When it comes to the most prolific and majestic predators in North America, the mountain lion (also referred to as cougars, depending on the region) has to be towards the top of the list. Though these big cats can weigh upwards of 150 pounds, they are some of the most stealthy animals on the planet, and can easily […]
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Friday will mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on this nation. That day stands as one of the very darkest in our long history. Thousands of people lost their lives at the World Trade Center in New York, at the Pentagon, and in a plane that crashed in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania. […]
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