Category Archives: Americana News

Lightning Stills photo by G. Knee Photography Craig Fort of Lightning Stills on Bringing The Everyman To Their Debut Album Lightning Stills recently released their self-titled debut album, having previously released an EP and some singles, building on their roots in the Omaha music scene to incorporate multi-faceted players like Craig Fort (vocals, guitar), Mike […]

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Downstate February 2026 — Americana Music Playlist on Apple Music Downstate February 2026! This is a nice list, with frequent and fresh quality updates. Please follow and heart Americana Highways’ Apple Music playlist, “Downstate,” curated by Rodney Metoyer, which has just been newly updated! Find new quality music that maybe you haven’t heard of, or […]

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Conceptual pieces and performance can easily go awry. It takes quality songwriting and a real performative commitment to not only tell a story, but to imbue it with intellectual and emotional resonance. On its new album Of Ghosts and Gods, transatlantic folk duo David Berkeley and Ben Parker, aka Sons

“I’m really grateful to have a second chance, and I’m also grateful to have lived through thinking I was going to die. It gives you perspective in a way you really can’t fake until you’ve actually done it.”

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Brit Taylor casually strings together eleven songwriting masterclasses on her latest album, Land of the Forgotten. The album is dedicated to the small victories and near-misses of Appalachia, which Taylor has traversed as a professional singer since she was a child. Forgotten lovingly pays homage to Taylor’s East

Bryan Titus “Building My Best Life” Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Bryan Titus’ song “Building My Best Life” from his forthcoming album set for release later this year. The album was recorded by Joel Jacks at Mini Horse Studio in Santa Ynez, California; mixed by Joel Jacks and Bryan Titus; and mastered by […]

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If Alan Williams’ life-to-date was a Hollywood movie, it would be one of those where it starts at the end. In this case, it’s his combination retirement/record release party later this month. The album is his third solo release, Floating On the Dreamline. The retirement is from being a professor of music at the University […]

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