Category Archives: Americana News

Dustin Arbuckle & The Damnations – Fight Like the Devil or Run Like Hell If Tom Waits tossed together a sweet heat of bottled-up blues, it would sound something like Dustin Arbuckle (lead vocal/harmonica). “Heaven Forbid” (I would meet you in hell). What a percolating line to open an album with. The song includes some […]

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Section House – New Horse & Buggy The Grateful Dead were not a bluegrass outfit, but their leader Jerry Garcia was an aficionado of the music. First listen to Section House’s instrumental (“In Rut”) makes me think of Garcia when he played with the likes of David Grisman & Old & In the Way. It […]

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Humbird provides an edgeless frame for asking the big questions, The Jayhawks time travel (or do they?), we have a killer from Miko Marks, an excellent rumbler from Riley Downing, and some emotion-facing elevation from (individually) Ruthie Foster, Rhiannon Giddens, and Mary Gauthier.  It’s Fresh Cuts, let’s goooooo!

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Born January 19, 1946, Dolly Parton was 80 years old. Not that years or linear time seem the right measure when talking about her. When I texted my friend (and former No Depression editor) Stacy Chandler, she replied, “I really thought Dolly was exempt from this.”  Didn&

Whether through his work with the New Orleans-based music collective The Deslondes, or his numerous collaborations with other performers, or his first solo album a few years back, some probably recognize the name Riley Downing.

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Moving on tends to hurt. Even if it’s good; even when it’s necessary. From that inescapable ache Paige Anderson begins Two Runner’s latest album, Porchlight: “How many times have you left / A life you’ve always known?” The answer hangs in

You picked Ray Wylie Hubbard – Reel 2 Reel 4 Real as your favorite new release for the week of August 21, 2026.

An towering, apocalyptic flood of water and mud in Nepal on August 26 that was so powerful it swept away bridges and smashed buildings has left scores reportedly dead or missing. Among those who have not yet been found are 65 Americans, per CBS News. That concerning information comes from the CEO and Senior Director […]

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Green Bay Packers star running back Josh Jacobs was hit with a slew of criminal charges. And it comes just weeks before the franchise kicks off the regular season against division rival the Minnesota Vikings on September 13.  Packers Star Hit With Slew of Charges Per a report from ESPN, the star running back was slapped with charges […]

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One Arizona grandfather is in danger of becoming an amputee after a recent scary fall. 72-year-old Grant Stiler took a spill on August 3. In the aftermath of the fall, Stiler lay on concrete that was 100 degrees for well over an hour. Following the fall, Stiler was suffering from organ shock and had heat […]

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