Category Archives: Americana News

José González Returns to Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse Music has a way of tagging certain years of life like invisible ink. For me, one of those marks came in 2006, when I first heard José González’s debut album Veneer and, especially, his intimate acoustic cover of The Knife’s “Heartbeats.” It felt like a secret played straight […]

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Jim Messina and the Road Runners at Cohoes Music Hall on Sunday November 16 2025 Jim Messina and his extraordinary backing band, the Road Runners, played a two-hour show in two sets on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at the Cohoes Music Hall in Cohoes, New York, that included a Poco tune and some of Messina’s […]

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Tulare Dust – A Songwriters Tribute To Merle Haggard  (Various Artists) This reissue has a variety of artists who contribute to the songs of Merle Haggard. There are 36 total for a comprehensive overview of Mr. Haggard’s career & how much these artists enjoyed his work. In over a 55-year career (1961-2016). It’s an all-star […]

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Billy Branch & The Sons of the Blues – The Blues Is My Biography This showcase begins with a more upbeat shuffle-blues blast (“Hole In Your Soul”), which falls into the category of entertainment & not traditional blues. It’s good, but this isn’t where Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, or Sonny Boy Williamson fans would reside. […]

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One complicating factor in finding information about the assault, and potentially why it was never investigated in-depth seems to have to do in part with the geography of Salt Lake City.

The post Further Details on the Todd Snider Assault, and Why His Band Left first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Country singer-songwriter Rosy Nolan talks about working as a theater projectionist and the difference between band leaders and side players.

If Ella really keeps her expectations that low, she must have really impressed herself with how far her career has come in just a few short years. Ella Langley is gearing up to both present and perform at the CMA Awards this Wednesday, which will start at 7 p.m. CT on ABC with Lainey Wilson taking over as solo host this year, and she’ll likely be a huge winner come Wednesday. Ella is one of the most-nominated artists this year, […]

The post Why Ella Langley Likes To Keep Her Expectations Low In Country Music: “I’m The Biggest Pessimist” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Lainey is now just the third woman ever to host the CMA Awards solo — joining Reba (1991) and Dolly Parton, who did it back in 1988. Continue reading…

She nailed it. Over the weekend, it was announced that Post Malone will headline The Salvation Army’s Annual Red Kettle Kickoff Halftime Show during the Dallas Cowboys’ game against the Kansas City Chiefs later this month, as many suspected based on some of the teasers the Cowboys shared on social media recently. Of course, they have featured country artists for the last several years in Lainey Wilson in, Dolly Parton in 2023 (iconic), and Luke Combs in 2022, which were all […]

The post Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Head Choreographer, Judy Trammell, Hilariously Dresses Up As Post Malone To Reveal He’s The 2025 Thanksgiving Halftime Performer first appeared on Whiskey Riff.