Category Archives: Americana News

Rodeo Houston is in full swing, which means the content coming out of their nightly concert is overflowing. This year’s rodeo featured a stacked lineup of performers, including Megan Moroney, Riley Green, Chris Stapleton, Cody Johnson, the Red Clay Strays, and more. During last night’s rodeo performance, the Texas native Kelly Clarkson hit the stage and paid some homage to her country roots during her setlist. Over the years of hosting her daytime talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, she’s […]

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This week on Folk Alley—in honor of Women’s History Month and St. Patricks’s Day—join host Cindy Howes for celebration of Irish & Irish-American women in folk music. Hear from Mary Black, Dolores Keane, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Cathy Jordan, Moya Brennan, Karan Casey, Sharon Shannon, Niamh Parsons, and so much more!

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‘Marshals’ star Luke Grimes admits his move to Montana hasn’t been welcomed by everyone in town — and one moment made that very clear. Continue reading…

The only thing that you should throw onstage at Riley Green is your bra… but this is just ridiculous. Last night, Riley had quite an eventful show while playing at Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne, Australia. He’s currently on a run in Australia playing several shows in Sydney and Melbourne as part of his Cowboy As It Gets Tour, and during a performance of “I Wish Grandpas Never Died,” some unruly fan decided it was a good idea to chuck […]

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‘I was devastated,’ Messina admits. Continue reading…

The Grand Undoing – Songs for the Sleeping An interesting-sounding band with a warm vocal lead rather than an aggressive offering or a high-pitched warble. Some lesser-known bands from the past had this rich vocal allure – Jon Cole of The Movies (“Must Be The Angel”), Colour Radio (“Bound For Life”) & most intensely Steve […]

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Music Reviews: Talking Heads’ Tentative Decisions, plus Mississippi Sheiks, Jesper Lindell, and James Houlahan You can point to obvious antecedents for many new wave and punk bands. In Blondie’s music, for example, you can hear the influence of so-called girl groups from the 1960s. You can also draw a straight line from the Ramones to […]

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He kept the show going like a pro. Continue reading…

Some records show up as a comeback, some as a coronation. Released posthumously, Forever arrives with a sadder kind of gravity, but it does not feel hushed or fragile from the outside. Even the title has a little swagger. So do the songs gathered under it. McHenry’s work always carried that useful contradiction, where the voice could sound world-weary and ready to laugh at the same time, and where a tune could feel lived-in without ever slumping into the sounds of a polite singer-songwriter. 

This week on Folk Alley, in honor of Women’s History Month, we celebrate legendary and iconic women of folk, country, and roots music whose voices have shaped the sound and spirit of these genres—and continue to inspire artists today. Hear from trailblazers like Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Odetta, Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Maddy Prior, Sandy Denny, and many more extraordinary women whose influence remains indelible.

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