Category Archives: Americana News

LOS LOBOS It doesn’t get much better than Los Lobos. Seriously. They’ve shared more than 50 years of great music and performances with the world, and they ain’t done yet. Their introduction at the NPR day stage spoke volumes: “Whoever your favorite band is, their favorite band is Los Lobos.” They were even brought back […]

Joseph Baena, the son of global megastar Arnold Schwarzenegger, recently won his first bodybuilding competition.

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Pat Sajak officially retired from Wheel of Fortune last year.  “It’s been an incredible privilege to be invited into millions of homes night after night, year after year, decade after decade,” the host said during his final episode. “And I’ve always felt that the privilege came with a responsibility to keep this daily half hour a safe place for […]

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Being famous and recognizable can be tricky these days. Just ask Lindsey Buckingham. The former guitarist, singer, and songwriter for legendary band Fleetwood Mac just had a nasty encounter with someone in Santa Monica. Per NBC4Los Angeles, Buckingham allegedly entered a building in Santa Monica for an appointment. At that moment, per the outlet, “[T]he […]

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. admitted that he wished he had done “The Double.”

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JON DEE GRAHAM AND WILLIAM HARRIES GRAHAM News broke last Friday night that Jon Dee Graham had passed away that morning. What was already a SXSW performance highlight suddenly felt like something more. Jon Dee had battled serious health issues for years, making his reflection on the experience and performance of “I Can See Clearly […]

A music performer’s instrument is their livelihood. Stealing and being careless with these instruments comes as an especially egregious moral offense. Instruments also often come with incredible value.

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Despair and hope do battle on Story’s End, the first solo album in seven years from Maria Taylor. This spellbinding collection of moody vignettes spotlights hearts in their darkest moments, finding enough strength in these difficult episodes to carry on and even thrive. Like the most anguished blues

For me, the true harbinger of spring is the arrival of the SXSW conference and festival in Austin, Texas. Or rather, spring begins for me when I arrive in Austin for the annual event. With upwards of 1,000 artists and tens of thousands of attendees from around the world, SXSW is the world’s premiere music […]

Texas music, Southern rock, and country artist Tanner Usrey was arrested recently in Collin County, TX, and charged with Driving While Intoxicated (called DWI in Texas), and two drug possession charges.

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