Category Archives: Americana News

The last night of Chanukah this year fell on the solstice — the start of winter and the longest night of the year. Although known as “the festival of lights,” Chanukah felt dark in the wake of yet another antisemitic-motivated hate crime on Bondi Beach in Melbourne, Australia.

Viva Todd Snider It was a great send-off for Todd last night. It may be trite to say there was “a lotta love in the room,” but that’s how it was. I’m sure some people were crying, but I never saw any. Shamus Bacon (Todd’s longtime road manager [in the old days]) started the night […]

The post Show Review: Todd Snider Send-Off at Eastside Bowl Dec 16 appeared first on Americana Highways.

One of the biggest breakout performers in country music in 2025 is perhaps one of the most unlikely in the genre’s history. Nobody could have predicted that an Old Order Amish couple could become a viral sensation.

The post Amish Couple Ben & Rose Become One of 2025’s New Breakouts first appeared on Saving Country Music.

It’s hard to overstate Joe Ely’s influence. When your admirers range from Bruce Springsteen to the Clash, it says everything about both your reach and your range. Ely helped lay the groundwork for what became alt-country/Americana—starting with the Flatlanders—and then spent the rest of his career embodying Texas music in its fullest sense: folk storytelling, […]

Editor’s Note: Here at No Depression there’s too much great roots music in a year for us to cover it all. So in December, when new releases slow down, we ask writers to review some of the best albums we missed throughout the year in an

The results are in for one of our favorite traditions! We asked our writers, editors, and photographers what albums they couldn’t stop listening to this year. Collectively, the responses covered nearly 100 albums and reminded us just how broad and diverse the roots music world is. Our top

We spy two familiar faces during Blake Shelton’s ‘The Road’ finale performance: It’s Zuma and Apollo Rossdale! Continue reading…

Unlike most singing competition shows, CBS is being very transparent about what the winner gets. Continue reading…

The finalists were Channing Wilson, Cassidy Daniels and Adam Sanders. Continue reading…

Another one done. Colby Acuff is blessing fans with a bit of new news regarding new music. Earlier this year, the Idaho native, Colby Acuff, released the most ambitious album of his career, Enjoy The Ride. Marking his sixth studio album since his debut in 2020, Acuff had the seemingly impossible task of following up 2023’s Western White Pines, the beautiful ode to his home state of Idaho, and 2024’s American Son, which provided a peek behind the curtain of the “If I […]

The post Colby Acuff Confirms He’s Done Recording A New Record: “I Hope This Is The Project I Am Known For” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.