Category Archives: Americana News

It’s a wonderful time to be a beer drinker.  We reported earlier today about how Pabst Blue Ribbon is selling 99-can packs of its brew. Now Anheuser-Busch is announcing the long-awaited return of one of its flavored lagers.  Krystyn Stowe, head of marketing for the Busch family and Natural family for Anheuser-Busch, shared some news with USA […]

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Biffle’s mother-in-law discovered $30,000 was missing from Greg Biffle’s home and called the cops. Continue reading…

Pabst Blue Ribbon is hoping you have one monster Super Bowl party.  The famous beer brand is bringing back the 99-can pack of its lager just in time for the big game on Feb. 8. It’s part of a collaboration with Toho International, the producers of the famous Japanese monster movie franchise Godzilla.  But if you […]

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Aaron Lewis just added 15 new dates to an already-massive 2026 tour calendar. Continue reading…

Courtney Marie Andrews’ last two albums, 2020’s Old Flowers and 2022’s Loose Future, brimmed with catchy melodies and accessible phrasing, setting a new bar for the singer-songwriter. With her latest sequence, Andrews continues to court the all-mighty hook, her vocal deliveries more nuanced than ever,

Major independent country mega festival FairWell Fest in Redmond, Oregon will not be returning in 2026. There’s also good indication that it will not be returning at all after first being held in 2023.

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Brad Paisley’s son shared an (alcohol-free) drink with Mick Jagger — and asked him a question that had Paisley bursting with pride. Continue reading…

You’d never know it just to look at him, but James Hunter is an accomplished time traveler. Despite passing for an ordinary mortal, this exuberant singer has obviously transported himself from a smoky London club circa 1963, where the preferred music is deep soul and the grooves are

Mike Finnigan “My Credit Didn’t Go Through” Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of Mike Finnigan’s song “My Credit Didn’t Go Through,” from his forthcoming posthumous self-titled album, which is set for release on March 20 via 40 Below Records. Mike Finnigan was produced, engineered and mixed by J.J. Blair (Johnny Cash, Melissa Etheridge). The […]

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Somewhere in the exurbs of farming country sits the rural version of a night club. It’s a big, corrugated tin building with a puddle-filled gravel lot, nearly indistinguishable from the welding shop next door. Live music on the weekends is courtesy of a local band playing honky-tonk rock, the thematic choice for drinkin’, flirtin’, fightin’, […]