Category Archives: Americana News

Another great list from Cindy with expansive but tonally recognizable new tracks from Iron & Wine and Jim James;  “Sarah Waiting in the Car” from Elanor Moss’ full-length debut ‘The Knife, The Needle’ is worth its weight in devastation – and beauty; we have case/lang/veirs and Glaspy, Gauthier, and Hunt (Margaret, Mary, and Kelly, respectively). For the blog, Sarah gets into Harry Tuft’s Paul Simon cover and Jordie Lane’s encouragement to knowledgeably opt for optimism.

The post Fresh Cuts: “There’s a choir a-singin’ that we ain’t here for long” appeared first on Folk Alley.

Ever since we lost the voice of Randy Travis in 2013, the wish and the hope has been that somewhere out there might be a trove of material the world has never heard before from this one-in-a-million voice in country music.

The post New Randy Travis Album of Unreleased Songs “Same Old Way” Coming first appeared on Saving Country Music.

More than half of 2026 is now behind us, and in case you missed it, No Depression‘s best albums of the year up until August can be found here. Still, August itself had lots more to offer.

Spotlight artist Sera Cahoone returned with new solo music for the

Chasen Wayne and his band The Honky Tonk Machine are patently uninterested in simply making conventional country music. They’re seeking to reach uncharted territory along the frontier of everything that music can be.

The post Album Review – Chasen Wayne’s “The Diamond Saloon” first appeared on Saving Country Music.

You picked The Jayhawks – Sanctuary Park as your favorite new release for the week of August 28, 2026.

Two big names in the music industry announced they’re suing SUNO, the most prominent musical AI company this week. Jason Isbell and his team filed a complaint on Monday (with news breaking on Tuesday) and Canadian music rights-management organization SOCAN announced its claim on Wednesday. Billboard obtained

There is a fly-on-the-wall intimacy in certain moments of Lily Seabird’s third album, Lightspheres on Their Way, like watching someone quietly noodle before stumbling upon a profound golden thread, then following it to the end of the spool. Opening track “The Pulley” begins

Alan Jackson went out with a massive Nashville farewell, and the final box-office number has now put his last concert in the record books. Continue reading…

Bunnie Xo is opening up about what happened to her physically after the end of her nearly 10-year marriage to Jelly Roll. Continue reading…

For 35 years, bald eagles were part of the Dollywood experience. After a storm damaged their longtime home, the birds now have a new permanent address. Continue reading…