AMERICANA MUSIC

Tim Easton Finds Light on fIREHORSE At nearly 60, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Tim Easton is still chasing songs the way he did as a restless young troubadour roaming Europe with a guitar case open on cobblestones. His 14th studio album, fIREHORSE, feels both hard-earned and freshly struck — a record that balances revolution and romance, one-chord […]

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Paula Boggs photos by Tom Reese Paula Boggs is an Army veteran, attorney, songwriter and musician with an insightful new album Sumatra. Sumatra covers the range of Americana delights, from folksier Americana style songs to the more powerful push of alt-country roots rock, like the Drive-By Truckers – and the musical tone is always a […]

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Frank Viele photo by Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez Singer songwriter Frank Viele has a new EP out this week, The Silo, which is another step along Frank’s pathway of soulful electric guitar, honest songwriting topped by powerful vocals and emotionally expressive performances.  He put this EP out on his own label Bigger Beast Records, and has […]

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With the release of his first solo album Where We Go, California-based mandolin player Jesse Appelman, has crafted a project characterized by vocal and instrumental harmonies that highlights his mandolin virtuosity without overwhelming. The project arrives two years after Appelman stepped away from a long career in nonprofits to pursue