Americana News

Among the various Bob Dylan compilation lists on Spotify, there is one titled All Bob Dylan Albums. The duration is 63 hours and 17...

The year 2022 has not been kind to the state of Kentucky which could claim to be the home of American roots music. In late July, Eastern...

As the music world reacts to the death of the Queen of Country Loretta Lynn, at the age of 90, most of the headlines will no doubt...

There is no one more fitting to receive a distinguished music award than Buddy Miller and there is no more appropriate manner for him to...

Trying to define the distinction between Country and Americana music is - to quote a famous pop song - a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up...

There’s an old adage, often heard in music studios, which goes something like: “Behind every good songwriter is … someone else’s song.”...

There is no better tribute to a lost recording artist than in song, especially when that tribute emulates all that the legend left...

Acclaimed Australian Indigenous singer-songwriter Archie Roach has died, leaving behind a legacy of being the writer of some of the...

Canadian Tami Neilson may have followed her heart to New Zealand - in the outer parts of the hemisphere - nearly 20 years ago, but her...

The Tuning Fork is an oddly-named roots music venue in downtown Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. It is a pretty unassuming bar which...

Molly Tuttle is fast emerging as one of the greatest guitar pickers of her generation – cemented by the huge popularity of her first...

It may have taken 50-odd years, but perhaps the greatest interpreters of roots music have finally put their innovative skills to the...

Archival live recordings released as albums are, to use an old expression, two-a-penny - especially in these days of streamed music...

Lyle Lovett has produced his first new music in 10 years with the release of 12th of June – a genre-fusion of country, jazz, blues and...

If there was ever a best mix ‘n match in Americana music, it would have to be Austin City Limits and singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen....

One of the most distinctive pair in roots music has reunited after more than half a century, to produce a new album featuring the work of...

Lucinda Williams is on the road again. This fact may not be headline-grabbing given that musicians all around the world are back touring...

The death of Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins while on tour in South Americana is a sad reminder that musicians are back on the road...

The recent feud between big-name artists and streaming services epitomizes the sheer complexities of the music industry in an era when...

In an era when music news seems dominated by superstars either squabbling with streaming services or preoccupied with multi-million...