Americana News

There’s a common refrain in the studios of Nashville which says: “Emmylou Harris can make a good song great.” But when she scored a...

If ever there was a moment in 2021 which personified Americana’s desire to embrace all musical genres, it came at the Americana Music...

When it comes to partnerships in the music industry, there are few as enduring – and indeed endearing – as the one between Emmylou Harris...

In 2007 a sixties rock icon teamed up with a young fiddle-playing bluegrass star to form one of the most unlikely combinations in modern...

It seems that hardly a month goes by without another release of a live album from the Jerry Garcia Band. Nothing wrong with that, given...

Many of the great Texas troubadours – Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Billy Joe Shaver – are sadly gone. But thankfully many...

Fifty-years ago this month, a young Chicago postman, turned-singer-songwriter, released a self-titled album called John Prine. It would...

Sturgill Simpson, one of Americana Music’s hottest acts, has shocked the industry with a sudden Instagram announcement that he has...

The legacy left behind by recently-departed artists across all genres dominated the 20th Americana Music Association’s annual Honours and...

The Queen of Nashville Emmylou Harris is writing her memoirs! This revelation, which will delight fans worldwide, lies buried in one of...

Few songwriters have married musical lyrics with journalism like Tom T. Hall who has died at 85. For Hall wrote some of country music’s ...

When it comes to “colourful characters” in modern music, few can match David Crosby. And on the occasion of his 80th birthday, the...

Many stars and big names in Nashville have wasted little time accessing social media to pay tribute to Nanci Griffith, one of Americana...

Americana music has lost arguably the greatest interpreter of its songs with the death of Nanci Griffith at the age of 68. It is believed...

There’s an old adage in country music which goes something like this: To make a good song all you need is a good guitar which can sing as...

Bob Dylan coming virtual to you from a smoky basement Speakeasy, just off Main Street, USA, circa 1930’s. The women in the audience were...

A sure sign that all is getting back to normal in the world – well the music world at least – is when Americana legends the Flatlanders...

If ever there was a fact which best defined the impact of COVID-19 on global music, it is this: 2020 was the first year that Bob Dylan...

A song with the somewhat bland title “Bound for El Paso” belies one of the most imaginative and inspiring Americana releases of the...

Robert Allen Zimmerman (Shabtai Zisi ben Avraham) was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota. Bob Dylan turned 80 on May 24, 2021....