David Crosby Keeps Promise And Sells Music
Late last year, sixties music icon David Crosby famously tweeted: “Streaming stole my record money!” Now it seems Crosby has cashed in...
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Americana News
Feb 6, 20214 min read
Fogerty Family - Stars of the Lockdown
If there was ever a list compiled of the “house-bound Americana stars” of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is every chance that popular...
Jan 23, 20216 min read
Dylan Sued By Collaborator's Wife
It has not taken long for the multi-million dollar sale of Bob Dylan’s songwriting catalogue to bring out the first skeletons from his...
Jan 8, 20213 min read
Steve Earle Does J.T. Proud
When Steve Earle dedicated two albums to the songs of dearly-departed friends – Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark –it probably never crossed...
Jan 1, 20213 min read
Tributes Continue For Bluegrass Innovator Tony Rice
Tony Rice was the Jimi Hendrix of acoustic music and when he died on Christmas Day, the music world lost the greatest flat-picking...
Dec 19, 20209 min read
How the O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack Changed Roots Music
It could be argued that the rapid recognition of the music genre known as Americana was in the main part due to the release of the...
Dec 16, 20202 min read
The Highwomen Dominate Americana Awards
A clean sweep by a female supergroup and a sentimental posthumous award were the headlines from the delayed Americana Music Association...
Dec 8, 20204 min read
Dylan Sells Songbook as Streaming Changes Music
There was a time when Bob Dylan had a reputation for haggling over every minor clause when negotiating rights to one of his songs. He...
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Justin Townes Earle's Cause of Death Revealed
The Tennessee Department of Health has revealed that “acute combined drug toxicity” was the cause of death of Americana singer-songwriter...
Nov 25, 20203 min read
Grammy "Insult" for Bob Dylan
Despite wide acclaim, Bob Dylan’s latest album Rough and Rowdy Ways has been ignored at the 2021 Grammy Awards. When the nominations were...
Nov 18, 20204 min read
Chris Stapleton Crosses the Great Divide
If – heaven forbid – Chris Stapleton was to leave this world tomorrow, you can bet your best Strat that the Country Music Association...
Nov 15, 20203 min read
Snub Escalates Country Music Feud
The age-old feud between the various factions of country music has escalated sharply after the Country Music Association (CMA) ignored...
Oct 31, 20203 min read
Historic Instruments Get Star Workout
When Marty Stuart was around 12 years old, his father took him to a Bill Monroe concert in Jackson Alabama. The pair later met Monroe...
Oct 30, 20204 min read
Hard Livin' Billy Joe Shaver Dies
The outlaw-country music genre has lost its second great singer-songwriter within a week, with the death of Billy Joe Shaver on October...
Oct 25, 20204 min read
Popular Troubadour Jerry Jeff Walker Dies
The venue was the Variety Playhouse in Little Five Points, Atlanta. It was the Fall of 2002. Onstage was Jerry Jeff Walker, a stalwart of...
Oct 20, 20204 min read
Sturgill Simpson Defines Modern Bluegrass
Would you buy an album with a cover of the artist sitting on a lawn mower? Well if the singer is Sturgill Simpson, it might pay! For that...
Sep 29, 20204 min read
A Rolling Stone Rewrite
Forget the end of live gigs and the subsequent emergence of virtual concerts. Forget the struggle of live performers and promoters. Even...
Sep 21, 20203 min read
Brennen Leigh Paints a Musical Landscape
Just when Americana music, and its sometime bland promotion, appears to be selling itself as a homogenised tub of nothingness, out comes...
Sep 17, 20202 min read
Steve Earle Tribute to Late Son Justin Townes Earle
Steve Earle has announced that his tribute to late son Justin Townes Earle will be an album of songs written by Justin, who died on...
Sep 13, 20202 min read
Americana Awards Postponed
The curse of the coronavirus continues to plague the music industry, with the Americana Music Association (AMA) suddenly postponing their...
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