Americana News

The club was called the Quiet Knight. It was on the North side of Chicago. The year was 1971. The man at the microphone was Kris...

There’s a hole in Daddy’s arm where all the money goes Sam Stone (1971) And the gold rolled through his veins like thousand railroad...

Americana music lost one of its greatest artists Tuesday when singer-songwriter John Prine died at the Vanderbilt University Medical...

A day after the music world learnt that John Prine is in a critical condition with the coronavirus, his family has provided an update....

Just when the world appears heading down the highway to hell, Bob Dylan has released not only his first original recording in many years...

Americana artists, like most in the recording industry, are either abandoning concert tours or postponing upcoming gigs as the...

What’s mine is yours! What’s yours is probably mine? Is this the conversation of young siblings fighting over toys? No, it’s just two of...

When it comes to being one of the most enduring partnerships in modern music, few can hold a candle to Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch...

Americana legend John Prine has had another medical setback and has been forced to cancel all scheduled appearances around the globe...

It is now more than 60 years since “El Paso” – one of the greatest ballads ever recorded – was first released. And to mark the 60th...

American folk icon Pete Seeger has received a special recognition six years after his death with a collection of his recordings honored...

Keb Mo, who has a musical palette as broad as anyone in Nashville, has won his first Americana Grammy. Mo collected a golden gramophone ...

Yola - Four Grammy nominations. Overdue efforts to achieve greater diversity in the recording and performing arts could reap rewards for...

Just when you think John Prine’s ageless career can’t get any better, it does! Prine has been named as one of the recipients of the...

Hayes Carll tops album airplay. Four acts dominated the ratings for Americana radio airplay in 2019. Texas troubadour Hayes Carll scored...

The release of the only known recording of Hank Williams singing “Blues Eyes Crying in the Rain” has once again shone a spotlight on one...

The great man may be dead but his music lives on. Such a line could apply to a hundred artists, but it fits perfectly to Leonard Cohen,...

Don’t be surprised if there have been rumblings in a few celebrity graveyards from Memphis to Montgomery, given The Mavericks have marked...

Just when the documentary series Country Music by Ken Burns appears to be defining itself as “The Johnny Cash Show”, or indeed “The...

There is no better way to promote your latest album, than to declare it might be your last! Sheryl Crow did this in pointing to her new...