Americana UK

Let’s just start with this: Eilen Jewell has one of the smoothest voices in popular music; she sings with a jazzy tinge; she can sing honky-tonk without a twang; she can interpret rock’n’roll or country or blues, with a powerful voice that can soar when necessary and whisper softly too. Perhaps the closest voice to hers might be Madeleine Peyroux, but throughout her catalogue...

Well, she was an American girl / Raised on promises / She couldn’t help thinkin’ that there / Was a little more to life ~ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

There is a movie called “Americana,” an indie that premiered at SXSW in 2023 but only reached theaters last year. None of the streamers have it yet, but you can do

The travails of the modern world get to most of us, but it seems to affect musicians in a particularly savage way, and this second album from Scott Kinnebrew in the guise of Sounding Arrow follows his debut back in 2017 (Love Is Breathing). It’s all about the lighter side of life, leaving behi...

Chris Pierce has announced his new album, Songs for the Heavy Hearted, is coming out on August 21st. Produced by frequent collaborators David Resnik and Niko Bolas (Neil Young, The Mavericks), the album features collaborations with Allison Russell, Steve Earle, Grey DeLisle, and Garrison Starr, and along with this news, he’s released the single This Sunlit Mornin...

Considering their musical backgrounds, you could label Lester Winchester McKendree as a latent supergroup. Jimmy Lester is a first-class drummer who played in Los Straitjackets and also with Webb Wilder’s and Billy Joe Shaver’s bands. Not known for being a flashy drummer, he was certainly high-e...