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1 week ago | 
americanahighways.org | Elise Cady
Lee Hunter & the Gatherers The Ground Beneath My Feet
Lee Hunter & the Gatherers have a new album of sweetly sung folk songs: The Ground Beneath My Feet.
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1 week ago | 
americanahighways.org | Elise Cady
Lynn Crossett – Autumn to AugustSan Marcos, Texas musician Lynn Crossett has a new album out, Autumn to August. Surrounding himself with respected Texas musicians Lloyd Maines, Dennis Ludiker and Carter Crossett, Lynn has ensured a rich quality band sound on the album. He weaves together from on the one hand, his one love as Law professor with, on the other hand, his other love of songwriting and musicianship, Lynn laces together nostalgic storytelling and rootsy instruments with a welcoming ease.
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1 month ago | 
americanahighways.org | Elise Cady
Matthew French – CirclesMatthew French hails from the midwest, a landscape that holds a perspective which is showcased in the songs on his new album Circles. The title Circles is an indicator of the circular thought patterns and life cycles that we all get stuck in, and these songs represent various ways we try to break free and rebuild after we acknowledge the stuckness.
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1 month ago | 
americanahighways.org | Elise Cady
Yuri Gohen – Who Killed Cock RobinYuri Gohen is a folk musician singer-songwriter with a new album that’s a balance of four traditional and six original folk songs, all of which have an equal measure of storytelling depth and integrity: Who Killed Cock Robin? Yuri hails from Pensylvania and has a distinctive style that’s all the richness of traditional folk played on a dark foundation that feels like touches of folk punk are twisted into the mix just under the surface.
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2 months ago | 
americanahighways.org | Elise Cady
Corey Hunt & the Wise – “The Storm”
Corey Hunt & the Wise have a new album, The Storm. This band is an outfit from that North Caroling that makes big twangy Red Dirt style country and heartland rock music – songs that are made for playing from the big stage, with lofty crescendos and electric energy. These are songs that make bold declarations about love, life, and fighting to survive, and back them up with rootsy gusto.
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2 months ago | 
americanahighways.org | Elise Cady
Martin Gilmore – Thea is a Light BlueMartin Gilmore is a skilled songwriter guitarist who’s been validated with several festival songwriting wins including Kerrville, and the 2024 Telluride Troubadour and Rocky Mountain Folks Fest songwriting events. This album is just Martin singing and playing acoustic guitar as he regales the listener with a combination of originals and traditional folk songs, with some of his recent winning songs in the mix.
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2 months ago | 
americanahighways.org | Elise Cady |John Apice |John Antonio |Andrew Gulden
James Cook Texican Velvet James Cook has a new album of rootsy Americana goodness Texican Velvet, which was produced and engineered by The Great Divide‘s Mike McClure. Arrangements with acoustic guitar, steel guitar, fiddle, banjo and mandolin, the songs are a little bit dark and a little bit like a storm blowing through a rustic country cabin. And they are all authentic storytelling from the core of human resilience.
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2 months ago | 
americanahighways.org | John Apice |Jeff Burger |Elise Cady
Lynn Taylor & The Barflies – Where The Heart Is
The genre of music explored here has been around for decades. So, to fluff up feather’s veteran singer-songwriter, Lynn Taylor, invigorates it with his signature bruised vocal. He then surrounds it with bright instrumentation & backup singers. What’s old is new again.
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2 months ago | 
americanahighways.org | Elise Cady |H. R. Gertner |Melissa Clarke |Americana Highways
Barbara Lynch where did you goBarbara Lynch grew up in small town in Southwestern Ontario which, if you’ve spent any time in the area you’ll know is as rural and rustic as it gets. On her new album, where did you go, Barbara Lynch shares stories and observations from that setting, which play out as songs that are the kind of back country music that the hearts of Americana music fans long for.
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2 months ago | 
americanahighways.org | John Apice |Elise Cady
Kinky Friedman – Poet of Motel 6
Fortunately, this is a wonderful but unfortunately posthumous set by the ever-creative artist & iconic storyteller Kinky Friedman. The songs were written at his Echo Hill Ranch in Texas & address departure, gratitude, resilience & vulnerability, performed with emotional authenticity.
