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2 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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4 weeks 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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.
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1 month ago | 
americanahighways.org | John Apice |Elise Cady |Jeff Burger |Melissa Clarke
The Mallett Brothers Band – Higher Up In the Hills
This 14-cut set is from a Maine band that’s been producing music for 15 years. They’ve mastered several genres with skill & determination – rock, country, folk & Americana. At this point, they’ve also crafted their own delightful & accessible style. This is their 7th & it features a hot guest spot on “Dogs and Horses” by Chuck Leavell (Allman Brothers Band, the Rolling Stones) on piano & organ.
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1 month ago | 
americanahighways.org | Andrew Gulden |Americana Highways |Elise Cady
Mark “Nessie” Nesmith – A Sinner’s PrayerMark “Nessie” Nesmith has a new blues album A Sinner’s Prayer, an intermixture of Delta, Chicago, and Texas blues styles that Nesmith blends into an emotionally charged 12 original songs that journey through personal struggle, movin’ on, mortality, and above all, resilience. All of this happens over skilled acoustic and electric guitar playing, an ace full band sound, and with a touch of wry commentary amidst the pain.
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1 month ago | 
americanahighways.org | Elise Cady |Gary Schwind |Bill Bentley |Andrew Gulden
Sean Magwire – Echoes in the WindSean Magwire has a new Americana album releasing this week, Echoes in the Wind, which is brimming with soul searching and deep truthful observations. Hailing from heartland country in Indiana, Sean has nestled in the Northeast and writes songs that are quite stunning and observational in the same vein of gems that John Prine mined.
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2 months ago | 
americanahighways.org | Elise Cady |John Apice
Mike Farris – The Sounds of Muscle ShoalsMike Farris has a new album out this week, The Sounds of Muscle Shoals. To make this album Mike left Nashville and made his way south across the border to Muscle Shoals, Alabama to record and craft the songs at FAME studios.
