By Adam Dawson For a lot of Americana music fans, Rod Picott’s name might be most familiar for appearing in album credits as the co-writer …
By Lynne Margolis We’re pretty sure this is the year of the alternate-universe Grammy nominations. For evidence, just look at the Traditional Pop Vocal Album …
CODY CANADA & MIKE McCLURE Chip & Ray: Together Again for the First Time Underground Sound We’re not sure what took so long for Cody …
By Richard Skanse It’s long after dark on April 1, 2015, and Ray Wylie Hubbard is striding up my gravel driveway through sheets of rain …
By Richard Skanse Although Terri Hendrix averaged an album a year for the first 14 years of her recording career, in the half decade since …
By Holly Gleason “James Baldwin always said there’s this love versus safety thing. Everybody wants love, but they go for safety,” muses Patty Griffin, knee …
DAVE ALVIN AND PHIL ALVIN Lost Time Yep Roc In some ways, Lost Time could serve as the prequel to the Blasters, the iconic blues-driven …
By Richard Skanse Anytime you stick a who’s who of Americana’s biggest names on a boat for a week’s worth of intimate performances on the …
By Richard Skanse When Kent Finlay, don of San Marcos’ storied songwriter haven Cheatham Street Warehouse, passed away at age 77 on March 2, he left a …
