By Richard Skanse If you’re inclined to place bets, here’s three sure things (well, three surely sure things) you can count on when it comes to the …
JOHN PRINE The Tree of Forgiveness Oh Boy Records One of the then-young songwriters that got tagged with the “next Bob Dylan!” hype in the …
CHRIS STAPLETON From A Room: Volume 1 Mercury Nashville If you were updating the authoritative history of modern country music to reflect the last couple …
BRENT COBB Shine On Rainy Day Low Country Sounds/Elektra Brent Cobb’s been writing hits in Nashville for a while now, and his bright, sunny lyrics …
By Lynne Margolis In a night filled with Americana luminaries — and even the Lumineers — the one artist who made history during the 15th …
By Richard Skanse “Hey, do you know anything about bubble machines?” Amanda Shires is on the phone from her home in Nashville, wrapping up a …
By Kelly Dearmore Hailing from the humid, rose-conducive environment of East Texas, Whiskey Myers has been a groove-slinging Southern rock force for several years now. …
Bonnie Bishop Ain’t Who I Was Thirty Tigers It can be difficult knowing which albums are truly “Americana” these days. Whereas your more basic established …
STURGILL SIMPSON A Sailor’s Guide to Earth Atlantic If you happened to catch the social media hubbub over Sturgill Simpson’s “In Bloom” video in late …
By Thomas D. Mooney Over the past decade, Dave Cobb has produced critically-acclaimed — and award-winning — albums by the likes of Jason Isbell (Southeastern, …
