Consensus, schmensus! When we asked our core staff and contributors to put together their individual Top 10 lists of their favorite Americana releases of 2016, we kinda …
By Richard Skanse Move over, Donald — you are now only the second most surprising winner of 2016. Actually, as shocking as the November presidential election …
DIXIE CHICKS Wide Open Spaces (1998, Monument; 2016 vinyl reissue on Sony Legacy) Fly (1999, Monument; 2016 vinyl reissue on Sony Legacy) Home (2002, Open …
By Richard Skanse Although Americana, alt-country, and Texas-reared singer-songwriter acts are all now by and large relegated to afterthought (if any thought at all) status at …
By Lynne Margolis It’s understandable if Jayhawks fans feel like waiting for new music is like waiting for the sun in February. The Minneapolis-founded band’s …
THE JAYHAWKS Sound of Lies (reissue) Smile (reissue) Rainy Day Music (reissue) American Recordings There’s a breed of longtime alt-country fan — and more than …
NATALIE MAINES Mother Columbia Ten years on from the Dixie Chicks’ bitter divorce from mainstream country music — and six years after the trio’s last …
MARTIN ZELLAR Roosters Crow Owen Lee Recordings In a marginally more fair world, the Gear Daddies — pride of Austin, Minn., — would have made …
BEN KWELLER Go Fly a Kite The Noise Co. Ben Kweller is past 30 now, but he still looks like a kid — and sings …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) If the Duo/Group of the Year nominees were the only acts performing at the 10th …
