By Richard Skanse “What even is Americana?” That was the question that Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale of the Milk Carton Kids put to song …
By Holly Gleason Joe Ely, hair white and posture ram-road straight, leaned into the mic and half-whispered, half-sang, “I ain’t looking for trouble, I can’t …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) From Mumford & Sons’ Album of the Year Grammy Award to the Coen Brothers’ folk-filled, T …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) To say that it’s been a good year for Americana music is almost an understatement. …
Americana Music Festival honors legends and showcases its best By Lynne Margolis (Oct/Nov 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 5) By Lynne Margolis Even though emcee Jim …
By Richard Skanse (Aug/Sept 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 4) The nominations for the Americana Music Association’s 11th annual Americana Honors & Awards were announced May …
By Greg Ellis (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) As I write this, Levon Helm has been gone for two weeks, and by the time …
Lucinda Williams, Robert Plant, Buddy Miller and more honored By Lynne Margolis (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) At previous Americana Honors and Awards shows, …
