By Scott Schinder It’s been over 20 years since Jay Farrar launched Son Volt in the wake of the breakup of Uncle Tupelo, the pioneering …
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 …
By Lynne Margolis Jim Lauderdale has emceed the Americana Music Association’s Honors & Awards shows almost since the organization began presenting awards in 2002. …
JOE PUG Windfall Lightning Rod Records While the past three years for Joe Pug haven’t been completely fun-filled — he has admitted to almost giving …
SONS OF BILL Love and Logic Gray Fox/Thirty Tiger Sons of Bill may very well be the Bill Pullman of today’s Americana music scene. Need …
For a band whose name derives from the voice procedure term for “will comply,” Wilco has been at its best when dealing with conflict: Jeff …
Wilco frontman’s upcoming Sukierae features his son on drums By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy is one …
UNCLE TUPELO No Depression: Legacy Edition Sony Legacy Uncle Tupelo’s 1990 debut No Depression inadvertently kick-started contemporary alt- country, and was so influential in shaping …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) For its 12th year, the Austin City Limits Festival had intended to expand to six days, …
