Bruce Cockburn at Tower Theatre in OKC Bruce Cockburn brought himself, his poetry, wit and a whole slew of guitars to Oklahoma City’s Tower Theatre on Wednesday night for a memorable evening of songs. I’m not sure I can pinpoint to my first exposure to Cockburn’s music, but I do remember the first time hearing […] The post Show Review: Bruce Cockburn at Tower Theatre in OKC first appeared on Americana Highways. The post Show Review: Bruce Cockburn at Tower Theatre in OKC appeared first on Americana Highways ..read more

Frigid Temps, Cold Hearts and Tornadoes – Four Nights on the Road with Jason Isbell part 2 Most normal folks go to tropical locales or exotic lands on vacation. Music writers? Well, we follow the music. So, after seeing Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit twice in my adopted home state of Colorado (which really […] The post Show Review: Jason Isbell Tour (part 2) Cain’s Ballroom first appeared on Americana Highways. The post Show Review: Jason Isbell Tour (part 2) Cain’s Ballroom appeared first on Americana Highways ..read more

Favorite Albums of March 2024 You voted!  And now the results from the readers’ vote for favorite albums of March 2024 releases are in! Congratulations top ten!  What a great bunch of albums this month, and this month’s competition was fierce! We had almost 18,000 voters! Check out this list just to see what else […] The post Favorite Albums of March 2024 first appeared on Americana Highways. The post Favorite Albums of March 2024 appeared first on Americana Highways ..read more

Frigid Temps, Cold Hearts and Tornadoes – Four Nights on the Road with Jason Isbell – part 1  Most normal folks go to tropical locales or exotic lands on vacation. Music writers? Well, we follow the music. So, after seeing Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit twice in my adopted home state of Colorado (which […] The post Show Review: Jason Isbell Tour (part 1) Red Rocks and the Mission Ballroom first appeared on Americana Highways. The post Show Review: Jason Isbell Tour (part 1) Red Rocks and the Mission Ballroom appeared first on Americana Highways ..read more

The Staple Singers – Africa 80 I wasn’t an entirely fan of soul music back in the ’60s. I did have my share of hits by The Four Tops, The Temptations, Otis Redding & Aretha Franklin. So, a deeper dive wasn’t evident until 1978 while enjoying The Band’s Last Waltz concert. There were many big-name […] The post REVIEW: The Staple Singers “Africa 80” first appeared on Americana Highways. The post REVIEW: The Staple Singers “Africa 80” appeared first on Americana Highways ..read more

Ordinary Elephant photo by Olivia Perillo Americana Highways’ Key to the Highway series Fans always clamor to learn more about their favorite, most beloved musicians and those who travel with them. There’s such an allure to the road, with its serendipity, inevitable surprises, and sometimes unexpected discomforts. This interview series is a set of questions […] The post Key to the Highway: Ordinary Elephant first appeared on Americana Highways. The post Key to the Highway: Ordinary Elephant appeared first on Americana Highways ..read more

Will Kimbrough – For the Life of Me (Daphne Records) Think of Will Kimbrough as the Swiss Army Knife of roots music. He’s a great writer, exceptional singer, phenomenal guitarist and an in-demand producer and arranger. But if you needed a good starting point, know that no less than John Prine thought enough of this […] The post REVIEW: Will Kimbrough “For the Life of Me” first appeared on Americana Highways. The post REVIEW: Will Kimbrough “For the Life of Me” appeared first on Americana Highways ..read more

RubyJoyful – The Pie Chart of Love This 12-cut CD is Colorado’s RubyJoyful’s debut & it deals with basically what most collections have tendencies to cover: a Universal story of love. Many songs are laid back in a country & bluegrass-folk manner. What’s particularly interesting is how the songs are sung. The music is loaded […] The post REVIEW: RubyJoyful “The Pie Chart of Love” first appeared on Americana Highways. The post REVIEW: RubyJoyful “The Pie Chart of Love” appeared first on Americana Highways ..read more

MorningBird – Echoes In the Meadow This is a debut work by the trio MorningBird who provide 3 traditional songs & the balance — 8 immaculately crafted originals that populate the Ryan Dermody-produced Echoes In the Meadow (Drops May 10/Independent/40:00). They’re musicians from the Iron Range of Minnesota & right from the start their style’s […] The post REVIEW: MorningBird “Echoes In the Meadow” first appeared on Americana Highways. The post REVIEW: MorningBird “Echoes In the Meadow” appeared first on Americana Highways ..read more

Sean Keel – “melon” Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Sean Keel’s song “melon” from his forthcoming album Ferals Welcome, which is scheduled to be released on June 5.  Ferals Welcome was produced by Benjamin Montaño and Gabriel Rhodes; and mastered by Chris Burns. “melon” is Sean Keel on vocals; Ben Montaño on guitar, […] The post Song Premiere: Sean Keel “melon” first appeared on Americana Highways. The post Song Premiere: Sean Keel “melon” appeared first on Americana Highways ..read more