Quebec-born and Ottawa-raised, Norm Brunet was struck with an ironic revelation when he performed to a Nashville crowd for the first time last year. Being labeled by the audience as an Americana artist, Brunet was perplexed and humored, once saying…
You’ve heard of Jam in the Van, but how about Jam in the Bus Conversion? That’s exactly what Ben Delaurentis did with this sweet acoustic rendition of his song, ‘Fill in the Blanks’. His songwriting verges on the contemporary neo-folk…
There have been some dark days for Rubblebucket. Kalmia Traver has survived first-stage clear cell ovarian cancer, while Alex Toth battled alcoholism. Then, of course there was also their divorce. Yet Sun Machine is a tribute to the positivity and…
How do you improve a masterpiece? For Stephen “Ragga” Marley the idea was simple, To improve Bob Marley’s Kaya for the 40th anniversary of its release it needed a new mix, one that captured both the vibrance and urgency of the…
Although Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz are making their debut as a duo with Of All These Things, the two have been collaborating for 15 years prior to this album’s release. Anders made a good impression right out of the gate…
It’s been a busy year for For Folk’s Sake friends and favorites, Nick and Luke. In the midst of another ongoing nationwide tour, the east coast duo is at it again with a sophomore EP on its way quickly. Featured…
Make no mistake—Jared Weiss is a rock artist. With that said, Isolated Thunderstorm began its life as a folk record before tripping the electric. It isn’t to say the album’s sounding like Dylan in his heyday, though. It’s more Reilly than anything if…
Something unmistakably vintage pervades Red Ghost, the newest album from Americana outlet Miles Maxwell. Formed by frontman Miles Baltrusaitis alongside brothers Matt and Dan Stankiewicz, this stretching of the roots rock muscles for these three is a natural extension of their previous work…
Randy Forte is the type of songwriter who many in and out of Nashville say they miss but never try to be. That is to say, the Americana that the artist embodies is reminiscent of a strong cross-section of warm-bodied 60s…
Amanda Shires wrote much of To The Sunset hiding in the closet of her Nashville home, but she opens the record by gazing at the stars on ‘Parking Lot Pirouette’ – “the stars, the shapes the constellations make, the burning…