Tag Archives: Music
Survey Says: Your Fav Roots Music of 2018
End of the calendar year lists propagate like flies at the winter solstice. Many are interesting, but I pay particular attention to the Americana Music Association and the reborn No Depression magazine. AMA Radio Chart The AMA’s Americana Radio Chart … Continue reading
Gimme My Grammy?
Nominations for the 61st Grammy Awards are out for the show to broadcast 10 February 2019. Brandi Carlile makes a strong showing across the board, with a nomination for Record of the Year for The Joke with Dave Cobb & Shooter … Continue reading
Americana Music Awards 2018: We Can Do Better
Executive Summary: Ā Jason Isbell won the Americana awards. Ā Again. Ā And he deserves it. The Americana Honors & Awards honored and awarded the toast of Nashville for 2018, as voted by the members of the Americana Music Association. Ā I was once … Continue reading
JC’s Top Tunes of 2017
They say art thrives in the face of chaos, that genius requires difficulty that must be overcome. 2017 was a difficult year for manyāto the benefit of roots music, and hopefully, eventually, to the greater good. We lost friends like … Continue reading
Americana Radio Albums 2017
The Americana Music Association released their 2017 Americana Airplay Chart Top 100 Albums. I tend to track the AMA Radio chart fairly closely through the year. Spotify helps feed the new music habitāor is that “enable the new music habit”? … Continue reading
Three Ladies and a Cowboy: Buy Good Roots Music for Xmas
Black Friday. Small Biz Saturday. Sunday. Cyber Monday. Whatever Whenever. There’s no good excuse not to buy somebody you love some good music for Christmas. Or Hanukkah, Or Kwanzaa, Or Yuletide. Or Whatever. The Americana Radio Charts et al are … Continue reading
Americana Music Awards 2017
As autumn leaves turn golden hues, music awards season begins each Fall with awards for golden tunes. Ā Each September, the Americana Music Association bestows Honors and Awards on the previous year’s crop and the genre’s legends. The Americana Honors & … Continue reading
Telluride, Bluegrass and the Cross of Gold (Repost #APACO17)
My first time into Telluride I was coming in from the East. The summer was hot and dry; the Colorado backcountry better suited to rattlesnakes than trout water. I had been camping up the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, some … Continue reading
The Fates Have Been Kind ā New Music for 2017
The Fates have been gracious again to Americana music this year. 2017 has featured several strong releases from long-time Country music stars (Alison Krauss, Marty Stuart, Willie Nelson), Alt.Country should-be stars (Son Volt, Mavericks, Jason Isbell), and ignored-by-radio Texas Country … Continue reading
Songs of the Fall – Confessions
Stetson Adkisson and Cia CherryholmesāSongs of the Fallāhave a new Americana album out, called Confessions. After an initial singer-songwriter release as Stetson & Cia, they recorded a self-titled album in 2012. So this may be a sophomore effort, or it … Continue reading
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