This special 2025 edition of the newsletter reflects you, the reader of This Week in Americana.
We wanted to take a look back at the year together by presenting your most-liked songs, videos and news. This is based on the interactions of readers like you.
This Week In Americana will continue on January 9, 2026. Have a safe and happy New Year!
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Jason Isbell ventured back into his solo work for the first time in a decade with "Bury Me" from his 2025 LP, Foxes in the Snow. Listen here
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Showcasing her growth as an artist and songwriter, Sierra Hull shared new material for the first time in five years with "Boom" from her independently released record, A Tip-Toe High Wire (out Mar. 7). Listen here
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Bernie Leadon, a founding member of the Eagles, made his triumphant return to music 20 years after his last release to deliver the track "Too Many Memories." Listen here
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Kathleen Edwards shared two new tracks, "Save Your Soul" and "Say Goodbye, Tell No One," co-produced by Jason Isbell from her record Billionaire. Listen here
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With help from The Travelin' McCourys, Lukas Nelson and Sierra Ferrell teamed up for a cover of Neil Young's "Unknown Legend" from his album Harvest Moon. Listen here
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As they prepared for the release of their first album since 2018, Mumford & Sons made their long-awaited return with the title track from the band's album Rushmere. Listen here
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1. Drive-By Truckers
(feat. Jason Isbell)
"Hell No, I Ain't Happy"
(Live on The Late Show with
Stephen Colbert)
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2. Lucinda Williams
(feat. Norah Jones)
"We've Come Too Far To Turn Around"
| | 3. Maggie Rose & Vince Gill
"I Can't Make You Love Me"
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4. Billy Strings & Sierra Hull
"Midnight on the Stormy Deep"
(On Austin City Limits)
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5. Asleep at the Wheel
"Riding High In Texas"
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| 6. Jason Isbell
"Ride to Robert's"
(On The Tonight Show
Starring Jimmy Fallon)
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7. Lucinda Williams
(feat. Mavis Staples)
"So Much Trouble in the World"
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8. Jesse Welles & John Fogerty
"Have You Ever Seen The Rain"
(Live from AMERICANAFEST 2025)
| | 9. Sierra Ferrell
"Wish You Well"
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"It's not just commercial grabs from here and there, but it's about people who play great and sing great and write great." — T Bone Burnett opened up about relaunching the Lost Highway label imprint with Universal Music Group and its mission to bring the art of music back to the forefront. Read more
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Americana troubadour Todd Snider died at age 59 on Friday, November 14. An early fixture of the Americana Music Association, Snider played during the beginning stages of AMERICANAFEST and was a local Nashville icon with albums such as New Connection, Near Truths and Hotel Rooms, and East Nashville Skyline. Read more
- Garth Hudson, The Band's last surviving founding member, died on Tuesday at age 87. Hudson was a multi-instrumentalist and an integral part of the group's signature churchy, post-psychedelic sound, particularly on tracks like "Chest Fever" and "Up On Cripple Creek." Read more
- Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks, died on Monday, December 8, at age 60. Malo was widely respected and regarded as one of the most distinguished voices in American roots music. He and the band were honored with the Americana Music Association’s Trailblazer Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021. Read more
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After four years of fronting Golden Highway, Molly Tuttle began her new journey to lead a new ensemble of an all-female band. Tuttle and the instrumental support system, comprised of Ellen Angelico, Mary "Mair" Mulroney, Megan Jane and Vanessa McGowan, started together for the second half of Tuttle's 2025 show dates. Read more
- In a special New York Times feature, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Rhiannon Giddens, Charley Crockett, Sierra Ferrell, and more share their thoughts on the paradoxical phenomenon of old-time roots music rising to the forefront of American culture in a digital age while breaking down barriers in an algorithmic society. Read more
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Jerry Douglas joins the Basic Folk podcast to discuss his latest LP, The Set, as well as collaborating with Molly Tuttle, John Hiatt and others, plus his upbringing in Warren, Ohio, where his passion for playing the Dobro began. Listen here
- She Returns From War joins the Americana Curious podcast and opens up about her beginnings in Charleston, South Carolina, moving to Nashville, the welcoming spirit of the Americana community she has experienced and living her truth. Listen here
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