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Cruz Contreras shares his self-reflecting plea to "Stop Giving Your Heart Away" from his solo debut Cosmico (out Sept. 15). Listen here
Lee Gallagher turns back the clock with his 70s inspired roots groove "Something Better" from his newest record The Falcon Ate The Flower (out Nov. 3). Listen here
Thomm Jutz and Martin Simpson invite Tim O’Brien to lend his fiddle skills and smooth vocals on an ancient English folk tune "Edwin in the Lowlands" from Jutz and Simpson’s upcoming joint album Nothing But Green Willow: The Songs of Mary Sands and Jane Gentry (out Sept. 29). Listen here
Facing the tumultuous highs and lows of love, Buddy & Julie Miller deliver the heartwrenching ballad "I’ll Never Live It Down" from their forthcoming album In The Throes (out Sept. 22). Listen here
Bluegrass prodigies Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle come together for a cover of Nanci Griffith’s "Listen To The Radio" from the upcoming tribute album More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith (out Sept. 22). Listen here
Showcasing part one of a three-part movement, Tray Wellington Band composes a complex and expansive instrumental with an eclectic range of bluegrass and folk on "Moon In Motion 1." Listen here
Zach Bryan announced The Quttin' Time Tour in support of his latest self-titled album with his first show slated for March 6, 2024 in Chicago, IL. See full list of dates
The Barefoot Movement
"Let It Out"
Jason Hawk Harris
"Jordan And The Nile"
Katy Kirby
"Cubic Zirconia"
Lindsay Lou
"I Can Help"
Lydia Loveless
"Sex and Money"
Lucius
Garden & Gun Back Porch Session
The Red Clay Strays
Live On Western AF
Raye Zaragoza
"Garden" (No Depression Spotlight)
"During the pandemic, I started to take some voice classes. And I started to understand just how difficult and nuanced the human voice is… and how silly I was for not seeing it as the full instrument that it was." – Nina de Vitry opens up about how her perception and definition of an instrument changed when it came to her voice, as well as creative process for her album What You Feel is Real. Listen here
"They’ve got a little round table out the back and we just shot the shit, talking about the blues. That’s how it got going." – Nat Myers recalls his first interaction with his Yellow Peril producer Dan Auerbach and the vision they had for his debut album. Read more
"We put our voices to a voice memo, and the next thing we know, a couple of days later it was up on Instagram, he was testing it out - but that's the Zach Bryan way." – Tanya Tucker of The War And Treaty shares the story of how the reigning Americana Duo of the Year came in contact with Zach Bryan and led to their collaboration, “Hey Driver,” featured on Bryan’s self-titled album. Read more
CHART NEWS:
Hiss Golden Messenger’s Jump For Joy (#4), Turnpike Troubadours’ A Cat in the Rain (#7), and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Jubilee (#12) all made debuts on the Americana Radio Albums Chart this week. View full albums chart
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