From ONE, to TENN. The video series features one-of-a-kind performances recorded at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center during AMERICANAFEST 2023. This week's artist: Robby Hecht
After a harrowing experience with THC, Tim Easton was inspired to write about second chances on the title track of his upcoming album Find Your Way (out May 17). Listen here
Sierra Ferrell showcases her signature Appalachian sound with the fiddle-laced "I Could Drive You Crazy" from her forthcoming LP Trail of Flowers (out Mar. 22). Listen here
Creekbed Carter Hogan tells the story of forbidden medieval love through their imaginative and vivid songwriting with "Apiary" from their self-titled record (out Mar. 22). Listen here
Yukon-based bluegrass outfit The Lucky Ones present a frontier folklore tale in the form of "Fool's Gold," from their EP A Nickel For The Fiddler (out Mar. 22). Listen here
In preparation for his tribute album to the Byrds, Change Is Now (out Mar. 22), Christian Parker shares his rendition of the band's "She Don't Care About Time." Listen here
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss announced their Can't Let Go Tour with a run of summer 2024 shows, with the first stop scheduled for Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 2. See full list of dates
To support their album City of Gold, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are hitting the road for the Down The Rabbit Hole tour with the first date slated on April 18 in Atlanta, Georgia. See full list of dates
"Dance In The Desert" (Live at Fireside Sound in Joshua Tree)
Charles Wesley Godwin
"Cue Country Roads" (On Jimmy Kimmel Live!)
Mary Gauthier
No Depression Session (AMERICANAFEST 2023)
Hermanos Gutiérrez
"Sonido Cósmico"
Pokey LaFarge
"Sister Andre"
Waxahatchee
"Bored"
Stephen Wilson Jr.
"Cuckoo" (On Late Night with Seth Myers)
Drawing from a multi-cultural, multi-national roster, American Patchwork Quartet outline the process of living up to their name with their self-titled debut LP (out now), tracing a musical throughline from Appalachian folk to Delta blues and everywhere in-between. Read more
"I don’t believe in despair – it would make me hate things, and I cannot bear to do that. So, alas, that means the only other option is the hard one: hope." – Willi Carlisle discusses creating folk music and poetry by turning narratives and emotions on their head and using perspective to explore the human experience. Read more
A longtime stalwart of the Louisville music scene and community, Tyrone Cotton joined the Basic Folk podcast to discuss his career and the musical and life lessons he's learned, leading to his recent debut album, Man Like Me. Listen here
On the heels of playing the instrument on Beyoncé's recent foray into country music, multitalented artist and music scholar Rhiannon Giddens is leading the way in highlighting the banjo's history as an instrument first played by Black musicians—from predecessor instruments in West Africa and its importation to the Caribbean and North America as part of the transatlantic slave trade—to its contemporary revival among Black artists like Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Taj Mahal and Allison Russell. Read more
"This is absolutely the right time for me to be alive, and writing songs. There’s no doubt in my mind anymore." – Ahead of Hurray For The Riff Raff's upcoming The Past is Still Alive (out Feb. 23), Alynda Segarra opens up about their journey from being musically inspired by the sounds of yesteryear to feeling comfortable and empowered in their own identity and voice, and using folk music as a conduit for true self-expression. Read more
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