Steve Earle’s 20th studio album was recorded at Jimi Hendrix’s legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City with his band The Dukes. It’s based around the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion that killed 29 men in...
More than 40 years of making music has made Lucinda Williams one of the pioneers of the Americana sound. On her latest album, claiming “It’s all come full circle”, she gets back to the the gritty roots of her early days. This...
Melbourne-based, Canadian singer-songwriter Tracy McNeil sucked me in when I first heard her 2007 debut – and boy, it’s only gotten better. On her fifth album, she’s taken it to another level. This could be called Americana,...
US Southern country rockers Drive-By Truckers release their twelfth studio album this month. It’s their first in three-and-a-half years, which is the longest space between any of their albums; co-founders and writers, Mike...
Formed in Miami, Florida, The Mavericks are celebrating their 30th anniversary of making music this year. And as you may’ve expected, this isn’t an album of their hits – but other peoples’. Known for meshing their...