Anyone who loves the layered storytelling of John Prine and Nanci Griffith or novelists like Anne Tyler will immediately warm to Homemaker.
Queen of Me is adventurous, a bit weird and delightfully imperfect.
Taylor knows the sort of place that gives her the strongest sense of belonging. She delivers that same assuredness in her music as well.
War lays bare her psyche, alchemizing personal struggles into a sonic guidebook to survival.
From showcases and speeches to celebrity appearances and dazzling awards, here are our highlights from Americana UK Week 2023.
A mere two years after his acclaimed sophomore album Purgatory, Childers returns with his most cohesive and fully realized work yet.
On Purgatory, Childers allows his point of view to dwell in a space of conflict. The results are beautifully complicated, thought-provoking and, at times, flawed.
Damn good country songs, full of energy and optimism
Hubbard’s first solo outing is marked with the pitfall of modern country radio: too much reliance on hooks over-honest lyrical depth. Nevertheless, he shows glimmers of the sort of songwriting heft that creates long-standing careers in the business.
Pony Bradshaw’s talent for molding lyrics atop pensive melodies makes him one of Americana’s finest craftsmen.
H.C. McEntire explores topography - geographical, emotional, metaphysical - in her newest release
King was never officially ‘in’ country music to begin with, but she’s proof that if you show the genre reverence, you can run straight at it with boots worth their scuffs and songs worth their strings.
Unfortunately, you can’t help but feel the mockingbird’s wings are clipped by its comparatively impenetrable alter ego, THE CROW.
Modern Outlaw's finest reunites the Price Tags for this extraordinary and pulsating album of psychedelic Americana.
21-year-old newcomer makes a formidable impression with his taut and tenacious debut
The West Virginia songsmith burnishes his sobering tales with a smooth, alluring sheen that ensures the album is more than capable of puncturing the mainstream country bubble.
Johnson rarely has time for a breath as he reels off his broad catalogue of honky-tonk anthems.
Adeem the Artist's truth-telling is an antidote not only to country radio but also to our political discourse writ large.
All quite lovely, charming and sedate, although at times the adjective snoozy rears its head...
Heartbreakers, heartmakers, songs to dance to, songs to sing to, to just enjoy - 35 years on, Ocean Front Property remains one of George Strait's most beloved records.
On Live at Budokan, messy performances from Willie Nelson’s band mar a historic document of Nelson’s first trip to Japan.
CAZIMI finds Rose exploring new sounds, but sticking to the same topics that garnered her those rising star epithets years ago.
This is a feisty, frisky and fresh collection that finds father and son in superb spirits.
With his sophomore effort Peculiar, Missouri, Willi Carlisle secures his place as one of today’s most captivating storytellers.