2024's Thirty Essential And Outstanding Americana Albums
Dec 13, 2024 · Who are these people who say that there’s no great music being released anymore - you know, not like when they were young? Maybe they’re just online trolls, but in any event, they couldn’t be more out of touch. We’re in a golden age of music making, and 2024 was another year to prove it. While the quantity of new roots music can be intimidating, the quality is widely distributed across ...
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The Americana Music Association Turns 25 With Momentum And …
Nov 11, 2024 · The Americana Music Association was born at a series of meetings by roots music executives and advocates in 1999. As the AMA wraps up its 25th anniversary year, the scene it’s helped foster is bigger and more star-studded than its original organizers might have predicted. The 4,000-member organization has achieved many goals, from Grammy recognition to a more diverse and inclusive artist ...
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The Red Clay Strays: God Fearing Southern Rock Gone Viral
Oct 19, 2024 · When the curtain falls on 2024, it will be hard to name an Americana/roots band that had a better year than Alabama’s Red Clay Strays. Last October, they traveled by van and played 3rd & Lindsley to a few hundred people. By the time they pulled their new bus in for their debut at the Ryman Auditorium in September, they had enough momentum to …
Young Artists Bring In A Winter Harvest Of New Bluegrass Albums
Feb 20, 2024 · The Price Sisters also kept folks waiting a minute (since 2018) for their second full album, and those devoted to the deep story of bluegrass and the spirit of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard will be delighted by Between The Lines, out Feb. 16 from McCoury Music.It marks the first time Del McCoury’s family label has released non McCoury artists, with mandolinist Ronnie producing this moving ...
WMOT’s 2024 Americanafest Day Stage Is Set: A Fan’s Guide
Sep 16, 2024 · As soon as WMOT’s Roots Radio format was up and running eight years ago, the station leaned hard into Americanafest. This longstanding event brings together our music and our people in our home market of Music City, so how could we not? Our well-connected program director Jessie Scott began booking long days of live sets by some of the top shelf artists in the field. And now, partnered with ...
Nashville Indie Music Advocates Hit 2025 With New Data And Ideas
Dec 19, 2024 · It’s been just over a decade since the New York Times published its controversial feature story declaring Nashville the nation’s new “It City,” and ever since, that identity has been locked in a codependent frenemy relationship with our much older stature as Music City.. It City attracts 17 million tourists a year, lines its main nightlife street …
Public Radio's Favorite Live Sessions of 2024 | WMOT
Dec 26, 2024 · Public radio music stations welcome hundreds of musicians a year into their studios for intimate versions of songs you won't hear or see anywhere else. NPR Music collects as many of those recordings as we can in a series we call Live Sessions. As part of our 2024 victory lap, we're highlighting one ...