When Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit took the stage in Austin, Texas, on August 9th, it was just a few hours after he had announced a new set of Covid protocols for all of his upcoming concerts: Isbell’s live shows would now require all attendees to provide either proof …
Read More »Adia Victoria Previews New Album With 'Magnolia Blues'
Nashville singer-songwriter Adia Victoria will release her new album A Southern Gothic in September. Co-produced by Victoria with Mason Hickman, the album will arrive September 17th and includes appearances by Jason Isbell, Margo Price, and the National’s Matt Berninger. The album’s first single, “Magnolia Blues,” is also out Wednesday. An …
Read More »Amanda Shires Returns With Swirling New Song 'Deciphering Dreams'
Amanda Shires explores the subconscious in her new song “Deciphering Dreams,” the first preview of her follow-up to 2018’s To the Sunset. Announcing itself with a tumble of drums and a beefed-up guitar riff courtesy of Jason Isbell, the Dave Cobb-produced “Deciphering Dreams” picks up on the danceable indie-rock aesthetics …
Read More »How Americana Went Mainstream in the 2010s
No one ever knew what to call Mumford & Sons. The Guardian had already described them as “Coldplay reincarnated as hillbillies” by the time the group released their debut album in the U.S. in February 2010, a moment that garnered a slurry of descriptors: “foot-stomping British folk;” “skiffled Frames (nice …
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