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In this episode of the Americana Music News Podcast,  The Milk Carton Kids - Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale - talk about the duo's career, the mixed blessing of being compared to Simon and Garfunkel and their rich new album "All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do." Read more The post Podcast 21 The Milk Carton Kids and Seth Timbs appeared first on .

There are fresh voices galore on this episode of Americana Music News. First, we'll hear from the much-heralded duo War and Treaty, followed by a First Person segment featuring the Madison, Wisconsin-based trio Gin, Chocolate and Bottle Rockets. Read more The post Podcast 22 The War and Treaty, plus Gin, Chocolate and Bottle Rockets appeared first on Americana One .

The Band of Heathens release "A Message from the People Revisited," a breath of fresh air at a cynical time. The post Podcast 25 Band of Heathens’ “Message from the People Revisited” appeared first on Americana One .

You may know Thomm Jutz from his work with David Olney, Mary Gauthier or Nanci Griffith. Or maybe his collaborations with Eric Brace and Peter Cooper. You may also have come across his 1861 Project, which chronicled the Civil War in three striking volumes. Or you may know his other work as a producer, with more than 70 albums to his credit. His new album “Live in Two Worlds Vol. 1” sho...

We remain big fans of Adam and Shannon Wright, who collectively perform as the Wrights. Adam now spends most of his time writing songs in Nashville and you’ll find his work on releases by Lee Ann Womack, Alan Jackson and Aubrie Sellers. He’s also proven to be one of the hotter songwriters in bluegrass. On this – the 50th edition of the Americana One podcast – Adam Wright ta...

By Ken Paulson I try never to walk into a record store without buying something, but I was stumped one day in the mid-’90s. I felt like I had already bought everything I wanted in the pop, rock, country and R&B bins. So I walked over to the often-neglected folk section and came across an album called Mortal City by… Read more The post Show 49 Dar Williams appeared first on Americana One .

Just out is the Reverend Shawn Amos’ new album “Blue Sky” with his band the Brotherhood. We had the pleasure of talking with Shawn about this new release a while back at the 30A Music Festival. He was excited – and we now know why. Shawn is a dynamic artist and so is the album. Learn how Blue Sky came together and what he has in common with the Who on this edition of the Am...

The Mastersons were remarkably prescient in recording and releasing their new album No Time For Love Songs.  We spoke with Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore on board the Cayamo music cruise, just about three weeks before a cruise ship was the last place in the world where you would want  to spend time. The timely album is about our polarized world and the willingness of so many to tur...

We’ve had the chance to see Paul Thorn perform twice in the past few months, first at John Prine’s All the Best Festival in the Dominican Republic and then at the 30A Songwriters Festival in January. The latter seemed a particularly apt location to talk with Paul about his approach (and tips on) songwriting. Insights abound on this edition of the Americana One podcast. Paul Thorn

By Ken Paulson Emily Scott Robinson didn’t have an enviable first appearance on Cayamo this year. As one of the winners of the music cruise’s Soundcheck competition for new and emerging artists, she was on stage in the Atrium just as hundreds of passengers were boarding. It’s tough to connect with a room full of talking, giddy people. Emily Scott Robinson She went on to connect w...

On two remarkable nights, the stage featured two founding Beach Boys - Wilson and Al Jardine - and an amazing band revisiting one of pop music's most entertaining, important and influential catalogs. Read more The post Conversations on Cayamo: Al Jardine of the Beach Boys appeared first on Americana One .

By Ken Paulson – We’ve been fans of Amy Rigby since meeting her at a party at Greg Trooper’s home in Nashville in 2002. Both Amy and Greg were working on new albums and played some new songs. Trooper played “Muhammed Ali (The Real Meaning of Christmas)” and Amy followed with “Are We Ever Going to Have Sex Again?” Both… Read more The post Show 43 “Girl to City:” The Remarkable Amy Rigby appeared fi...

We’ve been too long without a Last Train Home album. After a decade, Eric Brace and Last Train Home have released Daytime Highs & Overnght Lows, an always ambitious and musically diverse collection that reminds us once again of this band’s excellence. We had the chance to visit with Eric Brace on Americana One about the reunion, and the compelling release that resulted.

One of our favorite interviews this past year was a conversation with Robert Randolph, fresh off his “Brighter Days” album. As you’ll hear, Robert is both confident and energetic -and a tremendous amount of fun. While we were doing the interview in the lobby of Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium, the venue’s staffers asked to shoot streaming video for Facebook as we...

Tami Neilson is a dynamic artist on stage, but the challenge is to capture that excitement in the recording studio. In this edition of Americana One, Tami talks about her new album Chickaboom! in a highly entertaining conversation at War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville.

The Mavericks Play the Hits is to be taken literally. The band plays the hits. Other artists’ hits. In this edition of the Americana One Podcast, Raul Malo tells us why the Mavericks decided to cover songs like Bruce Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart,” Elvis Presley’s “Don’t Be Cruel” and Freddy Fender’s “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” &...

By Ken Paulson – There’s a remarkable new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville celebrating two of the most successful songwriters in the history of country music – or any genre for that matter – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. We Could: The Songwriting Artistry of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant chronicles the writing of such indisputable classics as ” All...

Jason Ringenberg is spending his September touring Europe with Dan Baird and the Kentucky Headhunters (now that’s a show), but we caught up with him recently at the 895 Fest. Jason Ringenberg © Gregg Roth. His latest album Stand Tall is outstanding and we have a special fondness for “God Bless the Ramones.” Jason’s still a punk after all these years. Here’s our c...

We recently enjoyed a not-so-strange chat with the engaging Mandy Barnett about her new album Strange Conversation. The setting was WMOT’s 895 Fest on the fields of the Hop Spring Beer Park, a distinctly different venue than her upcoming “Nashville Songbook” concert at Feinstein’s/54 Below on Broadway on August 13. But that’s no surprise. Mandy Barnett’s career...

By Ken Paulson Gary Nicholson, one of Nashville’s most respected songwriters and artists, is overachieving these days. On June 7, he’ll release not one, but two new albums, and both are pretty special. Nicholson, like so many of us,