AMERICANA AND ROOTS MUSIC NEWS

California roots-rock singer-songwriter turned 2020 activist Charlie Overbey follows up on a Navajo Nation Covid Relief fundraiser with the single “Ode To John Prine," which benefits the National ...More

Singer-songwriter Susan Werner has released her 14th studio album, Flyover Country. In this record, yet another in a series of ambitious concept albums, Werner embraces the sounds and song-forms of ...More

Phil Gammage is a Texas-raised, New York-based roots and blues musician best known for his eight solo album releases and his work as a songwriter, singer, harmonica player, and guitarist. His new ...More

At the end of a grueling two-year stretch on tour promoting her second album, New Mistakes—a trek that took her to every corner of the world—Terra Lightfoot found herself at home and sapped. Life on ...More

"Stuck at home?" asks Lara Hope. "Nowhere to go? Tired of quarantine? 'No Time to Get Bored' is the first single off of our new pandemic-inspired album, Songs In The Key Of Quarantine." Winner of ...More

Austin-born Justin Toland (guitar/vocals) found his own musical food early through his father, a classic-rock aficionado, who turned Toland on to the Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, soul ...More

"This song and video were recorded and filmed during quarantine in various locations around Nashville, which turned out to be in our respective living rooms and bedrooms where we recorded our portions ...More

Ned Hill, who just released his sophomore solo record, By the Light of the Radio (WhistlePig Records), was raised on the sounds of FM radio, American Bandstand, and drugstore jukeboxes in the small ...More

"This song was conceived shortly after I moved to Nashville and was hanging out for the first time at The American Legion Hall in East Nashville during their magical 'Honky Tonk Tuesday' nights," ...More

Indiana-based David Quinn is gearing up to release his sophomore LP, Letting Go (out Oct. 23). Most of the songs on his second solo album came to him during a ramble around the Midwestern countryside. ...More

Northcote is the performance moniker for Victoria-based singer-songwriter Matthew Goud. A troubadour at heart, Goud has been writing songs and touring the world for most of his adult life. With three ...More

By Tim W. Jackson As a network that supports Americana & Roots music, we have a deep respect for the forebearers of the songs we play daily at DittyTV. Musicians have often been messengers of ...More

Riding high with the No. 1 bluegrass album in the land, this bluegrass/hip-hop collective is showing the world a new blueprint for what bluegrass can be, complete with messages of social justice and ...More

On the heels of the successful release earlier this year of Run From the Sound, which made its way onto the Americana Top 100 chart, Chad Harvey continues the momentum with “Get a Leg Up,” his new ...More

Shelby Means and Joel Timmons met a few years ago at the merch table at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion. That led to a long-distance romance, the discovery of musical chemistry, and the formation ...More