AMERICANA AND ROOTS MUSIC NEWS

Gavin M. is from St. Louis, Missouri, and says his favorite place to travel is Northwest England, so it's no surprise that the video for "Belgrave Road," from his album Goodbye, Mississippi, was shot ...More

No doubt you've seen the massive influx of musicians moving to live streaming after tour dates have been canceled due to COVID-19. One such ongoing live streaming festival is “Shut In & Sing,” ...More

Just a few weeks ago we told you about My Sister, My Brother releasing its self-titled EP. The group consists of Sean McConnell, Garrison Starr, and Peter Groenwald, who met at a songwriting retreat ...More

If you’ve wondered who the guy is asking all the questions for the DittyTV newsletter, it’s Senior Editor Tim W. Jackson, who interviews the artists, labels, and venue owners and turns that into ...More

Born in Fond du Lac, Wisc., as a child Hannah Bethel studied dance and appeared in theater performances. She attended elementary school in nearby Oakfield, before moving to Houghton, Mich., where she ...More

New Orleans based singer/songwriter Jack Sledge is set to release his latest EP, Notes of a Drifter, on April 3. Recorded in one session at The Maze in New Orleans by Ross Farbe of Video Age, Notes of ...More

At times lush and full and at other times sparse and personal, Bitter Ballads & Cynical Prayers is the debut full-length album from Nashville-based artist Chris Moyse. It releases on March ...More

By Tim W. Jackson Will Sexton was born in San Antonio but moved to Austin where he and older brother Charlie soaked up their musical surroundings and started playing with iconic musicians in the ...More

Nashville-based indie-folk singer/songwriter Liz Longley is set to return with a new album, Funeral For My Past, later this year. The LP’s warm sound was curated by Grammy-nominated producer Paul Moak ...More

You might call the new album from The Nields, November, a collection of songs for our times. Kicking off with a reworked version of "America the Beautiful," sisters Nerissa and Katryna reflect both a ...More

From the dreamy, confessional indie-rock that fills her newest release, Bad Actor, to the bluegrass and old-time roots music that soundtracked her upbringing in small-town Pennsylvania, Jen Starsinic ...More

A graduate of the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Sarah Morris spent the first years of her career in Nashville, losing herself in the art of writing timeless Americana melodies. In 2016, ...More

Chicago Farmer is known for his clever and heartfelt songwriting and unique voice. For his album Flyover Country, Illinois-based Cody “Chicago Farmer” Diekhof paired up with Texas’ The Band of ...More

Dallas Burrow had a lot of living in a short amount of time when he headed to Nashville in 2018 to record his album Southern Wind. The record finds Burrow bidding goodbye to a number of vices and ...More

By Tim W. Jackson The five members of the band Pond Diver all grew up in Florence, Ala., aware of the rich musical history of the area, where just across the Tennessee River amazing songs were ...More