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09/15/2026

AMERICANAFEST x MULE KICK RECORDS

Mule Kick Productions is back in town and bringing you another Offical Americana Music AssociationAmericanafest Rock n Roll Brunch on September 19th at Love and Exile Bar in East Nashville!

Bringing you hot sets & Mule Kick favorites ~ this year their special feature is Twang City presents Western Edge: The 80’s - A Celebration of Groundbreaking LA Roots Music.

The 1980s in Los Angeles was such an innovative time for roots music. Bands like The Blasters, Rank and File, X, Lucinda Williams, Jim Lauderdale, Lone Justice, The Beat Farmers & more were blending punk rock with country music and classic songwriting while doing it on their terms. Venues like The Palomino Club in North Hollywood were a breeding ground for a new sound we know as Cowpunk - born of the rebel spirit of young artists who embraced country music in their own way.

The fun starts at noon! Come on out and enjoy some Silverbelly Wh***ey specialty drinks, & shop Cowpunk Country Store featuring some of East Nashville’s hottest collection of vintage clothing and accessories

And of course a full afternoon of MULE KICKING live music from: James Intveld, Chuck Mead, Jason Ringenberg, Jade Jackson, Amelia White, The Waymores, John Surge, Jon Latham, Ruby James, Sally Jaye, Lilly Hiatt, Alice Wallace, Matt Mann, Matt Axton, Sophie Gault, Andrew Leahey, Rah Rah Rabbit, Brand New Heartache, GoldCoast Band, Amilia K Spicer, KP Hawthorn, Adrienne Isom & Adrian and Meredith!

The WEST COAST meets EAST NASHVILLE for one of Americanafest’s most beloved parties!

Download the Music Roadtrip app to plan your trip to Nashville!

📲https://musicroadtrip.

09/14/2026

For 10 years, we’ve been bringing Memphis to AmericanaFest. And we’re doing it again.

One week from today, we’ll be back in Nashville for the 10th Annual Pure Memphis Happy Hour, celebrating a decade of shipping Memphis music worldwide. This showcase has always been about bringing our emerging artists to new audiences, building industry connections, and showing the world what Memphis Americana sounds like. Even better... our event is completely free and open to the public! So, you do not need an AmericanaFest badge to join us!

And what’s a Memphis music celebration without good food, good drinks, and good people? We’re bringing the full Pure Memphis experience with help from our friends:
🥃 Old Dominick Distillery cocktails
🍻 Soul & Spirits brews
🍖 Central BBQ
📸 Amurica Photo booth
🎟️ Mempho Presents, who will be giving away tickets to MemphoFest 2026!

We can’t wait to celebrate 10 years of Memphis at AmericanaFest with you. Nashville, get ready to hear Marcella Simien Music + Savannah Brister + KEER + Aidan Osias + Phillip Nye live at our favorite spot InDo Nashville

09/14/2026

🥃AMERICANAFEST EVENT SPOTLIGHT 🥃
6TH ANNUAL COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY PARTY

If you want to get to the soul of Kentucky, all you've got to do is open your ears!

Don't miss a full day of music from Bedford Band & some of Kentucky's finest at the 6th Annual Commonwealth to the Americana Music Association's AMERICANAFEST on Saturday 9/19, 12pm-5pm at the OG The Basement Nashvilleh!

The shimmer of an Appalachian dulcimer. The woody lilt of a fiddle.

Even the burble of a mountain creek, the rhythmic clip-clop of a horse's hooves or the roar of a crowd at a Kentucky music festival.

Music knows no bounds in Kentucky.

As the birthplace of bluegrass, Kentucky's impact on American music is profound, and their musical roots extend all around the Commonwealth – from Rosine, home of “Father of Bluegrass” Bill Monroe, to the Country Music Highway, a tuneful stretch of Eastern Kentucky where more than a dozen country legends got their start.

Join music venues, festivals + tourism offices to celebrate what makes the Bluegrass State’s music community so special.

No Wristbands necessary, this event is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Plus BOURBON + FRIED CHICKEN + !

Along with Bedford, don't miss performances from:

Darrell Scott
The Local Honeys
Emily Jamerson
Bill Taylor + the Appalachian Heathens
Low Gap
Them Lases

From the bright lights of bigger cities like Lexington & Louisville to the hollers of Eastern Kentucky, music history can be found everywhere you look around the Commonwealth.

Download the Music Roadtrip App to plan your trip to Nashville & your Kentucky Music Roadtrip!

📲 https://musicroadtrip.com/

Special thanks to:

Heaven Hill Distillery
Evan Williams Bourbon
Cornbread H**p
Black Mountain Management
The Burl
Visit LEX
Louisville Tourism
The Southgate House Revival - The Sanctuary
Kentucky Music Hall of Fame & Museum
The Grove-KY
Laurel Cove Music Festival
Manchester Music Fest
The Virginia
See Somerset

09/11/2026

Whether you need roadtrip / packing music for Americana Music Association's AMERICANAFEST or just looking to up your playlist game we've got BRAND NEW tracks from:

💫Sierra Ferrell
💫Kings Of Leon
💫Olivia Wolf
💫The War on Drugs
💫Robert Plant
💫Cage the Elephant
💫The Lumineers
💫Boy Golden
💫Denitia
💫Pokey La Farge
💫My Morning Jacket + Preservation Hall Jazz Band
💫The Brook & the Bluff
💫Eric Church
💫Waylon Jennings + Jessi Colter
💫Emma Ogier
💫Eddie 9V
💫Ratboys
💫Valerie June
💫Nat Myers
💫Margo Cilker
💫John Hollier & The Rêverie
💫Nicholas Jamerson
💫The Tubs
💫Buddy Miller + Ashley Monroe + Elizabeth Cook
💫Lawrence Rothman + Delaney Ramsdell
💫alexsucks
💫Brian Fallon + Brandon Flowers
💫DeeOhGee
💫India Ramey
💫Danielle Ponder
💫Mondo Cozmo
💫The Strumbellas + High Valley
💫AJ Lee & Blue Summit + Jerry Douglas
💫Lucy Dacus
💫Roger Harvey + John R. Miller
💫Chaparelle + Zella Day + Jesse Woods
💫Ryan Harris
💫Avery Cochrane
💫Sam Burchfield
💫Angela Autumn
💫Paul Cauthen
💫Tyla Rodrigues + The Kruse Brothers
💫Charlie Parr
💫The String Cheese Incident
💫Jack Van Cleaf
💫Jess Williamson
💫Mynd Reader
💫Jess Kerber
💫Corey Parsons
💫Jaelee Roberts
💫Sports Team
💫The Star Room Boys
💫Sylvie + Alex Amen
💫Cooper Kenward
💫Jude Brothers
💫BAILEN
💫Tyce Delk
💫Five Door Sedan
💫Kenny Whitmire
💫Bleachers
💫This Is Lorelai

STREAM + FOLLOW
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2yOIkpfAA9UDLhwRDCD1F5?si=e7a63b8d8f754a0b

FOR AMERICANAFEST INFO + PASSES
🦊 https://americanamusic.org/

Check out DittyTV& ;s weekly-updated New Music Friday playlist, featuring new releases from artists ranging Americana, Folk, Country, Blues, Bluegrass and more.

09/10/2026

AMERICANA MUSIC’S BIGGEST NIGHT IS ALMOST HERE!

The Americana Music Association has announced its performers for the 25th annual Americana Honors & Awards, taking place in Nashville on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at the historic Ryman Auditorium!

The ceremony is the hallmark event for the 26th annual AMERICANAFEST.

For the full list of nominees
💫 https://americanamusic.org/awards/nominees/

The program will include performances by legends & the next generation of stars!

Robert Plant will return to the Ryman stage during the Honors & Awards ceremony 15 years after his 2011 Album of the Year for "Band of Joy", with a special performance as a 2026 recipient of the Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Additionally, the Americana Music Association will pay tribute to Dolly Parton as a Lifetime Achievement Honoree & for her impact on roots music—including country, folk, bluegrass, gospel, & popular music—as well as her storytelling, songwriting, & creative excellence, which embody the spirit of Americana.

A special performance will be delivered honoring her life & legacy after her death in August.

The 2026 Americana Honors & Awards will deliver performances from award-winning legends, rising stars, & longtime stalwarts, including Boy Golden, Brandi Carlile, Crowe Boys, Flatland Cavalry, I’m With Her, Jesse Welles, Kashus Culpepper, Kathleen Edwards, Ken Pomeroy, Margo Price, MollyTuttle, Mon Rovîa, & S.G. Goodman.

The Milk Carton Kids will return to host the show, with Americana stalwart, songwriter, musician & producer — Buddy Miller — again serving as musical director for the Americana All-Star Band, featuring Don Was, Larry Campbell, Fred Eltringham, Jen Gunderman, Jim Hoke, & The McCrary Sisters.

Presented by the Americana Music Association, AMERICANAFEST will be held Sept. 15-19 across 50+ venues, showcasing more than 200 artists & bands, with nearly 300 events available for attendees!

For Americanafest passes / info + Awards Show Tix
🎸 https://americanamusic.org/

Download the Music Roadtrip to plan your visit to Nashville.
📲 https://musicroadtrip.com/

09/10/2026

🌟 ALBUM SPOTLIGHT ~ ELLA HOOPER 🌟
“OVERNIGHT SUCCESS” (10/2)

SAY G'DAY TO ELLA HOOPER!

Ella Hooper's upcoming album, Overnight Success, isn’t exactly her “gone country” moment—after all, how can one “go country” when they’re from the country in the first place?—but, “Overnight Success” can certainly be classified as the former Killing Heidi frontwoman’s Nashville record!

When it came time to track her 4th solo LP, Hooper found herself immersed in the well of musicianship of Music City, pinching herself, surrounded by A-team session players & songwriters like Jim Lauderdale, Steve Poltz, Melody Walker + more.

And there, a piece of Hooper’s creative mind was unlocked.

While this new LP just might be the most humorous Hooper has ever been on record—the title alone gives a knowing wink to her decades-long career—at its heart, it’s an album about what happens after the fire of dramatic change burns out.

Hooper lost both of her parents to cancer, got out of a long term relationship, & left her management & booking agent all within the span of a year.

As charming & relaxed as it sounds on the surface, "Overnight Success" is also what it sounds like when a woman decides she has nothing left to prove, nothing left to give to the world’s outdated systems.

The resulting album is Hooper’s most confident body of work yet; an all-new, soon-to-be-best-of collection encompassing all of the musical components of her past, from Hooper’s rise to pop-rock stardom

Based between Melbourne & Nashville, the multi-award-winning singer-songwriter, TV & radio host is known for blending bombastic rock'n'roll roots with relatable & vulnerable storytelling.

Blurring genre lines with a mix of modern lyricism and classic sounds, Ella holds household name status in Australia & has been crafting a shining independent solo career,

With her unique regional ‘bush kid’ to rock star story, the girl who once topped the charts with teen angst anthems is now providing the soundtrack for releasing any last lingering limitations & allowing oneself to enjoy whatever comes next!

Pre-save “Overnight Success”
🎧 https://mgmreleases.com/overnightsuccess

09/09/2026

🎸 DITTY TV x AMERICANAFEST ~ NEXT OF KIN 🎸

Meet Next of Kin!

Fresh off of Lollapaloza, this q***r Alt-Country Trio recently released their single “Dime Store Jesus” & have a full schedule in Nashville next week!

The band explains "'Dimestore Jesus' is a song about savior complexes, toxic relationship cycles, & confronting hard truths in the rubble of a relationship's bitter end. It's inspired by all of the losers we've dated & our collective habit of treating them like fixer-uppers. We found humor in depicting this awful, audacious character in the song as a literal identity thief - they broke our heart, drained us dry, & wasted our time only to be better for someone else. But as the song continues, we begin to recognize where we are ultimately to blame for our own suffering."

They continue, "While writing 'Dimestore Jesus' we were able to confront the hard truth that we can sometimes be the designers of our own chaos & heartbreak, which is a result of our own self-abandonment. Sometimes the only thing standing between you & the happiest version of yourself is just you & the cycles you have yet to break."

Next of Kin is Madison Baker, Lili Hickman and Caelin Tralongo, three Austin-based musicians who pursued independent solo careers before joining efforts in 2024.

Holler named them one of "20 New Artists for 2026," praising their "ethereal harmonies & textured heartbreak songs," & Ones To Watch noted "their knack for tension, release, & crowd-pleasing hooks."

With their country-tinged soundscapes, rich three-part harmonies, & their honest storytelling, Next of Kin has cemented their place as one of the most exciting new voices in Americana music!

Grab a pen + paper!

Next of Kin stopped by to share their jam packed Americanafest schedule including their OFFICIAL SHOWCASE on Thurs 9/17, 7pm at Third & 3rd & Lindsley Nashville.

Presented by the Americana Music Association, AMERICANAFEST will be held on Sept 15-19 in Nashville.

For Americanafest info + passes
🎫 https://americanamusic.org/

Download the .app to plan your visit to Nashville and for all of your music travel!
📲 https://musicroadtrip.com/

Stream “Dime Store Jesus”
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09/08/2026

🎸 DITTY TV x AMERICANAFEST ~ MIKO MARKS 🎸

Between AMERICANAFEST & the announcement of her forthcoming album, our friend Miko Marks has lots of great things ahead of her!

Marks will release “Hell Or High Water”, her 1st blues album , on 10/30, via Redtone Records.

Produced by longtime collaborator Justin Phipps & written by Marks & Phipps, the album emerged from a period of profound personal change, including the end of Marks’ 29-year marriage & the beginning of her journey with sobriety.

Marks explains, “These songs acknowledge the darkness without surrendering to it. I find comfort in nature, music, community, faith, memory, & the simple moments that bring me back to myself.”

Across a career defined by resilience, reinvention, & a refusal to let the music industry dictate where she belongs, Marks has built a singular musical identity rooted in country, gospel, blues, & soul.

Born & raised in Flint, Michigan, she’s the granddaughter of the Great Migration whose Southern family roots & musical upbringing continue to inform her work.

“Blues is a part of who I am,” Marks says. “It’s woven into my upbringing, my experiences, and my musical journey".

More than 2 decades after Marks first set out to build a life in music, “Hell Or High Water” finds her somewhere she could not have predicted, personally or professionally.

“I have found a new internal freedom in recent years, & it’s the best I can ever remember feeling,” Marks says. “I don’t know exactly where I’m headed, personally, musically, etc., but that’s alright with me.”

Presented by the Americana Music Association, AMERICANAFEST will be held on Sept 15-19 in Nashville.

Don’t miss Miko’s official showcase on Saturday 9/19, 10PM-10:45PM at Third & Lindsley

For Americanafest info + passes
🎫 https://americanamusic.org/

Download the Music Roadtrip to plan your trip to Nashville!

📲 https://musicroadtrip.com/
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09/04/2026

It's Friday! It's time to kick off the holiday weekend with these brand new labors of love from:

⚡Futurebirds
⚡Molly Tuttle
⚡Jake Bugg
⚡SNACKTIME
⚡Brandi Carlile
⚡Medium Build
⚡Vince Gill
⚡Paris Paloma
⚡The Bends
⚡Amy Speace
⚡Leon Majcen
⚡Theo Lawrence
⚡Madi Diaz + August Ponthier
⚡Bo Staloch
⚡Kassi Ashton
⚡Ashe
⚡James McMurtry
⚡Sons of Legion
⚡Phillip Phillps
⚡Eliza Edens
⚡Josh Rouse
⚡Lily Seabird
⚡Flatland Cavalry
⚡Andy Frasco & the U.N.
⚡Lila Forde
⚡The Sways
⚡Arts Fishing Club
⚡Angus & Julia Stone
⚡The War & Treaty
⚡Paige Plaisance
⚡Benjamin Tod
⚡Grey DeLisle
⚡Oscar Lindsey
⚡Ella Hooper
⚡Israel Nash
⚡Lennon VanderDoes
⚡Nathan Evans Fox
⚡Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel
⚡Johnny Delaware
⚡Embla and the Karidotters
⚡Cory Branan
⚡Laura Cortese
⚡Jeremy Short + Jared James Nichols
⚡Abby Posner
⚡Roc Helton
⚡Libby Dale
⚡Tanner Laws
⚡Josh Mitcham
⚡Charissa Hoffman
⚡Thelma & James
⚡Jade Marie Patek
⚡Hans Williams
⚡LAUNDRY DAY
⚡Young Friend
⚡Font
⚡Curiosity Shop

STREAM + FOLLOW
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2yOIkpfAA9UDLhwRDCD1F5?si=e18c2854f4e84cd0

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09/03/2026

🌠 RELEASE EVE SPOTLIGHT ~ FUTUREBIRDS 🌠
'FAR OUT COUNTRY II - DUALTONE RECORDS, 9/4

Athens, GA-born FUTUREBIRDS will release the 2nd half of their double album "Far Out Country II" on 9/4 via Dualtone Music Group!

A 2-volume collection of 18 songs, “Far Out Country” casts the widest net of the band's career.

Produced by GRAMMY-winning Brad Cook, along with 4 songs produced by the band’s own Tom Myers, the double album is split into 2 distinct worlds of “Far Out Country I & II” —a restless, sunlit day & a deeper, more interior night that blends psychedelic country-rock, indie, & something that feels less like a genre than a place.

There are songs for daytime road trips & songs for nighttime campfires. Songs for sun-streaked landscapes of rolling green hills & songs for darkening skies of blue-black clouds.

Futurebirds have spent nearly 2 decades in flight, building their audience show by show, forever rediscovering themselves in a swirl of rock & roll & cosmic Americana.

For Carter King, Thomas Johnson, & Daniel Womack, the band's 3 frontmen, with voices distinct enough to anchor their own songs & unified enough to sound like one band~ being in Futurebirds has often meant being gone.

Since forming the band as students at the University of Georgia, Futurebirds have grown up together, making the transition from hometown heroes to national headliners. They're not undergrads anymore; they're fathers & family men, caught halfway between growing responsibilities at home & their duties on the road

They've traveled America's highways & backroads. They've seen its dive bar stages & amphitheater bleachers. With “Far Out Country”, though, they stop focusing on the horizon ahead & boldly live in the present.

"It's an inside joke amongst us that with each album, we think it's our best work yet," says Womack. "And the other side of the joke is, we're always right! We're lucky to be able to say that."

They’re no longer rushing toward the next destination. “Far Out Country” IS the destination!

Don’t miss Futurebirds’ official Americana Music Association AMERICANAFEST SHOWCASE Thurs 9/17, 8:45-9:15 at The Basement East!

For Americanafest info + passes
🎫 https://americanamusic.org/

Download the Music Roadtrip to plan your trip to Nashville and to catch Futurebirds on tour!
📲 https://musicroadtrip.com/

Pre-save "Far Out Country II"
🎧 https://futurebirds.komi.io/