Americana Breakdown

17/05/2024

Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen fans will love this new album:

The original Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen was formed in 1967 and back then there wasn't anything like this wild aggregation of longhairs in cowboy shirts, who coalesced into a tight, swinging, rocking unit when they made their debut album, Lost in the Ozone - Their eclectic tastes and ...

13/05/2024

This Thursday, May 16th, is my 500th show on

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10/05/2024

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LOST PLANET AIRMEN BAY AREA DATES

As a founding member of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Kirchen first brought the band to the Bay Area in December 1969. Now Bill brings the Airmen back to town to celebrate the release of their new 50-year reunion album, Back From The Ozone. Four original Airmen - Kirchen, Bruce Barlow, Andy Stein and John Tichy, plus Austin de Lone, Peter Siegel and Paul Revelli went into the studio last year and recorded a disc of half new originals and half Cody classics. All seven hit the stage Friday, June 28 at HopMonk's Outdoor Venue in Novato and on Saturday, June 29 at the Freight And Salvage in Berkeley, the scene of their very first gig on California soil, at the original F & S on San Pablo Ave in Berkeley in 1969!

TICKETS:

HopMonk Novato Outdoor Venue - June 28

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Freight & Salvage - June 29

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Photo Credit: Bob Minkin

21/03/2024

Todd Snider and Jack Ingram - "Old Friend"

Old Friend from Todd Snider's album Peace, Love and Anarchy.Album available here: https://fanlink.to/peaceloveanarchyStay to Up Date with Todd Snider Release...

21/02/2024

The Wonder Women of Country - Brennen Leigh, Kelly Willis, Melissa Carper. New album out March 15th. https://wonderwomenofcountry.com

28/12/2023

130 albums, over 600 songs, narrowed down to 48 of the very best songs of the year on tonight's (December 28, 2023) "Best of 2023" show on Americana Breakdown on Bluegrass Country Radio, 7pm to 10 pm ET:

Thursday 7:00 - 10:00 pm Art Hanson, host of Americana Breakdown, describes his show as “Music for people who like country music … and for those who don’t …” Art got his start in radio in 1996 at a 5000 watt AM station north of Atlanta hosting a weekly Americana

17/09/2023

Hank Williams was born on this day, 100 years ago, in Mount Olive, Alabama

27/07/2023

Gram Parsons and Harvard’s hand in country rock

01/04/2023

https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/album-review-drayton-farleys-twenty-on-high/

With a couple of acoustic releases over the last couple of years, Alabama songwriter Drayton Farley rocketed up the depth charts of emerging talent in the Americana realm with the way his songs resonated with audiences irrespective of their stripped-down...

28/12/2022

Thursday, December 29, from 7:00 pm ET to 10:00 pm ET, is Americana Breakdown's "Best of 2022" show on Bluegrass Country Radio. https://bluegrasscountry.org/ The playlist is available at https://americanabreakdown.com/2022/12/28/12-29-2022/

Click here to listen live to Americana Breakdown, hosted by Art Hanson, on Bluegrass Country Radio every Thursday evening from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm ET for the very best in American roots music! Click here for all the ways to listen. Click here for the Bluegrass Country archive. Two weeks of shows are...

15/06/2022

Thursday, June 16th, is my 400th show on Bluegrass Country Radio.

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04/05/2022

New Americana albums:

Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That…
Brennen Leigh - Obsessed With The West
Charley Crockett - Jukebox Charley
Cristina Vane - Make Myself Me Again
Delbert McClinton - Outdated Emotion
Honey Don't - Threadbare
Ian Noe - River Fools and Mountain Saints
Joshua Hedley - Neon Blue
Lyle Lovett - 12th Of June
Maya de Vitry - Violet Light
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - Crooked Tree
Old Crow Medicine Show - Paint This Town
Steve Forbert - Moving Through America
The Infamus Stringdusters - Toward The Fray
Willie Nelson - A Beautiful Time

29/09/2021

George Frayne, aka Commander Cody has left the planet. Bigger than life, a force of nature, a pal for 55 years, throwing my lot in with George, and our fellow Airmen, forever changed my life. He had a heart just as big as his bluster, and took me under his wing when I was a fresh faced 19 yr old. Luckily he left us a lifetime of top notch music, art and videos to enjoy. All that, plus tales of his legendary shenanigans shall live on! My heart goes out to George's tireless champion his wife Sue, and daughter Sophia. Rest in peace, Commander. Or, if you'd rather, go on, raise a ruckus.

27/09/2021

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — George Frayne has resided in the Saratoga area across four decades. Until Sunday morning, Sept 26, 2021, that is, as he passed away at his home here after a gallant fight versus the Big C.For the few Nippertowners recognizing that

14/08/2021

Although she’d been out of the spotlight for a while, losing Nanci Griffith leaves a gaping hole in an art form that has long stood by the notion that a thoughtful audience sows the seeds of change. This was how she explained to me the responsibility that came with being a folksinger. Nanci was an unflinching opponent of social injustice and a purveyor of hope. And man could she ever sing and play a guitar. Sadly, I’ll remember her fondly.
Rodney Crowell

06/08/2021

Americana Breakdown is moving back to Thursday evening 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm ET on Bluegrass Country Radio, beginning Thursday, September 16, 2021.

07/05/2021

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Pumphouse Series - Season 5 - Episode 5Gigwise presents Zephaniah Ohora in this episode of the Pumphouse Series.Visit Gigwise (https://gigwise.com) on the 1s...

30/04/2021

There’s nothing like starting a new Austin City Limits taping season with something special. Singer/songwriters Jack Ingram and Miranda Lambert have spent time on our stage before, but not quite like this. Coming together with friend and fellow tunesmith Jon Randall, the Texas natives hit the smal...