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08/11/2024

https://americanahighways.org/2024/11/06/review-tristan-israel-band-snake-hollow/

Tristan Israel Band has a new album "Snake Hollow." We reviewed it. Enjoy our quality music reviews and coverage on Americana Highways.

07/11/2024

Thanks for all your tremendous support of music by the artists that Art Menius Radio represents. The October Folk Alliance International charts include seven albums we promote.

The all-star celebration on Mountain Home Music called Bluegrass Sings Paxton, #1 on the FAI Top Albums Chart for September, remained very high at #2 for October 2024. Bluegrass Sings Paxton placed two songs on the FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of October: #3 (“I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound”) and #18 (“Ramblin’ Boy”).

Manos Panamericanos, the sophomore album from North Carolina’s Larry & Joe, which debuted at #8 with another heaping helping of their fusion of Appalachian and Venezuelan music, remained on the FAI album chart for October at #30.

They are tied at #30 with From China to Appalachia by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian, #2 on the FAI Top Albums Chart for August, now in its fourth month on the album chart.

Jan Gillies’ Hurricane’s Eye debuts on the October album chart at #35.

Haunted by Steve Madewell and Moses Crouch’s Earth Music debuted in October tied for #38.

Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus returned to folk music on Harbortowne and remain on the FAI Top Folk Albums chart for another month tied for #42 for October.

See the full Folk Alliance International Folk Charts for October at

05/11/2024

Americana Highways yesterday premiered the video for Steven Gellman’s new song, “The Road to Hana.” Editor Melissa Clarke wrote: “Inspired by a dream trip to Hawaii, this song is quite wonderful, and sounds like an instant traditional song, somehow, with local lore and imagery built in. The ukulele and ocarina are lovely and timeless and the hula dancer embodies the tune’s fluidity.”

Check out the video premiere for “The Road to Hana” at

Steven Gellman has a new video for his song "The Road to Hana." We premiered it. Enjoy quality music reviews & coverage on Americana Highways.

30/10/2024

On the eve of Halloween, Steve Madewell released an official video for “Haunted,” the title track of his fourth album. The album opens with a murder ballad, “Haunted.” A tragic story, set in a different time. The manifestation of a poor choice, full of regret and loss, with dire consequences of the most profound and horrible kind. A haunting on multiple levels. The song begs the question: Is this a personal metaphor, or just a fabrication? Modal scales, with engaging harmonies, and accentuating hand drums. A haunting on multiple levels.

Enjoy the video for “Haunted” by Steve Madewell at

Steve Madewell “Haunted” Official Music Video from the album HauntedWritten and performed by Steve Madewellhttps://madewellmusic.com/https://www.facebook.com...

30/10/2024

"Jim Patton sings as if he were Willie Nelson himself with a voice of the coarser caliber, but with Sherry Brokus' bright background voice, it becomes an arrangement that is constantly growing and contagious.

"Some of the more appealing tracks are 'Lottery', the title song 'Harbortown' and 'Sally Brown', the latter a song that is both beautiful and catchy.

"Musically, it is harmony through and through and the music breathes soft country in a suitable combination with that typical American folk music.... a pleasant new acquaintance and music that can undoubtedly brighten the autumn darkness."

AMERICANA! Amerikansk folkmusik och inte minst en stor portion americana a´la Tom Paxton, John Prine och varför inte Kris Kristofferson och några till. Kompet är enkelt och sparsamt – och sån…

29/10/2024

“It's the kind of music that I feel can transcend time and space in profound way,” Pepper said. I think it's hard to beat these old songs, and it's important to open this door to other people.”

Susan Pepper has released “Where the Islands Overflow: Traditional Song from Appalachia” (Ballad Records). Learn more about the album here!

25/10/2024

21/10/2024

Susan Graham Pepper’s third album on Ballad Records, When the Islands Overflow: Traditional Song From Appalachia, topped the overall AirPlay Direct Top 50 Chart for the week ending October 19, 2024 with a whopping 374 downloads by radio programmers in just six days. Naturally, When the Islands Overflow, released just after Hurricane Helene’s floods devastated Pepper’s home region, also finished at #1 on the AirPlay Direct Bluegrass-Folk Chart for the week ending Saturday. As of October 20th, When the Islands Overflow, was #5 Top 50 and #3 Bluegrass-Folk for the month.

Kurt Anderson’s belated debut album on Riverlark, Life on Interstate 40, finished at #1 on the AirPlay Direct Country/Alt Chart for the week ending October 19 and, as of yesterday, stood at #1 for the month of October on that chart. Life on Interstate 40, meanwhile, also claimed #9 on the AirPlay Direct Top 50 Chart for the week ending October 19, 2024 with 126 spins.

21/10/2024

🎶They’re gonna put us in the movies🎶 Last week was a wild one that included playing in the background during a bar scene for a film shooting in Harlan County, KY! Thanks to Ellie & Tom for coming through! Will let you know when the film’s out!

16/10/2024

Bluegrass Sings Paxton, the superstar collection of bluegrass versions of Tom Paxton classics that is #1 on the monthly Folk Alliance International Album Chart, remained in the top five on the NACC Top 30 Folk Chart for a fifth consecutive week, landing at #4 for the week ending October 15, 2024. Kansas Public Radio, KBOO ( #1), KCSB, KDUR ( #1), M3 Radio, SiriusXM: The Village, and WUTK reported Bluegrass Sings Paxton in their weekly Top 10s.

16/10/2024

2 days of GRAMMY voting left 🙏🏽 Recording Academy / GRAMMYs

08/10/2024

Thanks for all your tremendous support of music by the artists that Art Menius Radio represents. The September Folk Alliance International charts demonstrate the amount with ten albums in the Top 40 including #1, #2, #5, and #8. These releases also produced 8 Top Ten Songs. And as it came to pass, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer appear on three of the top five albums for September.

The all-star celebration on Mountain Home Music called Bluegrass Sings Paxton debuted at #1 on the FAI Top Albums Chart for September 2024. Bluegrass Sings Paxton overwhelmed the FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of September placing cuts at #1 (“I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound”), #2 (“I Give You The Morning”), #5 (“The Same River Twice”), #5 (“Central Square”), #10 (“You Took Me In”), #10 (“Ramblin’ Boy”), #10 (“The Last Thing on my Mind”), and #19 (“The Things I Notice Now”).

Right behind at #2 on the Top Albums of September comes the debut of Labor Day: A Tribute to Hardworking People Everywhere, credited to Si Kahn and George Mann and produced to mark Si’s 80th year. Labor Day also produced hit songs: #4 (“The Old Labor Hall”), #19 (“Long Way to Harlan”), #19 (“Back When Times Were Hard”), #19 (“Gone Gonna Rise Again"), and #19 (“Lawrence Jones”).

From China to Appalachia by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian, #2 on the FAI Top Albums Chart for August, remained very strong at #5 for September. Their version of Ola Belle Reed’s “High on a Mountain” stayed on the FAI Song Chart at #19. The trio is also #5 artist for September.

Manos Panamericanos, the sophomore album from North Carolina’s Larry & Joe, debuts at #8 with another heaping helping of their fusion of Appalachian and Venezuelan music. Larry & Joe are #9 on the September Artist Chart.

The Two of Us by Janie Rothfield and Allan Carr entered its third consecutive month on the Top Albums Chart at #33.

Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus return to folk music on Harbortowne and to the FAI Top Folk Albums of September tied for #29 with Lessen the Blue by Ontario’s Larry Folk, also making its FAI chart debut.

Georgia fiddler Ivan Strunin’s The First of December, featuring Dirk Powell and Michael Doucet, which debuted on the FAI Top Albums Chart for August at #8, finished at #28 album for September.

Goldenrod, Teni Rane’s full-length debut, tied for #40 on the FAI Top Folk Albums Chart for September in its second month. Same for the Wasted Luck EP by Kentucky natives Tiffany Williams and Dalton Mills, although it contains only three songs.

See the full Folk Alliance International Folk Charts for August at https://www.folkradio.org/chart/september-2024/

25/09/2024

SIX JAZZ FUNK GREATS: Marcel Sletten is certainly getting no sleep these days between his impressive live show and release schedule. Last week he released his new album Heather And Birch on his Primordial Void label. It starts off the bat with one of the noisiest and most brutal tracks he’s ever m...

25/09/2024

https://yorkcalling.co.uk/2024/09/23/jim-patton-sherry-brokuss-new-album-brings-misspent-youth-to-life/

Steeped in the tradition of telling stories about a particular place, Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus’s Harbortowne brings suburban America to life.

25/09/2024

Bluegrass Sings Paxton, the superstar collection of bluegrass versions of Tom Paxton classics, moved up one spot to #2 on the NACC Top 30 Folk Chart for the week ending September 24, 2024. Kansas Public Radio, KBOO ( #1), KCSB, KEUL, KGLT, KVMR, M3 Radio, SiriusXM: The Village, WAMC, and WORT reported Bluegrass Sings Paxton in their weekly Top 10s. Artists on Bluegrass Sings Paxton include Della Mae—joined by Paxton himself, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Claire Lynch, Tim O’Brien, Laurie Lewis, Aaron Burdette, and Alice Gerrard.

From China to Appalachia by Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian, #2 on the FAI Top Albums Chart for August and #3 on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart, returned to the NACC Folk Chart for a fourth time this week at #17. KBOO, SiriusXM: The Village, and WNMC ( #1) reported From China to Appalachia.

17/09/2024

https://www.citizen-times.com/obituaries/pgsc0943542

Billy Edd Wheeler

The Asheville Citizen Times obituaries and death notices. Remembering the lives of those we've lost.

15/09/2024

New music this week

Kate MacLeod's Mind the Gap, a Neo-Traditional Americana band, has recorded this original song by Kate MacLeod. The band includes award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kate MacLeod on voc