Nick Cristiano

Nothing says Americana, in the broadest sense, more than trains. They’ve long been a source of romance and fascination — and, for songwriters, metaphor-laden inspiration. Trains may no longer have a dominant presence in the American consciousness, but Americana Railroad, a compilation of new recordings of new and old numbers,

Back in 2019, Corb Lund released an EP of songs by other artists. Cover Your Tracks was pretty eclectic, source-wise, and you would not immediately associate some of the artists chosen with a Canadian cowboy and country singer. (AC/DC? Nancy Sinatra? Billy Joel?) Now, after releasing Agricultural Tragic, an

On the title song of her new album, Good Day, Danielia Cotton makes a big promise: “I’m gonna give you a reason to wake up believing it’s gonna be a good day,” she sings over a buoyant, Motown-ish groove that drives home the song’s upbeat message. The

Back in 1990, The Rave-Ups ended their third album, Chance, with “Faint Sense of Success.” The title just about summed up the band’s career. After generating some initial buzz with 1985’s Town + Country and an appearance in the movie Pretty in Pink, the band was not able to