FRESH TRACK: Chuck Prophet - "Wake The Dead"
Chuck Prophet's first album in 4 years is inspired by the cumbia bands he saw at San Francisco clubs in the pandemic's aftermath, while undergoing cancer treatment. The music was a source of joy, during a dark time. He started playing with ¿Qiensave? a cumbia band
BONUS TRACKS: International Folk Music Awards Announcements + More Music News
Earlier this week, Folk Alliance International announced numerous nominees and recipients for the Best of 2024 and International Folk Music Awards, respectively. The ceremony will take place during the first night of the industry nonprofit's 37th annual conference, which takes place Feb. 19-23, 2025 in Montréal.
Highlights include:
Lucinda Williams’ Beatles Record Soundtracks A Good Time Without Straying Too Far
Cover albums are notoriously challenging beasts. Artists must try to balance maintaining individuality, while also adhering to the source material. Listeners have to justify listening to new interpretations, when the original songs are often easily accessible. When covering a band as beloved, foundational, and obsessed-over as The Beatles, every choice
No Depression Sessions at AMERICANAFEST 2024: Gaby Moreno
Guatemalan master storyteller and singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno joined us at Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge for her No Depression Session at AMERICANAFEST '24, to share three songs including two from her latest record, Dusk.
Please enjoy this performance, and stay tuned for more No Depression x AMERICANAFEST '
ALBUM REVIEW: Nick Gusman & The Coyotes Prove Their Mettle on 'Lifting Heavy Things'
Nick Gusman & The Coyotes don’t do half measures, as evidenced by their barnstorming third album, Lifting Heavy Things, which has all the markings of a soon-to-be critical and commercial breakthrough. By the time the LP’s second track, “Sound of A Broken Heart” has finished, the band have
THE READING ROOM: Jeff Apter on 'Carl Perkins: The King of Rockabilly'
“Well, it’s one for the money, two for the show/three to get ready, now go, cat, go.” That’s just what Australian music writer Jeff Apter (Don’t Dream It’s Over), does in his affectionate, straight-ahead biography Carl Perkins: The King of Rockabilly (Citadel/Kensington, November 26)