One of our favorite events of the year takes place today, May 31, 2025 and there are still tickets available. The Roots on the Rivers Music Festival is at Two Rivers Mansion in Nashville and supports the nonprofit public radio station WMOT 89.5 FM. Scheduled to perform: Sam Bush and his band, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Liz Longley, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Noeline…

Podcast 21 The Milk Carton Kids and Seth Timbs
In this episode of the Americana Music News Podcast, The Milk Carton Kids – Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale – talk about the duo’s career, the mixed blessing of being compared to Simon and Garfunkel and their rich new album “All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do.”

Podcast 22 The War and Treaty, plus Gin, Chocolate and Bottle Rockets
There are fresh voices galore on this episode of Americana Music News. First, we’ll hear from the much-heralded duo War and Treaty, followed by a First Person segment featuring the Madison, Wisconsin-based trio Gin, Chocolate and Bottle Rockets.

Podcast 25 Band of Heathens’ “Message from the People Revisited”
The Band of Heathens release “A Message from the People Revisited,” a breath of fresh air at a cynical time.