The wildly entertaining “Wild! Wild! Wild” collaboration between Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis was released on Bloodshot Records yesterday, but the news gets even better. They’ll perform in Nashville on Sept. 11 at American Legion Post 82.
Author: Americana Music News
Chart Watch: American Aquarium’s “Things Change”
Americana Music News – The new American Aquarium album “Things Change” moves to #12 on the 
Americana Music Association’s album charts this week and with good reason. It may well be the most thought-provoking and rewarding album of the year.
There are inevitably going to be comparisons to Bruce Springsteen because of BJ Barham’s vocals, but the more critical similarity is to well-crafted songs about the kind of world we live in.
“The world Is On Fire” is the stunner, a extraordinary song about election night 2016 and the next morning’s reckoning:
“When did The Land of the Free become The Home of the Afraid?
Afraid of the world, afraid of the truth
Afraid of each other”
Podcast 20 James Maddock, Allison Pierce
The Folk Alliance International conference is always special, with non-stop shows in ballrooms and hotel rooms. Inevitably you come across truly talented artists who deserve a much wider audience. That’s the case with today’s podcast guests James Maddock and Allison Pearce.
The Rose Garden, Gene Clark and the sounds of ’67
The Rose Garden climbed into the top 20 in 1967 with “Next Plane to London,” a pleasant pop tune in the vein of We Five. There was never another hit, the album didn’t sell and the band soon broke up. And yet 51 years later we have this new release “A Trip Through the Garden – The Rose Garden Collection