The history of Tea Leaf Green is a fascinating journey. Like The Band, The Grateful Dead, Dylan or Springsteen, there is a mythos to their art. But unlike those old idols, there isn’t a staggering collection of biographies, documentaries, or even magazine features on this band. More still, their story isn’t over. Our story begins [...]

You’ve got to love it when artists unearth tracks from the deep and resuscitate them for our enjoyment. Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys is a compilation album of that nature, featuring contributions from the likes of Johnny Depp, Sean Lennon, Patti Smith, Beth Orton, and Iggy Pop. The list goes [...]

Ryan Adams performed his song “Shining Through The Dark,” his contribution to the soundtrack to Judd Apatow’s This is 40, on Conan last night. The Americana artist was accompanied by Don Was on bass and steel guitar great Cindy Cashdollar on dobro. Watch them make beautiful music below. Ryan Adams: Losering, A Story Of Whiskeytown [...]

  The Americana Music Association has issued its Top 100 Albums Of The Year list. The list tallies the amount of plays each record had on the Americana Airplay Chart from November 2011 to November 2012. The Americana Airplay Chart, a subsection of the Americana Music Association, represents terrestrial radio stations, nationally syndicated shows, satellite [...]

This Winter is gearing up to be an eventful one for the bluegrass extraordinaires, The Infamous Stringdusters. The band’s new album, Silver Sky (Deluxe Edition), is available now, and a series of tours have been planned around it. First, we have the The Infamous Stringdusters GoPro Live Virtual Tour, which features exclusive video posts at [...]

Austin’s Lennings are gathering momentum with their indie-inspired, acoustic rendition of “You’re The One That I Want” from Grease. You can listen to that, plus every other track on their excellent 2012 album Inside, below (pick it up on iTunes here). Band member Jason Silverberg shared some of his thoughts about the unexpected cover, which [...]

Following his critically acclaimed self-titled debut, Harper Simon, son of Paul Simon, is set to release his follow up record, Division Street, on March 26th of next year. Simon co-produced Division Streetwith Tom Rothrock, who has produced albums for the likes of Elliot Smith and Beck. Division Street is reportedly a departure for Simon. It [...]

Supernatural Strategies For Making A Rock ‘n’ Roll Group Ian F. Svenonius (Akashic Books) If you can read, read this book. Even if you’ve never really entertained the notion of forming a rock n’ roll group, or any group for that matter, this book should be at the top of your reading list. In fact, [...]

The Recording Secrets Behind 50 Great Albums (Backbeat Books) Edited by Kylee Swenson Gordon Rating: 4 stars Drawn from the vaults of Remix, Electronic Musician, and EQ Magazine, The Recording Secrets Behind 50 Great Albums reprints articles designed to educate readers on the recording, mixing, and songwriting processes of an eclectic assortment of musicians. Classics [...]

YouTube sensations Walk Off The Earth brought their act to Nashville last night, putting on a show at the Cannery Ballroom for a crowd of hundreds. The band of hardworking Canucks proved they were much more than five kids, a guitar, and a cover song (though they did bust out that little trick during their [...]

Mumford & Sons have given us one of the most simple – yet thought provoking – music videos of the year. Director Idris Elba (The Wire, Prometheus) plays the role of a blind man coming to terms with his limitations in a spectacular performance of anguish and perseverance. “Lover of the Light” is the latest [...]

“Mockingbird” Written by George Kamel What inspired you to write “Mockingbird?” The idea of not knowing what you have until it’s gone. I think a lot of times with relationships we kind of get our heads in too deep, and when you take a step back you realize how much you really have that’s there. [...]