Rising New York City singer-songwriter Loren Benjamin has a great support team. His manager is Theo Roos, the former CEO of Universal Music Netherlands, and drummer Steve Jordan (Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, John Mayer)  is producing his debut album. Check out ”Live & Die,” a track from his promising, self-titled EP. “When I wrote the song [...]

Harper Simon, perhaps our favorite scion of songwriting royalty, will hit the road with The Polyphonic Spree to promote his latest album, Division Street. You can pick up tickets here. Watch the new video for Division Street‘s”99″ over yonder, and check out Simon’s tour dates below. Also, don’t miss our recent feature story, Haper Simon’s [...]

“Pour a little poison onto my good name.” You may know British singer-songwriter David Ford from his appearances at Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits, or maybe you caught one of his gigs supporting Elvis Costello, Ray LaMontagne, KT Tunstall, Gomez or Ingrid Michaelson. Ford’s acclaimed new album Charge is available now digitally. In June, Razor [...]

John Fogerty’s new album Wrote A Song For Everyone finds the celebrated rock veteran collaborating with a who’s who list of friends and admirers — including Miranda Lambert, Alan Jackson, Foo Fighters, Bob Seger,  Jennifer Hudson, Brad Paisley, Kid Rock, Dawes and My Morning Jacket. The album is due May 28 on Vanguard Records. Read our [...]

We’re excited to bring you Rumspringa, the debut album from promising young folk artist and champion flat-picker Dillon Hodges. “Rumspringa is an album made up of fictional stories and characters,” Hodges tells American Songwriter. “However, I have learned it is nearly impossible for me to write a song without leaving a reflection of myself between [...]

Singer-songwriter John Grant’s latest album, Pale Green Ghosts, has made a big splash in Europe. This is despite its preoccupation with serious topics like homophobia, addiction, and being HIV positive; in 2012, Grant acknowledged that he has been living with the disease. The album is the followup to  2010′s Queen of Denmark, which Mojo Magazine [...]

What if Mom was one of us? We’re excited to share Joan Osborne’s “Born To See You Through” with you. The bluesy, Grammy-nominated rocker is currently offering the song (backed with a cover of Emmylou Harris’”Love and Happiness”) for sale on her website, with proceeds going to the children’s charities The Somaly Mam Foundation and [...]

“Every time you make a record, the minute you finish, you write your favorite song ever,” says Lori McKenna. She and producer Mark Erelli whittled down twelve songs out of 70 to create Massachusetts, her sixth studio album. We spoke to McKenna, whose songs have been recorded by Alison Krauss, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and [...]

We’re excited to bring you the advance stream of David Ramirez’s The Rooster, a killer new EP from the popular Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter. It’s the followup to last year’s Apologies, which debuted at #2 on iTunes Singer-Songwriter charts. The highlight? The tightly-harmonized “Forgiven,” which offers a road warrior’s take on the audience-performer relationship. Check out [...]

A rare 1963 Bob Dylan lyric for the unpublished song “Go Away You Bomb” will go up for auction at Christie’s on June 26th. The lyrics were hastily dashed off by Dylan at the request of one his early friends and mentors, Izzy Young of the Greenwich Village Folklore Center. “I asked everyone I knew [...]

Nick Jaina’s 2010 album A Bird In The Opera House got a lot of people talking. Daytrotter dubbed it “a spectacular jaw-dropper,” while NPR was stunned by its “mysterious beauty.” Intrigued? Check out the video for “High Beams,” from Jaina’s just-released followup Primary Perception. “We shot the video at Jason Leonard’s vintage poster studio,” says the [...]

If, like us, you’re headed to Bonnaroo this year, today is the day you’ve been waiting for since February’s big lineup reveal. The good folks behind this year’s three-day musical extravaganza have released the full schedule on their website. Japandroids, Alt-J, Father John Misty and The Vaccines will greet the intrepid Thursday crowd. Wilco, Jim [...]