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 [...]

You know those people who carry around a notebook and seem to find things from everyday life to work into songs? I can’t do that. I hate those people!” says JD McPherson, who, when he does write, is always on the money. Here, the lo-fi leaning, former art teacher from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma discusses songwriting, his [...]

Singer-songwriter JD McPherson, who hails from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, is influenced by hip hop, the blues, and artists like Little Richard and James Brown. Like his heroes of soul, McPherson recorded his new album, Signs & Signifiers, using all-analog technology at Chicago’s Hi-Style studio. We asked the rootsy troubadour about writing Signs & Signifiers‘ “A [...]