Americana Music Magazine – Bluegrass, Roots, Folk, Blues, and Old-Time

Shannon Hudson was born in Wisconsin, moved to Houston, and went to college in Southern California, before settling in the Austin, TX area in 2007, where he currently resides. He started playing piano in 4th grade, but it was during his sophomore year in college that Shannon lived in Germany. “My Grandmother bought me a guitar so I could have ...

Kim Edwards resides in the little village of North Hampton, PA, “for reference, if you listen to Billy Joel, it’s near Allentown,” she clarified. The now stay-at-home mom said she’s, “always been doing music, off and on, for the last 15 to 20 years. It certainly ebbs and flows, but with this new album coming out, it’s flowing a little ...

Ken Holt lives in the sleepy little beach town of Satellite Beach, FL. The son of a US Marine, he was born in Jacksonville, FL, then moved around a bit growing up before settling down and serving 20 years as a youth pastor in the Presbyterian Church. Before that, in the mid 70’s and early 80’s, he was a bass ...

Dayton Ohio native, guitarist, Tim Tye, has been honing his music craft since his high school days. A fan of Americana traditions, his style leans hard in that direction, as evident on his first three albums; Dark Stretch, A Few Good Years, and the third project, Last Hope For The Modern World. “Like most musicians, when I was in high ...

Originally gaining attention as the front man for Boston punk trio, The Spikes, in the early ’80s, Digney Fignus, is a genre-defying American singer-songwriter, bandleader, and producer, whose career has taken him from the underground punk clubs of Boston, to the top of the national Americana charts. Digney grew up in Lexington MA, and currently resides in Cape Cod. He ...

Andy Bernstein (AKA Andy B) is a veteran of the New Brunswick, NJ Roots Rocker scene from the mid-80s as the primary singer/songwriter for the six-album VooDUDES. “New Brunswick had an incredible music scene,” he reflected. “The downtown area had gone to pot, and the only people that went there at night were the people that were into music. Bands ...

It’s the music video premiere for the stirring new single, “Haves & Have Nots,” co–written by multi-award-winning songwriter and producer Brent Maher and hit songwriters Joe Robinson and Seth Hopkins. Maher, with seven Grammy-winning projects to his credit, has written his first work of fiction, but of course, music must be included. The song is from Maher’s upcoming project Night of the Orphan Train – A Musical ...

Cross Canadian Ragweed was a pioneering force in the Red Dirt and Texas country music scenes, blending rock, country, and Southern influences into a unique sound that resonated with fans across the country. Formed in 1994 in Yukon, Oklahoma, the band consisted of Cody Canada (lead vocals and guitar), Grady Cross (guitar), Randy Ragsdale (drums), and Jeremy Plato (bass). The ...

Don Cusic is about to release the first comprehensive biography of country icon Chet Atkins in June 2025. The book itself is twelve years in the making, an effort to fill a major gap in country music history by this professor and music historian from Belmont University in Nashville. Along with his academic qualifications, Don brings a life-long love of ...

In October 2021, officials inducted David Anthony (Tony) Rice as the 2021 member of the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Tragically, this 2021 induction was a last recognition of Rice’s achievements and came in the form of a posthumous award as Mr. Rice had passed away at the age of 69 the previous December. Of course this last recognition ...