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

When singer-songwriter Brad Lauretti performs publicly, he bills himself under the moniker, This Frontier Needs Heroes. He’s released four albums under that title, and currently releasing the fifth, Go With The Flow. Brad started out like many young men, playing in high school bands with his friends. He didn’t start taking the craft of writing songs seriously until he got to ...

Jersey City, NJ’s Gary Van Miert says he has always had an interest music, especially that point where blues, country and gospel music intersect. A fan of the Elvis Presley, Ernest Tubbs era of music that came out of Sun Studios in Memphis in the 1950’s, Gary said, “they captured lightning in a bottle and changed the world.” Playing music ...

This week welcomes the release of a fabulous new single from the Asquith Session no.3 with featured vocalists Aly Cook , Jon Abo & George Washingmachine. ARIA award winning producersDavid Nicholas and Graham “Buzz” Bidstrup brought together a session band of legendary Australian musicians at Sydney’s Asquith Studios adding their own unique interpretations to some much loved classic Country, Blues ...

Christopher Griffiths childhood dream was to grow up and become a rock star. Growing up in the cold winters of Michigan, he had a lot of time indoors to fantasize about such things. He didn’t have to wait long though, as he began playing in bands when he was just nine years old. Christopher attended Berklee College of Music in ...

New Zealand’s Aly Cook’s most recent CD, Caught In The Middle, saw it’s first single, “Red Dirt Road Trip,” land at number one on both the Country Songs Top 40 Australian Airplay Chart, and the Tasmanian independent Country Airplay Chart – not to shabby for an album project that was completely crowd funded. Her passion for performing and songwriting spills ...

This week marks the release of the first single from the much anticipated Asquith Session No.3 featuring vocalists Aly Cook , Jon Abo & George Washingmachine. ARIA award winning producers David Nicholas and Graham “Buzz” Bidstrup brought together a session band of legendary Australian musicians at Sydney’s Asquith Studios to add their own unique interpretations to some much loved classic songs. The tracks are released through SBD Music, a label ...

Sister Sadie took two of the highest honors at Thursday’s (10/1/20) 31st Annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards. The “Entertainer of the Year,” and “Vocal Group of the Year,” awards were bestowed on the band comprising of Tina Adair, Dale Ann Bradley, Gena Britt and Deanie Richardson. This year’s event was streamed live and hosted by Sierra Hull, Joe Newberry, Tim O’Brien and Rhonda ...

Jerry Salley has been a part of the Nashville music scene, writing and singing songs since 1982. He was born and raised in the small town of Chillicothe, Ohio. At 18 he signed with SESAC, a song performing rights organization. Upon graduation from the University of Ohio, he moved to Nashville to begin his career in music, landing a job ...

Nashville based, traditional bluegrass band, High Fidelity was nominated for New Artist of the Year at the 2019 IBMA awards – an achievement to be proud of for sure. Jeremy Stephens, guitarist and lead vocalist for the group says he’s a big fan of the early male quartet music from the 1920’s and 30’s, and those influences certainly show up in their music, especially ...

Jim Stanard grew up hanging out at legendary music spots like Main Point Coffeehouse in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania where he saw great young musicians like Tom Rush, Doc Watson, and Bruce Springsteen. He saw Bob Dylan in Philadelphia in 1966, and attended Woodstock in 1969. It was an incredible era of music, and Jim fell in love with it. It inspired him play ...