Americana Archive
13 Mar 2018
Delbert McClinton: Keeper of the Flame (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Along with backing blues legends who came through Fort Worth, Texas, McClinton and his band often got the opportunity to go on the road with the […]
12 Mar 2018
Delbert McClinton: Keeper of the Flame (Part One)
The term Americana hadn’t been coined when Delbert McClinton started making music. His brand of music has always drawn from blues, hillbilly, country, and rock ‘n’ roll, all filtered through […]
28 Feb 2018
Asheville’s Holiday Hang 2017
Calling an event “Holiday Hang” suggests a loose, informal and fun way to spend a December evening. That’s accurate, but organizers of the annual event – now in its sixth […]
26 Feb 2018
Album Review: The Rough and Tumble — We Made Ourselves a Home…
The Rough & Tumble is the folk-Americana duo of Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler. These days the pair consider themselves at home on the road, but in the Rough & […]
23 Feb 2018
Jack Devereux: Strings of Life (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two… The Cult of Old Wood A violin maker can’t simply drive to the nearest lumber yard for wood. Devereux explains that the raw material – maple […]
22 Feb 2018
Jack Devereux: Strings of Life (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… The Right Way There’s a great deal of history wrapped up in the art of fiddle-making, but Devereux’s perspective on the subject is of a decidedly […]
21 Feb 2018
Jack Devereux: Strings of Life (Part One)
I was at a party,” Jack Devereux recalls. “This drunk girl sat on my violin and busted the head off.” What could have been an unmitigated disaster instead served as […]
07 Jan 2018
Hundred Word Reviews for January 2018, Part 2
As promised, here are ten more capsule reviews of new music. The Sherlocks – Live for the Moment In an era many define as “post-rock,” it’s refreshing to discover a […]
06 Jan 2018
Hundred Word Reviews for January 2018, Part 1
As we begin another calendar year, now seems like a good time to clear out some of my backlog. All of these albums are new (or at least newish) releases. […]
02 Jan 2018
The Squirrel Nut Zippers: Hot for the Holidays
Founded in Chapel Hill, N.C., the Squirrel Nut Zippers were more a summer art project than a serious band. But with the 1996 smash success of “Hell” from the group’s […]