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Americana Highways premieres song and video for The Deep Hollow’s “Hangin’ On”

The Deep Hollow

Americana Highways is pleased to bring you this double premiere — the song and the video — of the track “Hangin’ On” from the Deep Hollow’s soon-to-be-released album Weary Traveler (due on November 9th).   “Hangin’ On” features Micah Walk on vocals, acoustic guitar, and harmonica, Dave Littrell on vocals and electric guitar, Jeff Cunningham on bass, Brandt Sitze on drums, and Liz Eckert on vocals.  Weary Traveler was produced by Gary Gordon and The Deep Hollow.

This is the best kind of mournful harmonica and steel dobro combined with the best kind of poignant lyrics and vocal delivery.  “You should have said what you were thinking” — isn’t that the truth.  Bravo to The Deep Hollow for hitting the Americana sweet spot!  Micah Walk says…..READ MORE

 

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Lindsay Kay shares playlist with B-Sides and Badlands

Growing up, I tried desperately to hide my feminine nature. My father was born within and embraced a tired generation of toxic masculinity and rustic traditions. While he would later grow to understand and accept my identity, as a kid, he made valiant attempts to pass on his version of what being a man was. But my body, literally and metaphorically, rejected such an approach, and thankfully, society itself has evolved to a point where I can live freely and unapologetically. Of course, we have miles to go before we can “sleep,” but we’re much closer than we were 20 years ago.

Pop singer-songwriter Lindsay Kay takes a careful and incisive approach with her new album, For the Feminine, by the Feminine, a stunning backdrop of narratives written, crafted and produced by feminine-identifying individuals and celebrating truth and divinity in femininity. Accompanying the release, the promising newcomer has curated a feminine-empowered playlist just for B-Sides & Badlands, featuring such blog favorites as Lizzo, Ariana Grande, Beyoncé and Demi Lovato, among others…..READ MORE

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Cowboys & Indians premieres Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters’ new video for “Love Me Like You Did”

Nick Dittmeier & the Saw Dusters

These days it can be tough to find a group that maintains a steady balance between traditional and modern country. But Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters do just that, putting out Southern rock storytelling songs wrapped in true twang picking and strumming and tight, hoedowny harmonies.

Hailing from Indiana, Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters have become a fixture on the Midwest Americana scene, winning fans since the release of their first EP, Extra Better, in 2014.

Now the group — composed of lead singer Nick Dittmeier, guitarist JP Payton, bassist Rev. Bob Rutherford, and drummer Mark Wayne Minnick — are set to release All Damn Day. Available on October 26, the album is a collection of deeply introspective tracks that shine with compelling storytelling.

“We never really stopped touring after the release of our last record, so any writing or recording that was done butted up against playing shows and constantly moving. But that was a good thing,” says Dittmeier. “JP Payton, our guitar player, and I usually had our acoustic guitars on tour with us and whenever we had time we were working out guitar parts or songs forms. So while we didn’t have large blocks of time for writing, we had little bursts of creativity, which was really helpful. And because we were on a time constraint, we were forced to walk away from the work. So we made notes either in notebooks or just on our phones that we could go back and reference when we had time to work through ideas…….READ MORE

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LA dream-folk duo Rainstorm Brother – track premiere @ LA Record (10/15)

LA dream-folk duo Rainstorm Brother – track premiere @ LA Record (10/15)

Rainstorm Brother is songwriter John Isaac Watters (who you might remember from his Hi-Hat residencies, or other street-level sets) and electronics wrangler Tyler Chester, who together make an atmospheric kind of future folk, and “Heavy Blue” is a glimpse of their coming debut. READ MORE…

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Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters premiere new track “Trouble Song” with Americana Highways

Nick Dittmeier & the Saw Dusters

Americana Highways is pleased to bring you this premiere of “Trouble Song” by Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters, from their soon-to-be-released album All Damn Day, produced by Jason McCully.

Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters create instant old fashioned bluesy classics, and this track is no different.  The lyrical character is hiding out at home dodging bill collectors and religious proselytizers alike, all while bouncing off against the most catchy, bluesy musical arrangement you can imagine.  Things escalate lyrically just like old-timey bluegrass songs used to do, with the dog getting away and a hearse is rolling down the street with its rosary beads swaying; the tale builds all the while with the rhythms holding nice and steady.  But you’ll have to scroll down and find out how it ends…..READ MORE

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The Deep Hollow talks with Red Line Roots about single “Freedom Street” off of their upcoming record

 

The Deep Hollow
Micah Walk: “Freedom Street is about homelessness. It’s one of those songs that almost feels like it wrote itself. There’s this street in our hometown called Freedom Drive with a busy intersection that’s a common place for folks who are down on their luck to see if drivers sitting at a red light might offer some help. Cardboard signs saying things like “Jesus saves” and “Veteran, anything helps” reveal these little hints of their stories. My parents took my brother and sister and I to our very small town Baptist church every Sunday and religion is definitely a reoccurring theme in my songs, even though I question it now. And like a lot of artists right now, my work is certainly impacted by the current political climate. Both religious and political overtones are thick in Freedom Street – from the woman who doesn’t need saving because she’s certain her faith is all she really needs, to the veteran who is struggling with being back home in a country that doesn’t seem to appreciate his sacrifices, with a street called Freedom Drive as the setting.”