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Americana Highways debuts The Real Billy Keane’s new song of hope and connection, “Never Give Up,” one of the first songs inspired by, written, recorded and released during the Covid-19 pandemic

Americana Highways presents this premiere of Billy Keane’s song “Never Give Up,” which was written, produced and recorded by Billy Keane; mixed and mastered by Alex Saltz of APS Mastering.  “Never Give Up” is Jackson Whalan on electronic drums, Miles Lally on bass, and Billy Keane on vocals, guitars, and everything else.

Big, bold heartbeat bass drums launch this song up into the atmosphere of hope. The sound is as rich and glorious as the intention of Billy Keane’s songwriting. READ MORE…

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Glide Magazine compares Michelle Billingsley’s “biting & enigmatic” new single to Nancy Sinatra & Neko Case

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Michelle Billingsley is not your typical folk singer. For starters, in her own words, “Folk music does not talk about f*cking.” But she does. Billingsley sings about a whole lot of subjects considered taboo for polite women. Though you might not catch it on first listen—she wraps her charmingly cutting lyrics in boisterous acoustic strumming, her dryly dark sense of humor and a (whip)smart-assed vocal delivery. It all sounds a bit like Emmylou Harris went through the looking glass. READ MORE…

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Beats Per Minute offers impeccable insight on Sylvia Rose Novak’s new single, “Waiting On October.”

Sylvia Rose Novak

The work of Alabama-based Americana-folk artist Sylvia Rose Novak is mired in roughhewn Southern experiences and the gothic atmospheres of her home state. Previously making her way through the country-folk scenes in Alabama, she recently took a turn towards a sound with a bit more muscle, something a bit more rock-oriented. Taking the form of her upcoming record, Bad Luck, this stylistic tangent finds her embracing the darker influences and histories that have shaped her perspective on music and the way she approaches it creation.

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Vents Magazine interviews country singer Craig Gerdes about his new single, forthcoming album Tough As Nails, and the life of a road-dog stuck in quarantine

Steeped in the white lines, black tar and diesel smoke of the American highway, Tough As Nails—the latest LP from Craig Gerdes—is raw and real, a document of a road-tested band fast on the rise. Ever since the central-Illinois songwriter released his lauded 2018 debut LP, Smokin’ Drinkin’ & Gamblin’—and right up until the current pandemic—he’s been on tour almost constantly, playing upwards of 150 shows per year, including opening slots and festival support for top country and Americana artists from Tyler Childers and Paul Cauthen to Jamey Johnson and Cody Jinks, as well as a lengthy run with hard-rocker-turned-country-star Aaron Lewis.
 
Sit with him for five minutes and you’ll know that Gerdes is a natural-born storyteller. Really, Tough as Nails (out April 24) is a documentary in album form. It deals with real people, real places and real struggles, collected along the interstate as Gerdes and his band played an endless parade of one-night stands. New single “Pennies, Feather and Dimes,” premiering today at Vents, was written as a tribute to our departed ancestors, family and friends. READ MORE…