Coming from the background of playing with a variety of well known political and indie musicians, all while fronting the hardcore group Endpoint, the Duncan Barlow release Colony Collapse is a project, and being a project first and foremost is complicated. READ MORE…
Americana Highways brings you this premiere album stream of JM Stevens’ Invisible Lines (Chicken Ranch Records), due out Friday November 8th. Musicians assembled on this album are JM Stevens on vocals and guitars; George Duron on drums; Andrew Duplantis on bass; Kevin Lovejoy on keys; Marty Muse on pedal steel; Carolyn Somes on backing vocals and Benito “Ace” Acevedo on harmonica. On “Maybe I Love You,” the horns are Russell Haight on saxophone; Adrian Ruiz on trumpet. On “Invisible Lines” are the Ex Romantika Horns: Iram Reyes on trumpet, Josh Balleza on trombone, and Eric Gonzalez on saxophone.
Invisible Lines was recorded and mixed by James Stevens at EAR Studio in Austin, TX, and mastered by Jim Wilson Mastering. Out on the rock ‘n roll edge of the world, JM Stevens has crafted a groovy album with a ’70s vibe. Invisible Lines is electric rock with occasional euphoric horns in the mix.
Folks in the queer community are already familiar with the concept of a root: Those people or moments who, in retrospect, led you to understand your own identity. In the new video for Michelle Brooke’s smoking single “Storm,” all of Brooke’s roots are on display: her love of ‘90s country music, her untouchable vocals and her honest, queer storytelling. READ MORE…
Americana Highways brings you this song premiere of Phoebe Hunt’s “November”. This song is part of Phoebe Hunt’s forthcoming album Neither One Of Us Is Wrong which will be available April 10 and was self-produced by Phoebe under her label, Popped Corn Records. Hunt’s band, the Gatherers, features Roy Williams (guitar, vocals), Dominick Leslie (mandolin, mandola, octave mandolin) Sam Reider (piano, organ, accordion, keys), Dave Speranza (bass), Jared Engle (bass), Rachel Loy (bass), Nicholas Falk (drums), Stephanie Hunt (jazz mills), and Sierra Hull (vocal harmonies), Mike Barnett (strings), and Ethan Jodziewicz (strings).
Folks in the queer community are already familiar with the concept of a root: Those people or moments who, in retrospect, led you to understand your own identity. In the new video for Michelle Brooke’s smoking single “Storm,” all of Brooke’s roots are on display: her love of ‘90s country music, her untouchable vocals and her honest, queer storytelling.
Today VENTS joins forces with the legendary Duncan Barlow for the release of his new single “She Came To Leave,” a track that is led by sparse acoustic guitar and Barlow’s reverb-washed vocals, reflecting the isolation in which it was recorded. READ MORE…