The multimedia artist gives us a deeper look into his boldly optimistic and tender-hearted debut album, Shining Out.

On this Americana rocker’s new album, the problems of quarantine life never sounded so fun.

Minneapolis-based folk duo Bad Posture Club serenade the beautiful and terrible parts of life on their gorgeous second album.

Carol reviews Luke Callen’s new album, Hard Sardine, track by track, and Callen offers his insights into each song!

The Sapsuckers at Icehouse, Minneapolis

The Vermont Americana artist talks about her unusual life path and her brooding new EP, The Hour.

The new release Gild the Black Lily by Harlem-based Americana artist Queen Esther is an instant classic.

A nomadic artist's spiritual travels in lockdown

The Deep Dark Woods lives up to their name with beautiful, melancholic, trancelike folk music on their new album, Changing Faces.

Carol reminisces about one of her favorite musicians and the best Americana artist you’ve never heard of.

Learn about four recent Americana albums we love, by or featuring indigenous artists from the U.S. and Canada.

For many music fans (including us), allegations of sexual misconduct by artists are disturbing and upsetting. Carol collected thoughts of other fans and tackled the topic from the audience perspective.

We’re celebrating the art of the protest song in Americana music with 10 of our favorite songs of anger and hope.

Minneapolis-based artist Eli Gardiner talks about his latest album, The Fire and the Medicine, how he approaches songwriting, and more.

More than ‘just’ a show: Dispatches from the Cactus Blossoms concert at First Ave

On March 27, 2021, Carol and Jaclyn attended this very limited-seating show (which was also livestreamed). We hadn’t seen a show together since March 9, 2020, so it was an especially special night—even if it hadn’t been Carol’s favorite band playing, even if it wasn’t at the iconic First Avenue nightclub. So we both wanted to share our impressions of the concert.

Jake and Ira Breathe New Life Into Old-Time Music
Saskatchewan artists Jake and Ira’s new album blends covers and originals in a joyous celebration of old-time bluegrass and country.

Indie singer-songwriter Ryan Westwood talks about his journey to becoming a self-produced musician and his just-released debut single, “By All Accounts.”

Crossover artist Annie Mack talks about the intertwined history of blues and country, and about representing her whole self, unapologetically, on her newest release.

Annie Mack’s new EP is a genre-defying triumph

From the first note she sang, I was completely ready to give the whole EP a chance. Annie Mack has one of those voices that taps directly into the pleasure centers of the brain.

Charlie Parr and Mikkel revisit their West Bank folk days

This show had that speakeasy feel that several pandemic concerts have had — money and information exchanged on Venmo, a tromp through an icy field to an unmarked back door, a verbal confirmation from staff that we were here for the show.