Americana Music Flourishing in Early 2010
We're only six weeks into the year and I've been pleased with the amount of new Americana music that's been coming my way. I think my favorite album title so far is Ray Wylie Hubbard's A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C) and if you listen closely, you might just get some answers from this perceptive Texan. I really like his electrified version of a song he wrote with Hayes Carll, "Drunken Poet's Dream." Another cool record I'd recommend is from I See Hawks in L.A., who have just released a compilation called Shoulda Been Gold 2001-2009. Even though I've heard their distinctive name for years, it's the first album I've heard by this band. Blending lonesome country with smart lyrics, I now realize I shoulda been paying more attention. Luckily I feel like this solid Gold brings me up to date, even if I am a decade late. At any rate, here's a sampling of some new Americana music from the last few weeks.
"Drunken Poet's Dream," Ray Wylie Hubbard
"Shoulda Been Gold," I See Hawks in L.A.
"Cumberland," Randy Kohrs
"Hand of God," Jason Boesel
"Candice," Blue Rodeo
"The Day After Everything Changed," Ellis Paul
"Monday Night," Barton Carroll
"River Girl," Zane Williams
"Hearts," Blair
"Through the Screen Door," Glossary
"Same Ol' Feeling," Joe Swank and the Zen Pirates
"Cold and Lowdown Lonesome Blues," Blue Highway
"Grandma's Tattoos," Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie
"Alfred," Gordie Tentrees
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countryiscool says:
Where’s all the Americana music lovers? Must be over on one of the Pop Country blogs complaining how bad IT is, and how good theirs is.
solongsowrong says:
Or else they’re busy checking out the music suggested here. Did you?
countryiscool says:
yeah right, but I’ll give you credit for the good “save.”
Redmaz says:
Americana fans complaining about Pop Country? That doesn’t make any sense. Afer all WE’RE the people who know about Americana/Roots Music, we don’t need to “complain” about Pop Country. Pop Country fans “complain” about Pop Country, not Americana fans. Personally, as an Americana Music fan, I accept Pop Country for what it is and what it represents. Trust me before I was an Americana Music fan, I “complained” about Pop Country all the time. Education and a thirst for knowledge was my escape from “complaining” about Pop Country. What do you think, I just woke up one morning and was an AMERICANA Music fan? Not only do I know about AMERICANA Music, I also know about Pop Country, so the choice of who and what to support, promote and defend was easy. Now………………..what’s your excuse?
CMT Reviews SBG: Americana Music Flourishing in Early 2010 — I See Hawks in L.A. says:
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