“We go on an artistic expressway throughout the country,” says host Dulé Hill of this engaging and enlightening four-part series that drops in on fascinating creative folks in California, Appalachia, Texas, and Chicago. By design, the musicians, dancers, visual artists, and actors Hill visits aren’t the most famous faces. Says The Express Way with Dulé Hill producer Danny Lee, “[They are] artists who use their art in high-stakes ways, to solve a problem within a community or themselves versus things that just look aesthetically pleasing or move you.” Hill, Lee, and Grammy-nominated bluegrass musician Amythyst Kiah, who appears in the Appalachia episode, reflected on the series in our suite at the Television Critics Association. Watch the video above to see our entire chat. When Kiah got the call to participate, she says, “I really loved the idea and the concept behind it. It was also a really cool opportunity to ...
- 4/19/2024
- TV Insider
The Loved Ones, the Philadelphia band who supercharged the pop-punk genre in the mid-Aughts with songs like “Jane” and “The Bridge,” haven’t played a show in nearly eight years. That dormant streak will end when frontman Dave Hause revives the group at the 2024 Sing Us Home Festival.
Set for May 3 through 5 at Venice Island in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philly, Sing Us Home finds Hause playing multiple sets: with the Loved Ones, with his own band the Mermaid, and alongside fellow Philadelphia area native Langhorne Slim and Amythyst Kiah...
Set for May 3 through 5 at Venice Island in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philly, Sing Us Home finds Hause playing multiple sets: with the Loved Ones, with his own band the Mermaid, and alongside fellow Philadelphia area native Langhorne Slim and Amythyst Kiah...
- 12/11/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Today, multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter and producer, Moby, shares In My Heart remixes from acclaimed British DJ’s Carl Cox and Paul Woolford.
In My Heart is one of 15 iconic Moby tracks written or recorded in New York between 1994 – 2010 orchestrally reworked for his recent 20th studio album Resound NYC, released through Deutsche Grammophon.
Broken Hands. Paul Woolford
On working with Carl Cox and Paul Woolford, Moby said, “‘one of my favorite things is to send multitracks of a song to legendary remixers like Paul and Carl, and then happily listen to the magic they’ve created’.”
Paul Woolford said, “I’ve been playing Moby’s records since the start in 1991 so when he asked me to rework In My Heart with Gregory Porter I immediately said yes. Furthermore, I wanted to contribute a Special Request version of the song that almost floats as a beatless ambient version, so there’s...
In My Heart is one of 15 iconic Moby tracks written or recorded in New York between 1994 – 2010 orchestrally reworked for his recent 20th studio album Resound NYC, released through Deutsche Grammophon.
Broken Hands. Paul Woolford
On working with Carl Cox and Paul Woolford, Moby said, “‘one of my favorite things is to send multitracks of a song to legendary remixers like Paul and Carl, and then happily listen to the magic they’ve created’.”
Paul Woolford said, “I’ve been playing Moby’s records since the start in 1991 so when he asked me to rework In My Heart with Gregory Porter I immediately said yes. Furthermore, I wanted to contribute a Special Request version of the song that almost floats as a beatless ambient version, so there’s...
- 6/18/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
In her 2022 book Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions, author Francesca T. Royster devotes an entire chapter to Tina Turner — who died Wednesday at 83 — and her complicated relationship with country music. Despite recording a series of country songs by Dolly Parton, Hank Snow, and Kris Kristofferson for her 1974 solo debut Tina Turns the Country On!, the album remains a curiosity, or entirely unknown, by today’s country music listener. What’s more, Nashville and the genre have yet to embrace Turner the way it has other country-adjacent icons like Ray Charles,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion will return to the Tennessee-Virginia border Sept. 8-10, bringing a wide-ranging group of performers to the birthplace of country music for its 22nd year.
Margo Price and Nickel Creek top the three-day lineup set to perform along State Street in downtown Bristol, and both will have relatively new albums to showcase for fans. Other artists on the bill include some well-established roots favorites like Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Watchhouse (f.k.a. Mandolin Orange), Larkin Poe, and the Mavericks. But there are also plenty of relative newcomers including 49 Winchester,...
Margo Price and Nickel Creek top the three-day lineup set to perform along State Street in downtown Bristol, and both will have relatively new albums to showcase for fans. Other artists on the bill include some well-established roots favorites like Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Watchhouse (f.k.a. Mandolin Orange), Larkin Poe, and the Mavericks. But there are also plenty of relative newcomers including 49 Winchester,...
- 1/26/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The first wave of acts for Black Deer 2023 have been announced, along with the festival’s new partnership with The Independent.
Black Deer is an Americana music festival that will take place in Eridge Park in Kent next year on 16-18 June 2023.
Organisers have just announced the first additions to the lineup, including the legendary Bonnie Raitt in an exclusive UK festival appearance.
"I’m really looking forward to coming to Black Deer Festival. I hear it’s a real home away from home for American musicians. See you next summer!” the Grammy-winning artist said.
Other acts include the likes of Colorado-formed act Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Australian band The Teskey Brothers, songwriting legend Lucinda Williams, Arizona-based rock band Calexico, and Canadian singer-songwriter and activist Allison Russell.
Music fans will also find a number of up and comers on the lineup, including Elles Bailey, Amythyst Kiah, Robert Vincent, Bella White and Dylan Earl.
Black Deer is an Americana music festival that will take place in Eridge Park in Kent next year on 16-18 June 2023.
Organisers have just announced the first additions to the lineup, including the legendary Bonnie Raitt in an exclusive UK festival appearance.
"I’m really looking forward to coming to Black Deer Festival. I hear it’s a real home away from home for American musicians. See you next summer!” the Grammy-winning artist said.
Other acts include the likes of Colorado-formed act Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Australian band The Teskey Brothers, songwriting legend Lucinda Williams, Arizona-based rock band Calexico, and Canadian singer-songwriter and activist Allison Russell.
Music fans will also find a number of up and comers on the lineup, including Elles Bailey, Amythyst Kiah, Robert Vincent, Bella White and Dylan Earl.
- 11/24/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Margo Price gets into her own trippy headspace with the new song “Been to the Mountain,” her latest indication of what direction she’ll be taking musically with the follow-up to 2020’s That’s How Rumors Get Started.
Built around an insistent drum groove, “Been to the Mountain” combines a greasy low-end guitar-bass riff with urgent, repeated single note hits. Price takes a look at where she’s been and where she’d like to be. “I wish I was god but I’m glad that I’m not/I...
Built around an insistent drum groove, “Been to the Mountain” combines a greasy low-end guitar-bass riff with urgent, repeated single note hits. Price takes a look at where she’s been and where she’d like to be. “I wish I was god but I’m glad that I’m not/I...
- 8/25/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Following her mainstage set at FloydFest last weekend, in front of a raucous crowd of thousands, singer-songwriter Morgan Wade takes a seat on a couch backstage. Between sips of coffee, a slight grin emerges on her face when asked what the performance meant to her.
“I grew up about three miles from here,” the 27-year-old “Wilder Days” singer tells Rolling Stone, “so I was able to get my dad to drop me off today, which was really nice.”
For Wade, FloydFest is all but where she entered the big time.
“I grew up about three miles from here,” the 27-year-old “Wilder Days” singer tells Rolling Stone, “so I was able to get my dad to drop me off today, which was really nice.”
For Wade, FloydFest is all but where she entered the big time.
- 8/2/2022
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Grammy Award-winning artists Brandi Carlile, Shawn Colvin, Jason Isbell, Jesse & Joy, k.d. lang, and Fantastic Negrito, Latin Grammy Award winners Gian Marco and Dante Spinetta, Grammy Award nominee Amythyst Kiah, along with Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums, morgxn, Zach Person, and Emily Wolfe will join the performance lineup at the MusiCares: Music on a Mission Presented by Gibson on Wed, March 30, 2022, at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et.
The evening will also feature a never-before-seen MusiCares performance from Grammy Award-winning artist Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
The virtual concert will celebrate both the power of music and Joni Mitchell as the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year honoree, with every dollar of ticket purchased distributed to those in need in the music community. Music on a Mission will air on Mandolin, the premiere concert livestream platform for artists, venues, and fans.
For Music on a Mission, MusiCares has partnered with Gibson,...
The evening will also feature a never-before-seen MusiCares performance from Grammy Award-winning artist Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
The virtual concert will celebrate both the power of music and Joni Mitchell as the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year honoree, with every dollar of ticket purchased distributed to those in need in the music community. Music on a Mission will air on Mandolin, the premiere concert livestream platform for artists, venues, and fans.
For Music on a Mission, MusiCares has partnered with Gibson,...
- 3/29/2022
- Look to the Stars
Kacey Musgraves, Turnpike Troubadours, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and Willie Nelson will all perform at a new California country music festival. The Palomino Festival is set for Saturday, July 9, at the Brookside grounds at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
The lineup leans hard into the alt-country sound, highlighting artists who mainly work outside of the mainstream Nashville system. Orville Peck, Charley Crockett, Sierra Ferrell, Low Cut Connie, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Valerie June are all on the bill.
The Palomino Festival is presented by Goldenvoice, the company behind...
The lineup leans hard into the alt-country sound, highlighting artists who mainly work outside of the mainstream Nashville system. Orville Peck, Charley Crockett, Sierra Ferrell, Low Cut Connie, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Valerie June are all on the bill.
The Palomino Festival is presented by Goldenvoice, the company behind...
- 3/28/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, Shawn Colvin, and more will perform during a special virtual fundraiser for MusiCares ahead of the 2022 Grammys.
The second Music on a Mission special will take place on March 30 and air on the live-streaming platform Mandolin. The charity concert debuted last year in an effort to raise money for those in the music world who’d been left unemployed by the Coronavirus pandemic (it isn’t to be confused with MusiCares’ annual benefit gala, which will take place the following night, April 1).
Along with Carlile, Isbell,...
The second Music on a Mission special will take place on March 30 and air on the live-streaming platform Mandolin. The charity concert debuted last year in an effort to raise money for those in the music world who’d been left unemployed by the Coronavirus pandemic (it isn’t to be confused with MusiCares’ annual benefit gala, which will take place the following night, April 1).
Along with Carlile, Isbell,...
- 3/21/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Mickey Guyton, Amythyst Kiah, and Breland are among the artists who appear in For Love & Country, an Amazon Music Original documentary that will explore the Black roots and evolution of country music. The film, directed by Joshua Kissi, premieres April 7 and will be available for streaming on Amazon Music and Prime Video.
In the 90-second trailer, a variety of artists representing a multitude of different sounds make appearances. It’s a range that encompasses Reyna Roberts, Allison Russell, and Jimmie Allen along with Guyton, Kiah, and Breakthrough Artist for Amazon Music Breland.
In the 90-second trailer, a variety of artists representing a multitude of different sounds make appearances. It’s a range that encompasses Reyna Roberts, Allison Russell, and Jimmie Allen along with Guyton, Kiah, and Breakthrough Artist for Amazon Music Breland.
- 3/15/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
AmericanaFest has announced new safety guidelines for this year’s event in response to the Delta variant of Covid-19. All attendees will now be required to provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test prior to entry to any of the festival’s concerts, showcases and panels. Masks are also encouraged for any indoor functions, including for people who have already been vaccinated. AmericanaFest runs September 22nd to 25th at venues throughout Nashville.
The news follows weeks of speculation over how organizers would address the latest surge in Covid-19 cases.
The news follows weeks of speculation over how organizers would address the latest surge in Covid-19 cases.
- 8/23/2021
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
The first three days of this year’s Newport Folk Festival closed with an unforgettable surprise: soul and R&b legend Chaka Khan. The singer joined an ensemble cast of performers including Kam Franklin, Brandi Carlile, Adia Victoria, Joy Oladokun, Margo Price, Kyshona, Yola, and Amythyst Kiah on the festival’s main stage headlining set titled “Once and Future Sounds,” curated by Allison Russell.
Khan, in superb voice at 68, led the all-star group of performers through a two-song greatest hits mini-set, delivering jubilant renditions of “Ain’t Nobody” and “I’m Every Woman.
Khan, in superb voice at 68, led the all-star group of performers through a two-song greatest hits mini-set, delivering jubilant renditions of “Ain’t Nobody” and “I’m Every Woman.
- 7/26/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Brandi Carlile performed live at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York on Friday, her first stadium performance since announcing her new album, In These Silent Days. The album reunites her with By the Way, I Forgive You producers Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings, the latter of whom was also on the stage on keyboards for the rousing evening.
Amythyst Kiah opened the show solo (Carlile later explained that the band members were stuck at the airport), performing songs from her new album, Wary + Strange, which was released in June.
Amythyst Kiah opened the show solo (Carlile later explained that the band members were stuck at the airport), performing songs from her new album, Wary + Strange, which was released in June.
- 7/24/2021
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
The first round of performers has been announced for AmericanaFest 2021, which takes place in Nashville September 22nd to 25th. Among the 240 total artists scheduled to showcase at venues around Music City are Kelsey Waldon, Allison Russell, and Joshua Ray Walker.
More than 160 artists were announced on Wednesday, including singer-songwriters Kathleen Edwards, Arlo McKinley, William Prince, and Brandy Clark; roots patriarchs and matriarchs Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, and the McCrary Sisters; and scruffy alternative acts Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Early James, and the Pine Hill Haints, among many others. Also of...
More than 160 artists were announced on Wednesday, including singer-songwriters Kathleen Edwards, Arlo McKinley, William Prince, and Brandy Clark; roots patriarchs and matriarchs Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, and the McCrary Sisters; and scruffy alternative acts Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Early James, and the Pine Hill Haints, among many others. Also of...
- 7/21/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell’s Ryman Auditorium residency will reestablish its place as a Nashville fall tradition in 2021 with eight nights of performances. After being forced to take 2020 off because of the pandemic, the singer-songwriter’s run of shows will return to the Ryman October 15th and stretch through October 24th.
In addition to fiery sets from Isbell and his band the 400 Unit, the Ryman residency shows have also become known for their thoughtfully selected supporting performers. In 2018 he opted for Nashville-based bands like Bully and Diarrhea Planet. The most recent series...
In addition to fiery sets from Isbell and his band the 400 Unit, the Ryman residency shows have also become known for their thoughtfully selected supporting performers. In 2018 he opted for Nashville-based bands like Bully and Diarrhea Planet. The most recent series...
- 7/12/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
On the collaborative 2019 project Songs of Our Native Daughters, Amythyst Kiah wrote and sang “Black Myself,” leading her bandmates Allison Russell, Rhiannon Giddens, and Leyla McCalla in a potent anthem about ingrained racism and resilience. The group was creating on the fly, re-centering black stories in roots music. “Black Myself” earned Kiah a Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Song, but it turned out she wasn’t quite done with it.
“The longer you play a song, the more you get settled into it,” Kiah says. “Sometimes you have other ideas,...
“The longer you play a song, the more you get settled into it,” Kiah says. “Sometimes you have other ideas,...
- 6/18/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Brandi Carlile will bring her Girls Just Wanna Weekend back to Mexico for a third installment in early 2022. Carlile as usual leads the all-women lineup, along with Sheryl Crow, Tanya Tucker, and the Indigo Girls, who will head to Riviera Maya’s Hard Rock Hotel February 1st to 5th.
The third annual Girls Just Wanna follows a gap year in 2021 — the festival’s second year happened just before Covid-19 shut down the United States. Additional performers for the 2022 fest include Lucius, Margo Price, Yola, KT Tunstall, Allison Russell, Amythyst Kiah,...
The third annual Girls Just Wanna follows a gap year in 2021 — the festival’s second year happened just before Covid-19 shut down the United States. Additional performers for the 2022 fest include Lucius, Margo Price, Yola, KT Tunstall, Allison Russell, Amythyst Kiah,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The Americana Music Association’s annual Americana Honors & Awards will return for its 20th year on September 22nd at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Nominees in each of the categories were announced by Keb’ Mo’ and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor during an afternoon event at Nashville’s National Museum of African-American Music on Wednesday.
Artists appearing in multiple categories include Jason Isbell, Amythyst Kiah, Valerie June, and Brandi Carlile. Isbell and Carlile are both up for Artist of the Year, while Isbell’s Reunions is nominated for Album...
Artists appearing in multiple categories include Jason Isbell, Amythyst Kiah, Valerie June, and Brandi Carlile. Isbell and Carlile are both up for Artist of the Year, while Isbell’s Reunions is nominated for Album...
- 5/26/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Amythyst Kiah delivered a potent version of “Black Myself” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Friday night.
The lead single off her upcoming label debut, Wary + Strange, is a newly arranged rock rendition of the song Kiah first wrote for the supergroup Our Native Daughters’ 2019 debut, Songs of Our Native Daughters. The song would go on to be nominated for a Grammy for Best American Roots Song.
“‘Black Myself’ is the gift that keeps giving,” Kiah told Guitar Girl Magazine last year. “My goal was to say as much as I...
The lead single off her upcoming label debut, Wary + Strange, is a newly arranged rock rendition of the song Kiah first wrote for the supergroup Our Native Daughters’ 2019 debut, Songs of Our Native Daughters. The song would go on to be nominated for a Grammy for Best American Roots Song.
“‘Black Myself’ is the gift that keeps giving,” Kiah told Guitar Girl Magazine last year. “My goal was to say as much as I...
- 5/7/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Tennessee singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah will be releasing Wary+ Strange, her anticipated Rounder Records debut, later this year. The album follows Kiah’s breakout with the 2019 collaborative album Songs of Our Native Daughters, which included Kiah’s Grammy-nominated single “Black Myself.”
Kiah revisited “Black Myself” and 10 other originals on Wary + Strange, which was produced by Tony Berg at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles.
“In the past 10 or 15 years, there’s been this real sense of need to bring forth this cultural history,” Kiah told Rolling Stone Country before the release...
Kiah revisited “Black Myself” and 10 other originals on Wary + Strange, which was produced by Tony Berg at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles.
“In the past 10 or 15 years, there’s been this real sense of need to bring forth this cultural history,” Kiah told Rolling Stone Country before the release...
- 4/16/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
The Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion has announced its 2021 lineup. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Tanya Tucker, Blackberry Smoke, Dr. Dog, and Yola are among the artists headlining the September festival, held at the “Birthplace of Country Music,” the Tennessee-Virginia border city of Bristol.
The 2020 Bristol Reunion was canceled because of the pandemic, but the 2021 is set to return September 10th through 12th. Along with Isbell and Tucker, the lineup includes the Steeldrivers, recent Grand Ole Opry inductee Rhonda Vincent, Hayes Carll, Jim Lauderdale, Amythyst Kiah, Town Mountain, Charley Crockett, Morgan Wade,...
The 2020 Bristol Reunion was canceled because of the pandemic, but the 2021 is set to return September 10th through 12th. Along with Isbell and Tucker, the lineup includes the Steeldrivers, recent Grand Ole Opry inductee Rhonda Vincent, Hayes Carll, Jim Lauderdale, Amythyst Kiah, Town Mountain, Charley Crockett, Morgan Wade,...
- 3/31/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Amythyst Kiah has released a stylish video for her new single “Black Myself,” which is also the East Tennessee singer-songwriter’s debut solo recording for Rounder Records.
Directed by Kwaku Otchere and featuring choreography by Aysha Upchurch, the black-and-white clip makes a powerful statement about being black in America through a combination of personal storytelling and expressive dance.
Kiah appears in several scenes, but the clip also features a loose narrative about identity and shame, following a dancer’s inner battle and mirroring the song’s lyrics about the country’s long history of oppression.
Directed by Kwaku Otchere and featuring choreography by Aysha Upchurch, the black-and-white clip makes a powerful statement about being black in America through a combination of personal storytelling and expressive dance.
Kiah appears in several scenes, but the clip also features a loose narrative about identity and shame, following a dancer’s inner battle and mirroring the song’s lyrics about the country’s long history of oppression.
- 3/17/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Our Native Daughters on Their Smithsonian Channel Special and the Making of a Black Roots Supergroup
To be young, gifted and banjo-playing … and, yes, Black: these were the requirements for inclusion in the group Our Native Daughters, which was assembled by Rhiannon Giddens to make an album for the Smithsonian Folkways label that started as a one-off collective project and turned into a real band. It also turned into a Smithsonian Channel documentary that’s premiering for Black History Month, with the initial airing of “Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters” Monday night at 9 p.m. Et/Pt.
Giddens and the three other members — Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell and Amythyst Kiah — all have solo albums coming up this year. In fact, as a preview for hers, Kiah just last week released a solo version of the Our Native Daughters track “Black Myself,” which is currently nominated for a Grammy for best American roots song. But they do promise they’ll be reassembling, likely for a second album and tour,...
Giddens and the three other members — Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell and Amythyst Kiah — all have solo albums coming up this year. In fact, as a preview for hers, Kiah just last week released a solo version of the Our Native Daughters track “Black Myself,” which is currently nominated for a Grammy for best American roots song. But they do promise they’ll be reassembling, likely for a second album and tour,...
- 2/23/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.)
Amy Shark featuring Keith Urban, “Love Songs Ain’t for Us”
Australian singer-songwriter Amy Shark gets an assist from Keith Urban on “Love Songs Ain’t for Us,” a soaring ballad she co-wrote with Ed Sheeran...
Amy Shark featuring Keith Urban, “Love Songs Ain’t for Us”
Australian singer-songwriter Amy Shark gets an assist from Keith Urban on “Love Songs Ain’t for Us,” a soaring ballad she co-wrote with Ed Sheeran...
- 2/22/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein, Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Two years after supergroup quartet Our Native Daughters released their stunning debut album, Songs of Our Native Daughters, the collective of Rhiannon Giddens, Allison Russell, Amythyst Kiah, and Leyla McCalla are releasing a documentary that chronicles the band’s story.
Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters, a 47-minute film detailing the group’s first 2019 tour, premieres February 22nd at 9 p.m. Et on the Smithsonian Channel. The documentary incorporates exclusive interviews with band members, concert performances, and behind-the-scenes tour footage.
Giddens formed Our Native Daughters in 2018, naming the group in part...
Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters, a 47-minute film detailing the group’s first 2019 tour, premieres February 22nd at 9 p.m. Et on the Smithsonian Channel. The documentary incorporates exclusive interviews with band members, concert performances, and behind-the-scenes tour footage.
Giddens formed Our Native Daughters in 2018, naming the group in part...
- 2/8/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Rhiannon Giddens has released a new solo recording, the snarling blues number “Don’t Call Me Names.”
Over hypnotic, murky bass, Dobro, and violin tones, Giddens stands her ground against a cruel lover. “You wouldn’t treat a dog that way, don’t call me names,” she sings. Mid-song, it reaches a feverish mix of pounding drums and slashing electric guitar to match Giddens’ intense wails. Giddens, who has often penned narratives other than her own for her songs, takes a look inward for “Don’t Call Me Names.”
“The...
Over hypnotic, murky bass, Dobro, and violin tones, Giddens stands her ground against a cruel lover. “You wouldn’t treat a dog that way, don’t call me names,” she sings. Mid-song, it reaches a feverish mix of pounding drums and slashing electric guitar to match Giddens’ intense wails. Giddens, who has often penned narratives other than her own for her songs, takes a look inward for “Don’t Call Me Names.”
“The...
- 8/24/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.
Dave Hause featuring Amythyst Kiah & Kam Franklin, “Your Ghost”
“Am I just another white guy singing about someone else’s experience? Yes, I am,” Philly songwriter Dave Hause admits in an essay accompanying his new song “Your Ghost,” inspired by the killing of George Floyd.
Dave Hause featuring Amythyst Kiah & Kam Franklin, “Your Ghost”
“Am I just another white guy singing about someone else’s experience? Yes, I am,” Philly songwriter Dave Hause admits in an essay accompanying his new song “Your Ghost,” inspired by the killing of George Floyd.
- 7/6/2020
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Bluegrass and roots musicians will all perform at the new multi-day streaming event Porch Pride: A Bluegrass Pride Queer-antine Festival, starting June 27th. The event takes place on the days when San Francisco Pride was originally scheduled; like many Pride celebrations in 2020, it’s since been canceled because of Covid-19.
Artists set to perform during the 10 hours of live music include Jake Blount & the Vox Hunters, Che Apalache frontman Joe Troop, Alice Gerrard, Front Country, Molly Tuttle, Justin Hiltner, Sam Gleaves, and Amythyst Kiah. Performances begin at 1 p.m. on...
Artists set to perform during the 10 hours of live music include Jake Blount & the Vox Hunters, Che Apalache frontman Joe Troop, Alice Gerrard, Front Country, Molly Tuttle, Justin Hiltner, Sam Gleaves, and Amythyst Kiah. Performances begin at 1 p.m. on...
- 5/28/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
With live music events at a halt and social distancing having become the new normal, many performing artists have lost an essential part of their income. But a new livestreamed concert series, “Shut In & Sing,” will bring artists and fans back together, while also offering financial support to performers during this challenging time.
Thursday night’s livestream via StageIt will feature performances from Chely Wright, Lori McKenna, Robert Randolph, Mary Gauthier, Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, Amythyst Kiah and many others. Profits from the stream will be split between the participants.
Thursday night’s livestream via StageIt will feature performances from Chely Wright, Lori McKenna, Robert Randolph, Mary Gauthier, Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, Amythyst Kiah and many others. Profits from the stream will be split between the participants.
- 3/19/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Winners in the country music, Americana/roots, and bluegrass categories were announced during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon.
Tanya Tucker won two awards, Best Country Album for While I’m Livin’ and Best Country Song for “Bring My Flowers Now.”
“After almost 50 years in this business, after many dreams, it’s still unbelievable to me that I’d still have a few firsts left. After 14 trips, 14 nominations, this is the first win,” Tucker said upon accepting the trophy for Best Country Song, which she shared with her co-writers Phil and Tim Hanseroth,...
Tanya Tucker won two awards, Best Country Album for While I’m Livin’ and Best Country Song for “Bring My Flowers Now.”
“After almost 50 years in this business, after many dreams, it’s still unbelievable to me that I’d still have a few firsts left. After 14 trips, 14 nominations, this is the first win,” Tucker said upon accepting the trophy for Best Country Song, which she shared with her co-writers Phil and Tim Hanseroth,...
- 1/26/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Here at Rolling Stone, we listen to a lot of music in any given year. When we asked staff members to share their favorite albums of 2019, we found some strong consensus picks — Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Taylor Swift’s Lover, Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You, and Miranda Lambert’s Wildcard all appeared across multiple lists — along with dozens more choices that reflect individual writers’ and editors’ vastly different tastes. (One colleague responded with a list of favorite songs instead of albums, suggesting a further divide in how we listen to music.
- 12/20/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein, Jon Blistein, Rick Carp, Jon Dolan, Patrick Doyle, Brenna Ehrlich, Suzy Exposito, Dewayne Gage, Kory Grow, Christian Hoard, Charles Holmes, Joseph Hudak, Daniel Kreps, Sacha Lecca, Angie Martoccio, Steven Pearl, Kyle Rice, Claire Shaffer, Rob Sheffield, Hank Shteamer, Brittany Spanos, Simon Vozick-Levinson, Amy X. Wang and Alison Weinflash
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Nominees for the 62nd Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday morning, with Tanya Tucker leading among country performers and Eric Church, Ashley McBryde, and Dan + Shay all picking up multiple nominations in the country categories.
Tucker’s 2019 album While I’m Livin’ was a big favorite for voters, earning the singer a Best Country Album nomination. The album’s centerpiece, “Bring My Flowers Now,” found its way into multiple fields, including Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song, a nomination Tucker shares with her co-writers Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth,...
Tucker’s 2019 album While I’m Livin’ was a big favorite for voters, earning the singer a Best Country Album nomination. The album’s centerpiece, “Bring My Flowers Now,” found its way into multiple fields, including Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song, a nomination Tucker shares with her co-writers Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth,...
- 11/20/2019
- by Jon Freeman
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British singer-songwriter Yola has announced dates for her headlining Walk Through Fire Tour, which picks up in mid-November and runs through the early part of 2020. In conjunction with the news, Yola also released a new live performance of “It Ain’t Easy,” which appears on her 2019 album Walk Through Fire.
Yola, the ascendant Americana star, is currently playing a handful of U.S festival dates before she picks up a few shows on Kacey Musgraves’ Oh What a World Tour, including an October 25th stop at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
Yola, the ascendant Americana star, is currently playing a handful of U.S festival dates before she picks up a few shows on Kacey Musgraves’ Oh What a World Tour, including an October 25th stop at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
- 9/16/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The 20th installment of AmericanaFest is in full swing in Nashville. While evening showcases and parties get most of the attention, the conference portion of the festival is just as rich a resource for incredible music, as well as insight into how it’s made.
On Thursday afternoon, NPR Music hosted a special “Turning the Tables” event at the Country Music Hall of Fame as part of the festival’s official programming. NPR Music’s Ann Powers moderated a panel featuring Carlene Carter, Shawn Colvin, Amythyst Kiah, and Maria Muldaur,...
On Thursday afternoon, NPR Music hosted a special “Turning the Tables” event at the Country Music Hall of Fame as part of the festival’s official programming. NPR Music’s Ann Powers moderated a panel featuring Carlene Carter, Shawn Colvin, Amythyst Kiah, and Maria Muldaur,...
- 9/13/2019
- by Brittney McKenna
- Rollingstone.com
“We gotta change around here,” Mavis Staples sang toward the very end of Wednesday night’s 18th annual Americana Honors & Awards Ceremony at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Having been presented the evening’s Inspiration Award by pioneering Civil Rights activist and Freedom Rider Ernest Patton earlier in the evening, Staples’ song was a powerful reminder that change-inspiring music-makers are, like Staples put it herself during her acceptance speech, “still carrying on.”
But during a show that at once gestured at the future of the Americana genre while still firmly upholding its rigid past,...
But during a show that at once gestured at the future of the Americana genre while still firmly upholding its rigid past,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
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Singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah turns in a riveting performance of the haunting new song “Wild Turkey” in a live video. Filmed at the Egg Center for Performing Arts in Albany, New York, the clip is part of a new monthly series called Rainey Day Recordings aimed at highlighting artists from marginalized communities.
Accompanying herself with some urgent, fingerstyle guitar work, Kiah delivers a story about numbing pain in the wake of a devastating loss. “When I was 17 I pretended not to care/Stayed numb for years to escape despair,” she laments,...
Accompanying herself with some urgent, fingerstyle guitar work, Kiah delivers a story about numbing pain in the wake of a devastating loss. “When I was 17 I pretended not to care/Stayed numb for years to escape despair,” she laments,...
- 8/15/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Flying Lotus, Flamagra
One might think of Flamagra as Ellison’s Apocalypse Now, or The Wall — it shows an artist at the height of their power, able to realize their most over-the-top imaginings, delivering a sprawling near-masterpiece teetering at the brink of overkill. The cast is full on: jazz fusion icon Herbie Hancocke ancock and P-Funk mastermind George Clinton represent for the old school; Solange, Tierra Whack, Anderson Paak, and Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler provide varying shades of the new. Will Hermes
Cate Le Bon, Reward
Cate Le Bon’s fifth studio album,...
One might think of Flamagra as Ellison’s Apocalypse Now, or The Wall — it shows an artist at the height of their power, able to realize their most over-the-top imaginings, delivering a sprawling near-masterpiece teetering at the brink of overkill. The cast is full on: jazz fusion icon Herbie Hancocke ancock and P-Funk mastermind George Clinton represent for the old school; Solange, Tierra Whack, Anderson Paak, and Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler provide varying shades of the new. Will Hermes
Cate Le Bon, Reward
Cate Le Bon’s fifth studio album,...
- 6/3/2019
- by Will Hermes, Angie Martoccio, Daniela Tijerina, Jonathan Bernstein, Elias Leight, Jon Dolan, Danny Schwartz and Sarah Grant
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Tanya Tucker, Jade Bird and Dylan LeBlanc are among the initial wave of artists confirmed to perform in Nashville during the 2019 AmericanaFest. The annual celebration of roots and roots-related music takes place September 10th to 15th and includes the Americana Honors and Awards on September 11th.
In its 20th year, AmericanaFest will spread out across Music City venues like 3rd & Lindsley, Mercy Lounge and the Station Inn with performances from a diverse group of artists both established and emerging. Among those are Americana Awards nominee Yola, blues rockers Marcus King...
In its 20th year, AmericanaFest will spread out across Music City venues like 3rd & Lindsley, Mercy Lounge and the Station Inn with performances from a diverse group of artists both established and emerging. Among those are Americana Awards nominee Yola, blues rockers Marcus King...
- 5/30/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
As far as musical excavators go, few are as unflinching as Rhiannon Giddens. Through her work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops and a growing body of solo material, the 42-year-old multi-instrumentalist has mined the darkest recesses of the American subconscious to give voice to the used, abused and oppressed. But on There Is No Other, she mines her own musical history with the help of Italian jazz musician Francisco Turrisi.
“This record is a little bit more all of me, in some ways,” says Giddens, speaking via Skype from her home in Limerick,...
“This record is a little bit more all of me, in some ways,” says Giddens, speaking via Skype from her home in Limerick,...
- 5/20/2019
- by Jeff Gage
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Over the past two years, Rhiannon Giddens has emerged as one of American music’s most vitally prolific artists, collaborating across mediums as she’s written music for the theatre (the ballet Lucy Negro Redux), appeared as a regular on a television drama (Cmt’s Nashville), formed folk-roots supergroups (Songs of Our Native Daughters) and hosted a podcast dedicated to her love of opera.
She’s also released two solo albums, the latest of which, There Is No Other, is a collaborative concept LP of sorts with Italian jazz multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi.
She’s also released two solo albums, the latest of which, There Is No Other, is a collaborative concept LP of sorts with Italian jazz multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi.
- 5/3/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
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As she tends to do, Rhiannon Giddens had an idea. The singer-banjoist and MacArthur Genuis had convened a group of fellow artists — Allison Russell, Leyla McCalla and Amythyst Kiah —in January 2018 to record the collaborative concept album Songs of Our Native Daughters to interpret and revive long-extinct forms of music.
“Maybe,” she pondered out loud to Kiah and Russell one day, “you could reimagine the John Henry story. Why don’t you two write a song about Polly Ann, because nobody knows Polly Ann’s story. What’s her story?...
“Maybe,” she pondered out loud to Kiah and Russell one day, “you could reimagine the John Henry story. Why don’t you two write a song about Polly Ann, because nobody knows Polly Ann’s story. What’s her story?...
- 2/21/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
The hushed intimacy of the duo Ida Mae, a dusty road anthem by the Vegabonds and a new one from the King of Country Music make up our list of the best country songs to hear this week.
Travis Denning, “After a Few”
The singer behind the fake-i.D. anthem “David Ashley Parker From Powder Springs” tells tales of what happens after those drinks are consumed in this sultry jam. It’s slickly produced, but it works, thanks to Denning’s husky vocal and the lovelorn quality in his delivery.
Travis Denning, “After a Few”
The singer behind the fake-i.D. anthem “David Ashley Parker From Powder Springs” tells tales of what happens after those drinks are consumed in this sultry jam. It’s slickly produced, but it works, thanks to Denning’s husky vocal and the lovelorn quality in his delivery.
- 2/4/2019
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Our Native Daughters, the new roots music supergroup featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Allison Russell, and Leyla McCalla, have released the song “Quasheba, Quasheba” from their upcoming debut album.
“Quasheba, Quasheba,” premiering below, was written by Birds of Chicago singer-songwriter Allison Russell as an attempt to reckon with and shed light on the singer’s ancestral roots in West African slavery. After the singer found out her family line can be traced back to an enslaved person named Quasheba, Russell felt compelled to pay tribute in song.
“Such was her...
“Quasheba, Quasheba,” premiering below, was written by Birds of Chicago singer-songwriter Allison Russell as an attempt to reckon with and shed light on the singer’s ancestral roots in West African slavery. After the singer found out her family line can be traced back to an enslaved person named Quasheba, Russell felt compelled to pay tribute in song.
“Such was her...
- 1/10/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
It’s fitting that Globalfest — a highly curated showcase for international roots-music acts seeking a foothold in the U.S. — was held this year at New York’s Copacabana nightclub. A fabled mob joint in the Forties, it has a history as a talent crucible. It showcased mambo in the Fifties, R&B in the Sixties (Sam Cooke and the Supremes both cut live albums there), disco in the Seventies (becoming a meme, thanks to Barry Manilow’s tribute song), and salsa in the Eighties. Last Sunday, in the shadow...
- 1/9/2019
- by Will Hermes
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Rhiannon Giddens has announced details for the upcoming collaborative album Songs of Our Native Daughters, on which she formed the group Our Native Daughters with roots singers Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla and Allison Russell (Birds of Chicago). The project is a collection of original material inspired by New World slave narratives and composed by the four songwriters.
“Gathering a group of fellow black female artists who had and have a lot to say made it both highly collaborative and deeply personal,” Giddens says in a statement about the project. “I...
“Gathering a group of fellow black female artists who had and have a lot to say made it both highly collaborative and deeply personal,” Giddens says in a statement about the project. “I...
- 12/13/2018
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
One of AmericanaFest’s most uplifting off-campus offerings was Queer Roots, a first-time showcase celebrating the diversity of sexual and gender identities represented across roots music. Held at East Nashville bar the Crying Wolf, the event was presented by Change Project, BriteHeart, Strange Fire, Hearth PR and Rolling Stone Country.
Nashville’s Mercy Bell performed first, starting her set with her 2011 All Good Cowboys cut “Icarus.” She played a couple other tunes from that LP, including set standout “Black Dress,” a song that shows off both her knack for an...
Nashville’s Mercy Bell performed first, starting her set with her 2011 All Good Cowboys cut “Icarus.” She played a couple other tunes from that LP, including set standout “Black Dress,” a song that shows off both her knack for an...
- 9/17/2018
- by Brittney McKenna
- Rollingstone.com
On Thursday night, one of the off-campus AmericanaFest offerings is “Queer Roots,” a new showcase organized with the goal of celebrating the diversity of sexual and gender identities represented across the roots music community.
Sponsored in association with Rolling Stone Country, the Change Project, BriteHeart, and Hearth PR, the event features a range of new talent, including Little Bandit, Mercy Bell, Eve Sheldon and Amythyst Kiah. It also includes Lavender Country’s Patrick Haggerty, a pioneer of using country music to further the rights of the queer community whose 1973 album...
Sponsored in association with Rolling Stone Country, the Change Project, BriteHeart, and Hearth PR, the event features a range of new talent, including Little Bandit, Mercy Bell, Eve Sheldon and Amythyst Kiah. It also includes Lavender Country’s Patrick Haggerty, a pioneer of using country music to further the rights of the queer community whose 1973 album...
- 9/13/2018
- by Brittney McKenna
- Rollingstone.com
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