Editors' Review: Brooklyn doesn't seem to have sunk its hipster fangs into this three-piece, whose Americana remains thoroughly highway-bound. Chunky electric guitars, searching melodies, and hard-luck vocals make thi... more »

From the artist: Northeast Americana, mixing western sensibilities with urban nihilism.

Editors' Review: Hollister mixes just the right dose of Nashville polish into tunes that are rugged and backwoods in spirit. Grizzled vocals suggest a less incorrigible Hank Jr., while guitars rip and chafe against th... more »

Editors' Review: Deep Americana plays a bit like postrock on Thomas Bartlett's new opus, "With My Left Hand I Raise the Dead." As though abstracting Iron & Wine, Bartlett and friends slowly spin glowing guitar, whispe... more »

Editors' Review: Calling this Charlottesville group "bluegrass" isn't wrong--the instrumentation's acoustic, banjo plays a forward role, and many of the songs are plenty high and lonesome--but it doesn't tell the whol... more »

From the artist: The Atkinsons play original rockin' americana music from Richmond, VA.

Editors' Review: Mixing dusty rhythm & blues, fiddly bluegrass and backporch country, this neo-hick Manhattan bunch shows how rural music can put on its Sunday best without losing its rugged soul. There's middle groun... more »