There’s nothing like a well-suited collaboration. Sarah Lee Langford released one of my favorite albums of 2019, Two-hearted Rounder. Its moody atmosphere serves as a neat counterweight to Will Stewart’s breezy Slow Life, which came out earlier this year. The…

UPDATED: 11/26/22 Hello! I hopped over to Mastodon about two weeks ago, once Elon began making increasingly strange pronouncements. I don’t know if it will “replace” Twitter (it doesn’t need to!), or if Twitter will actually collapse, but so far…

Last Year’s Man is the pseudonym of Eugene, OR based producer and songwriter, Tyler Fortier. Fortier is a frequent collaborator with up-and-coming Northwest singer/songwriters and has produced recordings for artists such as Anna Tivel, Beth Wood, and Jeffrey Martin. OPB…

Angela Easterling’s new album, Witness is a triumph of songwriting. Easterling masterfully ducks in and out of the best subgenres Americana has to offer while holding on to one important kernel: radical vulnerability. Whether she’s slinging skronky blues or heartfelt…

Reilly Downes is an Americana artist originally from the Texas Hill Country and now residing in Chicago. Before deciding to embark on a solo career, Downes was a session musician in Nashville, singing behind some of Americana’s favorite singer/songwriters. Known…