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Today on American Music.com podcast, we're excited to interview singer-songwriter Paula Fong, an amazing singer-songwriter and fabulous storyteller. She's a previous finalist of the International Acoustic Music Awards. She's been compared to Karla Bonoff and Linda Ronstadt. And I'd also add Judy Collins and Nancy Griffith to that list. Her album, A Bird on the Wing, releases Friday, October 2nd of this year. We're so happy to have ...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com we’re excited to have Canadian Outlaw Country Band “The Divorcees”. They’ve won two East Coast Music Awards for Country Album of the Year and multiple Music New Brunswick awards. They’ve been featured on CMT. Their new album is a wonderful mixture of Bakersfield Sound, Honky-tonk, and the Tulsa Sound reminiscent of both The Tractors and Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. The ...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com we excited to welcome Caroline Cotter. She’s performed at over 1,000 venues including the prestigious Falcon Ridge Folk Fest in New York and Rocky Mountain Folk Fest in Colorado. She was artist in residence for the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan. Her single, Grounded in Love comes out Friday, August 14th followed by her album The Answer releasing October of 2026. Caroline Cotter writes close to th...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com we’re excited to welcome up-and-coming Nashville sensation Nanseera. Born in London, Nanseera grew up in Uganda and Ethiopia before moving to the US for high school and college. She’s a singer-songwriter with both depth and warmth to her style that draws you in like a moth. April 2026 Bluebird Golden Pick Winner, we are so excited to welcome Nanseera to our show. 

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Today on Americana Music.com Podcast we are excited to welcome Grammy nominee Tift Merritt. A brilliant songwriter and gifted vocalist Tift blends country, folk, rock, and soul influences in her music. Her song “Traveling Alone” has over 18 million streams on Spotify. She’s an advocate for musicians’ rights with the Artists Rights Alliance. With nearly a decade of life’s vicissitudes to draw from she&r...

Today on the AmericanaMusic.com Podcast we are excited to have 3-time Americana Music UK award nominee Danni Nicholls.  She’s shared bills with artists such as Lucinda Williams, The Secret Sisters, and Sturgill Simpson. Her fourth full length studio album, Making Moves is set to be released in Summer of 2026. With powerhouse vocals both hauntingly linger with you we are excited to have Danni Nicholls on the show today.&n...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com we have the great pleasure of welcoming Mary Lucey from the Appalachian String Band Tanasi. The Ashville Trio mix global folk and bluegrass with rich harmonies and world class dobro. Their members have performed on well-known stages such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Ryman Auditorium. Tanasi hails seasoned players drawing from old time classics creating a brand-new sound that hooks you in...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com we are excited to welcome Michael Rudd. He’s just released his brand-new album Ways of the World, the dreamy album feels seamless and before you know it you’ve listened to the whole thing. After a waterfall of inspiration through dreams and melodies on the road, Michael wrote 5 albums worth of songs. The journey of writing and recording these songs was only intensified by a cancer diagnosis t...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com, we’re excited to have Grammy nominated Rissi Palmer. She’s shared bills with The Eagles, Chris Young, Taylor Swift, and Charley Crockett.  In 2025 she received the Academy of Country Music Lift Every Voice Award recognizing her ongoing efforts to expand equity and visibility within the genre. She’s been listed by Spin Magazine as one of ten essential albums by black artists in 202...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com we’re excited to be talking with Producer, Artist, Songwriter Grammy Winner Cam. Her 4x Platinum song “Burning House” reached number 12 in Billboard top 200 and number 2 for Billboard Top Country Albums. She’s written songs for Miley Cyrus, Sam Smith, and was a writer on 5 songs for Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter album. Her latest album All Things Light has evolved with even more d...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com we have the pleasure of interviewing David Powys of The Paper Kites. A mellow blend of harmony rich leaning acoustic folk The Paper Kites are a welcome sound in the chaos of today. With two billion global streams, The Melbourne band’s music has been featured on Grey’s Anatomy, This Is Us, and Virgin River. With their 7th studio album, If You Go There, I Hope You Find It, coming out January 23...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com we close out our season with Geoffrey Himes, the author of the book Willie Nelson All of the Albums – the stories behind the music which releases this coming Tuesday. Between 1977 and 2020 Geoffrey wrote weekly music publication for the Washington Post. He has also written for Rolling Stone, Paste, The NY Times, DownBeat, the Smithsonian, and Texas Music Magazine. We are excited to have Geoffrey Hi...

Today on Americana Music.com we have the pleasure of interviewing Ramona Martinez from Ramona and the Holy Smokes.  With Texas roots, based out of Virginia their music contains memorable lyrics, steel guitar licks, and a toe taping beat that is reminiscent of 50’s and 60’s Country music hits by artists like Buck Owens and Patsy Cline. Their debut self-titled album, Ramona and the Holy Smokes releases September 26th...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com Podcast with fall rolling in and football on many American television screens and devices, it’s only fitting that we start today’s podcast introducing a  first draft pick for the Cincinnati Bengals. He was also part of NFL’s elite All Pro in 72 and 73. He later retired from football in 1980 to pursue songwriting. That songwriter is Mike Reid, half of the duo we are interviewing tod...

Today on the AmericanaMusic.com Podcast we are interviewing Maia Sharp. She’s written songs for Keb Mo, Cher, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Art Garfunkel, and Trisha Yearwood including Trisha’s recent single “The Wall or the Way Over”. Maia's new album Tomboy  is a catchy collection of songs that hit close to the bone, from one of the best songwriters around. Tomboy releases Friday, September 12th.  We ...

Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Grammy nominated vocalist and mandolin player CJ Lewandowski. He's the founder of The Po' Ramblin' Boys, but his most recent project is both a celebration of the life and music of Bobby Osborne and Bobby's last studio recording. Bobby Osborne was one half of the group the Osborne Brothers. In this episode, we talk with CJ about his friendship with Bobby and his family, and how artists like...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com we welcome James Kee from the bluegrass sensation East Nash Grass. Highly acclaimed by the 2024 International Bluegrass Music Association as New Artist of the Year, they consist of a supergroup of musicians who’ve payed behind artists such as Dan Tyminski, Tim O’Brien, Sierra Hull, and Rhonda Vincent. Jerry Douglas from Union Station whom we’ve recently interviewed calls them “a b...

Today on AmericanaMusic.com we welcome Alaina Stacey. Formally part of the country trio Maybe April which garnered accolades from Rolling Stone and Billboard, Alaina has created a collection of 19 songs in 3 separate EPs titled, “Dawn”, “Day”, and “Dusk”. Her EP “Dusk” releases Friday, July 15th. We are excited to have her on our show. 

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