(Audiophile) americana and country music? Who likes it? Recommendations?

[mags65]

Absolutely astounded that James McMurtry has not been mentioned yet.

 

[Timcognito]

McMurtry yes, missing from this post. my favorite

 

[SIY]

I coulda sworn I mentioned McMurtry. Huh.

I’m writing this during intermission at a Nickel Creek show…

 

[Rednaxela]

@Bridges did.

 

[mags65]

My bad, should have spotted that.

 

[Timcognito]

I coulda sworn I mentioned McMurtry. Huh.

I’m writing this during intermission at a Nickel Creek show…

i like Nickel Creek also. Their first album is still played a decent amount on my system.

 

[SIY]

i like Nickel Creek also. Their first album is still played a decent amount on my system.
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Oh man, they were so young...

The recent stuff is wonderful, more mature and complex. It was an amazing show.

 

[OldHvyMec]

I tried a search for Tami Neilson. She is listed as a County & Soul singer/songwriter. Kingmaker was released in 2022. Sassafrass! 2018.
Canadian born, but a New Zealand transplant. You will need to turn down the BASS. It's actually mixed to play LOUD and what may sound
like distortion at lower levels 65-75db, sounds amazingly good when you turn it up to 90+. If you like Linda Ronstadt (early or late) you'll
probably like Mrs Neilson. 47 years old.

I found her by watching Brokenwood Mysteries in 2014. The lead investigator (Neil Rea) has a car that was made the year he was born.
He listens to country western on cassette. LOL

I was dispatched to Northland for over a month working on a few drill rigs. I though the wind blew when Santa Anna was on the warpath.
That is a windy place but some of the best fresh catch around. They do a Hangi that has some great eating. We had lamb.
I cleaned my plate 2 or 3 times. One of the few times I gained weight vs lost weight. They have a lot of proper county folks there and of
course Manuka Honey. I heard they had Kiwis too. LOL

Regards

 

[Anton D]

Andrew Gabbard

Album: Cedar City Sweetheart.

You tube has the whole album...

Hope you like it!

 

[Artsfols]

I tried a search for Tami Neilson. She is listed as a County & Soul singer/songwriter. Kingmaker was released in 2022. Sassafrass! 2018.
Canadian born, but a New Zealand transplant. You will need to turn down the BASS. It's actually mixed to play LOUD and what may sound
like distortion at lower levels 65-75db, sounds amazingly good when you turn it up to 90+. If you like Linda Ronstadt (early or late) you'll
probably like Mrs Neilson. 47 years old.

I found her by watching Brokenwood Mysteries in 2014. The lead investigator (Neil Rea) has a car that was made the year he was born.
He listens to country western on cassette. LOL

I was dispatched to Northland for over a month working on a few drill rigs. I though the wind blew when Santa Anna was on the warpath.
That is a windy place but some of the best fresh catch around. They do a Hangi that has some great eating. We had lamb.
I cleaned my plate 2 or 3 times. One of the few times I gained weight vs lost weight. They have a lot of proper county folks there and of
course Manuka Honey. I heard they had Kiwis too. LOL

Regards

She performed at the Edmonton Folk Festival last August. Her sound is throwback country - a bit like Patsy Cline. I really enjoyed her performance.

 

[Artsfols]

Apologies. I forgot I had posted on this thread, and am just now following up. Every year in December, an informal panel of family and friends make up a year end list of Americana and indie-folk performances, based on youtube videos.
Here was our list for 2023.

The Arcadian Wild, number 1 on our 2023 playlist

The Arcadian Wild is an indie-folk trio from Nashville, TN. Their web site describes their music as “innovative in the use of vocal harmony and counterpoint”, thus opening up “new…

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I want to point out this is not monetized in any way ... purely for fun. Of course, the artists make a bit if you watch their performance video.
Artists on the 2023 list include:
MEAU & Nick Schilder, Ed Sheeran, James Blunt, SYML, AJ Lee, JP Saxe, Alison Brown, Andy Shauf, Sierra Hull, Twisted Pine, Halley Neal, Sammy Rae & The Friends, RAYE, Darlingside, Tim Baker, Margo Price, Noah Gundersen, Gregory Porter, Lizzy McAlpine, Hania Rani, Hollow Coves, corook, Billie Eilish, Tiny Habits, Jacob Collier, Paper Kites, Astrid S, Lawrence, Sam Fischer, Tom Rosenthal, Gregory Alan Isakov, Hannah Georgas, Passenger, Olivia Barton, Zaz, Phoebe Bridgers, Bear's Den, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Martyn Joseph, Noah Kahan, Tom Odell, Cat Burns, Bastille, Noah Gundersen, Arcadian Wild

 

[Artsfols]

I also made up a list of mainly country/ bluegrass performances -

A first, our 2023 Bluegrass Sessions playlist

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway I enjoy watching various performers on YouTube, but for me I don’t need to see an abstract conception of the song I’m hearing, or a closeup of the perf…

gesprek.net

This overlaps a bit with the indie-folk list, but includes a number of additional tracks not on the broader list.

 

[Anton D]

T Bone Burnett’s new album, The Other Side is very good!!

 

[MoreWatts]

Sweet Relief Benefit Concert in Honor of Joan Baez, February 8, Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco.

Linda Ronstadt, Rosanne Cash, Joan Baez, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris & Bonnie Raitt. Floor: Margo Price & Jackson Browne.

 

[Artsfols]

Sweet Relief Benefit Concert in Honor of Joan Baez, February 8, Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco.

Linda Ronstadt, Rosanne Cash, Joan Baez, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris & Bonnie Raitt. Floor: Margo Price & Jackson Browne.

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An Americana Hall of Fame here. I've seen most of these performers live at one time or another. In the 1970s, Jackson Browne's songs resonated most strongly with me. He seemed to always be expressing where I was at various points in my life. It's encouraging that many of the songs he wrote still have currency all these years later. My kids are now approaching middle age, and 'For a Dancer' has become a family theme song, over the years.

(Over at gesprek.net we have added our 2024 indie-folk video performance list and our bluegrass list. Indie-folk overlaps with Americana quite a bit. And if you want a very long list of indie-folk list of recent release, to put on shuffle, here's our 2024 year end list of 400 approx songs on spotify:

Or on youtube music:

Artsfols 2024 Gesprek Indie Folk Discovery Audio

This playlist was created by https://www.tunemymusic.com that lets you transfer your playlist to YouTubeMediaConnect from any music platform such as Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music etc.

music.youtube.com

 

[Bruce Morgen]

Absolutely astounded that James McMurtry has not been mentioned yet.

His last one, "The Horses and the Hounds," is a feast of great songs, great playing (David Grissom's superb guitar work dominates), and excellent recorded sound. "Ft. Walton Wake-Up Call" is a hoot -- I LOL every time he sings,"I can't find my glasses!"

 

[mags65]

His last one, "The Horses and the Hounds," is a feast of great songs, great playing (David Grissom's superb guitar work dominates), and excellent recorded sound. "Ft. Walton Wake-Up Call" is a hoot -- I LOL every time he sings,"I can't find my glasses!"

I spent a great deal of covid attending his twice-weekly living-room livestreams. The one great benefit of the pandemic! (Also saw both his Oslo concerts back in February 2017, the only time he has visited Norway).

 

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