The 2026 South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festivals celebrated its fourth decade this year…
When Adam Weiner sits down at the piano at Davenport’s Raccoon Motel on March 6,…
Thirty-four-year-old Sierra Hull has long been recognized as one of the most technically gifted mandolin…
The Annual Folk Alliance International (FAI) conference bills itself as the largest gathering of folk…
Frontman Garrett Dutton (aka G. Love) of G. Love & Special Sauce, came of age…
Over 1,000 new full-length record albums will be released domestically in 2025, with an average…
Molly Tuttle is best known as a bluegrass virtuoso. She was the first woman to…
One would presume a music festival called AmericanaFest would feature great acts from the United…
The first-ever Iowa City Songwriters Festival (September 4-6) was something worth singing about. The event…
Lilly Hiatt wrote her first song when she was just nine years old. It was…
Hinterland did not just grow this year—it exploded. The festival grounds in St. Charles, Iowa,…
Lizzie No is both a musician and a political activist, and she doesn’t see a…
I’m With Her is a folk-rock supergroup. Members Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan…
Jackie Venson was born and raised in Austin, Texas, and still lives there. Her music…
When I attended my first South by Southwest (SXSW) more than 25 years ago in…