Greg Leisz

Through a spotty online streamed event (at least on my side) from Grammy Museum's Clive Davis Theatre in L.A. the Nashville-based Americana Music Association announced their 2012 announced their nominees for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Emerging Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Instrumentalist of the Year. Buddy Miller lead the Americana All Star quartet with Don Heffington, Greg Leisz and Don Was. Featuring excellent performances by Lauderdale, Shelby Lynne, Lucinda Williams and Texas's own Robert Ellis. Read More

Connecticut-born singer-songwriter John Mayer took a much needed two-year hiatus from the bright lights of stardom in 2010, leaving behind a path of destruction that included a dicey Playboy interview and landed him in some hot water with a slew of A-list ladies. Read More

Producer Don Was doesn't hold back in describing Johnny Cash. "He was a human of mythological proportions."Read More

Producer Don Was doesn't hold back in describing Johnny Cash. "He was a human of mythological proportions."Read More

Rightly or wrongly, Raitt has become mired in AOR, representing exactly the type of music that punk, indie rock and other left-of-the-dial genres were meant to displace. Read More

Summer in Madison just got a bit hotter with word that a pair of music legends — singer/guitarist Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples of the famed Staples Singers — will be sharing the bill at Overture Hall on August 20. Read More

Rightly or wrongly, Raitt has become mired in AOR, representing exactly the type of music that punk, indie rock and other left-of-the-dial genres were meant to displace. Read More