The 15 Best Americana Albums of 2014
If forced to define Americana, it’s the one genre where honest craftsmanship is required, respected, and rewarded, something the best of 2014 lived up to.
Roseanne Cash
The Whiskey Gentry: Dead Ringer
This solid country-rock record keeps getting distracted by singer Lauren Staley Morrow's lyrics about her insecurities.
Rodney Crowell: Close Ties
On Close Ties, Crowell sees his own failures and acknowledges that he may not have changed as much as he should have.
New Americana Supergroup Cooder-White-Skaggs Thrills at Carnegie Hall
The music of the newly minted supergroup often was beautiful, and always beautifully played. But it rarely broke a sweat.
Rosanne Cash: The River and the Thread
Rosanne Cash’s conceit is that one has to look outward to see what’s inside. The public landmarks just serve as reminders of one’s private thoughts.