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Steve Poltz's BaHOOTenzie! Song School and Folk Fest returns to California’s Joshua Tree Lake Campground this May.

Mardi Gras used to be the biggest party in the county, so big that it blew itself up in 2004 with a quasi-riot in downtown...

The Mother Hips have roared into 2023 with, When We Disappear, their eleventh release as a band, and their third with the label Blue Rose Music.

Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by The Arcs, The Mother Hips, Mike Dillon & Punkadelick, Phish, Joe Henry, Aoife O’Donovan and Bob Dylan.

The Mother Hips unveiled "Room Four," the latest single from their upcoming album, 'When We Disappear.'

"25 years in the making" almost sounds like some kind of an exaggerated tale of two hombres looking to catch some musical sympathy. But for Mike Stinson and Johnny Irion, these two troubadours would never stretch a tale to get listens- in fact, they've jointly worked harder than almost anyone in the Americana/Country scene.

It’s December. We’re lighting candles, celebrating the return of the light and rockin’ around the Christmas tree. In just a few days we bid farewell (or good riddance depending on your perspective) to 2022 and usher in a new year. That means it’s time for lists. Instead of a review of one record on Dizzy Spins, your Open Air hosts, Noah Bran-Linsday, Danielle Kelly, and Dave Jackson are excited to weigh-in on our favorite albums of 2022.

To celebrate a great year in music, we present our annual unranked list of outstanding and essential albums in Americana for 2022. From epic double and triple-length masterworks to subdued and contemplative folk projects, we heard the variety and commitment to excellence we've come to expect from the roots music community. Picks and commentary by our music journalist Craig Havighurst.

The best Americana albums are a multicultural, polysexual, mixed-gender, cross-genre lineup of music that fit somewhere under the big backyard of Americana.

The Mother Hips unveiled their cover of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Codine" from their forthcoming studio album, 'When We Disappear.'