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  • The Cam Interview: Co-Writing on Beyonce's "Cowboy Carter" and Her New Album "All Things Light"

    Today on AmericanaMusic.com we’re excited to be talking with Producer, Artist, Songwriter Grammy Winner Cam. Her 4x Platinum song “Burning House” reached number 12 in Billboard top 200 and number 2 for Billboard Top Country Albums. She’s written songs for Miley Cyrus, Sam Smith, and was a writer on 5 songs for Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter album. Her latest album All Things Light has evolved with even more depth and breadth as a songwriter and artists. We’re privileged to have her on the show today, 

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    39 min
  • The David Powys Interview: The Paper Kites New Album "If You Go There, I Hope You Find It"

    Today on AmericanaMusic.com we have the pleasure of interviewing David Powys of The Paper Kites. A mellow blend of harmony rich leaning acoustic folk The Paper Kites are a welcome sound in the chaos of today. With two billion global streams, The Melbourne band’s music has been featured on Grey’s Anatomy, This Is Us, and Virgin River. With their 7th studio album, If You Go There, I Hope You Find It, coming out January 23rd, 2026. Begining May 1s their 2026 they begin their North American Tour throughout America and a couple Canadian Cities. We’re excited to be talking to David Powys about the band’s American Tour and their new album. 

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    25 min
  • The Geoffrey Himes Interview: Willie Nelson: All the Albums, The Stories Behind the Music

    Today on AmericanaMusic.com we close out our season with Geoffrey Himes, the author of the book Willie Nelson All of the Albums – the stories behind the music which releases this coming Tuesday. Between 1977 and 2020 Geoffrey wrote weekly music publication for the Washington Post. He has also written for Rolling Stone, Paste, The NY Times, DownBeat, the Smithsonian, and Texas Music Magazine. We are excited to have Geoffrey Himes on our show today. 

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    26 min
  • The Ramona Martinez Interview: Ramona and the Holy Smokes' Debut Album with Traditional Country and Chicana Influence

    Today on Americana Music.com we have the pleasure of interviewing Ramona Martinez from Ramona and the Holy Smokes.  With Texas roots, based out of Virginia their music contains memorable lyrics, steel guitar licks, and a toe taping beat that is reminiscent of 50’s and 60’s Country music hits by artists like Buck Owens and Patsy Cline. Their debut self-titled album, Ramona and the Holy Smokes releases September 26th. We’re excited to have Ramona Martinez on our show. 

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    26 min
  • The Mike Reid and Joe Henry Interview: Their Collaborative Album "Life & Time"

    Today on AmericanaMusic.com Podcast with fall rolling in and football on many American television screens and devices, it’s only fitting that we start today’s podcast introducing a  first draft pick for the Cincinnati Bengals. He was also part of NFL’s elite All Pro in 72 and 73. He later retired from football in 1980 to pursue songwriting. That songwriter is Mike Reid, half of the duo we are interviewing today which also includes Joe Henry. Besides his own number one hit of “Walk on Faith”, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer, Mike Reid, has written countless monster hits for country music artists including Ronnie Milsap, Conway Twitty, Don Williams, The Judds, Alabama, Kenny Rogers, Tim McGraw, the gigantic hit for Bonnie Raitt “I Can’t Make You Love Me”, and that’s only scratching the surface. 

    The other half of the duo Joe Henry has penned 16 critically acclaimed solo albums and is a GRAMMY-winning producer and has produced for artists Solomon Burke, Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint, Julian Lage, and Bonnie Raitt. 

    Together through the label Thirty Tigers they have just released a collaborative album called “Life and Time” and we are so excited to have them on our show. 

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    36 min
  • The Maia Sharp Interview: Songwriting with Soldiers and Her New Album, Tomboy

    Today on the AmericanaMusic.com Podcast we are interviewing Maia Sharp. She’s written songs for Keb Mo, Cher, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Art Garfunkel, and Trisha Yearwood including Trisha’s recent single “The Wall or the Way Over”. Maia's new album Tomboy  is a catchy collection of songs that hit close to the bone, from one of the best songwriters around. Tomboy releases Friday, September 12th.  We are excited to welcome Maia Sharp to our show today. 

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    39 min
  • The CJ Lewandowski Interview: Celebrating the Life and Music of Bobby Osborne

    Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Grammy nominated vocalist and mandolin player CJ Lewandowski. He's the founder of The Po' Ramblin' Boys, but his most recent project is both a celebration of the life and music of Bobby Osborne and Bobby's last studio recording. Bobby Osborne was one half of the group the Osborne Brothers. In this episode, we talk with CJ about his friendship with Bobby and his family, and how artists like Vince Gill and Billy Strings came together to finish a Bluegrass icon's album. 

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    28 min
  • The James Kee Interview: East Nash Grass and Their New Album "All God's Children"

    Today on AmericanaMusic.com we welcome James Kee from the bluegrass sensation East Nash Grass. Highly acclaimed by the 2024 International Bluegrass Music Association as New Artist of the Year, they consist of a supergroup of musicians who’ve payed behind artists such as Dan Tyminski, Tim O’Brien, Sierra Hull, and Rhonda Vincent. Jerry Douglas from Union Station whom we’ve recently interviewed calls them “a band of ringers”. Their album All God’s Children comes out August 22nd of this year on Mountain Fever Records. We’re excited to have James Kee on our show. 

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    27 min
  • The Grayson Jenkins Interview: Creating Community and His New Album “Country Parables”

    Today on AmericanaMusic.com we welcome country singer/songwriter Greyson Jenkins' work has been featured in American Songwriter. With a quarter million miles logged touring his songs tell stories that are time honored but not antiquated. An amazing songwriter and lyricist, we are excited to welcome Greyson Jenkins to the show. 

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    25 min
  • The Alaina Stacey Interview: Her EPs Dawn, Day, and Dusk and Psychology in Songwriting

    Today on AmericanaMusic.com we welcome Alaina Stacey. Formally part of the country trio Maybe April which garnered accolades from Rolling Stone and Billboard, Alaina has created a collection of 19 songs in 3 separate EPs titled, “Dawn”, “Day”, and “Dusk”. Her EP “Dusk” releases Friday, July 15th. We are excited to have her on our show. 

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