, Lucius, Brandy Clark, Sierra Ferrell, Grace Potter, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, Jade Bird, Sara and Sean Watkins, the Milk Carton Kids, Lori McKenna, Aoife O’Donovan, Katie Pruitt, Abraham Alexander and Charlie Hickey.
Dwight Yoakam and Sierra Ferrell harmonize at the AmericanaFest Pre-Grammy Salute to Lucinda Williams at the Troubadour on February 4, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. And yet — maybe not the first or last time in his life, Imus was wrong.
Allison Russell and Sierra Ferrell at AmericanaFest Pre-Grammy Salute to Lucinda Williams takes place at the Troubadour on February 4, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. A highlight of the night, by near-universal acclamation, was a duet of signature song “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” by two of the most phenomenal young artists in Americana, Sierra Ferrell and Allison Russell.
Another song that touched on anguish, albeit with less searing irony, was “Are You Alright?,” a song that again and again asks the titular question of a troubled friend, maybe in hopes that that person will not end up headed toward a premature death like the subjects of “Drunken Angel” or “Sweet Old World.