With the release of their fourth album the Wrinkle Neck Mules have established themselves as one of the premier roots rock bands. Let the Lead Fly is a bit less electric but rocks just as hard. With the use of banjo, mandolin and pedal steel, the roots move to the forefront on this release. As usual the band tells stories of the people on the margins of society. The poignant vignettes are espec...
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The legendary Nashville radio station WSM, the broadcasting home of the Grand Ole Opry, has a new show, Music City Roots. It is broadcast from a new venue, The Loveless Barn, just outside of Nashville.This week was Sam Bush and Mike Farris. The first episode was Emmylou Harris. Check out the website .The Upcoming Lineup is unbelievable. You can also go to the WSM Website for on demand streaming
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My friend Mark heard Sarah Jarosz on Prairie Home Companion last week and was blown away. This reminded me that I had a promo I was going to post about earlier this Summer. The problem was I got busy and moved and the post was never made. That was crime that needs to be rectified. Sarah Jarosz is only 18 and she grew up in the Texas Hill Country, home to a songwriter or two I would say. What ma...
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The band was named after the vintage restored Cadillac owned by lead singer Kevin Geil. This is appropriate considering Not that Lucky is a cruise through the Country and Rockabilly of the 50s delivered with a punk attitude. Two Tons of Steel certainly deliver a fresh interpretation of what a Honky Tonk band should be. This is their first since 2005’s Vegas and is already creating a buzz, debut.
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Read the press release below and tell me how this won't bw great. Then check out the track list and imeem link. ROSANNE CASH TO RELEASE BRAND-NEW ALBUM, THE LIST,ON MANHATTAN RECORDS ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2009ALBUM FEATURES CASH'S CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATIONS OFSONGS FROM A LIST OF ESSENTIAL COUNTRY SONGSPASSED ON TO HER BY HER LEGENDARY FATHERSPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE ELVIS COSTELLO, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN...
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An album doesn’t have to have great lyrics for me to connect with it. A good song doesn’t need to possess deep meaning for me to enjoy it. In fact there is nothing more formulaic and boring than a guy with an acoustic guitar pretending to hold the meaning of life. However, when I come across an album with lyrics that have a genuine and distinctive reflection on life I develop a spiritual conne
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Tony Furtado recently produced an interesting project, Dangerous Fruit by Portland, Oregon Indie Pop artist Stephanie Schneiderman. It is some masterful songs that are bent and twisted in some different directions. Fans of Feist should really like her. She is creating a Buzz in the Northwest.
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I don't often hype metal but Wolfmother is worth the exception. They have only one album released in 2005 that was equally ground breaking and derivative. Then turmoil hit and they supposedly broke up. However, co-founder Andrew Stockdale is back with a new lineup and is set to release a new album. As the real driving force behind the Wolfmother sound I expect nothing less than another masterpi...
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The best way to understand the present state of Mindy Smith's career is to put that career in the context of how it really began. Mindy Smith was included in an all-star tribute album to Dolly Parton, Just Because I'm a Woman (Sugar Hill, 2003). However, in 2003 Smith was no All-Star, but there she was on an album with Allison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Kasey Chambers, Shelby Lynne and Norah Jones...
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Brendan Benson has taken a break from his side project ith Jack White, The Racoteurs. He is back to doing what he does best, making great Power Pop. Hooks and tunes you can listen to0 over and over. My Old, Familiar Freind is certainly familiar territory for this under appreciated Indie star.Check out his letterman performance from earlier this week:
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REVIVAL will be releasing on September 1st. I am a huge Radney Foster fan and this promises to be a huge release for him. Following on the death of his father, I have no doubt this will be an emotionally charged release:
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When I first looked at the CD and saw a song called “Shiner Bock and Vicodin” I thought it had possibilities. Then I listened to the song, which featured a naked guy in a wedding, and knew that Stand Up Man couldn’t miss. Then I remembered that Grant Langston was the guy who dared to do a Country cover of “Fat Bottom Girls” and even made it work. Talk about an oddity, a Honky Tonk Freddi
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There is no better way to return and get things kicked up again than with a best of list. But a little healthy debate never hurt anything. I actually have fun doing it but the truth is rankings can change with moods or the weather. Plus the music industry is so prolific these days with all of the new media it is difficult to choose. So I just assembled the necessary tools and started ranking. I...
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After taking a month off to due to my work load at the day job that pays my bills. Additionally, my wife and I have been finding a house in our new city Charlotte, North Carolina. (A move also resulting from the day job that pays my bills.) Now all we have to do is move. As a result, the worldwide AWT headquarters will be following along.So as of Monday next week i will be back in the saddle wi...
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From the first moment Roman Candle took the stage playing "Eden is a Garden" and lead singer Skip Matheny demonstrated his average white American leaping ability, I felt it would be a special show. I was not disappointed. The performance was high energy but laid back. That may sound oxymoronic but if you were in attendance you would know what I mean. There was nothing pretentious about Roman Ca...
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Earle Freeman of Carbon Hill, AlabamaBased on Earl's comment Naked Willie is the pre-ponytail Willie that has all of the element sof Outlaw Willie.Earl contact me and get me your address and I will put it in the mail.Congratulations!!
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Sad news to report here is the lead from CBC:Musician Jay Bennett dies at 45Last Updated: Monday, May 25, 2009 | 3:11 PM ET CBC News Jay Bennett, a former member of the band Wilco, died Sunday at his home in Urbana, Ill. The multi-instrumentalist was recording this fifth studio album when he died at age 45.An announcement from Undertow Music Collective, which released one of Bennett's solo albu...
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No I am not trying to convert this sight to Porn. I'm giving away the Naked Willie album. The folks at Apex Exposure are graciously supporting a giveaway of the album I featured right here on AWT a few weeks back.Just leave a comment about your favorite Willie song or concert moment and I will announce the winner one week from today. Check back on Saturday May 30th and if you are the winner you...
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