When did Kid Rock, the wanna-be rapper, cowboy and on-again-off-again Mr Pamela Anderson, become the new face of the National Guard and NASCAR? For crissakes the man is a YANKEE! Didn't he do enough damage by ruining Sweet Home Alabama? Birthright aside this song blows. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2j6j-vf6Ks For sheer ass-kicking patriotism I'll take Hag's "The Fightin' Side Of [...]
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Just a few shots from the excellent Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 8 at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. A tip of the hat to investment banker, banjo player and member of the Bluegrass band The Wronglers Warren Hellman, who finances this gift to San Francisco every year and offers some of the greatest roots performers in [...]
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First off - Happy Birthday Dale Watson! Bubba you're the Deal Deal! The Villiage Voice has some choice (and funny) words about the new Lee Ann Womack release "Call Me Crazy." "PowerPoint presentation in Music Row Pandering 10…" Ha! It seems that Willie Nelson has asked the King of Country Western Troubadours Unknown Hinson and Billy Bob [...]
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Hey Bay Area fans of roots rock and Democracy (remember that?) local roots musician Hang Jones (alias Stephen Grillos) will bejoining Calaveras, Go Van Gogh and Bhi Bhiman this Saturday at SF Hootenanny's Fundraiser for Barack Obama. The show will be at Café International(McCain is going to make hay of this as soon as [...]
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Yeah day 1.5, I missed Friday's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass featuring Mr. Plant and Ms. Krauss show so on with this one. Beautiful weather (despite some early afternoon mist), the crowd grew throughout the day into huge throngs of passionate fans. You want crazy hippy dancers still bummed about the Dead's….er death, yeah they were there too. The [...]ShareThis
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From the Associated Press: WACO, Texas (AP) — A McLennan County grand jury has indicted country singer Billy Joe Shaver on felony charges for his alleged role in an April 2007 shooting at a Lorena bar. Shaver, 69, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony, and a charge of unlawful carrying [...]ShareThis
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When Bob Lefsetz, of the online music industry screed the Lefsetz Letter, writes about you positively you're probably doing something really cool. This is just what he has done after listening to the Americana Music Awards on XM Radio while driving in his home town of Los Angeles. I was in attendance at the Nashville's Historic [...]ShareThis
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I'm in Nashville for the Americana Music Association Conference which starts full steam tomorrow so today I had time to stop by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to check out their new exhibit Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy featuring Hank Sr. and Hank Jr. I was perusing this great exhibit and [...]
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Before he became the equivalent of a hillbilly Che Guevara Steve Earle was the king of roots-rock. Since moving to New York City and shunning his redneck past the roots-rock division seems open for the next singer/songwriter able to blend introspective populist narratives with an fueled by an amped-up rock sound. Slaughters, KY's Chris Knight's [...]More >
It was quite a treat for me to see Willie Nelson perform under the Saratoga stars the other night. The Texas Yoda and “the family” played the beautiful Mountain Winery to an a rousingly adoring crowd. At one point he traded his signature red bandanna for heavy worn and button adorned straw cowboy hat that [...]ShareThis
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From Justin’s debut, ‘The Good Life,’ out now on Bloodshot Records — An Americana Music Association 2008 nominee! Justin Townes Earle, “The Good Life”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA3sdQWICaIShareThis
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Country Music Hall of Famer and half of the legendary country duo The Louvin Brothers, Charlie Louvin will release two new albums on New York City's Tompkins Square label. Steps to Heaven, due September 16th, 2008, features ten traditional gospel classics including two Louvin Brothers songs. The release will be followed by Charlie Louvin Sings Murder [...]ShareThis~~
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You can keep your Carrie Underwoods, your Taylor Swifts, your Jewels and your Jessica Simpsons…I'll take a beer and another song by Michigan's Rachel Brooke. Rachelle Brooke Covering Hank William's Old Log Train http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3YNlIVxwWk~~
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One of country music's leading class clowns (reviled only by Roger Miller) and guitar greats has died. The Tennessean writes: Jerry Reed, country music's howling virtuoso and a star of stage, studio and screen, has died. Born Jerry Reed Hubbard, Mr. Reed suffered from emphysema and was in hospice care. He was 71, and he leaves [...]~~
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The Blugrass Blog reports that comedian, actor, author and banjo player Steve Martin was preparing to record an album of serious banjo music. TBB reports: The recording has been completed, produced by fellow banjo man John McCuen, with assistance from Tony Trischka and Pete Wernick. Helping out in the studio were Russ Barenberg on guitar, Matt [...]~~
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I remember the comedian Chris Rock on a cable filmed stand-up special saying something like what is the world coming to when the top rapper in the world is white (Eminem) and the top golfer in the world is black (Tiger Woods)? I felt sort of like that the other night when Sen. Barack Obama's historic [...]~~
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Presenting the Hank III Exclusive World Premier Video of "Long Hauls and Close Calls" from the forthcoming new release "DAMN RIGHT, REBEL PROUD" in stores on 10/21 in CD and Double Vinyl format. I'm posting this as a mirror to the Record Store Day web site which broke the video first. Hank III - "Long Hauls and [...]~~
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You like girls? You like Country Music? Well sure you do…hell you got a pulse don't you?! The always incorrigible Blake Clayton at the REAL country podcast "It Burns When I Pee" features Episode 18 - "Twang Aint Just A Guy Thang" and features some talented (and beautiful) ladies that are out there putting their own [...]ShareThis~~
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Ellensburg, Washington based alt.country artist Star Anna is already a Twang Nation favorite and has tickled our fancy even further by offering an excellent 'Crooked Path Live EP' available for download at Amazon. The digital four track EP release includes live versions of Crooked Path, Bed That I've Made, Five Minutes To Midnight and a [...]~~
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