The New York Times posts a great review of the riot grrrl-trad country group Those Darlins show at the lower East-Side’s Mercury Lounge.Willie Nelson’s Facebook page is posting hints where this year’s Farm Aid will be held. So far we have: The city for this year’s concert has a professional sports team named after an [...]
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Just in time for their return to the stage the Minneapolis-based Jayhawks Music From the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology, their first ever compilation reflecting 20 signature songs and album tracks that span from their 1989 debut, Blue Earth, to 2003’s Rainy Day Music, is released today on American/Legacy Recordings.Reda a blogcrtics review of [...]
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Dave Alvin Doing X’s Fourth of July.
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The legendary Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will release their first studio album in five years. The influential California country-rock will release Speed of Life on September 22 on their own NGDB Records.SheKnows.com features an exclusive interview with Holly Williams. Holly is the Granddaughter of Hank Williams, daughter of Bocephus and half-sister of Hank Williams III. [...]
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PasteMagazine.com reviews the new release by ex-Band member Levon Helm Electric Dirt.Steve Earle headed back to his native Lone Star Sate to play a show at the Sounds of Texas Music Series in Conroe, Texas.Shout out to my friends, Kevin and Lisa from Memphis TN. I met these fine folks in line for the Elvis [...]
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On Thursday June 25th Americana/Folk singer/songwriter Joe Pug will release In The Meantime, five unreleased songs recorded during sessions for his inaugural EP Nation of Heat. The download will be available exclusively at www.joepugmusic.com.Rates for registration for the Americana Music Association Conference – AMA members $300 and Non-member $400 – will increase on June 30th. [...]
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Charlie Robison (along with his brother Bruce Robison) are Texas songwriting royalty. Nobody can make you feel so good about feeling bad and his new release Beautiful Day (Dualtone records) is some of his best work yet.Ranch Twang has a signed copy of the release and will gladly fork it over to some lucky winner. [...]
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Over their 13 years performing together the Drive By Truckers have produced a mess of great music, but not all of it made it onto their final 7 studio albums. The mighty DBT and their soon to be ex-label New West Records dug into the vaults and with guidance from longtime producer Dave Barbe, put [...]
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Anyone catch Elvis Costello on David Letterman last night? He played the title cut from his new Americana album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane Costello was joined onstage by Americana legend Jim Lauderdale.This isn’t the performance (I will post it when I find it) but it is Letterman from ‘96 and pretty sweet rendition of Emmylou [...]
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MTV has new unveiled a show called $5 Cover, which takes a look at the different artists in the underground music scene in Nashville. One standout is Amy LaVere, a doghouse bass plucking chanteuse that reminiscent of a rootsy Amie Winehouse, without the substance abuse or unfortunate dating scenarios.Check out Amy doing Never Been Sadder [...]
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The New York Times has a nice review of George Strait’s performance at New Jersey’s PNC Bank Arts Center. They discribe the Texas country music legend as “Sinatra with a deep tan.”PopMatters.com Rob Browning reviews Dale Watson’s latest The Truckin’ Sessions Vol. 2.In honor of the upcoming Fathers Day the fine folks at the 9513.com [...]
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Jay Bennett, the former Wilco multi-instrumentalist, passed away in his sleep on early Sunday morning (May 24) due to unknown causes. He was 45.Bennett was best known for his work with Wilco, the group for which he wrote and recorded on 1996’s “Being There,” 1999’s “Summerteeth” and 2002’s “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot,” as well as the [...]
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Remember those that gave all.
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This follow up to T. Nile’s (the T is for Tamara ) ‘06 debut At My Table showcases this young BC, Canadian’s maturity as a songwriter and her ability to work outside genre but still come away with something uniquely her own. It also continues my well documented infatuation with Canadian roots music.T. Nile’s handles [...]
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The Americana Music Association announced the nominees for the trade organization’s 2009 Honors and Awards ceremony today at its annual celebration at BMI Nashville. The show, in its eighth year, will be held Thursday, September 17 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.I’ve attended the conference and showcase for the last three years and it’s [...]
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Steve Earle made a cameo on the 30 Rock season finale’. He takes part in a benefit , with Elvis Costello, Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crowe and others, to get Alan Alda’s character a kidney.Speaking of Earle, he was in San Francisco’s Amoeba Records last Thursday to support his new release Townes, a 15-song cover [...]
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The fine folks at the 9513 brought to my attention the sorry news that Kris Kristofferson’s longtime guitarist Stephen Bruton has succumbed to throat cancer.More details on Stephen Bruton at Billboard.com.More sad news, Lynyrd Skynyrd Bassist Donald “Ean” Evan dies At 48 after a battle with cancer.Country music legends Charley Pride and Marty Stuart [...]
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I was reading Twitter today and noticed “RIP Poodie” coming up from some of the people I follow. Then I went to the authority of all things Willie Nelson, stillis stillmoving.com, and discovered what I had feared- Willie’s longtime stage manager and friend Poodie Locke died today at his home in Texas. RIP Poodie…
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Formed sometime (sometyme?) around 2005 Sometymes Why (not to be confused with the Canadian alt.rock band, and better spellers, Sometimes Why) - Kristin Andreassen (vocals, harmonica, guitar, glockenspiel, tambourine), Aoife O’Donovan (voice, baritone ukulele, Wurlitzer, piano, guitar, soprano ukulele, glockenspiel) and Ruth Ungar Merenda (voice, fiddle, soprano ukulele, guitar, baritone ukulel.
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ESPN’s The Life!will feature a Q&A with Todd Snider this Wednesday April 15th. Snider will be taking questions about his upcoming new album and his song “America’s Favorite Pastime” which is featured on “The Homerun EP,” a collection of baseball songs by Yep Roc Records artists.Snider wrote “America’s Favorite Pastime” about former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher [...]
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