Kingsley Flood – Dust Windows and Awkward Dancing
Boston’s Kinglsey Flood, the punk-rock/roots/Americana/folk phenom that’s been tearing up the charts, were featured last week on NPR’s Weekend Edition where they discussed Americana music, death and awkward dancing. After the broadcast, sales of their debut CD (Dust Windows) shot up to #1 on Amazon’s most downloaded roots-rock albums for the week, briefly hit #1 [...]
read moreInterview: The Black Twig Pickers – Nothing Funny About Days Gone By
Old time music is strange. I don’t think it’s really like a warm fireplace. I find it to be constantly challenging and engaging. — Nathan Bowels, The Black Twig Pickers The Black Twig Pickers are a non neo-traditional old time band that resides in the hills of Appalachia in Southwest Virginia. The trio consists of [...]
read moreMoogfest 2010 Set for Halloween Weekend, Asheville, NC
By Lindsey Austin Asheville, NC All right boys and girls. You might want to go ahead and buy a new pair of dancing shoes now. You can break them in pacing around in anticipation of Moogfest 2010 here in Asheville NC, the home of Moog Music and cool kid destination of the Southeast. Moogfest just [...]
read moreInterview: Blue Giant…no longer just for the space scientists.
You know when you have a friend who has a friend she REALLY wants you meet, and every time you say something something funny, she always says “Oh, so and so would think this was HILARIOUS…I can’t WAIT for you to meet him,” and you say “Oh yeah, he sounds suuuuper great,” but really, you’re [...]
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Audra Mae — The Happiest Interview
Audra Mae is a dreamer with both feet on the ground. The great-grandniece of starlet Judy Garland, Audra is darn proud of her roots but equally as proud to have carved a path of her own, musically speaking. With a hugely capable voice and thoughtfully whimsical melodies, her music is a unique but well-rounded listening [...]
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Album Review: Manda Mosher – City of Clowns – (Red Parlor Records)
We wish Manda Mosher had run the title of her EP by us first. We might have said: “City of Clowns? Really? You sure? Clowns are scary. Even kids hate clowns. Remember Pennywise from Stephen King’s It? John Wayne Gacy? The Joker? That cult film Killer Clowns from Outer Space?” Mosher’s five-song follow-up to her [...]
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Contest Giveaway: Signed Copies of Marty Stuart’s Ghost Train
That’s right, we’re giving away TWO copies of Marty Stuart’s critically acclaimed Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions which hit the streets today. (Three sample tracks are included at the bottom of the page.) Oh, and they’re both signed by Marty Stuart himself. Drop us a line at Contests[AT]CountryMusicPride.com or leave a comment here. Tell [...]
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Kingsley Flood – Dust Windows and Awkward Dancing
Boston’s Kinglsey Flood, the punk-rock/roots/Americana/folk phenom that’s been tearing up the charts, were featured last week on NPR’s Weekend Edition where they discussed Americana music, death and awkward dancing. After the broadcast, sales of their debut CD (Dust Windows) shot up to #1 on Amazon’s most downloaded roots-rock albums for the week, briefly hit #1 [...]
Interview: The Black Twig Pickers – Nothing Funny About Days Gone By
Old time music is strange. I don’t think it’s really like a warm fireplace. I find it to be constantly challenging and engaging. — Nathan Bowels, The Black Twig Pickers The Black Twig Pickers are a non neo-traditional old time band that resides in the hills of Appalachia in Southwest Virginia. The trio consists of [...]
Moogfest 2010 Set for Halloween Weekend, Asheville, NC
By Lindsey Austin Asheville, NC All right boys and girls. You might want to go ahead and buy a new pair of dancing shoes now. You can break them in pacing around in anticipation of Moogfest 2010 here in Asheville NC, the home of Moog Music and cool kid destination of the Southeast. Moogfest just [...]
Interview: Blue Giant…no longer just for the space scientists.
You know when you have a friend who has a friend she REALLY wants you meet, and every time you say something something funny, she always says “Oh, so and so would think this was HILARIOUS…I can’t WAIT for you to meet him,” and you say “Oh yeah, he sounds suuuuper great,” but really, you’re [...]
Album Review: Manda Mosher – City of Clowns – (Red Parlor Records)
We wish Manda Mosher had run the title of her EP by us first. We might have said: “City of Clowns? Really? You sure? Clowns are scary. Even kids hate clowns. Remember Pennywise from Stephen King’s It? John Wayne Gacy? The Joker? That cult film Killer Clowns from Outer Space?” Mosher’s five-song follow-up to her [...]
AMA Festival Right Around the Corner!
Festival lineup and award nominees list The Americana Music Association Festival and Conference sounds almost too formal, too businesslike. You’d expect to see employees of Dunder Mifflin in attendance. Fear not, monkey-suit-phobes. This is a music conference choc-a-bloc with one of the most incredible lineups around, and this Nashville must-see festival is nearly upon us: [...]
Springsteen’s “Darkness” Box Set Due Out Nov. 16
We love Bruce’s “Stanley Kowalski” look from this early part of his career. You can almost hear him scream, in a Jersey accent, “Stellllllllllllaaaaaahhhhh!” After years of rumors, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced the details of their Darkness On The Edge of Town box set, which will be released on November [...]
Contest Giveaway: Signed Copies of Marty Stuart’s Ghost Train
That’s right, we’re giving away TWO copies of Marty Stuart’s critically acclaimed Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions which hit the streets today. (Three sample tracks are included at the bottom of the page.) Oh, and they’re both signed by Marty Stuart himself. Drop us a line at Contests[AT]CountryMusicPride.com or leave a comment here. Tell [...]



