News Bits
- Old Crow Medicine Show – New Album & Tour Dates Announced… Its about time boys!!!
- Woody Guthrie Centenial Commemorated with Smithsonain Folkways Release – Book, Poster, 3CD set, Shirt, 6 Never Before Heard Original Songs
- Audio Fidelity Showers April with Phil Collins Gold, Ten Years After Vinyl, and a Genesis Rarity for “Record Store Day”
- Levon Helm 1940 – 2012
- Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks” Gets Film Adaptation
- American Cadence Records Set to Release Charlie Abbott’s “Brand New Weather”
- Charleston Trio Heyrocco Prepares for Album Debut, COMFORT
- T-Bone Burnett Produces New Lisa Marie Presley Album, Due Out May 15
- James Taylor’s Mud Slide Slim and The Blue Horizon, Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions ‘Go Gold’ Again in New Audio Fidelity Reissues
- Natalie Merchant’s Acclaimed Final Album with 10,000 Maniacs Gets Special Vinyl Treatment
Country Music Pride
- Stagecoach 2012 Review – Miranda, Blake, Aldean, Paisley, Alabama, Band Perry, Steve Martin & 20,000 Jason Aldean Posers.
- Keith Urban Surprised with Invitation to Join Grand Ole Opry
- CMA Fest Is Packed With Country Music’s Brightest Stars-Win Your Way In!
- Carter’s Chord Releases “Love A Little Bigger” Video and an Invitation to Chat with the Group Live April 17, 2012
- THOMPSON SQUARE WINS “VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR” at the 47th Annual ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
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Old Crow Medicine Show – New Album & Tour Dates Announced… Its about time boys!!!
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Woody Guthrie Centenial Commemorated with Smithsonain Folkways Release – Book, Poster, 3CD set, Shirt, 6 Never Before Heard Original Songs
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Deer Tick at the Yost Theater – Cee Lo and McCauley’s Grill’s! A Show Review
May 11, 2012 11:05 -
The Brothers Comatose – “Respect The Van”
May 6, 2012 17:05 -
Alabama Shakes – “Boys & Girls” – (ATO)
May 4, 2012 23:05
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Colin Hay is a lovely guy, we supported him at a gig in Edinburgh a couple of ye -
Kim:
I hadn't heard of Colin Hay since Men at Work...and I got to see him just recent -
ATF:
You mentioned Imelda May. I saw her here in Atlanta a couple of years ago. She o -
Jennwith2ns:
Thanks for this great review of my Uncle Phil's album. I've heard the demos and
Posts Tagged ‘Americana’
ATF Self-Interview: Folk Family Revival
Texas roots quartet Folk Family Revival released their debut full-length, Unfolding, back in July of 2011. It’s an honest record, a gritty effort straight from the heart of these three brothers and one honorary brother. Produced and mixed by Jeffery Armstreet at Red Tree Recording Studio in Magnolia, Texas, the album also features Scott Davis, [...]
Slaid Cleaves “Sorrow and Smoke: Live at the Horseshoe Lounge” Music Road
Slaid Cleaves may not be a natural-born Texan (He’s originally from Portland, Maine. He has been in Texas for 20 years, though.), but he knows a thing or two about a thing or two. For starters, he knows about songwriting, and he shows it off here with a 2 disc set of his “greatest hits” [...]
Beyond The Music: Mark Lennon – “California Calling”
North Carolina native (and current L.A. resident) Mark Lennon is the unassuming, easygoing guy next door. That’s what I enjoyed about his debut EP, Down the Mountain (2009, Vagabonds Tune) — it was like sitting on a wide and comfortable front porch, drinking ice cold beer and listening to a friend play some solid, honest [...]
Album review of Old Californio: Sundrunk Angels
Set to drop July 19, 2011, Old Californio’s Sundrunk Angels is the third studio album from the Pasadena, California quintet. Their sound is an eclectic blend of country, rock, folk, and psychedelic rock that is reminiscent of bands like the Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Gram Parsons Flying Burritos. The label [...]
Review of Jas Patrick: Working On My Soul
Jas Patrick is a recording artist that is quickly rising in popularity on the local (Nashville, TN) music scene. He is an extremely talented songwriter, vocalist, and musician. Patrick recently released a full length LP of eighteen songs on the Tiny Lion Music record label. Working on My Soul is a musically diverse album that [...]
Album review of Dex Romweber Duo: Is that You in the Blue
Fans of rockabilly, roots-rock, science fiction surf-punk, or fans of just plain great music, you are in for a treat. Bloodshot Records is set to release Dex Romweber Duo: Is that you in the Blue? on July 26, 2011. The new album has fourteen tracks and is a retro-inspired cornucopia of various genres of music [...]
Album review of Jolie Holland: Pint of Blood
Jolie Holland is a supremely talented singer/songwriter from Houston, Texas. Her latest album Pint of Blood, released June 28, 2011, is a brilliant collection of ten beautiful, yet haunting songs that inhabit your consciousness with their melodic and melancholy deliverance. Holland’s music is not easily categorized as she draws elements of folk, country, rock, and [...]
Album Review: Matt Bauer – “The Jessamine County Book of the Living” (Crossbill)
Matt Bauer, a Kentucky-born recording artist and songwriter, is awaiting the release of his second album, The Jessamine County Book of the Living (Crossbill Records, June 7, 2011). Bauer’s style could be described as neo-industrial folk, and his vocal delivery can best be articulated as a raspy whisper that makes Bill Anderson sound like a [...]
The Band of Heathens “Top Hat Crown & the Clapmaster’s Son” BOH Records
On their newest album, “Top Hat Crown & the Clapmaster’s Son,” The Band of Heathens continue to refine their kitchen sink approach to southern music. Combining elements of rock, country, soul, blues, funk, gospel, and whatever else that might come up in the process and with whatever instruments deemed appropriate (lapsteel, resonator guitars, piano, organ, [...]
Album Review: Andy Friedman – “Laserbeams and Dreams” (City Salvage)
Rare is the album that grabs you from the start, from the first plucked notes, the initial poetic sentence, with promises of deeply felt stories and engaging tunes. This album is one of those, and like the proverbial metaphoric onion, the layers are many. Laserbeams and Dreams, Andy Friedman‘s third studio release, opens with the [...]
53rd Annual Grammy Award Nominees — Our Picks: How’d We Do? Not So Well
In case you hadn’t noticed (or you’re just not into award ceremonies altogether), here is most of the official and exhaustive list of the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Award nominees. (Broadcast on CBS this Sunday, 8pm ET). We omitted categories in which we were unfamiliar with the nominees (Classical, Latin, Chamber Music, Opera, Rap, etc.). We [...]
Elvis Costello Performs National Ransom at NY Public Library
Back in November, Elvis Costello performed an exclusive show at the Celeste Bartos Forum in The New York Public Library’s world-famous Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The evening was a celebratory kickoff for his latest effort, National Ransom (our choice for #1 Album of 2010), and, along with The Sugarcanes, Costello ran through most of the [...]
Sarah Jarosz Releases “The New 45″ – Austin City Limits Preview
Since the release of her 2009 debut record Song Up In Her Head, 19-year-old Sarah Jarosz has firmly established herself as one of the most talented and exciting young musicians in the diverse world of Americana music. In the past year, she has played Bonnaroo, Newport Folk Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, performed on A Prairie [...]
Ponderosa Stomp, Day Two: More Stompin’ through History
STOMPIN’ THROUGH HISTORY: The Ponderosa Stomp and America’s Musical Legacy Day Two As the second night of America’s premier annual roots music festival, The Ponderosa Stomp, kicks off at the House of Blues in New Orleans, I am excited by two things. First is the Stomp’s line-up itself. While Day One focused strongly on Cajun, [...]
