Americana Music Association Releases Full Bill for 15th Annual AmericanaFest
The Americana Music Association has released the whole enchilada, the full list for their conference and festival. And all I can say id WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?! I’m only one man, how can I make…
Twang Nation 8th Anniversary Contest – Johnny Cash, Lone Justice , Gram Parsons
I know, I know. I don’t look a day over six. But it’s true! Your generally humble roots music blog, Twang Nation, turns 8 this month. Where does the time go? I started this on…
Music Review: Old Crow Medicine Show – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues 7/11
Like Willie did in the 70′s with the rednecks and hippies, Old Crow Medicine Show brought Affliction shirt bro-country fans and amply bearded roots-music hipsters together. Except on this sizzling Friday evening in Dallas it…
Watch Out! anchor & the butterfly – “Lone Star” [VIDEO]
indie folk/country duo anchor & the butterfly is a collaboration between songwriter and singer Bridget Robertson and guitarist Lance Hillier. From a converted shed in the backyard Central Victoria, Australia home they spin their stark…
Sturgill Simpson: “Life of Sin” – Late Show with David Letterman 7/15
Last night Sturgill Simpson added his name to a long line of excellent roots performers that have appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. Simpson, and his cracker-jack band, rip through a rousing version…
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Lucinda Williams To Release Double Album “Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone” – September 30
Roots-music legend, and three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams is set to release her first-ever double album “Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone” on September 30 though her very own Highway 20 Records “Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone” is said to be…
Woody Guthrie Collection ‘My Name Is New York’ To Be Released September 23
On September 23rd Woody Guthrie Publications will release ‘My Name Is New York; Ramblin’ Around Woody Guthrie’s Town,’ a three-disc collection offering an intimate portrait of Woody’s NYC life through storytelling and music. Produced by Steve Rosenthal, Michael Kleff and Woody’s daughter Nora Guthrie, ‘My…
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Watch Out! Old 97′s – “Let’s Get Drunk & Get It On” [VIDEO]
Let’s go kids as we follow a day in the life of Rhett Miller, Murry Hammond, Ken Bethea and Philip Peeples – collectively known as NorTex alt.country stalwarts The Old 97s. The video follows each member in a spilt-screen quadrants as they travel through various…
Taylor Swift – Love Hurts
I never thought I would write these words, but below you will find my response to Taylor Swift’s Wall Street Journal essay. Wow. Swift took the the pages of the Wall Street Journal For Taylor Swift, the Future of Music Is a Love Story to…
Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited – Available August 19
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of one of Johnny Cash’s most personal releases, “Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian,” Sony Music Masterworks will commemorate the occasion with “Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited” ( August 19.) Produced by Joe Henry and featuring country and Americana…
Loretta Lynn, Flaco Jiménez, Jackson Browne and Taj Mahal to Receive Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Awards
Loretta Lynn, Flaco Jiménez, Jackson Browne and Taj Mahal have been selected to receive Lifetime Achievement Award winners to be presented at its 13th Annual Honors and Awards. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, September 17 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The…
Listen Up! Alice Gerrard – “Boll Weevil”
Alice Gerrard is a legend in roots music. Her 40-plus year music career began at Antioch College where her exposure to folk music and, after graduating, she moved to Washington D.C. She then pivoted her piano training into mastering the banjo and guitar and became…
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Listen Up! Spencer Burton – “A Body Is All She Ever Let Me Hold” [PREMIERE]
Spencer Burton first began tilling the folk and country music fields to great acclaim under the solo moniker of Grey Kingdom. On his upcoming new record “Don’t Let The World See Your Love” (September 16 / Dine Alone Records) Burton has decided to step from…
Ryan Adams Announces Release of Self-Titled Album
Ryan Adams announced today the release of a new, self-titled album on September 8. ‘Ryan Adams’ is the singer’s 14th solo album and was produced by Adams at his Pax Am Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and follows 2011′s ‘Ashes & Fire.’ The album will…