I caught wind of this a few days too late but I think the poster is pretty cool and I want to make sure folks in the Boston area are made aware of the Annual Alt Country Extravaganza @ Church 69 Kilmarnock St., Boston, MA.
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PopMatters.com features a Q&A with Pensacola, Florida’s cosmic-folk chronicler of the South Jim White. At various points in his life, Whit has been a practicing Pentacostal, a fashion model, a New York taxi driver (a distinction he shares with Tom Russell) , a drifter, a pro-surfer, photographer, and a filmmaker. Renaissance man or ADHD? You decide.
White’s new release Transnormal Skiperoo (Luaka Bop) is available now and catch him on the road this Summer.
Jim White – Jailbird
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOJXbrmMN48[/youtube]On her latest release Grammy-winning singer Kathy Mattea has assembled a collection of songs that pay tribute to the Appalachian music of her home of South Charleston, West Virginia and tells the stories of miners, their families, and the impact that mining has had on Appalachia. But “Coal” is more than a study of her Southern upbringing, it’s a personal testament of Mattea’s roots. Both her grandfathers were miners, her mother worked for the local UMWA. Fortunately her father was [...]