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News Round Up:Billy Joe Shaver / Ray Wylie Hubbard’s The last Rites of Ransom Pride

October 3rd 2009

L.A. Times Pop & Hiss holds court with Texas songwriting royalty Billy Joe Shaver. Shaver discusses Bob Dylan, how after all life has thrown at him he still stays optimistic and voices frustration over somewhat indifference to some of his recent releases.

Beaufort County News reviews the latest Bearfoot show at Washington’s Turnage Theater.

While in San [...]

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Americana Music Association Partners with the Nashville Film Festival

August 31st 2009

The Americana Music Association (AMA) will partner with the Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) to present two premiere screenings during the 10th Annual Americana Music Festival and Conference, September 16-19, 2009 in Nashville.
“Americana on Film” will take place at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Ford Theatre and include screenings of Behind the Confessions: [...]

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Texas Monthly Features Five Texas Music Legends

August 13th 2009

Texas Monthly’s Pitch Perfect features five legendary Texas musicians—Guy Clark, Patty Griffin, Sonny Throckmorton, Robert Earl Keen, and Jack Ingram— and asks them to sgare the mystic secrets to writing a great country song.  It’s a funny, informative a great read.

The nominees for the 20th International Bluegrass Music Awards Awards has been announced (Yay SteelDrivers!) [...]

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Seven Signs Now on DVD

December 24th 2008

If you want a  glimpse of the contemporary, raw,  rural South you need to pick up the film Seven Signs. It’s the directorial debut for the Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers front man J.D. Wilkes, in collaboration with  the  Lexington, Kentucky based independent production company JuddFilms, the film offers a document of the  eccentricities, [...]

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