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RollinStone.com posted this great clip from Ain’t in It for My Health , Jacob Hatley’s documentary on the musical legend. The film will premiere in upstate New York on April 19th, near his famous barn…
On Saturday (April 13), nearly one year to the day after his death, ‘Ain’t In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm’ will open in Helm’s hometown of Woodstock, N.Y. The documentary has…
I haven’t seen the Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, the collaboration by horror author Stephen King and , roots-rocker John Mellencamp and Americana godfather and singer/songwriter T Bone Burnett, but if the soundtrack gives us…
“You never know how much you need music until you don’t have it.” -Damien Echols, Life After Death Damien Echols, ason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. were convicted in 1994 of the 1993 reportedly ritual…
The 2010 documentary Ain’t In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm, will be released in movie theaters nationwide for the first time next year. The film follows longtime Band singer and drummer,…
For a movie slated for test-screening next month in Charlottesville, VA (fitting since the the movie takes place in Virginia) details on My Fool Heart (Facebook) are as rare as hen’s teeth. Here’s what we…
Singer/songwriter/producer and Americana stalwart T Bone Burnett seems to be practicing a sort of genre alchemy with the upcoming Hunger Games soundtrack (March 20.) Mr. Burnett seems to be taking poetic license with Suzanne Collins’…
The Secret Sisters announced this morning via their Facebook page that their song “Tomorrow Will Be Kinder” (below) would be included on the soundtrack to the upcoming film The Hunger Games. I had known about…
The mighty Drive-By Truckers have been releasing videos. entitled The Go Go Boots Episodes, in anticipation of their upcoming ninth studio release Go-Go Boots (3/15.) The segments are being shot and directed by Jason Thrasher…
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…