Here’s a list of the Country, Americana and roots and related categories from the 56th Annual GRAMMY Award Nominees. Look for a more in-depth post soon. You can get the full list of all nominees…
![Drive-By Truckers announce new album, English Oceans [VIDEO]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2013/12/English-Oceans-300x272.jpg)
Drive-By Truckers 12th album, “English Oceans” is one of the most anticipated releases of 2014 (March 4 to be exact) Of the album co-lead singer/songwriter and guitarist Mike Cooley says “It can go from this…
As the last days of 2013 drop away the business-as-usual music industry remains bogged in a largely self-inflicted quagmire, but don’t tell musicians this. Industry gatekeepers and financial barriers are being overrun by people with…
Last night’s George Jones tribute held in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena featured 40 performances honoring The Possum by artists , many of home, might not be where they are without him. Jamey Johnson, Jim Lauderdale, Shooter…
Legendary folk Singer/songwriter John Prine has been diagnosed with lung cancer. Prine says that the cancer is unrelated to the cell cancer on his neck for which he received treatment in the late ’90s. Fron…
Roseanne Cash will release her 13th studio album, “The River and The Thread,” January 14, 2014 on Blue Note Records. Cash wrote the album’s 11 original songs with her longtime collaborator (and husband) John Leventhal,…
![The Story Behind “Shotgun Willie” [VIDEO]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2013/11/shotgun-willie-207x300.jpg)
This is a great story behind the great title song of a great album. Sure Willie is widely known as the Texas Yoda, but he has had a past occasionally reminiscent of a Cops episode.…
While discussing working on the Coen brothers upcoming Greenwich Village folk-movement inspired soundtrack for “Inside Llewyn Davis,” with American Songwriter T Bone Burnett took the occasion to deride both technology and self-promotion. Now the negative…
Great news alt.country fans! On January 28th, Legacy Recordings will reissue Uncle Tupelo‘s widely acclaimed debut LP, 1990′s “No Depression.” The release will be a special two-disc expanded edition featuring rare and previously unreleased material.…
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One of he bloodiest periods in American history, the Civil War (or the War of Northern Aggression as it’s often referred to south of the Mason/Dixon,) left deep and lingering cultural wounds in the nation’s…