![Watch Out! Kelly Willis – “Harper Valley PTA” [VIDEO]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-18-at-9.16.14-AM-300x151.png)
Way back in 2012 Kelly Willis asked her Twitter followers for cover ideas for an upcoming Austin gig coming up playing alongside her husband Bruce Robison. There were some great suggestions in response. I Tweeted…
It’s that time again twangers. Yes, Record Store Day 2014 is upon us. The annual celebration of local record stores that leaves behind clowns and balloons and replaced them with long lines and limited edition…
Looks like the late legendary singer/songwriter/producer Cowboy Jack Clement isn’t quite done yet. Clement’s last musical work, and only his 4th studio release, “For Once and For All” produced by Dave “Fergie” Ferguson and Matt…
Jason Isbell is at the top of his career and he’s headed all over this great nation (except Dallas!) Isbell is headed to the second leg of his tour to support his acclaimed “Southeastern.” Isbell…
There’s so much to love about this Portlandia skit featuring Uncle Tupelo/Wilco’s own Jeff Tweedy. To me Portlandia suffers from much of the preciousness it aims to lambast. On occasion it hits dead on. This…
Rosanne Cash’s latest completes a body of self-reflective work beginning with 2006’s dark beauty Black Cadillac, the homage to her and father’s musical bond with 2009’ s “The List” and now with “The River &…
While in Dallas to produce his show Conan O’Brien has had some fun indulging in some things that make the Great State, well, great. But more often than not O’Brien, and his sidekick Andy Richter,…
![Watch Out! Rodney Crowell – “Fever On The Bayou” [VIDEO]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2014/03/Rodney-Crowell--300x199.jpeg)
One of the most memorable scenes from James Szalapski’s extraordinary “Heartworn Highways” is at the end of the country/folk documentary Christmas Day song-along. Fueled by cigarettes and wine Steve Young, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Jim…
Austin City Limits (ACL) announced today the launch of the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame in conjunction with the iconic television series’ upcoming 40th Anniversary. This Hall of Fame’s Inaugural Induction Ceremony will take…
John Carter Cash, son of Johnny and June Carter and owner and operator of Cash Productions, LLC and the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, has told the Guardian that that there is enough material…