Buck Owens’ A Merry ‘Hee Haw’ To Be Released
IT’S A BAKERSFIELD KIND OF CHRISTMAS AT OMNIVORE Buck Owens’ A Merry ‘Hee Haw’ Christmas due in stores November 13. Many of us are flat-out done with 2020 and are ready to turn the page…
Category Archives: Legends
William Elliott Whitmore New Album Coming This Fall
Long-time roots-revivalist William Elliott Whitmore is set to release his eighth studio full-length album ‘I’m With You’ on October 16. ‘I’m With You.’ on Bloodshot Records. This will be his first release of original material…
Americana Music Association Announces Streaming ‘Thriving Roots’ Conference
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has rolled the music industry keeping musicians from coming together together to create music and keeping musicians off the road and deriving them of a much-needed revenue source. Many have tackled…
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Announces Streaming Festival “Let the Music Play On…”
Some of my fondest memories of my 5 years in San Francisco was attending the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass roots music festival. The first weekend in October would roll around and me, my daughter and friends…
Bloodshot Records Artists Rocked By Sale & Accounting Issues
On Monday, July 20th, a form letter was sent out to all artists currently signed to the independent Chicago-based music label Bloodshot Records that the the label is currently up for sale due to ongoing…
Remembering Charlie Daniels – Americana Pioneer
Charlie Daniels singer, songwriter, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, philanthropist and Country Music Hall of Fame member died Monday from hemorrhagic stroke in Nashville. He was 83 years old. We all know about Daniels’ most famous for Grammy-winning…
Old 97s New Album “Twelfth” Out This Summer
Remember alt.country? The Old 97’s and their legions of fans worldwide haven’t. And those fans will be rewarded when the Dallas’ stalwarts deliver their 12th album, ‘Twelfth,’ on August 21st. To drive home the title…
Bobbie Gentry’s “The Delta Sweete” Expanded With New Deluxe Edition Out 7/31
How do you follow up o the biggest album of 1967? If you’re Bobbie Gentry you don’t sit on the impressive laurels born of her best-selling debut “Ode to Billie Joe”, which displaced the Beatles’…
John Prine’s Family Announce ‘Picture Show’ Tribute Livestream June 11
On June 11th the John Prine’s family will celebrate the late beloved singer-songwriter’s legacy with the Picture Show a livestream tribute. Produced by the Prine family and Oh Boy Records, the event will feature “musicians,…
How About? Sarah Jarosz’s New Album “World On The Ground”
With less than 3 weeks until ‘World On The Ground’ is released Sarah Jarosz has been busy on her social platforms offering fans 3 songs from the album and some media interviews including her tips…