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Watch Out! Beck – “Heart Is A Drum” [VIDEO]
Hot on the heels of Beck’s performance last night on The Colbert Report the video for his moody gem “Heart Is A Drum” has been released. Directed by Sophie Muller and shot in stark black…
Category Archives: Legends
Americana Music Association Releases Full Bill for 15th Annual AmericanaFest
The Americana Music Association has released the whole enchilada, the full list for their conference and festival. And all I can say id WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?! I’m only one man, how can I make…
Twang Nation 8th Anniversary Contest – Johnny Cash, Lone Justice , Gram Parsons
I know, I know. I don’t look a day over six. But it’s true! Your generally humble roots music blog, Twang Nation, turns 8 this month. Where does the time go? I started this on…
Music Review: Old Crow Medicine Show – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues 7/11
Like Willie did in the 70′s with the rednecks and hippies, Old Crow Medicine Show brought Affliction shirt bro-country fans and amply bearded roots-music hipsters together. Except on this sizzling Friday evening in Dallas it…
Lucinda Williams To Release Double Album “Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone” – September 30
Roots-music legend, and three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams is set to release her first-ever double album “Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone” on September 30 though her very own Highway 20 Records “Down…
Woody Guthrie Collection ‘My Name Is New York’ To Be Released September 23
On September 23rd Woody Guthrie Publications will release ‘My Name Is New York; Ramblin’ Around Woody Guthrie’s Town,’ a three-disc collection offering an intimate portrait of Woody’s NYC life through storytelling and music. Produced by…
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Watch Out! Old 97′s – “Let’s Get Drunk & Get It On” [VIDEO]
Let’s go kids as we follow a day in the life of Rhett Miller, Murry Hammond, Ken Bethea and Philip Peeples – collectively known as NorTex alt.country stalwarts The Old 97s. The video follows each…
Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited – Available August 19
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of one of Johnny Cash’s most personal releases, “Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian,” Sony Music Masterworks will commemorate the occasion with “Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited” ( August…
Loretta Lynn, Flaco Jiménez, Jackson Browne and Taj Mahal to Receive Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Awards
Loretta Lynn, Flaco Jiménez, Jackson Browne and Taj Mahal have been selected to receive Lifetime Achievement Award winners to be presented at its 13th Annual Honors and Awards. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday,…
Listen Up! Alice Gerrard – “Boll Weevil”
Alice Gerrard is a legend in roots music. Her 40-plus year music career began at Antioch College where her exposure to folk music and, after graduating, she moved to Washington D.C. She then pivoted her…