Stephen Colbert continues the Letterman legacy of supporting great roots music by inviting Grammy winner (so badass saying that) Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit took to the storied Tonight Show stage to perform a…
Photo by Angelina Castillo Last spring Ashley Monroe took to the intimate stage of the Blue Room at musician-producer Jack White’s Third Man Records to play songs , some from from her upcoming album, The…
Berklee College of Music will present American Master Awards to legendary record producer, songwriter and recording artist T Bone Burnett, as well as the acclaimed roots duo of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings on a…
“The Reddest Rose” is a dobro-dusted cut that has Caudle’s country heroes’ influences branded all over it. A little Gram Parsons melancholy, a shade Merle Haggard roughness with an ear for melody reminiscent of Lyle…
In an effort to bring viewers closer to the experiment the trophies for the 58th Grammys comes with a installed with a tiny, wireless (removable?) camera installed on the stand. Here we see statue cam…
Listen to a psychedelic fuzzed out new song by Sturgill Simpson, “Sugar Daddy,” from HBO’s Vinyl. No twang to be found here. This is sure to divide critics and fans alike that have come to…
If you were lucky enough to be in the crowd at the legendary honky-tonk broken spoke in Austin last night to see Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel you were treated to a special…
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On this beautifully filmed black-and-white video Willie Nelson revisits the classic “Someone to Watch Over Me,” the Gershwin standard he first recorded on the 1978 blockbuster album of pop standards ‘Stardust.’ the album that evolved…
The ‘The Muppets’ show too a wonderful rootsy turn the other night when Miss Piggy and Kermit Cover “In Spite of Ourselves” by John Prine. The song is the title cut from Prine’s 13th studio…
Hayes Carll fans have been waiting 5 long years for a new album. Well, the wait is over! Over four albums Carll has carried in a Tecas songwriting tradition of heart-on-sleeve and sung with a…