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Listen Up! Ashley Monroe – ” Like A Rose” Live At Third Man Records

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Ashley Monroe - " Like A Rose" Live At Third Man Records
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 Blade, to a room of mostly industry folks in Nashville for the annual Music Biz (Music Business Association) conference.

Monroe is the name, and she’s no stranger to the stage of our Blue room. The first time Ashley Monroe sang at Third Man Records, it was with Wanda Jackson for her “Live at Third Man Records,” LP released as part of Third Man Records’ Vault Package #9.

The next time she sang at Third Man Records, it was with Willie Nelson for his special 80th Birthday CMT Crossroads Live at Third Man Records performance, released as Vault Package #17. The last time Ashley Monroe sang at Third Man Records, it was May 2015 to record her very own Live at Third Man Records 12″ LP, recorded direct-to-acetate in the Blue Room.

Monroe first worked with White when she sang, alongside Ricky Skaggs. on The Raconteurs song ‘Old Enough.’

‘Like a Rose’ is from Monroe’s second studio album. This version can found on ‘Ashley Monroe – Live At Third Man Records” is available for pre-order now. The record will be released and available next Friday, February 26th.

Read the Rolling Stone coverage of this special event.

TRACKLIST
Side A:
1. Like A Rose
2. Dixie
3. The Blade
4. Weed Instead of Roses
5. Bomshell

Side B:
7. On To Something Good
8. Satisfied
9. Has Anybody Ever Told You
10. I’m Good At Leaving
11. Hickory Wing (Gram Parsons)

Listen Up! Caleb Caudle – “The Reddest Rose”

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Caleb Caudle

“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 Lovett.

There’s a river I see that runs beside me, and I long to feel it’s water start to cool. Seems like what I run to the quickest, only leaves me blue.” Caudle sings in his road weary baritone in a away you know there’s truth in it.

“The Reddest Rose” is from the album ‘Carolina Ghost’, out Feb. 26 on This Is American Music label. Pre-order here.

Caudle says of ‘Carolina Ghost’:
”This record is all about making life changes and coming home,” says Caudle, who co-produced Carolina Ghost with longtime collaborator Jon Ashley (Avett Brothers, Dawes, Band of Horses). “I kicked booze about a year and a half ago and moved back to North Carolina and fell in love. So it all feels like a new start, really.”

Upcoming Caleb Caudle Tour Dates

Feb 24 The Cave Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 25 The Garage – Winston-Salem, NC (*Carolina Ghost Release Party*)
Feb 26 Slim’s – Raleigh, NC
Feb 27 The Evening Muse – Charlotte, NC
Mar 02 House Show – Richmond, VA
Mar 03 Club 603 – Baltimore, MD
Mar 04 Rockwood Music Hall – New York, NY
Mar 05 Maybelle’s – Washington, D.C.
Mar 10 Venkman’s – Atlanta, GA
Mar 12 Standard Deluxe – Waverly, AL
Mar 13 Callaghan’s – Mobile, AL
Mar 14 House Show – Baton Rouge, LA
Mar 15 The Mucky Duck – Houston, TX
Mar 20 The Basement – Nashville, TN
Apr 1 Jammin’ Java – Washington, DC
Apr 9 The V club – Huntington, WV (*W.B. Walker’s Old Soul Radio Show: 3 Year Anniversary*)

Listen Up! Sturgill Simpson, “Sugar Daddy,” from HBO’s Vinyl

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Sturgill Simpson - 'Turtles All the Way Down'

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 connect Simpson with an outlaw country aesthetic. But there’s a bunch of garage rock fans that will dig it. Jack White, are you listening? One things for sure, Simpson continues to follow his own path.

“Sugar Daddy” will appear as a main theme to the show and on the first volume of songs on the soundtrack. The song will not be on his major label debut, expected sometime this year.

Listen Up! Brad Armstrong – ‘Cherokee Nose Job’

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Brad Armstrong

Brad Armstrong is an auteur of atmosphere. On his newest release the guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist of the post-Southern rock band the Dexateens is working in the darker areas of the human psyche and the relationships and culture it forges to cast those shadows.

On ‘Cherokee Nose Job’ A strummed acoustic guitar gives no tell of the grizzly scene being set.

“Drew my best hunting blade, through my long, lost lovers face, and I sent her in the street to make amends.”

Slide dobro and electric guitar snakes around, refrains then bursts into a rushing torrent of feedback, bloodlust and righteous indignation.

Armstrong says of the song:

“CNJ is one of the more violent and harsh songs I’ve written. The plains Indians had a thing where if a woman were found to be cheating on her husband, they would slit her face open, up her lips and through her nose, so the rest of the tribe could see what part of her got her in trouble. The husband would do it. Stephen King had a riff about it in his novella Rage, which has stuck with me since I read it, at about age 14 or so. I just got to thinking about this Jim Jones kind of dude, like in Dogs of God by Pinckney Benedict, making his crazy family up in the mountains, and how he would probably do something like that. I had originally started doing a whole record about this crazy dude, but scrapped it. There are three tunes that survived from this project: CNJ, Deep Water, sung by Maria Taylor, and Shrines. I decided not to run them together in the sequence or anything, but those three go together.”

‘Cherokee Nose Job’ is from Brad Armstrong latest release “Empire.” Two songs from the album have been placed on the Audience Network’s show “Kingdom” as well as ABC’s hit show “Nashville”.

Pick it up here.

https://soundcloud.com/cornelius-chapel-records/07-cherokee-nose-job?in=cornelius-chapel-records/sets/brad-armstrong-empire

Lumineers Announce New LP ‘Cleopatra,’ Hear New Song ‘Ophelia’

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Lumineers

Colorado pop-folk band the Lumineers were celebrated and derided for the 2012 earworm “Ho Hey” that taught a whole generation to stomps and clap in unison. To their credit instead of rushing out ‘The Lumineers II” to capitalize on the success of their Grammy-nominated 2013 self-titled album the band took time making their sophomore follow up ‘Cleopatra.’ (out April 8th)

“‘Ophelia’ is a vague reference to people falling in love with fame,” songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist Wesley Schultz told EW. “That spotlight can seem like an endless buffet, but in reality, you’re just shiny, bright and new to people for a quick moment — and then you have the rest of your life to live.”

“Ophelia,” the new cut from ‘Cleopatra.’ First thought is it takes big balls to give your song the same title as one of the most famous songs by The Band, but hey (Ho!), shoot for the stars. The song has a slightly edgier tone than their earlier work though the signature foot stomps and belts of “Oh” are still evident.

Take a listen:

The Lumineers debuted in 2012 with their eponymous album. In 2013, they were nominated for two Grammy Awards, Best New Artist and Best Americana Album. The album reached Number Two on the Billboard 200 while the hit “Ho Hey” stayed in the Top 10 on the Hot 100 for 14 weeks.

Head to thelumineers.com to check out newly posted tour dates.

Cleopatra track list

1. “Sleep On The Floor”
2. “Ophelia”
3. “Cleopatra”
4. “Gun Song”
5. “Angela”
6. “In The Light”
7. “Gale Song”
8. “Long Way From Home”
9. “Sick In The Head”
10. “My Eyes”
11. “Patience”

Watch Out! Aubrie Sellers Performs ‘Light of Day’ on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Aubrie Sellers Performs 'Light of Day' on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Aubrie Sellers makes her television debut in fine fashion. She and her band look like old pros at the Late Night game with a rendition of her album debut’s title song ‘Light of Day’ . The performance gathers like thunderheads in the distance. As Sellers honey-twang warns about caution the music ebbs and builds a feeling of foreboding, then the band breaks hell and, just at the edge, careens back in the groove.

See this fantastic performance below.

“Light Of Day” is available digitally and on vinyl today. Het it here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5-mMs2TyTA

Watch Out! Dawn Landes and Piers Faccini – “Book Of Dreams” [VIDEO]

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Dawn Landes And Piers Faccini

A sun-stippled leafy local contrasted against an urban backdrop is the setting for American Dawn Landes and the British Piers Faccini’s “Book Of Dreams” video. The song is torn from the Nick Drake handbook of forlorn beauty, with their guitars and voices swaying and dipping together in this recounting of passing years and shedding personas.

The two songwriters met in 2013 when they recorded a Lead Belly song for Faccini’s cover project, ‘Songs I Love.’ Later that year, Piers invited Dawn to France to perform in a 12th Century Romanesque Chapel in the remote Cevennes region of the south of France near Piers’ home and studio. Inspired by their first experience of performing together, they met up a few months later to write and record the intimate suite of songs that would become the EP, Desert Songs.

“Book Of Dreams” can be found on their new EP. From the presser covering that recording: “The bare autumnal skies and rugged mountainous landscapes provided the perfect backdrop for their collaboration. In between sessions, they walked the footpaths in the hills around the studio, swapping tales of the mystics and seekers that inspired the stories and lyrics in ‘Desert Songs.’ Where Dawn would quote the Desert Fathers or Thomas Merton, Piers would would cite Sufi poets Rumi and Hafez or the poems of St John of the Cross. Dawn and Piers wove the arrangements together using the rich collection of instruments in Piers’s studio, a Malian Kora, a 1930’s National resonator guitar, West African percussion and an Indian dulcimer and tampura. Back in her Brooklyn studio a month later, Dawn recorded drum parts with Ray Rizzo. ‘Desert Songs’ was then mixed in NYC by Pat Dillet.”

About the video’s location Landes says “Piers and I were playing a gig together in London and discovered this bandstand nearby. Turns out it’s built on the rubble of an old rookery called Friar’s Mount. That seemed to fit the themes of our EP Desert Songs, inspired by mystics and seekers.

Dawn Landes is from the Louisville, Kentucky area but has called Brooklyn, New York home for years. As a solo artist she has released five full-length albums and two EPs. She has toured throughout the US, Europe and around the world, and shared the stage with Ray Lamontagne, Feist, Andrew Bird, Suzanne Vega and others.

Faccini has collaborated over the years with many musicians and singers including Rokia Traore, Busi Mhlongo, Ben Harper, Ballake Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Camille, Francesca Beard, Ibrahim Maalouf and others. Piers Faccini’s most recent album Songs of Time Lost was in NPR’s top 10 world music albums of the year as well as in Songlines UK’s 10 best albums of 2014.

‘Desert Songs’ is out now in digital only format on Six Degrees Records.

Hayes Carll To Release New Album “Lovers and Leavers” on April 8

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Hayes Carll To Release New Album “Lovers and Leavers”

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 wry smile also reflected in the works of Guy Clark , Townes Van Zandt, Lyle Lovett and Kelly Willis. His newest release ‘Lovers and Leavers,’ (April 8th through Thirty Tigers) was recorded late last year in Los Angeles with producer Joe Henry, appears to have a darker edge.

From the press release “I’m a singer-songwriter, [and] I think Lovers and Leavers comes closer to reflecting that than any other record I’ve made.”

“I didn’t have one song that I knew would be a sing along or would make people dance,” Carll reflects. “I felt vulnerable in a way that I hadn’t in a long time. But I got what I wanted — a record with space, nuance, and room to breathe. It felt right for my art. It felt right for my life.

“Lovers and Leavers isn’t funny or raucous,” he continues. “There are very few hoots and almost no hollers. But it’s joyous, and it makes me smile. No, it’s not my Blood on the Tracks, nor is it any kind of opus. It’s my fifth record — a reflection of a specific time and place. It is quiet, like I wanted it to be.”

Hear the song, “The Love That We Need” below. The song is co-written by Carll, Jack Ingram, and Allison Moorer.

Hayes Carll’s song “Chances Are” is nominated for the “Best Country Song” Grammy. The song is an outstanding cut from Lee Ann Womack’s latest ‘The Way I’m Livin’.

Lovers and Leavers track list:

“Drive”
“Sake of the Song”
“Good While It Lasted”
“You Leave Alone”
“My Friends”
“The Love That We Need”
“Love Don’t Let Me Down”
“The Magic Kid”
“Love Is So Easy”
“Jealous”

Watch Out! Nikki Lane’s New Song ‘Highway Queen’

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Nikki Lane - Highway Queen

When not being the boss woman for her Nashville vintage boutique High Class Hillbilly Nikki Lane occasionally plays some pretty great music.

Proof – here’s a recent live performance from a particular Santa Ana, CA show showcasing ‘Highway Queen,’ a little blackthorn serenade that is the title cut from Ms. Badassary’s upcoming album (release TBD) It comes complete with some pretty sweet harmony backup.

MERCY!

Legendary Roots Music Documentary ‘Heartworn Highways’ 40th Anniversary Box Set To Be Released

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Heartworn Highways 40th Anniversary Box Set

As posted on Pitchgork.com the classic and celebrated roots music documentary Heartworn Highways is getting the Record Store Day (April 16th) deluxe treatment. The 1976 documentary by James Szalapski chronicles the rise of late 70’s roots and country music.

Filming for the doc takes place in in Texas and Tennessee in the last weeks of 1975 and the first weeks of 1976. It features intimate and ofter astounding performances by Townes Van Zandt, Rodney Crowel, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, Steve Young, David Allan Coe, Larry Jon Wilson, and others.

Over the years, the film and soundtrack have been lauded by fans and musicians and has achieved cult status.

On Record Store Day (April 16), Light in the Attic will release a limited (1,000 copies!) 40th anniversary 1,000 copies set featuring the film, its soundtrack, and more seen below.

    – Limited to 1,000 copies worldwide
    – Proudly Made in the USA, Hand crafted custom wood box by Boles Studio, Bronx, NY
    – LP-sized 80 page book with exhaustive 20,000 word essay by Sam Sweet interviewing artists, documentary creators and crew, including ephemera and over 100 unseen photos taken during the making of the film
    – Cast of Characters by legendary Austin illustrator Kerry Awn (Armadillo World Headquarters, The Ritz)
    – Reproduction of original film poster (24”x36”)
    – DVD of original 1976 film with restored image and sound. This is the first time the film has been restored to its correct speed in a DVD format.
    – DVD includes 45 minutes of bonus features, including performances by Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and others.
    – Region Free DVD
    – Double LP of soundtrack on “whiskey” colored wax housed in a Stoughton tip-on gatefold jacket
    – Download card for full soundtrack

Record Store Day was founded in founded in 2007 as a way to help struggling independent music retailers. The annual event has done much to fuel the current vinyl boom by offering unique and limited run editions like this one.

Find trailers for the film and the box set below.