![Watch Out! Kasey Chambers – Wheelbarrow [VIDEO]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-30-at-3.10.58-PM-300x119.png)
Clawhammer banjo fuses with guitar-fuzz bombast spectacularly in “Wheelbarrow” the first release from Aussie country music vet Kasey Chambers’ upcoming 7th solo release “Bittersweet (August 29) Chambers lends her unmistable pipes, which has a wonderful…
Like the garland embroidered shirt on the picture there is a vintage quality to Austin singer/songwriter Kathryn Legendre’s newest cut “Have You Forgotten Me?” Classic country blends with a contemporary spirit reminiscent of Emmylou Harris…
![Watch Out! Beck – “Heart Is A Drum” [VIDEO]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-29-at-11.25.56-AM-300x166.png)
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…
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…
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…
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…
![Watch Out! anchor & the butterfly – “Lone Star” [VIDEO]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-16-at-9.17.28-AM-300x166.png)
indie folk/country duo anchor & the butterfly is a collaboration between songwriter and singer Bridget Robertson and guitarist Lance Hillier. From a converted shed in the backyard Central Victoria, Australia home they spin their stark…
Last night Sturgill Simpson added his name to a long line of excellent roots performers that have appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. Simpson, and his cracker-jack band, rip through a rousing version…
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…
![Watch Out! Old 97′s – “Let’s Get Drunk & Get It On” [VIDEO]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-11-at-2.26.34-PM-300x163.png)
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…