I read the other day that HBO was releasing the “Deadwood Complete Series” on December 9, 2008. The set contains the three seasons of this great. gritty and profanes masterpiece that HBO and creator/writer David Mitch collaborated on before it’s untimely and abrupt ending at the conclusion of it’s third season just when it was [...]
The Americana Music Association has released an initial list of arists that will be playing around Nashville during their music festival and conferencethis September 17-20 2008. Some of the performers will be: Jim Lauderdale, Mike Farris, Kane Welch Kaplin, The everybodyfields, The SteelDrivers, Tift Merritt, Jason & the Scorchers, Joe Ely, Malcolm Holcombe, Rosie Flores, [...]
So the other night I sat down with a bag of pork rinds and a six pack of high-end suds (with a loaded .45, in case things got real bad) and forced myself to watch the NBC premier of (but sixth season overall) of “Nashville Star.” For those of you with a life and no [...]
The mighty Drive By Truckers will make their 3rd appearance next week, Tuesday, March 11th, on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Oh how I hope Triumph the Insult Dog sings back up.
So I blogged on the CMT reality Program Gone Country hosted by John Rich (of Big & Rich fame) without seeing one episode and trashed it (see Gone Stupid.) Well I sat down this weekend and watched three epoides in a row and have to say, It’s not as bad as I suspected it might [...]
The Grammys are like a championship dog show. The awards go the the best behaved, the best bred to exacting standards and not to the the idiosyncratic mutt. Okay, sometimes there is the occasional gnarly crossbreed – The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day – but not until long after they’ve lost their edge or [...]
Two things I hate is reality TV that doesn’t involve bounty-hunting and trucks driving on ice and and musicians from other genres that think Country Music is some slum where they can make some easy money on the gullible fan base. Needless to say, I hate CMT’s “Gone Country.” Of course I haven’t seen the [...]
Kick your holidays off right tune into your local public television station and catch Lucinda Williams and Old Crow Medicine Show will perform on Austin City Limits, December 22nd. Lucinda’s set is listed as: Righteously Honey Bee Joy Unsuffer Me West
I don’t watch Ellen, but I found this clip over at the Hank III posting board and this kid blew me away with his cover of the June Carter’s “Ring of Fire” (nice shirt too!) Ellen’s gift at the end was pure class!