Record Store Day 2020: Our Top Americana/Roots Picks
Spring is in the here, birds are out and trees and flowers begin to bloom, and the smell of limited edition vinyl is in the air!. That’s right folks, Record Store Day 2020 is right…
Tag Archives: Blaze Foley
What We know About Ethan Hawke’s Blaze Foley Biopic ‘Blaze.’
‘Blaze’ the Ethan Hawke co-written and directed tender biopic created to celebrate the tragic life of country blues Texas artist Blaze Foley has been turning heads at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival at the Cafe…
Record Store Day 2017 – Americana and Roots Music Picks
It’s that time of year again. Well, yes Spring but more specifically for a music blog it’s the annual season of blossoming limit selections of rare and obscure vinyl known as Record Store Day. The…
Record Store Day 2016 – Americana and Roots Music Picks
Record Store Day, the annual celebration of limited runs of the antiquated data storage device known as vinyl and once the scene of hipsters when it started in 2007, has helped fuel a surprising resurgence…
Americana Music Association Conference & Festival 2011 Wrap Up
On the night of the 10th annual Americana Music Association Awards, the director of the organization, Jed Hilly, recounted from the stage of the historic Ryman Auditorium a few of the key accomplishment te genre…
Concert Review: Gurf Morlix Pays Tribute to Blaze Foley
Gurf Morlix and the traveling Blaze Foley road-show rolled through San Francisco last night in the Amnesia. The Mission district bar was packed and it house showed a strong interest local interest in the current…
Six Rounds Spent – El Corazón
Passion, jealousy, betrayal, lying, cheating, drinking, drugging, violence,, reconciliation, repeat…ah love. Here are 6 of my favorites. What are yours? Ridley Bent – Nine Inch Nails [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU5jxFwEA6U[/youtube] Ryan Adams – Come Pick Me Up [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnoh86FD2A&feature=related[/youtube]…
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Gurf Morlix – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream [Rootball Records]
“He’s only gone crazy once. Decided to stay.” – Townes Van Zandt about Blaze Foley For Gurf Morlix to create a tribute album for his Austin running buddy and fellow singer-songwriter, the late, great Blaze…
Gurf Morlix Last Exit to Happyland
Austin Texas based roots musician, Gurf Morlix, is finishing up his new release Last Exit To Happyland. A noted producer of the Americana elite (Lucinda Williams, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Slaid Cleaves, Mary Gauthier, and Robert…