The mighty Drive-By Truckers will release their 10th studio record Go-Go Boots, on February 15, 2011, the first on their own label ATO Records. Go-Go Boots was produced by their longtime producer, David Barbe (Deerhunter,…
Lucinda Williams took to Twitter to announce the title of her forthcoming album. Continuing her recent theme of happiness and matrimonial bliss the title will be Blessed. I guess Lou got her Joy back. Ms.…
I know I haven’t been posting much lately. Besides the uptick in my frequency of the Twang Nation twitter feed and preparing for a move (down the street) but I wanted to do a quick…
In true DIY fashion The Johnny Cash Project is a “global collective art project” that allows fans from all over the world to contribute to a arrogated, user-generated video for the title track from the…
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One of the forebearers of the old school alt.country work ethic of play hard, play often, and play well. The Bottle Rockets still contain the DNA of thier earlier incarnation of Chicken Truck, a straight…
Portland Oregon’s Michael Dean Damron, or Mike D. as he was known when fronting his former hell-raising roots-rock band I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House, isn’t your garden variety sensitive, market tested, conveyor…
Drive By Truckers – Daddy Needs a Drink [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpQIhTGvhyg[/youtube]
Over their 13 years performing together the Drive By Truckers have produced a mess of great music, but not all of it made it onto their final 7 studio albums. The mighty DBT and their…
Remember those that gave all. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJb1_EGnapY[/youtube]
The fine folks at the 9513 brought to my attention the sorry news that Kris Kristofferson’s longtime guitarist Stephen Bruton has succumbed to throat cancer. More details on Stephen Bruton at Billboard.com. More sad news,…