William Michael Smith’s latest Houston Press column Lonesome Onry and Mean finds kinship and flattering things to say about the new releases from Texas songwriting legends Guy Clark and Kris Kristofferson. Patty Loveless honors legendary…
You know Americana as a genre has arrived when not only do they have their own Grammy category (or is that the death knell?) but also the Americana Music Conference is written up in the…
Rosanne Cash will perform her new release, The List, live at WNYC, New York on 9/23. The List is a collection of classic country songs culled from a list of 100 songs her father, Johnny…
Texas Monthly’s Pitch Perfect features five legendary Texas musicians—Guy Clark, Patty Griffin, Sonny Throckmorton, Robert Earl Keen, and Jack Ingram— and asks them to sgare the mystic secrets to writing a great country song. It’s…
The Wall Street Journal talks to some of the performers on the Big Surprise Tour. The toue is traveling the East coast and showcases the Old Crow Medicine Show, Justin Townes Earle, The David Rawlings…
The Wall Street Journal has a great article on Alison Brown, Missy Raines and Dale Ann Bradley (The Sisterhood of Bluegrass.) Lyle Lovett will combine both originals and songs “by some of my favorite Texas…
PopMatters.com’s Jill LaBrack posted a thoughtful review of the recently released Hank William Box Set The Unreleased Recordings. Also at PopMatters Michael Metivier posts an equally thoughtful and culturally insightful review of country muisc legend…
My fist trip to Berkley since moving to the Bay Area was a great introduction to the town. After the beautiful, if congested, drive over the Bay Bridge at dusk, I headed to the Berkeley…
Yeah day 1.5, I missed Friday’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass featuring Mr. Plant and Ms. Krauss show so on with this one. Beautiful weather (despite some early afternoon mist), the crowd grew throughout the day into…
NASHVILLE, October 1, 2007 – Artist Lyle Lovett will receive the Americana Music Association’s inaugural Trailblazer Award and perform at the organization’s 2007 Honors and Awards show, slated for November 1 at the historic Ryman…