Below you’ll find my picks for the 2012 Americana Music Conference showcases. This was one of the the toughest years to winnow down the performances I’m going to attend. And I still did a poor job! There is too many great acts playing at the same time. Such an embarrassment of riches!
But there is hope! Unlike the misery of traversing the stages at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass where you’re lucky to catch parts of shows at more than one stage, and or even to make it alive in some cases, the Americana Festival has buses to get us to the venues.
Of course I can’t make all the shows unless am able top perfect that time bending and beer making contraption I’ve been working on (SOON!) but you van catch any of these performances and not go wrong.
Tuesday, September 11
The 5 Spot
$2 TUESDAYS /Twang Nation Social Club – Hosted by Derek Hoke : feat.Melody WalkerAlanna ,
Royale Joshua Black Wilkins, Marsha & The Martians (Angel Snow & Robby Hecht) Late Night with Los Colones9pm
$2 cover/$2 Yazoo pints #UnofficialAMA
Mercy Lounge
Somebody’s Darling w/ Buffalo Clover – The High Watt #UnofficialAMA
The Billy Block Show featuring Yo Ma Ma, Erica Nicole, Chelle Rose, Allie Farris, Caroline Rose and The Cumberland Collective #UnofficialAMA
Two Old Hippies 401 12th Ave. South
The Alternate Root Presents a Pre-AMA Triple-Play of Music with Amelia White, Julie Christensen and Tommy Womack & The Rush To Judgment #UnofficialAMA
Showtime: 6:00-8:00 pm
No Cover ~ Special Treats
615-254-7999
Wednesday, September 12
Puckett’sGrocery, 5th & Church
5pm & 7pm Allen Thompson Band CD Release Party,
Dinner & show before the AMA Awards at 5 . Later show 7 #UnofficialAMA
The Basement
11:00 Blue Mountain
12:00 Shovels and Rope
The Station Inn
11:30 Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
The Rutledge
10:00 Gretchen Peters
12:00 Delta Rae
Mercy Lounge
10:00 Corb Lund
11:00 This Wheel’s On Fire: A Tribute to Levon Helm
The High Watt
10:30 Whitehorse
Cannery Ballroom
10:00 Star Anna
Thursday, September 13
The Basement
8:00 Lydia Loveless
9:00 Angel Snow
10:00 Sons of Fathers
11:00 The Deep Dark Woods
12:00 Black Lillies
The Station Inn
10:00 Mary Gauthier
11:00 Richard Thompson
Mercy Lounge
8:00 Turnpike Troubadours
9:00 Billy Joe Shaver
10:00 Steve Forbert
11:00 John Fullbright
12:00 Jason Boland & The Stragglers
The High Watt
10:30 Eilen Jewell
11:30 Julie Lee
Cannery Ballroom
8:00 Blue Highway
9:00 Sara Watkins
10:00 Paul Thorn
11:00 Punch Brothers (with a Sara Watkins cameo?)
Friday, September 14
Sheraton Hotel lobby – 623 Union St.
Wanda Jackson
12:30-1:10pm
Amy Black, Susan Cattaneo, Rose Cousins and Rod Picott
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
The Basement
9:00 American Aquarium
11:00 Chuck Mead and His Grassy Knoll Boys
The Station Inn
8:00 Red June
9:00 Della Mae
10:00 McCrary Sisters
11:00 Steep Canyon Rangers
12:00 Humming House
The Rutledge
8:00 Mandolin Orange
9:00 Mindy Smith
11:00 Belle Starr
Mercy Lounge
8:00 Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition
9:00 Holy Ghost Tent Revival
10:00 Dylan LeBlanc
11:00 Darrell Scott
12:00 Reckless Kelly
The High Watt
9:30 Two Gallants
Cannery Ballroom
9:00 Amanda Shires
10:00 Robert Ellis
11:00 John Hiatt
Saturday, September 15
The Basement
9:00 Chastity Brown
11:00 The Pines
12:00 Chris Scruggs
The Station Inn
8:00 Brennen Leigh
9:00 Phoebe Hunt
10:00 Marvin Etzioni
11:00 Rodney Crowell
The Rutledge
8:00 Felicity Urquhart
9:00 The Wood Brothers
10:00 Kevin Gordon
12:00 The Trishas
Mercy Lounge
8:00 Lera Lynn
9:00 honeyhoney
10:00 Tift Merritt
11:00 Buddy Miller & Lee Ann Womack
The High Watt
8:00 Jill Andrews
9:00 Derek Hoke