News Round Up: Allison Moorer Heads Back to Nashville
Country Rapper, Colt Ford,tweeted (twittered?) that he “… sat down today with DMC from the Iconic Group RUN-DMC. We are gonna do a song together. He is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.…
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Willie Nelson Twitter Interview
Willie Nelson will join TheBoot.com for a live “Twitterview” next Tuesday, Aug. 25, the same day as the release of his newest album American Classic. You can watch the live chat with Willie, starting at…
Lyle Lovett and Guy Clark Prepare New Releases
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…
Michael Dean Damron “Father’s Day” (In Music We Trust Records)
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…
Steve Earle Interview on Canada’s The Hour
The Canadian late night talk show the Hour has a great interview with Steve Earle. Earle talks abut making his career and his newest release Townes, a tribute to his mentor Townes Van Zandt and…
Jim Lauderdale and Buddy Miller Return to the 2009 Americana Honors and Awards show
Steve Earle made a cameo on the 30 Rock season finale’. He takes part in a benefit , with Elvis Costello, Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crowe and others, to get Alan Alda’s character a kidney.…
RIP Stephen Bruton
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,…
William Elliot Whitmore Hell or High Water Video
Chicago’s Joe Pug has been tapped to perform at the 2009 Lollapalooza. New releases by Texas singer/songwriters Slaid Cleaves (Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away), Wayne “The Train” Hancock (Vipers of Melody) and Dale…
Eat the Rich
I read the ridiculous article in the New York Times about John Rich and believe Rich, and the Republicans he stumped for in the last election, are about as concerned about the plight of the…
Album Review – Gretchen Peters With Tom Russell – One to the Heart, One to the Head (Scarlet Letter Records)/Buddy and Julie Miller – Written In Chalk (New West)
These days duets are more like joint corporate sponsorships than a simpatico union of the heart and mind through song. Great male and female collaborations transcend their individual craft and emerge with something altogether new…