Happy Birthday Townes Van Zandt
The first time I heard the name Townes Van Zandt my Uncle Tony mentioned playing a gig with him at a private party on the Tohajiilee Indian Reservationa in New Mexico. He described how he…
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Happy Texas Independence Day Y’all!
No my native state of Texas hasn’t seceded from the rest of the U.S (yet!) Texas Independence Day celebrates the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836 officially breaking from Mexico…
Interview – Alynda Lee Segarra of Hurray For The Riff Raff
Hurray For The Riff Raff are a young band enjoying a good deal of buzz, but don’t let that mislead you into thinking they are the flavor of the week. They balance the hype by…
Unheard Townes Van Zandt To Be Released
According to a post at The Grateful Web unheard Townes Van Zandt releases, that have been locked away as a result of multiple label acquisitions of the initial Poppy Records recordings, will finally see the…
Song Bird: An Interview with Kasey Chambers
You’d think the addition of her third child, a beautiful daughter Poet, would afford Australian trad-country artist Kasey Chambers some time off. But no, she’s just finished Wreck and Ruin, a follow up to 2008’s…
Elizabeth Cook Performs Hear Jerusalem Calling on David Letterman
Here’s Elizabeth Cook, with husband Tim Carroll on guitar and Bones Hillman (Midnight Oil) on bass, performing a great rendition of “Hear Jerusalem Calling: from her recent Gospel =Plow EP (review here) on the David…
Record Store Day 2012 – Americana Music Picks
If you do live in a place with at least one independent record store, and love music, then you need to know about the upcoming Record Store Day. This internationally celebrated day is observed on…
Exclusive Download: Justin Townes Earle, ‘Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now’
It’s only been 6 years since the release of his Bloodshot Records debut, Yuma, but in the brief time Justin Townes Earle has stepped outside the formidable, shadows of his Father , Steve Earle, and…
“We Really Don’t Fit Anywhere” – The Civil Wars Interview
I received an email invitation from the local GRAMMY Foundation representatives to cover the Civil Wars as they participated in a GRAMMY Camp event to have college and high school students sit in on a…
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Music Review: Mandolin Orange – Haste Make / Hard Hearted Stranger [self-released]
This is not typically the kind of music that floats my boat. Most Americana that works the folkie singer/songwriter side of the fence leaves me cold. To me like it’s more commercially lucrative cousin pop-country;…