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Tyler Childers' COUNTRY SQUIRE Out Today
by Tori Hartshorn - August 02, 2019 Tyler Childers' highly anticipated new album, Country Squire, is out today via Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records. Childers' first release in partnership with RCA Records, Country Squire was produced by Sturgill Simpson and David Ferguson and recorded The Butcher Shoppe in Nashville. ...
Tyler Childers' ALL YOUR'N Music Video Premieres Today
by Tori Hartshorn - July 22, 2019 The official music video for Tyler Childers' new single 'All Your'n' premieres today. Rolling Stone hails the track as 'packed full of characteristic lyrical detail and writerly flourishes,' while Brooklyn Vegan calls it 'a summery, easy-going tune with plenty of twang.'...
Brandi Carlile Sells Out Six Shows At Nashville's Historic Ryman Auditorium
by Tori Hartshorn - July 15, 2019 GRAMMY Award-winning artist Brandi Carlile will perform six sold-out shows atNashville's historic Ryman Auditorium on January 14, 15, 16, 19, 20 and 21 with special guests Kim Richey, Lucie Silvas, Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna and Courtney Barnettrespectively. The three additional shows were added du...
Michaela Anne Drops CHILD OF THE WIND via Brooklyn Vegan, Announces New Tour Dates
by Tori Hartshorn - July 09, 2019 Michaela Anne is proud to debut “Child of the Wind”, which exclusively premiered today via Brooklyn Vegan, who dubbed the track “a catchy, breezy dose of modern country.” You can listen here. The single is the newest from her upcoming album Desert Dove, out September 27th on Yep Roc Records. In June...
Michaela Anne Announces New Album DESERT DOVE For 9/27 Release
by Tori Hartshorn - June 12, 2019 Michaela Anne grew up bouncing around the States and abroad—from Washington to California to Italy, to name a few. A child of a military family, she learned to cope with her lack of roots and what she called “having more questions than answers” by learning to write songs. That skill set and those so...
TK & The Holy Know-Nothings Album Stream Out Today
by Tori Hartshorn - May 22, 2019 American Songwriter has the full stream of TK & The Holy Know Nothings' Arguably OK ahead of its release on Mama Bird Recording Co. this Friday. The songs on Arguably OK are about dead ends, addiction, self-sabotaged relationships, drug trips gone bad (or good? or both?), and, above all, holding out...
Frankie Lee's New Album STILLWATER Streaming Today
by Tori Hartshorn - May 17, 2019 Frankie Lee is sharing his full record, Stillwater, today a week before the album comes out. Wide Open Country has the exclusive calling the new album an 'alluring collection of musings on hope lost and found.' The album stream follows the release of the beautifully dark rumination on aging and loss...
Tyler Childers Shares New Track HOUSE FIRE, New Album Out 8/2
by Tori Hartshorn - May 16, 2019 Acclaimed singer/songwriter Tyler Childers is set to release his highly anticipated new album,Country Squire, August 2 via Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records. His first release in partnership with RCA Records, the album is now available for pre-order. In anticipation of the album's release, lead tra...
Damien Jurado's IN THE SHAPE OF A STORM Out Today On Mama Bird Recording Co.
by Tori Hartshorn - April 12, 2019 Damien Jurado has released his new album, In the Shape of a Storm, on Mama Bird Recording Co. today following a sold-out release show at Portland's Revolution Hall. Jurado is about to embark on his album release tour, which includes a Northeast run with Anna St. Louis, before heading through the Sou...
Damien Jurado Shares New Album 'In the Shape of a Storm'
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 08, 2019 Damien Jurado is sharing his new album, In the Shape of a Storm, before it comes out on Mama Bird Recording Co. April 12th. Aquarium Drunkard is featuring the stream of Jurado's 14th album, and first for Mama Bird Recording Co., alongside an essay by Jason Woodbury. The full album follows closely on...
Courtney Marie Andrews Shares Her Tiny Desk Concert Today, Announces Dates With Brandi Carlile
by Tori Hartshorn - April 03, 2019 Courtney Marie Andrews has recently celebrated the anniversary of her critically acclaimed album, May Your Kindness Remain, and today NPR released her Tiny Desk Concert; “a shining example of why the songs of Courtney Marie Andrews endure” that showcases the “subtleties that make her music sustain a...
Damien Jurado Shares New Song LINCOLN From IN THE SHAPE OF A STORM Out 4/12
by Tori Hartshorn - February 25, 2019 Following the announcement of his new album, In the Shape of a Storm out on Mama Bird Recording Co. April 12th, and the first new song 'South', Damien Jurado today shares the opening track from his new album unearthing a two decade-old track, “Lincoln”, which had been slated for his third record. Ju...
Damien Jurado Announces New Album 'In the Shape of a Storm'
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 11, 2019 Damien Jurado is announcing his new album, In the Shape of a Storm, on Mama Bird Recording Co. April 12th today alongside a new, stunningly sparse track 'South'. Jurado's career has seen many iterations and his newest album is no less profound than any previous work, but the stark acoustic arrangeme...
Luck Reunion Reveals 2019 Festival Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - February 07, 2019 Luck Reunion, the flagship festival of Luck Productions, is pleased to announce the 2019 lineup for the annual event taking place at Willie Nelson's Luck, TX on Thursday, March 14th. Along with presenting sponsor Southwest, the boutique collective unveiled the diverse artist roster as part of the Lu...
Luck Reunion Reveals 2019 Festival Lineup
by Tori Hartshorn - February 07, 2019 Luck Reunion, the flagship festival of Luck Productions, is pleased to announce the 2019 lineup for the annual event taking place at Willie Nelson's “Luck, TX” on Thursday, March 14th. Along with presenting sponsor Southwest, the boutique collective unveiled the diverse artist roster as part of the...
Pickathon Announces 2019 Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 21, 2019 Pickathon returns to the woods outside Portland, Oregon from August 2-4, 2019, with an initial lineup to be released January 21. Pickathon has built a reputation over the last twenty years as the best festival experience, combing groundbreaking programming focused on discovery, sustainable ethics, a...
Twain Debut New Song at Brooklyn Vegan, 2 E.P.s Out 1/25 on Keeled Scales
by Tori Hartshorn - January 15, 2019 Twain have shared a new song titled 'Death (or S.F.?).' Singer and songwriter Mt. Davidson tells us 'this song offers a positive notion of death by drawing upon the familiar experiences of sexual awakening or traveling to an exotic city.' Brooklyn Vegan premiered the 'warm piano ballad.' Twain will ...
Brent Cobb Confirms 'Sucker For a Good Time' Headline Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 05, 2018 Grammy nominated musician Brent Cobb will kick off his extensive “Sucker For a Good Time Tour” headline tour in 2019 with stops in Asheville, NC, Charleston, SC, Austin, TX, Memphis, TN, Birmingham, AL, Louisville, KY and more, plus a performance supporting Tedeschi Trucks Band at the historic Ryman...
Haley Heynderickx Named A Best New Artist of 2018 By Stereogum, Touring With Gregory Alan Isakov In November
by Tori Hartshorn - October 29, 2018 Stereogum has today named Haley Heynderickx, following her breakout debut album I Need To Start A Garden, one of their 'Best New Artists' of 2018 with Chris DeVille saying Heynderickx's 'folk-rock songs sneak up on you with sudden bursts of beauty or intensity...one of this year's most assured new ...
The War and Treaty Featured on WXPN'S “World Café'
by Tori Hartshorn - October 01, 2018 The War and Treaty were recently featured on WXPN “World Café.” Listen/share HERE. Hosted by NPR's Ann Powers, the performance and interview were recorded live from Nashville's Sound Stage Studios and features songs from the duo's acclaimed debut album,Healing Tide. Of the husband and wife pair—Mich...
Courtney Marie Andrews Releases New Single HEART AND MIND
by Tori Hartshorn - September 10, 2018 Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews is in the midst of an extensive coast-to-coast USA headline tour, following her 2018 Fat Possum/Mama Bird Recording Co. released album May Your Kindness Remain, and has released a powerful new single, 'Heart and Mind', today. Andrews says...
The Milk Carton Kids to Host Americana Honors & Awards
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 07, 2018 The Americana Music Association has named GRAMMY®-nominated duo Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan of The Milk Carton Kids as hosts of the 17th annual Americana Honors & Awards show. The show is scheduled to take place at 6:30 PM (CDT) next Wednesday, September 12 at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditor...
Secret Stages Festival Full Lineup Announced with OSHUN, Daddy Issues, Sa-Roc, & More
by Macon Prickett - June 28, 2018 Secret Stages is a two-day music discovery festival that takes place in Birmingham, AL on August 3-4, 2018. Each year since 2011, Secret Stages has continued to bring an impressive mix of independent folk, rock, and hip-hop artists to a variety of venues in Birmingham. The full lineup for this year ...
Courtney Marie Andrews Nominated for 'Emerging Artist of the Year' at 2018 Americana Awards
by Macon Prickett - May 16, 2018 Courtney Marie Andrews is nominated for “Emerging Artist of the Year” at the 2018 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards. The annual awards show is scheduled for September 12 at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium....
Faustina Masigat's Debut Album Streaming on PopMatters Today
by Macon Prickett - April 02, 2018 Faustina Masigat's debut album is one of keen reflection and personal struggles that the Portland songwriter has assembled into relatable and beautiful prose, striking a comfortable balance between abstract introspection and objective observations. Her self-titled album, coming out this Friday on Ma... |