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Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, & Dwight Yoakam
Join Forces For LSD Tour
by Macon Prickett - March 22, 2018 Announcing the LSD Tour, featuring Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and Dwight Yoakam, three highly esteemed artists who have garnered 49 GRAMMY nominations combined over the span of their illustrious careers. Sire Records recording artist King Leg will open the show as Special Guest....
The Oak Ridge Boys New Album 17th AVENUE REVIVAL Out Today
by Macon Prickett - March 19, 2018 With the release of their highly anticipated new album 17th Avenue Revival (March 16, Lightning Rod Records), The Oak Ridge Boys are hitting the Big Apple this week where the quartet will make appearances on Good Day NY, Varney & Company, Access Hollywood, PBS's METRO FOCUS, Fox & Friends, IMUS in t...
Smokey Robinson and Cam Unite For Genre-Spanning CMT CROSSROADS Premiering March 28
by Macon Prickett - March 06, 2018 Motown icon Smokey Robinson and acclaimed country artist Cam will share the stage and swap vocals on their most beloved hits spanning multiple genres and decades in a new installment of “CMT Crossroads,” premiering Wednesday, March 28 at 10 p.m. ET on CMT....
Robert Plant Announces New Tour Dates Featuring Special Guest Openers
by Macon Prickett - March 05, 2018 Robert Plant has announced a new series of North American headline dates celebrating his acclaimed new album, CARRY FIRE. The dates, for which Plant is once again accompanied by The Sensational Space Shifters, begin June 8 in Atlanta, GA, and then continue through the month. Special guests on the to...
88.5 FM Returns To Annual SXSW Music Festival For Sixth Year
by Macon Prickett - February 28, 2018 For the sixth consecutive year, 88.5 FM will host SXSW Radio Day Stage performances at the annual SXSW Music Festival with sets from Field Report, Mt. Joy, Courtney Marie Andrews, Frank Turner, Kyle Craft, and Gordi. Set for Thursday, March 15 at theAustin Convention Center in Ballroom D, the live p...
Musical legend Emmylou Harris lends her voice to shelter dogs
by Robert Diamond - February 24, 2018 Known as much for her eloquently straightforward songwriting as for her incomparably expressive singing, Emmylou Harris, who easily crosses musical genres encourages people to open their eyes to the wide variety of loveable adoptable dogs waiting at local animal shelters....
Jolie Holland to Release Compilation Album Benefit Post-Harvey Recovery
by Tori Hartshorn - February 23, 2018 Jolie Holland to Release Compilation Album Benefit Post-Harvey Recovery...
Country Music Icon Dwight Yoakam to Launch Exclusive SiriusXM Channel
by Macon Prickett - February 22, 2018 SiriusXM announced today that multiple GRAMMY Award-winner and country music icon, Dwight Yoakam, will launch an exclusive SiriusXM channel,Dwight Yoakam and The Bakersfield Beat 'Where Country Went Mod.'...
Denver-Based Soul Band DRAGONDEER Announce Release of Debut Album IF YOU GOT THE BLUES
by Macon Prickett - February 16, 2018 Today, Denver-based pysch-blues and soul band Dragondeer announce the release of their debut album, If You Got The Blues, on March 2nd, 2018 via VQ Creative / Kobalt. In celebration of the album release, Dragondeer have announced a hometown headline show at Denver's Bluebird Theater on March 10th, 2...
The Austin Music Awards Announce the Addition of John Hiatt, John Fullbright, Phoebe Hunt, Michael Fracasso and More to Lineup
by Macon Prickett - February 09, 2018 The Austin Music Awards (AMAs) announced today more musicians to perform at the 36th Annual Awards to be held Wednesday, February 28 at ACL Live at the Moody Theater. Acclaimed songwriter JOHN FULLBRIGHT and JOHN HIATT, who the Los Angeles Times calls, '...one of rock's most astute singer-songwriter...
Steve Earle & The Dukes Confirm Spring Tour To Celebrate 30th Anniversary of 1988 Hit COPPERHEAD ROAD
by Macon Prickett - February 06, 2018 Steve Earle and The Dukes announce spring tour dates in support of Copperhead Road's 30th anniversary. The Warner Bros. Records artist will celebrate his 1988 release starting on March 16th in El Dorado, Arkansas through April 15th in Peekskill, New York. ...
Courtney Marie Andrews To Premiere New Single At The Fader
by Macon Prickett - January 31, 2018 Courtney Marie Andrews' new song, “Kindness of Strangers,” is premiering today at The Fader. “Kindness of Strangers” is the second song unveiled from Andrews' anticipated new full-length album, May Your Kindness Remain, which will be released March 23 on Fat Possum Records/Mama Bird Recording Co. an...
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa Release New Record 'Black Coffee'
by Caryn Robbins - January 26, 2018 Today, Grammy-nominated powerhouse Beth Hart and guitar hero Joe Bonamassa, release their new collaborative album Black Coffee. The duo's previous album, Seesaw, was critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated, and hit #1 on the Billboard Blues Top Albums chart....
The Oak Ridge Boys Set To Release 17TH AVENUE REVIVAL 3/16
by Tori Hartshorn - January 18, 2018 The Oak Ridge Boys Set To Release 17TH AVENUE REVIVAL 3/16...
Jimbo Mathus Performs Lucinda Williams 'Car Wheels On A Gravel Road'
by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2018 It's been nearly 20 years since Lucinda Williams melded roots, rock and country into the Grammy-winning classic Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. For the album's anniversary, Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers) took on the challenge of interpreting it on solo blues guitar for Solo Sounds. As described by...
THE NEW 88.5 FM Announces LA's 2017 Top Albums Results
by Tori Hartshorn - January 04, 2018 As 2018 kicks off, The New 88.5 FM has published their Los Angeles 2017 Top Albums Listener Poll results. Led by The War On Drugs' A Deeper Understanding, the list is a mix of the station's commercial-free blend of rock, alternative, soul, blues and Americana....
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa Announce New Record 'Black Coffee'
by Richard Best - December 06, 2017 It has been 4 years since 2013's critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated, and number 1 Billboard Blues album Seesaw was released by singer-songwriter and blues-rock powerhouse Beth Hart and guitar hero Joe Bonamassa....
VIDEO: Steve Earle & Lucinda Williams Perform on LATE NIGHT
by Caryn Robbins - December 05, 2017 On last night's LATE NIGHT, musical guests Steve Earle & Lucinda Williams perform 'You're Still Standing There' off the album 'So You Wannabe An Outlaw'...
Kesha Joins Old Crow Medicine for All-New CMT CROSSROADS, 12/6
by Caryn Robbins - December 04, 2017 Critically-acclaimed and recent two-time Grammy Award nominee Kesha joins Grammy Award-winning Americana band Old Crow Medicine Show for an all-new CMT CROSSROADS collaboration premiering Wednesday, December 6 at 10 PM ET/PT....
CMT CROSSROADS to Unite Kesha and Old Crow Medicine Show
by Tori Hartshorn - November 20, 2017 CMT today announced critically-acclaimed pop singer/songwriter Kesha will join Grammy Award-winning Americana band Old Crow Medicine Show for an all-new CMT Crossroads collaboration premiering Wednesday, December 6 at 10 PM ET/PT....
Max Gomez's 'Me & Joe' EP Acclaimed by Rolling Stone and More
by Caryn Robbins - October 31, 2017 Songwriter Max Gomez's new EP Me & Joe, out now on Brigadoon Records, continues to garner recognition from some of the most important outlets covering independent music today....
Hear Ane Brun's Intimate Tom Petty Cover of 'No Reason To Cry'
by Caryn Robbins - October 16, 2017 Ane Brun released her new album, Leave Me Breathless last week that includes her intimate cover of the late Tom Petty song, No Reason to Cry....
Ane Brun Covers Nick Cave and Foreigner Classics from 'Leave Me Breathless'
by Caryn Robbins - October 11, 2017 Ane Brun has released a new video of her stunning rendition of Foreigner's massive hit, 'I Want Know What Love Is'. The track is taken from her new album, Leave Me Breathless, made up of 14 exquisite cover versions of classic songs by Radiohead, Mariah Carey, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan and many more, rele...
Ane Brun: New Album 'Leave Me Breathless' Out Today
by Danielle Kfare - October 06, 2017 Sweden-based Norwegian artist Ane Brun's seventh studio album, Leave Me Breathless, is available worldwide on her own imprint Balloon Ranger Records today. Brun reinterprets fourteen versions of classic hits from an array of artists including Radiohead, Joni Mitchell, Nick Cave, Foreigner, Bob Dylan...
Chris Stills Shares First Single 'This Summer Love'
by Caryn Robbins - September 15, 2017 Discover 'This Summer Love,' the first single of Chris Stills (Rupture / Sony Music). Available now HERE.... |