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Ruston Kelly Releases Earnest Rendition of Morgan Wallen's 'Sand In My Boots'
by Josh Sharpe - December 06, 2024 Acclaimed singer, songwriter, and musician Ruston Kelly is closing out 2024 with his new rendition of Morgan Wallen’s “Sand In My Boots.” Kelly’s earnest cover generates an easy-going, meditative-like ambiance for listeners to easily sink into. Listen to it now!...
Annie DiRusso Shares New Song “Wearing Pants Again (Feat. Ruston Kelly)”
by Josh Sharpe - November 22, 2024 Annie DiRusso shares her new song “Wearing Pants Again (feat. Ruston Kelly),” which was produced by Caleb Wright (Hippocampus, Samia) and written and performed alongside Kelly. Listen to the new song now....
Sarah Jarosz Shares New Single; Releases 'Polaroid Lovers' Deluxe Edition
by Josh Sharpe - September 20, 2024 Nashville-based Texas native and four-time GRAMMY-winning musician Sarah Jarosz has released the deluxe edition of her critically acclaimed recent album Polaroid Lovers. The deluxe edition includes two previous unreleased singles including “Wildflowers In The Sky,” and the never before heard song, “...
Judah & the Lion Release 'The Process (Deluxe)'
by Josh Sharpe - September 05, 2024 Nashville’s beloved alt-folk duo Judah & the Lion release the deluxe version of their fifth studio album The Process. This expanded edition includes five additional tracks, offering a deeper exploration of the album's themes....
Sarah Jarosz to Release 'Polaroid Lovers' Deluxe Edition; Shares New Single
by Josh Sharpe - August 16, 2024 Nashville-based Texas native and four-time GRAMMY-winning musician Sarah Jarosz released her critically acclaimed new album Polaroid Lovers earlier this year. Now, she has announced a digital deluxe edition of the record, featuring 2 previously unreleased tracks and previews the record with a new si...
Sasha Alex Sloan Shares Poignant New Album, 'Me Again,' Out Now
by Josh Sharpe - May 17, 2024 Me Again sees Sloan deconstruct the walls she built to access an emotional honesty she’s never quite penned before. With a career punctuated by cheeky, sometimes irreverent, pop-inflected tunes that candidly addressed her emotional battles, Me Again marks Sloan's most forthright work yet. Listen to ...
Sarah Jarosz Extends US Tour with New Dates in August and September
by Josh Sharpe - April 26, 2024 Nashville-based Texas native and four-time GRAMMY-winning musician Sarah Jarosz has announced that she is extending her US tour with 12 new shows this August & September. The over 50-date tour began this past February and will now see Jarosz performing through September with new stops in Columbus, R...
'You Got Gold: Celebrating The Songs of John Prine' Returns to Nashville in October
by Josh Sharpe - April 22, 2024 The Prine Family will present the third annual “You Got Gold: Celebrating the Songs of John Prine” this October in Nashville, with shows at the historic Ryman Auditorium (October 9), The Basement East (October 10, Prine’s birthday) and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CMA Theater (October...
Sarah Jarosz Releases New Album 'Polaroid Lovers'
by Michael Major - January 26, 2024 Sarah Jarosz has released her new album 'Polaroid Lovers'. The North American tour kicks off next week. For the first time in her career she opened herself up to collaborators, leading to writing sessions with Daniel Tashian, Ruston Kelly, and Natalie Hemby. The results are a more electric and soun...
Judah & The Lion Announce Fifth Studio Album & Release New Track
by Michael Major - January 11, 2024 Nashville crossover folk heroes Judah & the Lion (Judah Akers and Brian Macdonald) will release The Process, their fifth studio album. The 19-track album is a soul-baring song cycle that wrestles with the five stages of grief – Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance – and ultimately fi...
Judah & The Lion Release 'Leave It Better Than You Found It (feat. Ruston Kelly)'
by Michael Major - December 13, 2023 Alternative folk band Judah & the Lion (Judah Akers and Brian Macdonald) released “Leave It Better Than You Found It (feat. Ruston Kelly),” a powerful ode to living a life worth living. Judah & the Lion just finished the first leg of a North American tour. The second will start in April 2024....
Video: Watch Carter Faith's 'Man' Music Video
by Michael Major - November 20, 2023 Breakout Nashville vocalist and songwriter Carter Faith shares the video for her new track “Man,” directed by Alexa King Stone (Father John Misty, Kacey Musgraves, Ruston Kelly) and Stephen Kinigopoulos (Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town, Joy Williams). Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!...
I'm With Her's Sarah Jarosz Shares New Single
by Michael Major - November 09, 2023 On this track, written with renowned songwriters Jon Randall (Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Marren Morris) and Gordie Sampson (Willie Nelson, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban), Jarosz shares the sweetly lilting reverie that gave the album its title (from the first verse: “In a dream we were Polaroid...
Tommy Prine Hits The Road With Full Band For The Fall Leg Of His This Far South Tour
by Michael Major - October 18, 2023 From his first appearance at Newport Folk, to a standing ovation for his AMERICANAFEST showcase, to a raucous hometown-ish set at this year’s Pilgrimage Music Festival—not to mention making his Grand Ole Opry and Mountain Stage debuts—Prine hasn’t let his foot off of the gas, and he doesn’t intend t...
'John Prine – The Oh Boy Singles' Deluxe Box Set to Be Released In November
by Michael Major - October 11, 2023 Modeled after Prine’s 1935 Wurlitzer Jukebox, it features the eight singles Prine released throughout his career on Oh Boy Records packaged in their original artwork as well as working lights that illuminate the jukebox, a booklet with a forward written by Jim Rooney, two “Handsome Johnny” jukebox c...
SARAH JAROSZ Shares New Single 'Columbus & 89th'
by Michael Major - October 10, 2023 SARAH JAROSZ shares new single and video for 'Columbus & 89th' from her upcoming album 'Polaroid Lovers.' “Columbus & 89th” drifts into a dreamlike beauty as Jarosz reflects on the ineffable heartache of leaving her longtime home back in 2020. Watch the music video now. Plus, check out tour dates!...
Sarah Jarosz Shares Shares New Single From 'Polaroid Lovers' Album
by Michael Major - September 07, 2023 The song finds Jarosz backed by a decidedly more electric band, with her Texas lilt as clear and evocative as ever. Polaroid Lovers is available for pre-order digitally and on vinyl with gray, lavender, orange and green splatter variants. Indie retailers will also have a special blue and green splat...
Austin Band Briscoe to Release Debut Album 'West of It All' in September
by Michael Major - June 27, 2023 Rising Americana-folk-rock band Briscoe is set to release their debut album, West of It All via ATO Records. Produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats), the album features a collection of folksy hooks and bold songwriting that bridges the gap between classic American roo...
BLONDSHELL Covers 'Charm You' For Samia's 'Honey Reimagined' Singles Series
by Michael Major - June 21, 2023 Blondshell has shared her cover of Samia’s “Charm You,” the first in a series of single releases dubbed “Honey Reimagined” featuring a variety of artists (including Maya Hawke, Hovvdy, Ruston Kelly + more TBA) reinterpreting songs from Honey, the beloved sophomore album from Samia released earlier t...
Purr Announce Sophomore Album 'Who Is Afraid Of Blue?'
by Michael Major - April 05, 2023 The born and raised New York duo comprised of Eliza Barry Callahan and Jack Staffen, together known as Purr. To make it, the duo teamed up with producer Jonathan Rado (Weyes Blood, Father John Misty, The Killers) where just the three of them hid out in his small North Hollywood studio. Plus, check o...
RUSTON KELLY Shares New Single 'Michael Keaton'
by Michael Major - March 16, 2023 The wildly anthemic track spins a real-life incident into the new album’s most fantastically offbeat moment (from the chorus: “It’s 3:35 in the morning/And I thought CBD would not get me high/But here I am thinking/What if Michael Keaton killed himself in Multiplicity?/Would that be genocide?”). Plu...
Purr Share 'Hesper' Ahead of Tour Dates with Ruston Kelly
by Michael Major - March 09, 2023 A timeless power ballad anchored by a simple classic 80s Linn drum, Purr’s new track ”Hesper” opens wide into a sparkling expanse that is equal parts shoe gaze and star gaze. At once theatrical and slightly sedated, it’s Kate Bush on Ketamine —-with a lilting vocal by Eliza Barry Callahan at center....
Ruston Kelly Shares Newest Single 'Mending Song'
by Michael Major - February 23, 2023 On the heels of announcing a North American spring tour in support of his highly anticipated upcoming album, The Weakness, Ruston Kelly has unveiled the second preview from the project, “Mending Song.” The first track that Kelly completed for The Weakness, “Mending Song” helped to spark the free-flo...
Purr Share 'Cave' & April Tour Dates with Ruston Kelly
by Michael Major - February 09, 2023 “Cave,” the latest track by New York City’s Purr, talks of taking a chance on love over cool melodies with Purr’s own take on a confident, 70’s inspired style. In the song’s video half of the band’s duo, Jack Staffen, sings the track in a flickering black and white clip. Check out tour dates with Ru...
Annie DiRusso Announces Her New EP 'God, I Hate This Place'
by Michael Major - February 03, 2023 Annie DiRusso announces her new EP God, I Hate This Place, and shares new single, “Emerson.” The song, which opens with the staggering line “baptized by a pedophile in a church that reeks of oak and death,” is named after the street she grew up on and hits on the dissonance between acknowledging the... |