Happen - Ins | Interview: The Happen-Ins LP Release Party
austinist.com 3/12/2010
With this year’s edition of SXSW all but ready to consume your very soul, spare a moment, or one evening rather, for talented local outfit The Happen-Ins. The band celebrates the release its self-titled debut full-length tonight at the Scoot Inn. Chock-full of irrepressible rock ‘n’ roll jams that s... |
Nanci Griffith | Passionate voice of a Texan troubadour
smh.com.au 3/11/2010
Country singer Nanci Griffith has never been afraid to load her songs with powerful political statements,... |
Rodney Crowell | Rodney Crowell, Trishas kick off 2010 Sounds of Texas Series
Montgomery County Courier 3/11/2010
Well the last two weeks the sounds of Texas music have permeated the air in Conroe. Starting Feb. 27, Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys rocked the Sparkle Event Hall with great Texas country music and side-busting humor. Kinky was on rhythm guitar and lead vocal with his sidekick Little Jewford ... |
Norah Jones | Norah Jones branching out
Akron Beacon-Journal 3/10/2010
In 2001, Geethali Norah Jones Shankar, a Texas-born and bred singer/pianist, moved to the Big Apple to ply her trade in a band with friend and guitarist/collaborator/songwriter Jesse Harris and hopefully garner some attention. The University of Texas grad (she majored in jazz piano) and daughter of... |
Red Dirt Rangers | Red Dirt Rangers lead the pack in Backwoods Bash festival lineup
Tulsa World 3/10/2010
The Backwoods Bash music and camping festival will get the outdoor music season going on Memorial Day Weekend, May 28-30, on Keystone Lake, at Walnut Creek State Park in Prue. At a press conference in downtown Tulsa on Tuesday, organizers announced the full three-day lineup, which will include the ... |
Reckless Kelly | Line-Up For 2010 Braun Brothers Reunion Announced
Boise Weekly 3/10/2010
Like any good Idaho family, the Brauns hold a summertime reunion each year. The difference with theirs is that everyone is invited ... even if your last name isn't Braun. The Braun Brothers Reunion is an annual event that has been rocking the small city of Challis, Idaho for three decades. A loose ... |
Jon Dee Graham | SXSW 2010: Jon Dee Graham
Spinner 3/9/2010
Jon Dee Graham, a legend on the Austin, Texas music scene, has a knack has for creating raw, gutsy music that's easy to relate to. The 51-year-old musician has released six albums and has been inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame as a solo artist three separate times. He describes his sound a... |
Brian Burns | Brian Burns to perform at Words & Voices
Marshall News-Messenger 3/9/2010
"Brian Burns: Bringing Texas and American Country Music back to the heart of the matter." That's the first thing you see on Brian Burn's Web site, www.brianburnsmusic.com and on Saturday, Burns will be bringing his engaging show to the Blue Frog Grill as part of the Words & Voices series.... |
Midlake | SXSW 2010: Midlake
Spinner 3/8/2010
Formed in the late 90s by a group of jazz students at the University of North Texas, Midlake has come a long way from its jazz fusion roots. Counting actor Jason Lee -- who directed and produced the video for their first single, 'Balloon Maker' -- and the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne as fans, the Dento... |
Ryan Bingham | The little song that could ... win a very big Oscar
Chicago Sun-Times 3/7/2010
Singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham is a bit dazed by all the attention. The soft-spoken singer-songwriter says he is currently on the "wildest ride" of his life. And this really means something coming from a guy who once rode bulls on the rodeo circuit in his native Texas.... |
Ryan Bingham | Movie made by the music
Chicago Sun-Times 3/7/2010
It's hard to believe now but when first approached about the the role of Bad Blake, Jeff Bridges turned the offer down flat. "It was missing an essential part," Bridges recently told the Associated Press. "There was no music to it, and if you didn't have good music for this, no matter how good the ... |
Lucero | Lucero Drummer Suffers Broken Jaw in Mugging Incident
spinner.com 3/5/2010
Not every punk band robbery can go as smoothly as it did for NOFX's Fat Mike, as Lucero drummer Roy Berry suffered a broken jaw after being mugged last week following a gig in Augusta, Ga. According to Punknews.org, Berry -- who has since had his jaw wired shut -- was with the band's guitarist, Bria... |
Todd Snider | Songwriter pleases 'Hamp crowd
Massachusetts Republican 3/5/2010
There was a time when Todd Snider would play the Iron Horse Music Hall and there'd be about 50 people scattered about the audience. Well, it's not like this vagabond survivor of the Texas music scene has gone on to sell millions of albums in the years since, but Snider's reputation has slowly and s... |
Band of Heathens | Heathens in the hall
Texas A&M Battalion 3/5/2010
Grab your jeans and put on boots because the Heathens are coming to town Saturday. What started out as three separate sets at Austin club Momo’s developed into the erratic bunch known as ‘The Band of Heathens.’... |
Uncle Lucius | Austin at SXSW: Uncle Lucius
Austin 360 3/4/2010
Singer/guitarist Kevin Galloway moved to Austin from Freeport in 2002, and started pursuing his musical career as most fledgling musicians do — with a series of open mic performances and solo gigs around town.... |
Cross Canadian Ragweed | Country rockers don't lust for radio play
Charlotte Observer 3/4/2010
Mainstream country success doesn't seem out of reach for like-minded country rockers Cross Canadian Ragweed and Reckless Kelly, two of the biggest bands to come out of the Oklahoma/Texas red dirt movement. They share the Neighborhood Theatre stage Friday. Ragweed's last two albums cracked Billboard'... |
Cross Canadian Ragweed | No label, no problem
Monroe News-Star 3/4/2010
After 15 years of kicking around the underground red dirt/roots rock circuit, Cross-Canadian Ragweed has finally started to get a little mainstream attention with their last two records, "Mission California" and, the latest, "Happiness and All the Other Things." That hasn't changed the way the band ... |
Roky Erickson | Godfather of Psychedelia Roky Erickson coming to Cleveland's Beachland Ballroom
cleveland.com 3/3/2010
In 1966, the Texas rocker's legendary band the 13th Floor Elevators released "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators." The disc contains the ... |
Johnny Winter | Johnny Winter Tell-All Bio "Raisin' Cain" In Stores May 1
mi2n.com 3/2/2010
Raisin’ Cain: The Wild And Raucous Story of Johnny Winter is a raucous roller coaster of a story detailing the iconic axe-man’s life from his early years through more than four decades as one of the world’s most legendary blues rock guitarists. Winter and an array of musicians, family and friends pr... |
Tift Merritt | Tift Merritt Returns With See You On The Moon
.bloginity.com 3/2/2010
See You On the Moon is Tift Merritt’s most visceral work to date. A deeply centered departure, these focused and creative musical short stories find Tift at the height of her powers. “I wanted to make a really direct record. I wanted to take everything to a place that was less labored, of more depth... |
Various Artists | The County Line Restaurant to Kick-off its 2010 Free Live Music Series March 10
www.PRweb.com 3/2/2010
The popular Live Music Series at The County Line, benefiting the San Antonio Food Bank, will return to the stage on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Now on its 10th year, the music series has featured some of the very best Texas and national country musicians such as Cory Morrow, Randy Rogers, Jason Bol... |
Sam Baker | Lone Star: Discovering the Music of Sam Baker
History News Network 3/1/2010
I'm one of those blue-state, Honda-driving, latte liberals who doesn't think Texas should have been admitted into the Union in 1845: the whole scheme was a pro-slavery naked power grab (Of course, every state in the Union is the result of a naked power grab, but the case of Texas appears more egreg... |
Abra Moore | Music Monday: Local folk singer praises Austin’s ‘familiar energy’
dailytexanonline.com 3/1/2010
Folk singer and songwriter Abra Moore has made quite a name for herself during her 15 years living in and out of Austin. The local music icon has been making poppy, almost ethereally beautiful tunes and is currently hard at work prepping a new album.... |
Reckless Kelly | 15 minutes with Willy Braun
uiargonaut.com 3/1/2010
Today, the Northwest band Reckless Kelly will make a trip to Moscow for a concert and a reunion with their family and friends in Idaho. Instrumentalist Cody Braun, and front man Willy Braun, of Reckless Kelly have been involved in music their entire lives. Their grandfather, Musty Braun, and father,... |
Rosie Flores | SXSW 2010: Rosie Flores
www.Spinner.com 2/28/2010
San Antonio native Rosie Flores started making music as a teenager and hasn't looked back since, burning through country, rockabilly, honky-tonk and blues, weathering changes in radio, the record industry and charts, all the while maintaining her distinctive voice and fiery guitar playing. During a ... |
Doug Sahm | 'Texas Tornado': Doug Sahm and his groove
Austin American-Statesman 2/28/2010
The late, great Doug Sahm loved women, big cars, baseball, Big Red soda, marijuana, his three kids and the open road, but he ate, drank, breathed and radiated music. It was more than love. Sahm, who died too young of an undiagnosed heart condition in a Taos, N.M., hotel room in 1999, was consumed by... |
Augie Meyers | Dear Fans and Friends,
augiemeyers.com 2/27/2010
Our friend, legendary Texas musician Augie Meyers has been in need of a transplant kidney for some time now. He is on a regular dialysis schedule that has kept him going but time is of the essence for someone to step forward and donate a kidney for Augie.... |
Texas Tornados | Texas Tornados back on horizon with new album
www.Reuters.com 2/26/2010
After 10 years and the passing of two original members, the irrepressible Texas Tornados are back with a new studio album, "Esta Bueno." "I feel real proud and satisfied," accordionist Flaco Jimenez says of the album, which Bismeaux Records releases Tuesday (March 2). "All of the songs have charism... |
James McMurtry | James McMurtry in fine, haunting form at Salt Lake City concert
Salt Lake Tribune 2/26/2010
If James McMurtry follows the writer's maxim to "write what you know," he must be an unhappy guy. There aren't many hazards common to the human condition he doesn't explore in his rambling, varied stories about woe, anxiety and squalor. Wednesday night's songlist included tunes about incest, drunks... |
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez | Fiddling around, and opening for Los Lonely Boys in Aspen
Aspen Times 2/25/2010
It's not likely many current Aspenites remember Carrie Rodriguez from her Aspen days. Rodriguez's stint here was some 15 years ago, when she was a Texas high-schooler, and her stay lasted just nine weeks, the duration of the Aspen Music School's summer session.... |
Kinky Friedman | Kinky concert and a chili cook off fill the weekend
Montgomery County Courier 2/25/2010
Well last week, on Feb. 16, Ruthie and I, along with Mike Pittman met Debbie and Mike Glenn, Lisa and Calvin Rogers of the KPFT Lone Star Juke Box programs and Lone Star Juke Box host Rick Heysquierdo and his buddy rockabilly/honky tonk singer/songwriter Mike Stinson at the Verizon Theater to check ... |
Willie Nelson | Willie Nelson on the road to Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Caller-Times 2/25/2010
Willie Nelson’s music represents everything rugged about Texas and the open road. For more than 60 years the Redheaded Stranger has traveled the country belting out fan favorites such as “On the Road Again,” “Always On My Mind” and “ “Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys.”... |
Justin Townes Earle | Justin Townes Earle, Joe Pug Aren't Just Folking Around
Huffington Post 2/24/2010
Justin Townes Earle is already too big for Denver. Well, at least his name is for the marquee at the Bluebird Theater. There it was, in huge, black, block letters, stretched across the bright-light billing that once advertised porn to the passersby on Colfax Avenue:... |
Josh Abbott Band | Josh Abbott Band content playing Texas and surrounding states
dallasnews.com 2/24/2010
For a relative newcomer promoting his band's second CD, Lubbock's Josh Abbott thinks like a seasoned troubadour. Abbott, who performs with his four musical mates as the Josh Abbott Band, understands his audience, knows his limitations and seizes the opportunities.... |
Ryan Bingham | Ryan Bingham finds himself on a wild ride again
usatoday.com 2/24/2010
When Ryan Bingham's agent called to tell him he had been nominated for an Academy Award, the singer/songwriter was shocked silly.... |
Raul Malo | Inventive Raul Malo still a musical maverick
Bakersfield Californian 2/24/2010
I was the first person in the world to ever order a cheeseburger with jalapeno jack cheese. That is a fact. Even if it isn't, you'd have a heck of a time proving it, so you might as well accept it. The girls at Champs know I like my tri-tip sandwich with salsa. The moral of the story? I like most ev... |
Ray Price | Ray Price at Gruene Hall on March 5th
thecountryclassics.com 2/23/2010
Ray Price (born January 12, 1926) is a legendary western country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and multiple Grammy winner whose well known songs include “Release Me”, “Crazy Arms”, “Heartaches by the Number”, “City Lights”, “My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You”, “For the Good Times” and “I Won’t Ment... |
Willie Nelson | Willie Nelson endorses in radio ad, Kinky Friedman begs for play
Dallas Morning News 2/23/2010
Willie Nelson's never had trouble hitting the airwaves. But this time he's assisting a campaign with limited resources and delayed promotion. So Kinky Friedman, who is running for agriculture commissioner in the Democratic primary, is pitching his long-time friend's radio endorsement on his own Web... |
Band of Heathens | SXSW 2010: The Band of Heathens
spinner.com 2/22/2010
The Band of Heathens were recognized at the 2006/2007 Austin Music Awards as Best New Band. After two live recordings, the band released its first studio production. The album, produced by Ray Wylie Hubbard, reached No. 1 on the Americana charts. Spinner recently spoke with one of the band's frontm... |
Merle Haggard | Haggard, Kristofferson give masterpiece at Rosemont
Chicago Sun-Times 2/22/2010
On the canvas of country music, there are no more prolific living songwriters than Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson. The Country Music Hall of Famers concluded a six-city tour Sunday night at the Rosemont Theatre before a less-than-capacity audience.... |
Ryan Bingham | 'Crazy Heart' nod shines spotlight on Ryan Bingham
ctv.ca 2/22/2010
At a recent reception to celebrate the Oscar-nominated film "Crazy Heart," Jeff Bridges turned to the crowd, leaned into the microphone and said, "Here's the guy who saved the movie." ... |
Steve Fromholz | Steven Fromholz birthday serenade makes memories
Dallas Morning-News 2/21/2010
Bill and Deborah Bowman of Highland Park have been married 31 years. They both fondly remember the days when they were dating, when Bowman didn't have a television but he had a guitar and knew how to use it. He would serenade his sweetheart with songs by his favorite songwriter, Steven Fromholz. ... |
Willie Nelson | Nelson's heart belongs to country, jazz
Wichita Eagle 2/21/2010
Willie Nelson's famous face is tanned and weathered. White whiskers increasingly dominate his two-day stubble, and streaks of gray color the waist-length braid trailing down his back.... |
Dave Alvin | For Dave Alvin, playing keeps memories alive: Touring helps the singer to cope
www.TMCnet.com 2/20/2010
When roots music singer/songwriter Dave Alvin was just a boy, he and his brother, Phil, prowled the blues clubs near their home in Los Angeles County, Calif. "I don't know why we got into these bars or why we were tolerated, but we were," Dave Alvin, 54, said of those teenage years. They listened ... |
Justin Townes Earle | Earle is a hardcore troubadour
nwitimes.com 2/19/2010
Americana songsmith Justin Townes Earle is yet another example of a theory that states "the bigger you are on the pop culture radar, the harder your offspring fall when they try to follow in your footsteps."... |
Bo Phillips | Singer ready to ‘cowboy up’ for prison rodeo
mcalesternews.com 2/19/2010
Country singer Bo Phillips is ready to cowboy up and do what he can to help the Oklahoma State Penitentiary Prison Rodeo.... |
David Allan Coe | David Allan Coe schedules rare Brooklyn show + other dates
.brooklynvegan.com 2/19/2010
Coe was in and out of reform schools, correction centers, and prisons from the age of 9. According to his publicity campaigns, he spent time on death row for killing an inmate who demanded oral sex. A public TV documentary produced by KERA Dallas followed Coe back to the prison where he did time. Th... |
Lee Ann Womack | Lee Ann Womack fulfilling dream of touring with George Strait and Reba McEntire;
blog.newsok.com 2/19/2010
When country singer Lee Ann Womack was asked at the last minute to open the first concert in the new Cowboys Stadium, she was thrilled not only to be part of her home state’s sports history but also to share a bill with superstars George Strait and Reba McEntire.... |
Norah Jones | Norah Jones - 'I write really well on the road'
independent.co.uk 2/19/2010
When a pop musician splits up with his or her boyfriend or girlfriend, the result is often a break-up album, and perhaps a complete change of image. Norah Jones, who is world famous for her trademark soft jazz-pop and gorgeously listenable, silky voice, cut her long romantic tresses into a sassy, wi... |
Midlake | Midlake: Intimate And Grandiose
npr.org 2/18/2010
On The Courage of Others, Midlake delves deeper than ever into the subdued folk it had begun to explore on 2006's The Trials of Van Occupanther. Far from their roots as jazz students at the University of North Texas, Midlake's ... |
Eli Young Band | Eli Young Band on the way up
mysanantonio.com 2/18/2010
If any group is up for making its debut at the rodeo after the rip-roaring finals, it's the Eli Young Band.... |
Will Kimbrough | Will Kimbrough ready for takeoff with 'Wings,' out Tuesday (with video)
blog.al.com 2/18/2010
A jet begins to taxi down a runway in Nashville. Almost all the men on on board have the accoutrements of businessmen traveling for work. The other one checked a guitar case. ... |
James McMurtry | McMurtry keeps it real at State Room
standard.net 2/18/2010
James McMurtry lets the other guys pen gooey songs about romance and sweet dreams.... |
Michael Martin Murphey | Michael Martin Murphey Hits Billboard Top 50 Bluegrass Chart
cybergrass.com 2/17/2010
Rural Rhythm Records is pleased to announce Michael Martin Murphey lands in two spots today on Billboard Magazine's™ TOP 50 Bluegrass Chart: #15 "Buckaroo Blue Grass II – Riding Song" released February 9th; and #22 the Grammy nominated "Buckaroo Blue Grass" that also appears in the #1 spot on the Ro... |
Gurf Morlix | Americana folk duo to play Cochrane
cochraneeagle.com 2/17/2010
Those with tickets to Gurf Morlix and Sam Baker are in for a treat as the soldout Cochrane Valley Folk Club show gets ready to roll at the Cochrane RancheHouse Feb. 20.... |
Levon Helm | Levon Helm focus of documentary
dailyfreeman.com 2/16/2010
Three Grammy awards, an ever-growing audience, a sterling musical reputation: What is there about Woodstock resident and musician Levon Helm that fans don’t know about?... |
Brandon Rhyder | Brandon Rhyder Soars To No. 1 On The Texas Country Music Charts With Rock Angel
rodeoattitude.com 2/16/2010
Texas country mainstay Brandon Rhyder is celebrating his fast rising single, “Rock Angel,” which landed in the coveted No. 1 spot on both the Texas Music chart and the Texas Regional Radio report today and is still holding strong.... |
Marcia Ball | Marcia Ball to perform at festival fundraiser
lancastereaglegazette.com 2/16/2010
It's been 15 years since pianist and singer Marcia Ball first performed her brand of Southern blues rock at the 1995 Lancaster Festival.... |
Randy Rogers Band | Rogers band to make stop on West Side
californiachronicle.com 2/16/2010
When I last checked in with the Randy Rogers Band about a year ago, the rockin' Texas country group was riding high with its self-titled fourth album. ... |
Jason Isbell | Truckin' with Jason Isbell
connectsavannah.com 2/16/2010
After five years as a member of Drive–By Truckers, Jason Isbell jumped from the cab in 2007. The Athens–based band had become one of the best–kept secrets in southern rock ‘n’ roll, with its smoking, amps–on–11 voyages through choogly Americana and other derivatives of good old–fashioned amplified s... |
Reckless Kelly | No Longer Bulletproof
houstonpress.com 2/16/2010
Twelve years and eight albums since moving to Austin from Bend, Oregon, Reckless Kelly front man Willy Braun sounds like he's had one too many... |
Ruthie Foster | Singer/songwriter Ruthie Foster at Huntsville's Merrimack Hall on Wednesday
al.com 2/15/2010
The down-home Texas gal, best known for her deep, soulful voice and stellar guitar skills, schmoozed with music's biggest names during last month's Grammy Awards... |
Randy Brown | Randy Brown Nominated As Entertainer of Year
fwweekly.com 2/15/2010
Fort Worth’s own Randy Brown will vie for Entertainer of the Year at the 8th annual Texas Music Awards... |
Johnny Gimble | Legendary fiddler has shaped a genre's sounds for a lifetime
austin360.com 2/15/2010
Part of being a true living legend is not talking about it, so even as Johnny Gimble made his name playing hot country jazz fiddle with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in the late 1940s and then did Nashville session work on classic albums by Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson... |
Merle Haggard | Merle Haggard says he was saved by songwriting
chron.com 2/15/2010
Merle Haggard was about to take the stage in England one night in the late 1980s when a song came to him. He quickly dictated parts of it to four people standing in the wings before going out to play. That's the story behind A Thousand Lies, one of hundreds of songs Haggard has written since he rele... |
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez | Carrie Rodriguez
San Francisco Chronicle 2/14/2010
Carrie Rodriguez might seem like the odd one out on the Acoustic Brotherhood Tour, which also includes Los Lonely Boys and Alejandro Escovedo on the bill. But the fiddle-playing Texan singer-songwriter says she has no problem fitting in on such a testosterone-heavy bill.... |
Justin Townes Earle | Songwriter comes into his own
columbian.com 2/12/2010
Forget that Justin Townes Earle’s middle name comes from a revered songwriter, and his last name comes from another. When you listen to his songs, you’ll hear a talent who stands on his own. Sure, his voice sometimes betrays his genes, but where father Steve Earle is rooted in twang and Texas soil s... |
Lyle Lovett | You gotta Lovett
Belfast Telegraph 2/12/2010
To describe Lyle Lovett as elusive would be an understatement, given the two weeks 24/7 spent chasing him for an interview. The first phone chat, ahead of his European tour, was cancelled. A new date was arranged — but Lyle stopped answering his manager’s texts. ... |
Reckless Kelly | Reckless Kelly is ready to throwdown
Corpus Christi Caller-Times 2/12/2010
An Austin Americana favorite since the late ‘90s, Reckless Kelly returns to the national scene with a new album of old songs penned by Boise songsmith Pinto Bennett including a pair that feature the esteemed songwriter on guest vocals. ... |
Los Lonely Boys | Making music is 'Heaven' for the three siblings in Los Lonely Boys
vcstar.com 2/12/2010
We’re here today to answer those musical questions that nobody is really asking these days, like “What if Ritchie Valens were still alive?,” “What if he were triplets” and “What if he were triplets from Texas?”... |
Nanci Griffith | Nanci Griffith brings that Loving feeling to Town Hall Theatre
galwaynews.ie 2/12/2010
Nanci Griffith, one of the most esteemed names in American roots music, plays the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday next, February 16. The show comes halfway through a run of eight shows in Ireland, and Nanci is happy to be coming back here.... |
Robert Earl Keen | Good guy Keen getting his due as songwriter
news.cincinnati.com 2/12/2010
He has been labeled a legend by American Songwriter magazine. His country-flavored tunes were played at a concert sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History that became the tribute CD "Undone," the title of one of his classic story songs about losers, loners and those unlucky in life and love.... |
Kris Kristofferson | Kris Kristofferson has melded songwriting, singing and acting into a long career
saljournal.com 2/12/2010
Many fans are familiar with Kristofferson the singer/songwriter, the man who penned such country music classics as "Help Me Make It Through the Night," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," "For the Good Times," "Why Me" and "Me and Bobby McGee," the latter turned into a rock anthem by 1960s icon Janis Jopl... |
George Jones | George Jones: 'Best show I can give'
redding.com 2/12/2010
If, as if by magic, all the costs, traveling, booking agents and the rest could be ignored, what would be George Jones' dream gig? ... |
Reckless Kelly | Reckless Kelly, Cross Canadian tour together
countrystandardtime.com 2/11/2010
Cross Canadian Ragweed and Reckless Kelly are teaming up for the Ragged and Reckless tour beginning March 3 in Nashville. ... |
Reckless Kelly | Reckless Kelly Tries Someone Else's Songs For A Change.
Dallas Observer 2/10/2010
Austin-based country-rock band Reckless Kelly has been around for more than a decade and, in that time, Willy Braun and his band have made major inroads on both the alternative and mainstream country scenes. Like Steve Earle before it, Reckless Kelly straddles the line between country and rock, crea... |
Gourds | The Gourds at the Bouquet
Boise Weekly 2/10/2010
Remember back in the day when that one country band covered "Gin and Juice" by Snoop Dogg and the singer was all: "I've gawt bitches in the livurn' room getting it awn, an they ain't leavin' till six in the mor-nin'," with that way-exaggerated Southern drawl? That band is The Gourds, and they'd real... |
Radney Foster | Foster to show film, perform at Brauntex
herald-zeitung.com 2/10/2010
On Friday, Feb. 12, he will be hosting a special screening of this documentary, titled “Behind the Confessions,” at the historic Brauntex Theatre in downtown New Braunfels. Foster plans to discuss the film and then perform an acoustic set on the Brauntex stage. ... |
Spoon | Spoon it up
ocolly.com 2/9/2010
Indie rock hipsters Spoon named their band after a hit song by the Teutonic titans of psych-funk, Can. ... |
Cross Canadian Ragweed | Cross Canadian Ragweed to Play Bonnaroo
theboot.com 2/9/2010
One of the most eclectic and popular summer music festivals, Bonnaroo, is unveiling the lineup for the event which will take place from June 10-13 in Manchester, Tenn. ... |
Reckless Kelly | Reckless Kelly Return with New Album
antimusic.com 2/9/2010
Off the helm of an Americana Music Award nomination for Best Duo or Group, Reckless Kelly release their seventh studio album Somewhere In Time today (Tues., Feb. 9.)... |
Norah Jones | Norah Jones interview
telegraph.co.uk 2/9/2010
By 26 Norah Jones had sold 30 million albums and won enough awards to last a lifetime. Time to sit back and relax? Not a bit of it. She talks about her acclaimed new album and the painful break-up that inspired it. ... |
Michael Martin Murphey | Michael Martin Murphey: A Renegade “Bucks” The Trend
limewire.com 2/9/2010
In 1990, Michael Martin Murphey took a trip down a musical back road with the release of Cowboy Songs, an album that paid homage to the music of the Old West. At the time, Murphey was riding high on the country singles chart with songs like “From The Word Go” and “Never Givin’ Up On Love.” Though it... |
Asylum Street Spankers | Asylum Street Spankers: Going Gospel
publicbroadcasting.net 2/8/2010
For 15 years, Asylum Street Spankers' members have been tearing it up in their hometown of Austin, Texas, and around the country. They perform a quirky blend of acoustic blues, string-band swing-jazz, folk and even a few kids' songs, all approached with wit and panache. Now, the group has turned its... |
Brandon Rhyder | Brandon Rhyder Looks For A #1 On The Texas Music Chart
allaccess.com 2/8/2010
There’s a shakeup in this week’s Top 5 on the TEXAS MUSIC CHART. RESERVE RECORDS artist BRANDON RHYDER leaps up to the #2 spot from #5 with his single “Rock Angel,” while SUSTAIN RECORDS artist WADE BOWEN hangs on #1 this week with “Trouble.” ... |
Aaron Watson | AARON’S STARTING IT OFF RIGHT
texasmusicchart.com 2/8/2010
Aaron Watson’s 2010 is off to a great start having already won two awards, provided aid to two different charities, earned a number 1 single for “The Road” and been honored with a day to call his own.... |
Honeybrowne | NEW BABY!
texasmusicchart.com 2/8/2010
Congratulations Fred Andrews (Honeybrowne) and Anne Hudson on the birth of their new baby... |
Bart Crow Band | BART’S SURGERY
texasmusicchart.com 2/8/2010
Bart Crow is having neck surgery this month and asks that any artists out there who can help his band with some gigs during Bart’s down time would be MOST appreciated! “My guys could really use some pick-up work, studio or live shows... |
Kent Finlay | KENT FINLAY’S 29TH BDAY PARTY
texasmusicchart.com 2/8/2010
Big night at the Cheatham Street Warehouse! Kent Finlay's Annual 29th Birthday Concert featuring some of Kent's favorite songwriters including Walt Wilkins, John Arthur Martinez, Kyle Park, Brady Black, Adam Carroll, the Trishas, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and many others Monday February 8! It starts at 6... |
Reckless Kelly | Reckless Kelly's latest album covers songs by hero
Austin American-Statesman 2/8/2010
Reckless Kelly, that hard-touring, country rock band entering its 15th year, released its best-ever selling album in 2008 with "Bulletproof," which sold 6,000 copies in its first week. So what do they do for a follow-up? They release an album of songs by an old-timer from Idaho that no one more than... |
Ryan Bingham | Ryan Bingham And The Long Road To Overnight Success
the9513.com 2/8/2010
Anyone who’s followed the Americana or Texas music scene had been familiar with Ryan Bingham for at least a couple of years. Since the release of Mescalito in 2007 and its follow-up, Roadhouse Sun, Bingham has won critical acclaim and a growing fanbase. The success of the movie Crazy Heart and his s... |
Asylum Street Spankers | Asylum Street Spankers: Going Gospel
www.NPR.org 2/7/2010
For 15 years, Asylum Street Spankers' members have been tearing it up in their hometown of Austin, Texas, and around the country. They perform a quirky blend of acoustic blues, string-band swing-jazz, folk and even a few kids' songs, all approached with wit and panache. Now, the group has turned its... |
Reckless Kelly | Reckless Kelly paying tribute to hometown hero Pinto Bennett with new album, pla
blog.newsok.com 2/5/2010
“We’re always up for a good curveball,” said Cody Braun, co-founder, multi-instrumentalist and singer for Texas country-rockers Reckless Kelly.... |
Aaron Watson | AARON WATSON BEGINS 2010 WITH CHARITIES, AWARDS, AND A NUMBER 1 SINGLE
rodeoattitude.com 2/4/2010
Aaron Watson’s 2010 is off to a great start having already won two awards, provided aid to two different charities, earned a number 1 single for “The Road” and been honored with a day to call his own. ... |
Eli Young Band | Eli Young Band Adds A Little Nashville Spice to Denton
Dallas Observer 2/3/2010
They don't refer to Denton as Austin North for nothing. In a small college town that's rife with bands spanning all genres and any kind of indie sub-genre you can think of, musician acquaintances fast become friends, then form into bands which start playing around town—and eventually other towns acr... |
Alejandro Escovedo | Drinks With: Alejandro Escovedo
americansongwriter.com 2/3/2010
Skip Matheny –former bartender in a retirement community and currently a songwriter in the band Roman Candle — interviewed Alejandro Escovedo last month, when Roman Candle was touring with the legendary Texas songwriter.... |
Avett Brothers | Exploring The Vanities with The Avett Brothers
jambands.com 2/3/2010
The Avett Brothers developed when the allure of roots music became more appealing than being one among many hard rock acts. But it was the trio’s equal interest in the country, folk and classic rock of the past mixed with the punk energy of their formative years that played a role in creating a soun... |
Ryan Bingham | Ryan Bingham Says 'Nothing's Changed' Despite 'Crazy Heart' Oscar Nomination
Spinner 2/3/2010
On Tuesday morning, country singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham woke up to great news: the song 'The Weary Kind (Theme Song from Crazy Heart)' that he co-wrote with legendary musician T-Bone Burnett for 'Crazy Heart' was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Song category. ... |
Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson goes for wild ride
timescolonist.com 2/3/2010
A legendary actor, singer and songwriter who got his start sweeping floors at Columbia Records displayed traits often associated with a different profession -- mail delivery -- before landing here for his Victoria Film Festival appearance last night.... |
Merle Haggard | Merle Haggard Has New Record Deal, Tours With Teen Son
theboot.com 2/2/2010
Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard has signed with Vanguard Records. CMT reports that the 72-year-old music legend has written 12 new songs for his first album, 'I Am What I Am,' due to drop April 20. Merle co-produced his first project for the independent label -- which was established in th... |
Reckless Kelly | Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam Announced
oursportscentral.com 2/2/2010
For the second straight year, the Round Rock Express will team with Reckless Kelly for a Celebrity Softball Jam at The Dell Diamond. The 2010 event will be held Sunday, April 25, and will benefit the Miracle League at Town and Country, Little League of Austin and the Miracle League of San Antonio.... |
John Hiatt | John Hiatt - The Open Road
musicremedy.com 2/2/2010
The great John Hiatt, who last year was the recipient of a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by the Americana Music Association, and was also an inductee to the Nashville Songwriters Association, is to release a brand new album, entitled The Open Road, on the New West Records label on Monday 8th March 20... |
Wade Bowen | Wade Bowen makes history in Texas
examiner.com 2/1/2010
Everyone knows that Taylor Swift turns her life experiences into number one hits. Each song is exceptionally written and well-crafted. Not everyone may agree that Taylor Swift can sing as well as she writes, but there is a man who does both: Wade Bowen.... |
Levon Helm | Woodstock's Helm, Earle win Grammys
poughkeepsiejournal.com 2/1/2010
Levon Helm of Woodstock won the Grammy for Best Americana Album for "Electric Dirt" on Sunday. His neighbor, Steve Earle, won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album for "Townes."... |
Drive By Truckers | Drive-By Truckers keep on truckin'
azcentral.com 2/1/2010
They've been called America's greatest rock band by more than one music writer, and they're certainly one of the busiest, but Drive-By Truckers have yet to parlay that critical love and work ethic into arena-level success.... |
Willie Nelson | Willie Nelson Sidelined By Hand Pain; Band Members Busted
www.KWTX.com 1/29/2010
Texas music legend Willie Nelson canceled a concert because of hand pain about an hour after a half-a-dozen members of his band were arrested for possession of moonshine and marijuana.... |