A good song is a good song, period, not matter who it's sung by. Such is 'Rex's Blues' by Townes Van Zandt. It's a dark, bleak song about fo
MUSIC NEWS- With summer weather at its peak, Lyle Lovett and his Large Band take to the road, delivering sweet relief with their distinctive style of
A few recommendations this Tuesday for your listening enjoyment. I’m going to cut to the chase here as I am sitting at work while doing this!
Autopsy IV note: A while back I posted a help wanted post on the site in an effort to find some additional (and consistent) contributors. For the time
Part 2 of an interview with film-maker Roddy Bogawa about his recently-released documentary on Storm Thorgerson, by RockPoP Gallery's Mike Goldste
The veritable Queen of Americana Music, Emmylou Harris and her fine band of Red Dirt Boys (Rickie Simpkins, Will Kimbrough, Phil Madeira, Chris Donah
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced their nominees for induction. Five artists and ten songwriters have been named of which one artis
Singer songwriters do feel like they're ten a penny at the moment, or at least that's the impression my inbox gives me. I do try my best to sit and g
Fresh off their tour with The Boxer Rebellion, Russell Mardell interviewed Billy McCarthy from Brooklyn’s We Are Augustines in the wake of their alb
Fresh off their tour with The Boxer Rebellion, Russell Mardell interviewed Billy McCarthy from Brooklyn’s We Are Augustines in the wake of their alb
[nabbed directly from facebook] Between Friday, May 27th and Monday, May 30th, The Phoenix and the Hazel Park Arts Council will be taking part in a we
Ben Nichols of Lucero is embarking on a quixotic motorcycle trip through the South with a guitar strapped to his back. While most musicians would t
Chris Bathgate: enigma, visionary musician, denim enthusiast. Ahead of his forthcoming album Salt Year, MCR chatted with Chris through various Inte
Ezra Koenig – “Papa Hobo” (Paul Simon Cover) Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig paid homage to his musical forebear Paul Simon by covering the
Note from AIV: Otis approached me about this post and I thought it was a great idea and I hope to make it a reoccurring piece here on 9B. Hope you enj
Noticed this little gem over on Caleb’s Facebook page. If you are a fan or have knowledge of Stine, you know that his voice, delivery, cadence
Conoscevo e apprezzavo i Lift to Experience, la band in cui Josh T. Pearson militava. Li scoprii per caso su uno di quei cd che arrivano assieme alle
MORE: www.MyDamnChannel.com Jack Clement has written and produced classic songs for artists like Johnny Cash, Billy Lee Riley, Charlie Pride, John Pri
Keeping a Cactus Cafe tradition alive, Butch Hancock and friends returned for another birthday tribute to Townes Van Zandt’s life and music. Bet
Here in Austin we have the benefit of the annual Townes Van Zandt birthday bash at the Cactus Cafe where friends and fans of Townes join forces to bri
Hayes Carll is a Texan by birth as well as by occupation. The Houston native plays hardscrabble country songs shot through with wry humor and quiet s
March 2, 1836, Texas officially broke from Mexico thus becoming the Republic of Texas. In honor of the occasion we’ve put together a list of o
Davin Alvin will make a guest appearance in, and wrote a new song for, the second season of the FX channel’s crime-drama series Justified. My p
What’s that you say? Your date stood you up? Gave you chocolate and you’re allergic? Took you to a steak house and you’re vegetari
Posted by BobbyJustin Townes Earle returned to Chicago last Thursday, after our city had been the abrupt endpoint of his previous tour in support of t
Possibly hoping to revisit the success and acclaim of 2007′s Raising Sand (his multi-Grammy winning album with Alison Krauss) Robert Plant recr
CHE NON SI ESIME DALL’ESEGUIRE BRANI LEDZEP Robert Plant got famous exploiting a traditional form of American music – the blues. At a Led
Blaze Foley is probably remembered more today for the songs that were written about him (“Blaze’s Blues” by Townes Van Zandt and “Drunken
……..STEVE EARLE!!!!!!!!!!!! Steve Earle is set to release I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive on April 26th via New West Records. The album i
From the get-go, I've been looking at this trip to India as an arts residency of sorts, to recharge my creative batteries as much as reboot my yoga pr
Archiviate ormai da un pezzo le poche illusioni di un ritorno nei Led Zeppelin, la carriera di Robert Plant prosegue nel segno di una seconda giovine
Caleb Stine is the perfect musician to provide a Friday Feature track. Caleb provides music that fits like 2 year old work gloves, it is not only f
Hayes Carll is in my top ten list of all time great singer songwriters. He’s young yet and his discography is incomplete and a little scattere
Rock god Robert Plant, who has dialed it down of late with Alison Krauss and Patty Griffin, will make his low-key return on April 12 at the State Th
Blaze Foley Some songs just grab you the moment you hear them. That's how I came to "Drunken Angel," one of Lucinda Williams' best songs.
I just stumbled across an album released earlier in the year, Paupers Field. This is Dylan LeBlanc's debut album and very worthy. A real cool vibe
Sure, people talk about how amazing New York, Chicago, Austin and the like are. But that’s easy. When a city is big, of course there will be coo
While a lot of folks bill this kid as being in the same genre as folks like Stoney LaRue, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Max Stalling, et al. it is my opini
In mid-April 2010 Americana songwriter Dylan Sneed met five friends in a 100-year-old farmhouse in the low country of South Carolina to record his la
For those out of the know, Robert Plant was once Led Zeppelin’s lead singer. His career afterwards began with a more polished radio friendly a
Three quite different but commendable releases have graced my CD player and iPod of late from four, what you might call, elder statesman of the music
Americana singer/songwriter Carrie Rodriguez has teamed up with Ben Kyle of Romantica for a new album. The album of duets, We Still Love Our Country
Holcombe Waller Into the Dark Unknown (Napoleon Records, February 22, 2011) Download “Risk of Change” From The Album “For melodic sweep, the
The Sumner Brothers were recommended to us by our fine Canadian friends, The Deep Dark Woods. We’ve shown a propensity for liking the same musi
Not too long ago, a friend introduced me to the music of Dylan LeBlan and I've been listening to his debut album ever since. LeBlanc grew up hanging o
Over the years, jazzy pop chanteuse and pianist Norah Jones has teamed up with many of her favorite artists, and now she’s collected 18 tracks
Dom De Luca is a singer/songwriter based in Ontario, Canada, who has released “A Bell I Gotta Ring”, a record following his 2008 folk effort calle
Gram Parsons probably had more to do with the current state of Americana music that any one individual. Like another Americana great Townes Van Zandt,
5. “Daddy, Come and Get Me” – Dolly Parton This song was a Top 40 hit for Parton in 1970. She sings from the point of view of a wom
Robert Plant brought his Band Of Joyand the Oriana Choir to London last night (October 29) for a special performance at the Radio 2 Electric Proms
