David “Honeyboy” Edwards Passes; Shooter Jennings Releases New Video; New Album Releases

• Blues musician David “Honeyboy” Edwards passed away yesterday at the age of 96.

• Miranda Lambert moves to RCA Nashville as part of Sony Music Nashville’s restructuring. In other Miranda news, on her Dateline special, she talked about falling in love with a married Blake Shelton (and his mullet).

• No charges have been filed after federal agents raided the Gibson Guitar factories and headquarters last week.

• Shooter Jennings released another video for “Outlaw You.”

• Farce the Music did some imagining about country singers’ fantasy football teams.

• Americana singer Caitlin Rose was signed to ATO Records.

• Check out the newest Quotable Country.

• Charles Kelley and Luke Bryan inhabit the softer side of modern country music.

• Gary Allan and his stylist have teamed up for a non-musical venture: their high-end fashion store, The Label, opens in Nashville on September 1.

• Mike Munford, ace banjo picker for Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, is the cover boy for September’s Banjo Newsletter.

• Jennifer Nettles is set to host ABC’s CMA Country Christmas, taping in November and airing during the holidays.

• Songwriter Liz Meyer, an important figure in the European bluegrass scene, passed away on August 26.

• Do you want to get lost in a Jason Aldean corn maze? Probably not. But at least you have the opportunity.

• New album releases:

Glen Campbell – Ghost on the Canvas ($3.99 on Amazon today, and the title track is free)

John Doe – Keeper

Ange Boxall – Writing Letters

Dale Ann Bradley – Somewhere South of Crazy

Brigitte DeMeyer – Rose of Jericho

Jake Owen – Barefoot Blue Jean Night

Robert Earl Keen – Ready for Confetti

Various Artists – Reggae’s Gone Country

Jonny Corndawg – Down on the Bikini Line

Coldwater Jane – Marionette

Dean Rathje – Wreck on the Highway

38 Special – Live From Texas

Catie Curtis – Stretch Limousine on Fire

Girls Guns & Glory – Sweet Nothings

• Wyatt Beard, longtime keyboard player for Kenny Chesney, won the inaugural CMA Touring Musician Award.

• Edd Hurt of the Nashville Scene does some writing about Jonny Corndawg.

• Ellen DeGeneres joined Taylor Swift at a recent show for a triangle, washboard, and banjo version of “Our Song.” The two go back a few years: if you remember, Ellen once hilariously pranked Swift on her television show.