Little Big Town Announces Tour Dates; WDVX Celebrates 15 Years; New Album Releases

• Airing November 10-16 (check local listings) on PBS: Austin City Limits Presents: Americana Music Festival 2012. The list of performances looks pretty darn good.

• Give a listen to rockabilly artist JD McPherson’s recent Philadelphia show.

• Geoffrey Clarfield of The Brooklyn Rail wrote a feature on Dom Flemons (Carolina Chocolate Drops) and the return of the African-American string band.

• Yesterday, bluegrass/Americana radio station WDVX celebrated its 15^th birthday. (warning: autoplay)

• Pete Seeger released a new song and video for Election Day.

• Sammy Kershaw and his band are uninjured after a car collided with their tour bus on Friday. Both car and bus were majorly damaged, and the other driver was hospitalized with injuries.

• Enter to win a cabin for two on the Mountain Song at Sea bluegrass cruise.

• There’s a new bluegrassy supergroup in Nashville: Helen Highwater.

• NoiseTrade posted an interview with Gin House, a duo who “dabbles in country and folk.”

• Chris Mateer interviewed Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson about their new collaboration, Wreck & Ruin.

• Delta Rae performed “Bottom of the River” for CMT Edge.

• Ronnie Dunn to “baby boomers and beyond” regarding the digital era: If you’re a baby boomer and feeling like YOUR kind (genre) of music …”country music”, etc. has been tossed by the wayside and you have been left in the dust, this is your opportunity to take your COUNTRY back. Do yourself a favor. Learn to download asap. The music business has, most definitely placed it’s focus and energy on developing a MUCH YOUNGER than normal demographic because the market has become digital. Baby boomers and beyond do not download music like Generation X. The music industry, especially the “COUNTRY” music business….in, “do or die” fashion, leap frogged over your age group to get to that very young demographic.

• Tift Merritt played “To Myself” for WFUV.

• Rascal Flatts and Hayden Panettiere will host the CMT Artists of the Year special, scheduled to premiere December 8.

• Little Big Town and Jason Aldean announced tour dates.

• Carrie Underwood will perform at the American Music Awards.

• Last week, SESAC honored the Avett Brothers with the Summit Award “in recognition of their unprecedented rise from small club performers to a major headline act.”

• Mumford and Sons have a new video for “Lover of the Light.”

• In February, Big & Rich will be presented with the 2013 CRS Humanitarian Award.

• Our pal Dave Woods interviewed Paul Brandt about new album Just As I Am, which includes guests John Anderson, Patty Loveless, and others.

• Singer-songwriter Ryan Beaver is American Songwriter’s Daily Discovery.

• Bluegrass-pop trio The Abrams Brothers were featured in the Kitsap Sun.

• This week’s album releases:

Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Ultimate Creedence Clearwater Revival: Greatest Hits & All-Time Classics

Charley Pride – Did You Think to Pray (remastered)

Sugar & The Hi-Lows – Snow Angel

Nancy Wood – My Story

Paul Kelly – Spring & Fall

Lilly Hiatt – Let Down (vinyl edition)