New Album Releases; Miranda’s New Song; Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ Fresh Air Interview
- Congratulations to Wade, who won our Donna Ulisse CD giveaway! Wade, keep your eyes posted for an email.
- News from Rosanne Cash, via Twitter: Stop tweeting me. I have to go to work. I have to have all songs written by end of August to begin recording in October. #IBuriedTheLede
- Barry Mazor on Rodney Crowell in the Wall Street Journal.
- Tedeschi Trucks Band will be performing on Conan tonight. They’re also offering signed copies of Revelator to fans through a contest via their website.
- The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Del McCoury Band are performing on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight.
- A fantastic interview with Emmylou Harris at the AV Club.
- Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper stopped by to play some tunes at the WAMU Bluegrass Country studios in Washington, DC.
- Gillian Welch and David Rawlings stopped by WHYY to chat with Terry Gross.
- Toby Keith ain’t happy, and you can profit.
- The Dixie Chicks are helping protect fans from scalping and other shady ticket sales practices.
- Glen Campbell performed his first show since announcing his Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
- Miranda Lambert offered fans a sneak peek of a new song at one of her shows.
- Lady Antebellum revealed the cover and track listing of upcoming album Own the Night, out September 13.
- Jim Mills talks about the banjo on yesterday’s BBC Americana podcast “Manufacturing in the US.”
- What are your thoughts on Spotify?
- New releases:
Ricky Skaggs — Country Hits Bluegrass Style
Suzy Bogguss — American Folk Songbook (a Cracker Barrel exclusive)
Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three — Middle of Everywhere
Old Californio — Westering Again
Hank Snow — Songs of Tragedy/When Tragedy Struck
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David Rawlings // Del McCoury Band // Dixie Chicks // Emmylou Harris // Eric Church // Gillian Welch // Glen Campbell // Jim Mills // Lady Antebellum // Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper // Preservation Hall Jazz Band // Rodney Crowell // Rosanne Cash // Tedeschi Trucks Band // Toby Keith
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- Luckyoldsun: Jon, I think you should try re-watching the Conan video--you "missed" it the first time. If I may give my interpretation, ...
- BRUCE: Toby's generosity and philanthropic work is very expansive. His USO tours plus other works deserves praise, though I an sure ...
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- bll: Nice roundup today, Trisha singing and Jen Chapin too!
- Paul W Dennis: I guess my favorite would be George Hamilton IV's version of "Forever Young" and The Byrd's cover of Mr. Tambourine ...
- Jack Williams: Speaking of Chris Smither, he did a nice version of Visions of Johanna. Other favorites: Neville Brothers - The Ballad of Hollis ...
- Leeann Ward: I think benefit concerts and telethons are great and needed, but I'm also impressed by Underwood's generous donation.
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July 19, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Opry Alert! Tonight’s Opry will feature Sunny Sweeney! That’s all you really need to know…(lol)
Other featured artists include Dierks Bentley, Ricky Skaggs, Steel Magnolia, Brett Eldredge, Mandy Barnett (butchering Patsy Cline songs), and token Opry Legends John Conlee and Little Jimmie Dickens. Its rare any Opry has this strong of line up. Grade A!
Schedule: http://www.opry.com/shows/ThisWeek.html
Damn, I didn’t win the Donna Ulisse CD! On the other hand the end result feels just it did for all the contests I entered at The 9513! Cool! (lol)
July 19, 2011 at 5:03 pm
I bought the Suzy Bogguss album at a gig here in the UK, and it’s well worth it! Highly recommended :)
July 19, 2011 at 5:26 pm
I can’t get enough of the Suzy Bogguss album. It is nothing short of delightful. I bought it digitally from her website today. I couldn’t find it on the Cracker Barrel site as of this morning.
July 19, 2011 at 6:28 pm
The Skaggs album is a sort-of reissue of his Cracker Barrel excusive; three cuts dropped, three new ones added. Great stuff.
July 19, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Also note that the 1861 Project album, mentioned in a news update last week, is out today: http://www.1861project.com .
July 19, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Last week’s “Music City Roots” show featured some of the songs off of “The 1861 Project” and it was alright I guess. For those of us born and raised on the West Coast the entire Civil War era seems completely abstract, so there is little emotional attachment to the subject matter. Now if the album had instead been “The 1849 Project” and was dedicated to The California Gold Rush, that would be another matter entirely!
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