Stream Tracks from Kristofferson’s Feeling Mortal; Music City Roots Heads Down Under; Swift to Perform at Grammys
- Stream tracks from Kris Kristofferson’s Feeling Mortal and enter Performing Songwriter’s CD giveaway.
- In case it aired past your bedtime last night, here’s video of Ray Wylie Hubbard’s Letterman performance.
- Brad Paisley says his next album, due out April 9, will be called Wheelhouse.
- NPR’s Ken Tucker praises the Nashville soundtrack.
- Taylor Swift and Mumford and Sons are among this year’s Grammy performers.
- Swift won a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Country Artist.
- Max Blau wrote a feature on Dualtone Records for the Nashville Scene.
- Also in the Nashville Scene: a feature on Claire Lynch, who talks about her next record, tentatively titled Dear Sister: The title is taken from a co-write with Louisa Branscombs [sic] based on recovered Civil War letters sent to Branscombs’ great-great aunt. The 10-song LP is due out in the spring and represents Lynch’s first for Compass Records after 18 years with Rounder. “We’re taking a fresh approach,” says Lynch. “Rounder was interested in marketing me to the bluegrass audience — which is fine and dandy; I made my place there — but we just wanted to lean a little more Americana. I have a couple of young guys in the band, and their idea of bluegrass is a bit more edgy than what I grew up with.”
- More than 300 people paid their respects to Patti Page when she was laid to rest on Wednesday.
- Chet Flippo lists the answers to last week’s Nashville Skyline quiz.
- The Deadly Gentlemen covered indie rock band Vampire Weekend.
- Veteran music executive Skip Bishop launched a new label, HitShop Records. HitShop releases will be distributed by Warner Music Nashville.
- MtAiryNews.com featured a story on young fiddle maker Chris Testerman.
- Marty Raybon & Full Circle have a new single.
- The January 24 edition of Music City Roots will be broadcast from Australia during the 41st Tamworth Country Music Festival.
- Paste posted videos of Sarah Jarosz and Brian Wright performing at the Americana Music Festival and Conference.
- Paste also premiered “That’s What I’m Doin’ Here,” a song from Bill Carter’s Unknown (due out January 15).
- The release date for The Mavericks’ In Time has been pushed back to February 26.
- Corey Deiterman of the Houston Press lists “Five Folk Acts Who Wandered Down the Synth Road.”
- The Gibson Brothers were featured in The Troy Record.
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Bill Carter // Brad Paisley // Brian Wright // Chet Flippo // Chris Testerman // Claire Lynch // Dualtone Records // Gibson Brothers // Kris Kristofferson // Louisa Branscomb // Marty Raybon and Full Circle // Mumford and Sons // Music City Roots // Patti Page // Ray Wylie Hubbard // Sarah Jarosz // Skip Bishop // Taylor Swift // The Deadly Gentlemen // The Mavericks
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January 10, 2013 at 3:14 pm
I’m not familiar with The Deadly Gentlemen, but that was a pretty cool cover of “The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance.”
January 10, 2013 at 5:31 pm
Well, you’ve got me beat Sam as I’ve never heard of either of the bans mentioned or the song itself…
That is so cool that the January 24th Music City Roots will be from the Tamworth Festival down under! If they air at the normal time that would be happening sometime in the morning on Thursday the 25th in New South Wales. There will be soooo many talented Aussie country artists there I hope they pick some good ones! My top picks would be Catherine Britt, Bill Chambers (who have both been on MCR in the past), Kasey Chambers and hubby Shane Nicholson, Ashleigh Dallas, Harmony James ,and of course The Hillbilly Killers! I guess I’ll have to read the link and see! (lol)
Leon Russell was a blast on last night’s MCR but my feed kept getting interrupted! ARGH! ABC’s “Nashville” was also pleasing due to the high “Scarlett Factor” in last night’s episode! Keep it up!
That Dualtone Records article was interesting indeed. It sounds to me like they have gotten back to the “roots” of how to properly support the music acts they sign. I’d expect them to be around long after the (formerly) Major Nashville Labels have become as extinct as the dinosaurs.
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