“There’s a million ways to make grave, but nobody dies from weed,” sing Hayes Carll and the Band of Heathens in multi-part harmony on their new song, “Nobody Dies From Weed.” Just in time for 4/20, the honky-tonk tune continues a strong country family tradition of songs about the virtues of getting high and shows how a good toke can unite two artists like Carll and the Heathens. “Nobody’s punched their ticket on mother nature’s gift,” they agree, “Or gone to meet their maker from puffin’ on a spliff.
- 4/18/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Topeka’s Moon Crush series of events aren’t your typical music festivals — they’re music vacations. Taking place in Miramar Beach, Florida, these unique gatherings are equal parts getaway and VIP music experience. Today, Moon Crush is announcing the latest addition to its lineup: Cowboy Moon, curated by Lyle Lovett.
Set for November 1st-3rd, 2024, the three-day music vacation at the beach features two sets from Lovett and His Large Band. Also on the bill are Jason Isbell, Little Feat, Hayes Carll, Nikki Lane, The Mavericks, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, and Paul Thorn.
Now, that’s a lineup that’d get any country fan’s’ spurs spinning, but Cowboy Moon doesn’t stop there. Guests will have their own private, reserved “coves” at the venue, out VIP-ing any VIP section you’ve ever seen. What’s more, there’s no waiting in line for refreshments, as each cove gets on-demand deliver of food,...
Set for November 1st-3rd, 2024, the three-day music vacation at the beach features two sets from Lovett and His Large Band. Also on the bill are Jason Isbell, Little Feat, Hayes Carll, Nikki Lane, The Mavericks, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, and Paul Thorn.
Now, that’s a lineup that’d get any country fan’s’ spurs spinning, but Cowboy Moon doesn’t stop there. Guests will have their own private, reserved “coves” at the venue, out VIP-ing any VIP section you’ve ever seen. What’s more, there’s no waiting in line for refreshments, as each cove gets on-demand deliver of food,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Ben Kaye
- Consequence - Music
By any measure, Shane Smith and the Saints are in the midst of the sort of career-altering breakthrough that launches Texas bar bands into amphitheaters, music halls, and the top lines of festival posters.
Start with the tour. This spring, the Saints will play the Grand Ole Opry, headline Red Rocks Amphitheatre for the second time in a year — with 49 Winchester and Hayes Carll on the bill — and spend a week touring Europe with Tanner Usrey opening.
There’s also the record. Norther hits stores and streaming on March 1. It...
Start with the tour. This spring, the Saints will play the Grand Ole Opry, headline Red Rocks Amphitheatre for the second time in a year — with 49 Winchester and Hayes Carll on the bill — and spend a week touring Europe with Tanner Usrey opening.
There’s also the record. Norther hits stores and streaming on March 1. It...
- 2/29/2024
- by Josh Crutchmer
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-songwriter Brandy Clark has shared a new run of US tour dates kicking off in April 2024.
The new dates follow Clark’s previously-announced co-headlining dates with Hayes Carll, which begin in March. She’ll then continue the tour throughout the southeast, hitting cities like Little Rock, Birmingham, Atlanta, and more. The trek concludes with an appearance at Wilkesboro, North Carolina’s MerleFest. See the full tour routing below.
Tickets for Brandy Clark’s 2024 tour will be available initially via an artist pre-sale on Tuesday, January 30th at 10:00 a.m. local time. Sign up for the artist pre-sale here. A Live Nation pre-sale will follow on Thursday, February 1st (use code Spotlight) The general on-sale will open to the public on Friday, February 2nd at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program.
The new dates follow Clark’s previously-announced co-headlining dates with Hayes Carll, which begin in March. She’ll then continue the tour throughout the southeast, hitting cities like Little Rock, Birmingham, Atlanta, and more. The trek concludes with an appearance at Wilkesboro, North Carolina’s MerleFest. See the full tour routing below.
Tickets for Brandy Clark’s 2024 tour will be available initially via an artist pre-sale on Tuesday, January 30th at 10:00 a.m. local time. Sign up for the artist pre-sale here. A Live Nation pre-sale will follow on Thursday, February 1st (use code Spotlight) The general on-sale will open to the public on Friday, February 2nd at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program.
- 1/26/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
Tyler Childers and his band The Food Stamps have announced their “Mule Pull ’24 Tour.” It comes in celebration of the singer-songwriter’s new album Rustin’ in the Rain.
Kicking off in April, Childers’ newly announced North American run will make stops at major venues like NYC’s Madison Square Garden, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (two nights), Kia Forum, Austin’s Moody Center, and Dickies Arena in Forth Worth, TX. Update: Childers has announced a second leg of shows taking place between June and August, including multiple nights in Alpharetta, Ga and Bend, Or, as well as a headlining gig at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wa.
A rotating guest of openers will support Childers, including Sylvan Esso, Allison Russell, Hayes Carll, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Shaky Graves, and S.G. Goodman.
For the newly announced dates, registration for a Ticketmaster Verified Fan pre-sale is ongoing through Sunday, October 8th. Once registration closes,...
Kicking off in April, Childers’ newly announced North American run will make stops at major venues like NYC’s Madison Square Garden, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (two nights), Kia Forum, Austin’s Moody Center, and Dickies Arena in Forth Worth, TX. Update: Childers has announced a second leg of shows taking place between June and August, including multiple nights in Alpharetta, Ga and Bend, Or, as well as a headlining gig at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wa.
A rotating guest of openers will support Childers, including Sylvan Esso, Allison Russell, Hayes Carll, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Shaky Graves, and S.G. Goodman.
For the newly announced dates, registration for a Ticketmaster Verified Fan pre-sale is ongoing through Sunday, October 8th. Once registration closes,...
- 10/4/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Three years ago, Margo Cilker was starting to struggle. “To paint the picture,” she says, “I was in a super-weird place.”
Living in rural Eastern Oregon, the singer-songwriter had spent the better part of the previous year trying to find a label to release Pohorylle, the debut album that she’d poured her heart into, but nothing was taking. She’d also been unable to tour for the past six months due to the pandemic, so Cilker was taking the time to reflect on it all: the years she’d...
Living in rural Eastern Oregon, the singer-songwriter had spent the better part of the previous year trying to find a label to release Pohorylle, the debut album that she’d poured her heart into, but nothing was taking. She’d also been unable to tour for the past six months due to the pandemic, so Cilker was taking the time to reflect on it all: the years she’d...
- 9/11/2023
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Tyler Childers and his band the Food Stamps will hit the road next spring on the “Mule Pull ’24 Tour.”
The North American leg of the trek launches April 5 at the Viejas Arena in San Diego and wraps with a big gig May 29 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Childers will receive support from a variety of artists on select dates throughout the tour, including Medium Build, Hayes Carll, 49 Winchester, Allison Russell, and Sylvan Esso.
The tour announcement comes a few days before Childers releases his new album,...
The North American leg of the trek launches April 5 at the Viejas Arena in San Diego and wraps with a big gig May 29 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Childers will receive support from a variety of artists on select dates throughout the tour, including Medium Build, Hayes Carll, 49 Winchester, Allison Russell, and Sylvan Esso.
The tour announcement comes a few days before Childers releases his new album,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Morgan Wallen will receive the Academy of Country Music Milestone Award and Yellowstone the ACM Film Award at the 15th Annual Academy of Country Music Honors on Wednesday, August 24 in Nashville.
In addition, Miranda Lambert be honored with the ACM Triple Crown Award, Connie Bradley has been chosen to receive the ACM Icon Award, Paul Barnabee and Dwight Wiles will each receive the Lifting Lives Award, Duane Clark has been chosen as the recipient of the ACM Service Award, Chris Stapleton will be honored with the ACM Spirit Award and Sonny Throckmorton and Shania Twain have each been chosen as recipients of the ACM Poet’s Award.
Wallen has been on a long comeback trail since he was caught on tape making a racial slur toward a friend in February 2021. The ACM award would seem to complete that journey — at least in the country music community — after he also won...
In addition, Miranda Lambert be honored with the ACM Triple Crown Award, Connie Bradley has been chosen to receive the ACM Icon Award, Paul Barnabee and Dwight Wiles will each receive the Lifting Lives Award, Duane Clark has been chosen as the recipient of the ACM Service Award, Chris Stapleton will be honored with the ACM Spirit Award and Sonny Throckmorton and Shania Twain have each been chosen as recipients of the ACM Poet’s Award.
Wallen has been on a long comeback trail since he was caught on tape making a racial slur toward a friend in February 2021. The ACM award would seem to complete that journey — at least in the country music community — after he also won...
- 6/1/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Allison Moorer’s son John Henry was playing in a New York City park in 2019 when he climbed an old, squeaky glider and began stomping his foot to its rhythm, then singing along. Using video of John Henry’s instinctive performance that his teacher had sent, Moorer’s longtime musical collaborator Kenny Greenberg created a loop while she crafted a hypnotic, soaring anthem to accompany it.
Those unique melodies and compelling rhythms imagined by John Henry can heard throughout “All We Have Is Now,” the first track from Moorer’s new EP Wish for You,...
Those unique melodies and compelling rhythms imagined by John Henry can heard throughout “All We Have Is Now,” the first track from Moorer’s new EP Wish for You,...
- 2/11/2022
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Brothers Osborne will reissue their Grammy-nominated 2020 album Skeletons as a deluxe edition in early 2022. The new version, featuring three additional tracks, will be released Jan. 21.
Among the newly added tracks is the duo’s single “Younger Me,” which was penned by the brothers and Kendell Marvel about singer Tj Osborne’s experiences as a young gay man struggling with coming out. It made the list of Rolling Stone’s best songs from 2021 and is currently nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.
The album also features the previously unreleased “Headstone,...
Among the newly added tracks is the duo’s single “Younger Me,” which was penned by the brothers and Kendell Marvel about singer Tj Osborne’s experiences as a young gay man struggling with coming out. It made the list of Rolling Stone’s best songs from 2021 and is currently nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.
The album also features the previously unreleased “Headstone,...
- 12/20/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
“I don’t worship the ground you walk on,” George Strait sang in “Ocean Front Property,” rattling off a list of obvious lies to tell himself he wasn’t hurting. Fellow Texan Hayes Carll takes the idea even farther in his new song “She’ll Come Back to Me,” imagining an alternate reality where he doesn’t end up alone. The song appears on Carll’s upcoming album You Get It All, out October 29th.
Over a thumping kick drum and an eerie minor-key blues riff, Hayes wastes no time...
Over a thumping kick drum and an eerie minor-key blues riff, Hayes wastes no time...
- 8/25/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
“I knew the night we met that you get it all,” Hayes Carll sings in his new song, a simple declaration of love and all the good and bad that comes with it. “All my lows and all my highs/all my truth, all my lies/all my rights and all my wrongs,” Carll drawls in the verses. He throws in some concrete examples of his baggage too, from Guy Clark cassette tapes to beat-up cowboy boots that he leaves lying in the hall.
Carll co-wrote the song with Nashville...
Carll co-wrote the song with Nashville...
- 7/29/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Cody Jinks and Zz Top will headline the first Born & Raised Music Festival, a new concert and camping event set for September 17th through 19th in Pryor, Oklahoma, at the Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds — known to metalheads as the home of Rocklahoma.
Billed as a “weekend of music and camping for the outlaw in all of us,” the lineup includes outlaw country artists, Americana singer-songwriters, and a heavy dose of Red Dirt bands. Blackberry Smoke, Lucinda Williams, Randy Rogers Band, Parker McCollum, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Jack Ingram,...
Billed as a “weekend of music and camping for the outlaw in all of us,” the lineup includes outlaw country artists, Americana singer-songwriters, and a heavy dose of Red Dirt bands. Blackberry Smoke, Lucinda Williams, Randy Rogers Band, Parker McCollum, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Jack Ingram,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Hayes Carll was in the middle of a performance last week when he managed to sum up what many musicians and fans have been feeling for months.
“I tell people for the first four years of my career and for the last 16 months of my career, I’d finish a song and nobody clapped,” the Texas songwriter said, as midnight neared and cool winds blew into the open-air Truman Waterfront Park Amphitheater in Key West, Florida. “In between, I had a pretty nice run where people clapped. So, it’s...
“I tell people for the first four years of my career and for the last 16 months of my career, I’d finish a song and nobody clapped,” the Texas songwriter said, as midnight neared and cool winds blew into the open-air Truman Waterfront Park Amphitheater in Key West, Florida. “In between, I had a pretty nice run where people clapped. So, it’s...
- 5/3/2021
- by Blake Ells
- Rollingstone.com
The Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion has announced its 2021 lineup. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Tanya Tucker, Blackberry Smoke, Dr. Dog, and Yola are among the artists headlining the September festival, held at the “Birthplace of Country Music,” the Tennessee-Virginia border city of Bristol.
The 2020 Bristol Reunion was canceled because of the pandemic, but the 2021 is set to return September 10th through 12th. Along with Isbell and Tucker, the lineup includes the Steeldrivers, recent Grand Ole Opry inductee Rhonda Vincent, Hayes Carll, Jim Lauderdale, Amythyst Kiah, Town Mountain, Charley Crockett, Morgan Wade,...
The 2020 Bristol Reunion was canceled because of the pandemic, but the 2021 is set to return September 10th through 12th. Along with Isbell and Tucker, the lineup includes the Steeldrivers, recent Grand Ole Opry inductee Rhonda Vincent, Hayes Carll, Jim Lauderdale, Amythyst Kiah, Town Mountain, Charley Crockett, Morgan Wade,...
- 3/31/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
For the last five years, Brothers Osborne have been one of the more compelling acts operating squarely within the confines of commercial country music. The Maryland brother duo has built a strong live following (and earned a pair of Top Twenty hits) based on their no-nonsense balance of crisp country-rock and crooning slow-jams. The former highlight John Osborne’s thrilling guitar theatrics, while the latter showcase Tj Osborne’s nuanced baritone. The group’s last album, Port Saint Joe, was an elegant display of that honky-tonk yin-yang that leaned slightly towards the group’s slower,...
- 10/9/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Hayes Carll releases the Alone Together Sessions on September 4th, a collection of his songs reimagined as stripped-down acoustic numbers. In some cases, the songs stay true to form, but others are drastically different. Like “Bad Liver and a Broken Heart,” which the Texas songwriter premieres Wednesday.
As it appears on Carll’s 2008 album Trouble in Mind, “Bad Liver and a Broken Heart” is a roadhouse rocker, equal parts Sticky Fingers-era Rolling Stones and Georgia Satellites twang. On the Alone Together Sessions, it’s practically a dirge, with haunting harmonies from Allison Moorer.
As it appears on Carll’s 2008 album Trouble in Mind, “Bad Liver and a Broken Heart” is a roadhouse rocker, equal parts Sticky Fingers-era Rolling Stones and Georgia Satellites twang. On the Alone Together Sessions, it’s practically a dirge, with haunting harmonies from Allison Moorer.
- 8/26/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
For nearly two decades, Hayes Carll has been making consistently great singer-songwriter records, influenced by the back-porch songcraft of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. While off the road in Nashville for his longest stretch in years, Carll had the chance to revisit some of his best material — which he reimagines on a new acoustic album, Alone Together Sessions, out September 4th on Dualtone.
“It’s probably good to pause every now and then, to take stock of everything,” Carll said in a statement, talking about returning to his older material in the studio.
“It’s probably good to pause every now and then, to take stock of everything,” Carll said in a statement, talking about returning to his older material in the studio.
- 8/12/2020
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Brothers Osborne cook up a funky groove with an evergreen message in their new song “Hatin’ Somebody,” which will appear on their upcoming album Skeletons. The Cma-winning duo’s third studio project, Skeletons will be released October 9th.
Built around sizzling, woozy electric and acoustic slide guitar that recall Sticky Fingers-era Rolling Stones, the swampy “Hatin’ Somebody” was penned by siblings John and Tj Osborne with Casey Beathard. It’s also a statement about bigotry and the struggle to coexist that references a personal transformation the duo’s grandfather underwent.
Built around sizzling, woozy electric and acoustic slide guitar that recall Sticky Fingers-era Rolling Stones, the swampy “Hatin’ Somebody” was penned by siblings John and Tj Osborne with Casey Beathard. It’s also a statement about bigotry and the struggle to coexist that references a personal transformation the duo’s grandfather underwent.
- 7/31/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Brothers Osborne have announced plans for their third studio album, Skeletons. The follow-up to 2018’s Port Saint Joe, the Cma-winning duo’s new LP will be released October 9th.
Working once again with producer Jay Joyce — who oversaw their first two albums — Tj and John Osborne wrote or co-wrote all 12 tracks on Skeletons. Collaborators on the group of songs include Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk (co-producers of Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour), Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby, Casey Beathard, and Hayes Carll. The album’s current radio single is “All Night,” which was released in May.
Working once again with producer Jay Joyce — who oversaw their first two albums — Tj and John Osborne wrote or co-wrote all 12 tracks on Skeletons. Collaborators on the group of songs include Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk (co-producers of Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour), Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby, Casey Beathard, and Hayes Carll. The album’s current radio single is “All Night,” which was released in May.
- 7/22/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Willie Nelson’s annual 4th of July Picnic will go forward this year as a concert film that includes new livestream performances, along with interviews and archival footage from the Picnic’s nearly 50-year history.
Nelson will perform a set with his Family Band at Pedernales Studios, located near his Luck Ranch outside of Austin, while other artists will deliver songs from home. Margo Price, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real are among those performing.
The concert streams Saturday, July 4th, beginning at 4:30 p.
Nelson will perform a set with his Family Band at Pedernales Studios, located near his Luck Ranch outside of Austin, while other artists will deliver songs from home. Margo Price, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real are among those performing.
The concert streams Saturday, July 4th, beginning at 4:30 p.
- 6/26/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Hayes Carll has recorded a new, stripped-down version of his song “Times Like These,” which first appeared on his 2019 album What It Is.
The original version was brisk and aggressive, a swaggering rocker in the Chuck Berry mold, but also carried a seething political message.
“I wrote the song about a guy watching his country get torn apart and the frustration and fear he felt,” Carll explains. “I tried to capture the psychic toll that creates — but while I loved the speed and attitude of the original music it also covered up that heaviness.
The original version was brisk and aggressive, a swaggering rocker in the Chuck Berry mold, but also carried a seething political message.
“I wrote the song about a guy watching his country get torn apart and the frustration and fear he felt,” Carll explains. “I tried to capture the psychic toll that creates — but while I loved the speed and attitude of the original music it also covered up that heaviness.
- 4/23/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
As social distancing becomes a part of everyday life, married singer-songwriters Hayes Carll and Allison Moorer have released their intimate new single, a cover of one of Merle Haggard’s biggest hits, “That’s the Way Love Goes.” The result is a romantic duet that provides the aural equivalent of a warm embrace.
“That’s the way love goes, babe, that’s the music God made/For all the world to sing, it’s never old it grows,” the pair sings together in the simple yet affecting chorus. “Losing makes me sorry,...
“That’s the way love goes, babe, that’s the music God made/For all the world to sing, it’s never old it grows,” the pair sings together in the simple yet affecting chorus. “Losing makes me sorry,...
- 3/27/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Maren Morris have been named as headliners for the 2020 Railbird Festival, set for August 22nd and 23rd in Lexington, Kentucky. The full lineup was announced on Wednesday.
Also confirmed for this year’s edition of Railbird are a diverse collection of indie rockers, country royalty, and Americana darlings, including the Head and the Heart, Young the Giant, the Decemberists, Tanya Tucker, Trampled by Turtles, Colter Wall, Whiskey Myers, and Shovels and Rope.
Other artists performing include City and Color, the Dead South, Cat Power,...
Also confirmed for this year’s edition of Railbird are a diverse collection of indie rockers, country royalty, and Americana darlings, including the Head and the Heart, Young the Giant, the Decemberists, Tanya Tucker, Trampled by Turtles, Colter Wall, Whiskey Myers, and Shovels and Rope.
Other artists performing include City and Color, the Dead South, Cat Power,...
- 2/19/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Willie Nelson & Family and Hank Williams Jr. will headline the inaugural Born & Raised Music Festival. Set for Pryor, Oklahoma, the three-day fest runs June 5th through 7th and features an impressively curated mix of traditional country artists like Nelson and Williams, Red Dirt acts like Cody Canada & the Departed, and Americana favorites ranging from Elizabeth Cook to Hayes Carll.
Jamey Johnson, Margo Price, Shooter Jennings, Kendell Marvel, Jack Ingram, Paul Cauthen, Parker McCollum, William Clark Green, Stoney Larue, Zach Bryan, and Tim Montana are among the solo artists in the lineup,...
Jamey Johnson, Margo Price, Shooter Jennings, Kendell Marvel, Jack Ingram, Paul Cauthen, Parker McCollum, William Clark Green, Stoney Larue, Zach Bryan, and Tim Montana are among the solo artists in the lineup,...
- 2/5/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Eric Church, Carrie Underwood, and Thomas Rhett will headline the 2020 Stagecoach Festival. The lineup for the Indio, California, country music gathering was announced by Midland following their performance of “Mr. Lonely” on Ellen. The throwback trio, who released their album Let It Roll in August, will also perform at Stagecoach.
Set for April 24 through 26th, Stagecoach has a roster that touches on all sides of the genre. Pop-country singer Brett Young shares space with East Nashville songwriter Nikki Lane; resurgent outlaw Tanya Tucker is on the bill with masked singer...
Set for April 24 through 26th, Stagecoach has a roster that touches on all sides of the genre. Pop-country singer Brett Young shares space with East Nashville songwriter Nikki Lane; resurgent outlaw Tanya Tucker is on the bill with masked singer...
- 10/15/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Allison Moorer has announced a fall tour in support of her upcoming book Blood: A Memoir and its companion album, Blood. The tour, which will feature a mix of Q&a discussion, live music, and book signing, will hit a variety of concert venues and book stores, beginning in late October.
Moorer’s forthcoming memoir, her first book, is a harrowing narrative centered around her parents’ 1986 murder-suicide. The companion album features originals culled from varying periods of the singer-songwriter’s career that directly relate to the themes, people and places discussed in her book.
Moorer’s forthcoming memoir, her first book, is a harrowing narrative centered around her parents’ 1986 murder-suicide. The companion album features originals culled from varying periods of the singer-songwriter’s career that directly relate to the themes, people and places discussed in her book.
- 9/23/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
The 30A Songwriters Festival will return to the panhandle of Florida January 17th, 2020, with an all-star group of artists set to perform. Among them are formidable tunesmiths who represent a range of genres, including John Prine, Brian Wilson, Indigo Girls, and Tanya Tucker.
With 200-plus artists on tap to perform during the four-day festival, the 30A Songwriters Festival will be spread across 30 venues bordering the Gulf of Mexico before it wraps on January 20th. Wilson will bring his nine-piece band to perform some of his Beach Boys classics, and Prine...
With 200-plus artists on tap to perform during the four-day festival, the 30A Songwriters Festival will be spread across 30 venues bordering the Gulf of Mexico before it wraps on January 20th. Wilson will bring his nine-piece band to perform some of his Beach Boys classics, and Prine...
- 8/27/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Allison Moorer will release her first new solo album since 2015’s Down to Believin’ this fall. Titled Blood, the LP, out October 25th, will be followed four days later by the release of Moorer’s memoir of the same name, published by Da Capo Press. Moorer’s most recent recording project was 2017’s Not Dark Yet, a collaboration with her older sister, Shelby Lynne.
The first track issued from Blood is “The Rock and the Hill,” a visceral blues rocker that ties itself lyrically to the protective, deep-rooted character of...
The first track issued from Blood is “The Rock and the Hill,” a visceral blues rocker that ties itself lyrically to the protective, deep-rooted character of...
- 8/19/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Now approaching his 20-year anniversary as a wry, hard-touring songwriter, Hayes Carll talks about the road less traveled during his appearance on Chris Shiflett’s Walking the Floor podcast. Making its premiere today on Rolling Stone Country, the interview finds the two musicians conducting their conversation from the inside of Carll’s touring van, a fitting location for an interview that focuses upon the lure — and sometimes the listlessness — of a life largely logged on the road.
“My songwriting heroes are Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson,” says Carll,...
“My songwriting heroes are Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson,” says Carll,...
- 5/20/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Willie Nelson’s annual 4th of July Picnic is headed back to Austin, Texas, for its 46th installment this summer, with the soon-to-be 86-year-old joined by a lineup of artists that includes Luke Combs, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Alison Krauss.
With roots dating back to Nelson’s first Independence Day bash in nearby Dripping Springs in 1973, the Picnic celebrates its fifth year in its current home at the Circuit of the Americas racetrack outside Austin. Both Combs and Rateliff — who, as a solo act, was a headliner at...
With roots dating back to Nelson’s first Independence Day bash in nearby Dripping Springs in 1973, the Picnic celebrates its fifth year in its current home at the Circuit of the Americas racetrack outside Austin. Both Combs and Rateliff — who, as a solo act, was a headliner at...
- 4/1/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
The mesmerizing voice of Shawn James, the sharp wit of Hayes Carll and the in-charge confidence of Tami Neilson are all on display in our round-up of the best country and Americana tracks of the week.
Meat Puppets, “Warranty”
With drummer Derrick Bostrom back behind the kit after a 22-year absence, Meat Puppets are reunited and revitalized, their problems transformed into backwater under the bridge. “Warranty” is the kickoff single from their newest album, Dusty Notes, and it returns the band to familiar territory — a sound rooted in college-rock jangle,...
Meat Puppets, “Warranty”
With drummer Derrick Bostrom back behind the kit after a 22-year absence, Meat Puppets are reunited and revitalized, their problems transformed into backwater under the bridge. “Warranty” is the kickoff single from their newest album, Dusty Notes, and it returns the band to familiar territory — a sound rooted in college-rock jangle,...
- 3/11/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Shovels & Rope have released two new tracks from their forthcoming album By Blood, with “Mississippi Nuthin'” and “Carry Me Home” available for streaming.
Beginning with some floor-tom-pounding drums before abruptly jumping to briskly strummed acoustic guitar, the urgent “Mississippi Nuthin'” imagines a pair of acquaintances who have seen their circumstances reversed in the days since high school. One, a former star athlete, makes an elevator pitch to the other in hopes of getting rich and then lashes out with a reminder of their former stations when it doesn’t go his way.
Beginning with some floor-tom-pounding drums before abruptly jumping to briskly strummed acoustic guitar, the urgent “Mississippi Nuthin'” imagines a pair of acquaintances who have seen their circumstances reversed in the days since high school. One, a former star athlete, makes an elevator pitch to the other in hopes of getting rich and then lashes out with a reminder of their former stations when it doesn’t go his way.
- 3/5/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The Outlaw Music Festival Tour will return for a summer 2019 leg in June, pulling together an eclectic assortment of performers from country, rock and Americana. Led as usual by Willie Nelson, this year’s lineup will also include Phil Lesh & Friends, the Avett Brothers and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats.
With dates stretching through July 3rd, the 2019 Outlaw Music Festival Tour will also include performances (on select dates) from Alison Krauss, the Revivalists, Counting Crows, Old Crow Medicine Show, Dawes, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Steve Earle & the Dukes,...
With dates stretching through July 3rd, the 2019 Outlaw Music Festival Tour will also include performances (on select dates) from Alison Krauss, the Revivalists, Counting Crows, Old Crow Medicine Show, Dawes, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Steve Earle & the Dukes,...
- 3/5/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
For someone so well known for his storytelling, Hayes Carll is a man of few words. Either that or a chronic self-editor: Speaking slowly and carefully, with long, thoughtful pauses, he often stops to correct himself and start all over mid-sentence, once the optimal phrasing has emerged in his mind. But on Carll’s new LP, What It Is, the Texas singer-songwriter decided to focus on what he felt rather than what sounded best.
“I’ve been doing this almost 20 years and it’s been a great run, but I...
“I’ve been doing this almost 20 years and it’s been a great run, but I...
- 2/26/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
“There’s a whole world out there waiting full of stories to be told,” sings Hayes Carll on his latest record, over a locomotive drum-and-upright bass shuffle that’s part Tennessee Three, part Blonde On Blonde. “And I’ll heed the call and tell ‘em all/ If I may be so bold.” It’s a call you wish more songwriters would heed, Carll included. At his best, his narrative skills tilt towards the idiosyncratic and specific — see the title track of his 2014 LP Kmag Yoyo, a first-person military narrative about...
- 2/18/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
The Luck Reunion at Willie Nelson’s Texas ranch has become an annual tradition, as well as something of an escape for a lucky few from the crowded South by Southwest conference in nearby Austin. Set for March 14th, the 2019 Luck Reunion will feature performances by Nelson, Steve Earle & the Dukes, Mavis Staples, Low Cut Connie and Nathaniel Rateliff, among numerous others.
With performances happening on five different stages, the 2019 Luck Reunion offers a wide array of sounds, from country to soul, rock to blues. Other performers at the event...
With performances happening on five different stages, the 2019 Luck Reunion offers a wide array of sounds, from country to soul, rock to blues. Other performers at the event...
- 2/7/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
You hardly expect a guy who’s written songs with titles like “Bad Liver and a Broken Heart” and “Good While It Lasted” to go all giddy on you. But everybody has a moment when they realize something cherished is over, yet there’s no choice but to move on. For roustabout-looking Texas troubadour Hayes Carll, that flash arrives on the title track of his upcoming sixth record, What It Is.
Co-written with fellow singer-songwriter and fiancée Allison Moorer, “What It Is” finds Carll walking away from a situation that...
Co-written with fellow singer-songwriter and fiancée Allison Moorer, “What It Is” finds Carll walking away from a situation that...
- 1/25/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Ben Dickey, the musician and actor who inhabited the role of mercurial singer-songwriter Blaze Foley in the biopic Blaze last year, is set to release his full-length LP A Glimmer on the Outskirts for SexHawkeBlack Records on March 8th. The boutique Americana label based in Austin is a joint venture with Nashville’s Dualtone Records and was co-founded by filmmaker Ethan Hawke, Austin businessman Louis Black and musician-actor Charlie Sexton, who portrayed Townes Van Zandt in the film.
Produced by Sexton, Glimmer is the follow-up to the Blaze soundtrack, which...
Produced by Sexton, Glimmer is the follow-up to the Blaze soundtrack, which...
- 1/17/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
A new song from Greensky Bluegrass, the title track of Kacey Musgraves’ Cma award-winning Golden Hour and a dancehall-ready entry from Mike and the Moonpies make up the songs you must hear this week.
Greensky Bluegrass, “All for Money”
The title track from Greensky Bluegrass’ upcoming seventh album, All for Money, kicks up some string-band dust for two spirited minutes, then dissolves into woozy, wobbly psychedelia. Co-produced by Jack White’s longtime bassist, this is the sound of a band firmly embracing its own weirdness.
Mike and the Moonpies, “Can...
Greensky Bluegrass, “All for Money”
The title track from Greensky Bluegrass’ upcoming seventh album, All for Money, kicks up some string-band dust for two spirited minutes, then dissolves into woozy, wobbly psychedelia. Co-produced by Jack White’s longtime bassist, this is the sound of a band firmly embracing its own weirdness.
Mike and the Moonpies, “Can...
- 11/16/2018
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are set to headline the 2019 edition of Old Settler’s Music Festival, where they’ll be joined by Brandi Carlile and a host of other artists that were announced Tuesday morning.
The Texas music and camping festival, which showcases a wide range of roots music including Americana, bluegrass, and Tejano, celebrates its 32nd edition next spring and its second installment in the town of Tilmon, located between Austin and San Antonio. This marks a return appearance for Isbell, who also spent the past several days...
The Texas music and camping festival, which showcases a wide range of roots music including Americana, bluegrass, and Tejano, celebrates its 32nd edition next spring and its second installment in the town of Tilmon, located between Austin and San Antonio. This marks a return appearance for Isbell, who also spent the past several days...
- 11/13/2018
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
Hayes Carll’s high-school teacher was one of the first to notice a particular quirk possessed by the Texas-born singer-songwriter: a penchant to look toward the endings of things, not the beginnings — and most certainly not the here and now.
“Every one of my poems and songs and short stories were about opportunities being missed and time running out,” Carll tells Rolling Stone Country. “And, for whatever reason, that’s always been on my mind. My teacher would write it in the notes: ‘This seems to be a common theme,...
“Every one of my poems and songs and short stories were about opportunities being missed and time running out,” Carll tells Rolling Stone Country. “And, for whatever reason, that’s always been on my mind. My teacher would write it in the notes: ‘This seems to be a common theme,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
In August, Jimmy Buffett performed a concert in support of Florida Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Gwen Graham, who was ultimately defeated in the primaries by Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum. Now the chief Parrot Head is putting his muscle behind Gillum: On Saturday, Buffett will headline a Get Out the Vote rally for Gillum and Senator Bill Nelson.
Gillum is in a heated contest against Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, while the incumbent Nelson is squaring off with Republican governor Rick Scott in the senate race.
Set for November 3rd, the free...
Gillum is in a heated contest against Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, while the incumbent Nelson is squaring off with Republican governor Rick Scott in the senate race.
Set for November 3rd, the free...
- 11/1/2018
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Stephen Stills, Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll and the Flatlanders were among the artists performing at a Get Out the Vote rally in Irving, Texas, on Tuesday night in support of U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke. The concert also included some special guests, from Margo Price to Nathaniel Rateliff, both of whom joined the cast of performers for a sing-along of Stills’ “For What It’s Worth,” his 1966 protest anthem with Buffalo Springfield.
Stills kicked off the performance on lead guitar, handling the song’s iconic opening verse — “There’s something happening here…...
Stills kicked off the performance on lead guitar, handling the song’s iconic opening verse — “There’s something happening here…...
- 10/31/2018
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Beto O’Rourke’s final Get Out the Vote concert before the midterm elections will have a distinctly country flavor, with a handful of renowned Texas singer-songwriters joining the El Paso congressman’s October 30th event in Irving, outside Dallas.
Among those performers are Ryan Bingham and Hayes Carll, both of whom are beloved in Americana circles. Houston native Carll has addressed politics in his music on occasion, imagining a hilarious, drunken Democrat-and-Republican hookup in “Another Like You” and spinning a wild tale about one soldier in “Kmag Yoyo.
Among those performers are Ryan Bingham and Hayes Carll, both of whom are beloved in Americana circles. Houston native Carll has addressed politics in his music on occasion, imagining a hilarious, drunken Democrat-and-Republican hookup in “Another Like You” and spinning a wild tale about one soldier in “Kmag Yoyo.
- 10/29/2018
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
For the past 41 years, Rodney Crowell’s holiday traditions have included reading Clement C. Moore’s iconic 19th century poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (or “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”), to his children and grandchildren on Christmas Eve. This year the singer-songwriter adds a soundtrack to that tradition in the form of his first-ever holiday-themed LP, Christmas Everywhere, out November 2nd on New West Records.
Featuring a dozen original tunes by the Texas-born tunesmith, the album, produced by Dan Knobler, features guest appearances from Vince Gill, Lera Lynn, Brennen Leigh,...
Featuring a dozen original tunes by the Texas-born tunesmith, the album, produced by Dan Knobler, features guest appearances from Vince Gill, Lera Lynn, Brennen Leigh,...
- 9/6/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
On July 15th, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium kicked off the first show in a series of six called “Americana at the Ryman.” Slated to become an annual event, the series celebrates the best and brightest in Americana and roots music in the city at the epicenter of the rapidly growing genre.
The first show was an all-star celebration billed as Buddy Miller and Friends, featuring Lee Ann Womack, Tony Joe White, the McCrary Sisters, Elizabeth Cook and Parker Millsap. That show was followed by the July 22nd installment, which showcased...
The first show was an all-star celebration billed as Buddy Miller and Friends, featuring Lee Ann Womack, Tony Joe White, the McCrary Sisters, Elizabeth Cook and Parker Millsap. That show was followed by the July 22nd installment, which showcased...
- 7/30/2018
- by Brittney McKenna
- Rollingstone.com
With just over two months until the 2016 Grammy Awards, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences just released the first batch of nominees.
And as could be expected, Taylor Swift scored nods for Record of the Year and Song of the Year while her buddy Ed Sheeran also nabbed a Song of the Year and Record of the Year mention.
The 58th annual Gramm Awards will go live on February 15th, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles with plenty of powerful performances and a slew of sexy stars. Meanwhile, here is the first wave of nominees-
Record of the Year
“Really Love,” by D’angelo and the Vanguard
“Uptown Funk,” Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
“Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran
“Blank Space,” Taylor Swift
“Can’t Feel My Face,” The Weeknd
Album of the Year
Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes
To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar
Traveller, Chris Stapleton...
And as could be expected, Taylor Swift scored nods for Record of the Year and Song of the Year while her buddy Ed Sheeran also nabbed a Song of the Year and Record of the Year mention.
The 58th annual Gramm Awards will go live on February 15th, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles with plenty of powerful performances and a slew of sexy stars. Meanwhile, here is the first wave of nominees-
Record of the Year
“Really Love,” by D’angelo and the Vanguard
“Uptown Funk,” Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
“Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran
“Blank Space,” Taylor Swift
“Can’t Feel My Face,” The Weeknd
Album of the Year
Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes
To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar
Traveller, Chris Stapleton...
- 12/7/2015
- GossipCenter
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