Newfield helps launch label
Thursday, April 12, 2012 – Curb Records relaunched its Sidewalk imprint with Heidi Newfield as its first artist.
Newfield, who has enjoyed a solo career after being the lead singer of the trio Trick Pony, was the frst artist signed to the label, according to Country Aircheck.
Label head Mike Curb first formed the label in 1963.
Newfield's debut single for the label is Why'd You Have To Be So Good.
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What Am I Waiting For
Opening any CD with a cover of a song closely associated with Lucinda Williams is a gutsy move. But on her first solo release after amiably breaking away from her band Trick Pony, Heidi Newfield throws down the gauntlet. She kicks off "What Am I Waiting For" with the Randy Weeks penned "Can't Let Go," made most famous on Williams' "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road." It's a rollicking good tune and an unexpected showcase for Newfield's voice, which is »»» |
Editorial: Walking the talk –
When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»
Concert Review: Music City goes (Boston) Pop(s) –
On the face of it, the idea of top shelf country songwriters coming up from Nashville to play with the Boston Pops may seem incongruous. The idea of the venerable Boston institution and fixture on the July 4 scene, playing patriotic songs doesn't have all that much to do with country.
The idea isn't without precedent, of course.... »»»
Concert Review: O'Donovan goes home –
Aiofe O'Donovan had plenty of reason to be filled with good cheer. This was a hometown gig, after all, and only three days before the release of her first full-length solo debut, "Fossils."
Joking that the audience was filled with people she knew from high school and her parents' friends, O'Donovan made it clear that Boston... »»»
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