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Rodney Crowell's career is littered with butterfly-effect decisions that, in retrospect, represent life-altering milestones along the singer/songwriter's star-crossed path. If the Houston native hadn't moved to Nashville at age 22, he wouldn't have been discovered by Jerry Reed or met his greatest influence and hero Guy Clark or enchanted Emmylou Harris, who consistently recorded Crowell's songs and even hired him as her Hot Band guitarist.
Steve Earle pays tribute to one of his mentors and heroes, Jerry Jeff Walker, on "Jerry Jeff," which follows his "GUY" tribute to Guy Clark and "TOWNES" tribute to Townes Van Zandt. Earle has called these projects a necessary form of therapy, as each of these great artists have passed on.
The title track to James McMurtry's "The Horses and the Hounds" plays out like one of those great running songs, namely Merle Haggard's "The Fugitive." "Lord I've been running for so long I just can't find a way back home," McMurtry sings, in that enjoyable deadpan vocal tone of his. When the Haggard song is mentioned, though, McMurtry responds, "I don't really remember.
Back before the world retreated into makeshift fallout shelters for a year of Netflix binging, board games and what Warren Zevon referred to as splendid isolation, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Shannon McNally was invited to play a Music City benefit concert.
By their own admission Track45 hails from a town that is "big enough for a WalMart and a Waffle House, but not a Target or a Starbucks." Ironically, Meridian, Miss. (population (41,148) is the birthplace of the father of country music, Jimmy Rodgers. The harmony-driven sibling trio of Track45 includes Ben Johnson and his infectiously bubbly sisters Jenna and KK.
It was only fitting that Lindsay Ell had Lauren Alaina as a guest on her recent livestream concert. Alaina penned the song "Crashing The Boy's Club." That is exactly what Ell is doing using her Stratocaster as a battering ram. Men have disproportionately occupied lead guitar, vocals
Concert Reviews
The Red Clay Strays are mighty fine, whatever the genre
The Red Clay Strays do not readily fall into a musical genre. Country, gospel, Southern rock and a bit of a soulful feel are among the flavors the Mobile, Ala.-based quintet plays. They were adept at all of them in this sold-out show. Never accuse of The Red Clay Strays about of being stingy with their time either. ...Believe it...Nickel Creek gets better and better
With the release of "Celebrants" earlier this year, Nickel Creek returned – so to speak – to active duty, and the trio was so good during this downtown show, it might have made you want to shout, 'Oh, how we've missed you!' These master musicians had the audience in ...Moroney adds exclamation point
Megan Moroney already made herself into someone to watch with her breakthrough single, "Tennessee Orange." She put an exclamation point on that newfound noteworthiness tonight with an interview and a short set of songs. Sugarland's Kristen Bush was the night's interviewer and was ...Sweet, bittersweet...Oladukon makes it go down a bit easier
There's a lot to like about Joy Oladukon. The singer, who delves into folk, pop and rock, is an engaging personality with a lot to say both in her songs and stage banter. And even more importantly, she has a lot of good songs that worked well in concert. That was the case from the opening ...The Latest News
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