Jason Isbell Releases New Tour Dates for Spring 2018
Jason Isbell has just added a slew of brand new tour dates for the spring to go on top of an already-packed winter touring schedule. The new dates now take Jason Isbell's touring schedule well into...
View ArticleAmericana Debuts New Songs & Albums Charts
On Tuesday, January 16th, The Americana Music Association launched its brand new charting system with the help of technology company CDX. The new system will more easily and more accurately report the...
View ArticleOn Chris Stapleton And Sturgill Simpson’s Saturday Night Live Performance (A...
At 12:01 last night (or this morning), after all the hands had been shaken, and all the hugs exchanged on the Saturday Night Live set in New York's Rockefeller Center, you didn't know what to do with...
View ArticleJason Isbell Wins 2018 Grammys for Americana Album of the Year – Best...
The Grammy for 'The Nashville Sound' adds to an already-impressive list of accolades for the record, including winning the Americana Music Award for Album of the Year, as well as the very surprising...
View Article2018 Will Be The Year of Cody Jinks in Country
Cody Jinks will release a new record in 2018. It will be named Lifers and it will be delivered in "no later than June." And we also know it will be Cody Jinks, because that is who he is, and what he...
View ArticleWhy Miranda Lambert Is That 4th Mt. Rushmore Name We’ve Been Looking For
Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Jason Isbell comprise the current Mt. Rushmore of independent country and roots music, and that is unquestionable, regardless of how you may feel about any one of...
View ArticleNewport Folk Festival’s 2018 Lineup Will Be One for the Ages
Want to see Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, Colter Wall, and Jason Isbell all on the same bill? Perhaps add Charlie Parr, Courtney Barnett, and JD McPherson on top of that? Well you'll get your...
View ArticleThe Media Has Made a Mockery of Kacey Musgraves and “Golden Hour”
The coverage of Kacey Musgraves' 'Golden Hour' has displayed such an aberration of truths, perspective, knowledge of the country and roots realm, and in some instances even common sense, it illustrates...
View ArticleOutlaws & Armadillos Companion Album Shows Just How Deep Hall of Fame Exhibit...
The Country Music Hall of Fame has partnered with Sony Music's Legacy Recordings to release a 36-song companion double album to coincide with what the public can expect to see and hear as part of the...
View ArticleJason Isbell Issues A Ton of New Tour Dates for 2018
Americana stalwart Jason Isbell has just loaded his tour schedule up with a ton of new tour dates with his band The 400 Unit, and fans better be on their toes because certain dates will sell out....
View ArticleJohn Prine’s “The Tree of Forgiveness” Shatters Sales Expectations, Surges on...
Prine has completely shattered all sales expectations, and has put together the best debut sales week by an independent artist in the country space in the modern era. This is also by far the best chart...
View ArticleJason Isbell Explains Why It’s Important to Criticize Bad Music
It comes up so often in the realm of music criticism: "If you don't like something, just don't listen." But they're missing the point. The point is not just about what music you like or you don't like....
View ArticleLucero to Celebrate 20 Years with New Album “Among The Ghosts”
Now celebrating 20 years hacking away at blending country, punk, soul, blues, and R&B smothered in Memphis gravy, the band is readying the release of their latest studio album, 'Among The Ghosts.'...
View ArticleNominees Announced for the 2018 Americana Music Awards
The Americana Music Association has announced their nominees for the 2018 Americana Music Awards. In a ceremony held at the Country Music Hall of Fame on Tuesday afternoon (5/15), nominees in six...
View ArticleAlbum Review – American Aquarium’s “Things Change”
American Aquarium should no longer be around. It was a marginal name to begin with, and for a band that was tough to define or find a home for, and that was built upon the concept of drugs, drinking,...
View ArticleTwo Unheard Jason Isbell Songs Precede Reissue of “Sirens Of The Ditch”
Those hungry for some new tunes from Jason Isbell just got a tasty, surprise treat in the form of two previously-unheard studio tracks that precede the reissue of one of Jason Isbell's back catalog...
View ArticleJason Isbell Announces New Album “Live At The Ryman” + New Ryman Dates
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's next album will be a live one recorded at the Mother Church of Country Music, the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. And as part of the release, he will play another one of...
View ArticleJason Isbell Surprises Continental Club in Austin, Sits in with The Booze...
After Saturday night's show at Bass Hall, Jason Isbell headed down to the much smaller, but very legendary Continental Club on South Congress in Austin to play a surprise sit-in set for folks lucky...
View ArticleMost Anticipated Albums + Rumors for Final Part of 2018
The summer is winding down, but the fall and winter release cycle in country and roots music is heating up, with some of the most anticipated projects of the entire year to be released between now and...
View ArticleLukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Play Major Role in “A Star Is Born” Remake
A new version of the feature film A Star Is Born is on the way starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, and a host of notable names from the the cool side of country music are included in the movie and...
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