.@billybragg has been all over @AmericanaFest, including a visit to MTSU. Catch his outside in-store at Grimeys at 4:30 today @MassComm1 11 mins ago RT @MusCornerNash: Promised Land Sound! @ Musicians Corner @ Centennial Park instagram.com/p/eiOeZqm3bK/ 14 mins ago Starting in minutes: The Big E: Salute to Buddy Emmons at Country Music Hall of Fame, hosted by Bill Lloyd…
Category: Americana Music Festival
Middle Tennessee State University partners with Americana Music Association
This weekend’s Americana Music Festival and Conference marked the beginning of a unique educational partnership between the festival’s organizer, the Americana Music Association, and MTSU’s College of Mass Communication.
Interview: Chip Taylor on “Block Out the Sirens of This Lonely World”
By Ken Paulson Chip Taylor regularly attends the Americana music Festival and it’s always great to catch up with him. He wrote classic pop songs like “Angel of the Morning,” “I Can’t Let Go” and Wild Thing” and then carved out a country career in the early ’70s that was truly a precursor to what we now call Americana. Here’s…
Interview: Kim Richey on “Thorn in my Heart”
By Ken Paulson Kim Richey has been all over the Americana Music Festival and it’s been great to see her showcase her fine new album Thorn in My Heart. Here’s a quick interview on the new album and her return to Nashville: listen to ‘Kim Richey’ on Audioboo