Americana Music News — The Americana Music Association’s annual festival and conference kicks off Wednesday night with its Honors & Awards show. Tickets are in short supply, but this year fans can watch or listen to the show from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on AXS TV, NPR.org, Sirius/XM and WSM in Nashville. The show, which begins at 8 p.m.…
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Americana Music Festival 2012 line-up
Americana Music News — The Americana Music Festival returns to Nashville this week. It’s a world-class music festival at a very economical price. For $50, you have access to shows by an amazing array of artists over four nights. Details here. The 2012 Americana Music Festival line-up: WEDNESDAY SEPT. 12 THE BASEMENT 10:00 Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside 11:00 Blue…
Steve Forbert’s “Over with You”
By Paul T. Mueller —Steve Forbert has been around for a long time – can it really have been more than 34 years since Alive on Arrival? – and there’s some weariness showing on his latest album, Over With You. Most of the 10 songs deal with the difficulties of relationships – maintaining one (“Baby I Know,” “All I Ask…
Corb Lund to play Americana Music Festival Sept. 12
Americana Music News — One of the most anticipated acts at this year’s Americana Music Festival in Nashville is Corb Lund, whose new album Cabin Fever broke into the Americana Music airplay chart this week at # 24. Lund will play at the Mercy Lounge at 10 p.m. on Sept. 12, opening night of the festival. If you can’t attend…