Americana Music News — One of the best nights for music in Nashville each year (and that’s saying something) is the annual Americana Music Festival Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium. The best moments of the 2012 show will be featured in a special edition of Ausin City Limits, airing the week of Nov. 10-16 on PBS. The…
New video: Mumford and Sons’ “Lover of the Light”
Americana Music News — New video from Mumford and Sons’ new album Babel: Follow Sun209: Americana Music News on Twitter at @sun209com.
New to chart: Bonnie Bishop, Andrew Bird, Whitehorse
Americana Music News–Dwight Yoakam’s Three Pairs remains at the top of the Americana Music Airplay Chart, with John Hiatt’s Mystic Pinball in the second slot for another week. New to the chart this week: Bonnie Bishop’s Free, Andrew Bird’s Hands of Glory and Whitehorse, with our favorite album title this year, The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss.…
Review: The 1861 Project Vol. 2
By Ken Paulson — The 1861 Project Volume 2 is a worthy and well-crafted sequel to the first edition, a remarkable collection of original songs about those who endured the Civil War. The new volume is sub-titled “From the Famine to the Front” and focuses on Irish immigrants of the era. That’s a niche subject, but the music here is…