By Ken Paulson Americana artists loom large at this year’s Freedom Sings concert at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Gretchen Peters, Kim Richey, Bill Lloyd, Ashley Cleveland, Danny Flowers, Don Henry, Jonell Mosser and Jason White are among Americana-linked performers scheduled for the Oct. 3 event. (Disclosure: I help plan and host this fund-raiser each year.) Here’s some background from the…
Sun209: The week in Tweets
Civil Wars look forward to performing at Cash Music Festival http://t.co/8WGX2Ex1 # OUTSTANDING show in Houston: John Prine and Alejandro Escovedo. http://t.co/OjdUBzZV # David Grissom dazzles fans in a rare concert date in Houston http://t.co/qxCOnCfq # Nick Lowe still writes the book on songwriting: A review of his concert in Nashville http://t.co/ovFNbcOx # Bluegrass Awards remember Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson…
Concert review: Martina McBride at the Ryman
By Ken Paulson — Eleven is the title of Martina McBride’s latest album, and those digits began the onscreen countdown for her performance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville tonight. That bit of stagecraft foreshadowed a generous two-hour set spanning most of her hits and a surprising number of covers. Martina told the audience from the outset that this would…
Nick Lowe: Tour dates and new video
In keeping with our policy of devoting a disproportionate amount of space to Nick Lowe, here are his upcoming tour dates and his new video. 9/29 — L2 Arts + Culture Center – Denver, CO 10/01 — Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ 10/02 — Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA 10/03 – Troubadour, Los Angeles 10/04 — 24th Street Theater,…