By Ken Paulson —Nick Lowe has been a regular in Music City in the last year or so, opening for Wilco at the Ryman Auditorium and being feted at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Still, it was a real treat to see him deliver a decades-spanning acoustic set at the Mercy Lounge Saturday night. The 64-year-old Lowe has aged…
Americana: John Hiatt at #1, Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott chart
Americana Music News — John Hiatt moves into the top slot on the Americana Music airplay chart this week with Mystic Pinball, coming off an impressive performance at the Americana Music Festival in Nashville last Friday. New to the chart this week: We’re Usually A Lot Better Than This by Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott, The Time Jumpers, Uncle Lucius’…
Concert review: John Prine and Alejandro Escovedo
By Paul T. Mueller — If you happened to be looking for an outstanding demonstration of the art of musical storytelling, there was no better place to find it on Sept. 21 than the John Prine-Alejandro Escovedo concert at Houston’s Cullen Performance Hall. Prine and Escovedo, among the finest singer-songwriters working today, approach their craft from somewhat different angles, but…
Sun209: The week in Tweets
ROCKABILLY LEGEND Wanda Jackson previews her new album at Americana Music Festival http://t.co/6O4IEcu7 #americanafest # Americanafest Saturday recap: Lee Ann Womack's Americana coming out party http://t.co/HlB4G7bZ via @examinercom # Americanafest artist Paul Thorn tells us 'What the Hell is Goin' On' http://t.co/wf4pCoxa via @examinercom # Americana Music Festival: Robert Ellis, Two Gallants, Dylan LeBlanc – http://t.co/sdC3Vbsx # Guy Clark And…