Americana Music News — Update on new albums due this fall: Steve Forbert’s Over With You on Sept. 11, Kathy Mattea’s Calling Me Home on Sept. 11, Patterson Hood’s Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance on Sept. 11, Guy Forsyth’s Freedom to Fail on Sept. 11, the Coal Porters’ Find the One on Sept. 18, a reissue of Bill Wilson’s…
Sun209: The week in Tweets
Power Pop lives! Dynamic new album from Shoes and a first-class reissue from 20/20.http://t.co/GIXeXlnD @conqueroo1 @realgonemusic #powerpop # Eric Church gets a ‘pretty incredible’ note from The Boss | Tune In Music City | The Tennessean http://t.co/PyZfHOJ5 # Steve Earle signs deal for two new books, including memoir | Tune In Music City | The Tennessean http://t.co/N76kFGQU # US festival…
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…
The 1861 Project: “From the Famine to the Front”
Americana Music News – Now this is the way history needs to be told. The 1861 Project has announced a second volume of contemporary songs that revisit the Civil War and the events of 151 years ago. We admired the first collection and look forward to From the Famine to the Front, which features Jerry Douglas, Maura O’Connell, Peter Cooper,…