A return to a classic album: Radney Foster’s “Del Rio, Texas, Revisited: Unplugged and Lonesome” http://t.co/FfSfNytq # Out now: Amy Cook's "Summer Sun," with guest appearances by Robert Plant, Patty Griffin and Ben Kweller. #americanamusic # Nashville's own songwriting supergroup: The World Famous Headliners http://t.co/nz5HiA1A # Real cost of 'free' downloads – http://t.co/rcz2dbUb http://t.co/uKVgLy6G via @USATODAY # The Coal Porters'…
Review: New Shoes, vintage 20/20
By Ken Paulson There’s good news for power pop fans on both the new album and reissue fronts. The new album is Ignition from Shoes, an album title that sounds like a new band launching. (See Jefferson Airplane Takes Off.) But no, Shoes have been around for more than three decades, pioneers in DIY recordings and creators of consistently engaging…
Review: World Famous Headliners
By Ken Paulson –(The World Famous Headliners will perform at the Americana Music Festival on Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. at the Rutledge in Nashville.) The World Famous Headliners’ name is tongue-in-cheek, but at the band’s core are some world-class songwriters. Al Anderson (ex-NRBQ), Shawn Camp, Pat McLaughlin have teamed with the expert rhythm section of Michael Rhodes on bass…
Sun209: The week in Tweets
Really?!! NBC cut Ray Davies from the U.S. broadcast of the closing Olympics cermonies? Stunning – and stupid. #nbcfail # New release from Skyline Drive: "Topanga Ranch Motel" Our favorite track: "Nothing Like You" http://t.co/8I4xSrrl @kimgrant1 # Coming Sept. 18: Final and first-rate album from "Female Elvis" Janis Martin produced by @rosieflorestwee. http://t.co/wAFLDyX4@conqueroo1 # After four decades, first two albums…