Americana Music News — Patterson Hood has a new album – Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance – due Sept. 11 and is touring in support, beginning Sept. 14 in North Carolina. The just-announced tour list: Sep 14 Jomeoke Music and Arts Festival – Pinnacle, NC Sep 15 The Southern Cafe and Music Hall – Charlottesville, VA Sep 16 World…
Sun209: The week in Tweets
Ever-protean singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet now has control over his art, and he's happy about that http://t.co/KgGM1FRV # Country star Radney Foster coming to Lexington http://t.co/d29kMplO via @examinercom # A rejuvenated BoDeans on “American Made” http://sun209.com/the-bodeans-american-made/ @BoDeans @shorefire # Billy Joe Shaver: "I'm More Like Outcast Country" http://buff.ly/LFS5my via @DC9AtNight # House Concerts Can Pay The Mortgage http://t.co/WOhum8hH via @wordpressdotcom #…
“Heaping Helping:” Great cause, great music
Americana Music News — Scott Ward alerts us to a new CD he produced to support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama. It’s an impressive compilation, including contributions from Shelby Lynne, Kevin Welch, Bekka Bramlett, Paul Thorn, Will Kimbrough, Christine Ohlman, Sailcat, Spooner Oldham, Greg Martin of The Kentucky Headhunters, the Oak Ridge Boys and Donnie Fritts. It’s also…
Tom Smith’s “Live from the Loft”
Americana Music News: In recent mail, we received a nice note from Tom Smith, fellow occupant of Old Hickory, TN , a commmunity outside Nashville where Sun209: Americana Music News is based. The correspondence from Tom Smith included his album Live from the Loft, an impressive and often riveting showcase of acoustic guitar and fingerpicking. His very cool website includes…