Tickets for the Moody Blues’ March 21 date at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville go on sale this Friday, Dec. 2. The band that got its start with the 1964 hit “Go Now” still has three long-time members, Graeme Edge, John Lodge and Justin Hayward, and puts on a good live show that spans more than four decades of music…
Goat Rodeo Sessions enter Americana Music Chart
Ryan Adams’s Ashes & Fire won’t budge from the top of the Americana Music Radio Chart, holding on to #1 for yet another week, followed by Robert Earl Keen’s Ready for Confetti and The Jayhawks’ Mocking Bird Time. The big changes are all at the bottom of the chart, with The Goat Rodeo Sessions featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar…
Review: John Prine’s ‘The Singing Mailman Delivers’
Musical prequels rarely work. Older material – released after an artist has become a big name –almost always disappoints. After all, there’s usually a reason why the hits came later. Some albums – like the Beatles’ Hamburg tapes and Decca Sessions – have historical value. Most just stink. That’s why John Prine’s The Singing Mailman Delivers is such a pleasant…
Savannah Music Festival announces 2012 line-up
The Savannah Music Festival has been set set March 22-April 7, and will feature more than 100 performances spanning Americana music, jazz, world and classical music, according to Savannahnow.com. Among the notable Americana acts attending: -The Preservation Hall Jazz Band with the Del McCoury Band – Daniel Lanois, Buddy Miller, Brian Blade and The Zion Baptist Mass Choir – Bela…