Cayamo is an Americana music festival on a cruise ship, and we’re fans. That’s why we were intrigued with its current road show promotion, traveling by bus to a number of markets to promote Sixthman cruises. Chuck Cannon was the headliner on the final show of the tour, closing things out in his hometown of Nashville. Cannon has always been…
John Hiatt’s “Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns”
John Hiatt’s 20th album “Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns” continues his remarkable streak of consistently solid recordings. It feels like an extension of last year’s “The Open Road,” with a few more songs about regrets and a couple of compelling compositions about transportation. The album opens with “Damn This Town,” a vow to leave everything and everyone behind. The arrangement echoes…
All Things Considered visits Fox Hollow
NPR’s “All Things Considered” recently featured “I Love: Songs of Fox Hollow,” the Red Beet tribute to Tom T. Hall and his classic kids’ record. You’ll find the audio report here and the Sun209: Americana Music Journal review in our archives.
Dave Alvin: Eleven Eleven
What’s the deal with Johnny Ace? A modest figure in R&B history (“Pledging My Love”), Ace achieved some level of pop immortality due to his untimely death in a gun accident on Christmas Day 1954. Nonetheless, he’s inspired two outstanding songs about his demise: Paul Simon’s “The Late Great Johnny Ace” and now Dave Alvin’s “Johnny Ace is Dead.” Alvin’s…