The inaugural Mountain Song at Sea, a bluegrass festival on the ocean, just added the Punch Brothers to a line-up that already includes the David Grisman Sextet, Del McCoury Band, Steep Canyon Rangers, Tim O’Brien and Bryan Sutton, the Kruger Brothers, Peter Rowan, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, The Travelin’ McCourys, Shannon Whitworth, Della Mae and Town Mountain.
The cruise comes from Sixthman, the same company that runs Cayamo, the Americana music cruise we’ve reported on extensively.
Details about the cruise can be found here.
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2012 Grammy nominations: Americana, folk and blues
The 2012 Grammy nominations are out, with the winners to be named on Feb. 12. The Americana music-related categories and nominees:
For Best Americana Album:
Emotional Jukebox -Linda Chorney
Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down – Ry Cooder
Hard Bargain -Emmylou Harris
Ramble At The Ryman -Levon Helm
Blessed -Lucinda Williams
For Best Bluegrass Album
Paper Airplane- Alison Krauss & Union Station
Reason And Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs By Robert Hunter and Jim Lauderdale
– Jim Lauderdale
Rare Bird Alert -Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers
Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe – The Del McCoury Band
A Mother’s Prayer -Ralph Stanley
Sleep With One Eye Open – Chris Thile & Michael Daves
For Best Blues Album:
Low Country Blues – Gregg Allman
Roadside Attractions -Marcia Ball
Man In Motion – Warren Haynes
The Reflection – Keb Mo
Revelator – Tedeschi Trucks Band
For Best Folk Album
Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars
I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive -Steve Earle
Helplessness Blues- Fleet Foxes
Ukulele Songs – Eddie Vedder
The Harrow & The Harvest -Gillian Welch
For Best Children’s Album:
I Love: Tom T. Hall’s Songs Of Fox Hollow
(Various Artists) Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, producers
For Best Instrumental Composition
Life In Eleven – Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)
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 Fleck and The Flecktones
– Abigail Washburn, Tony Trischka and Bruce Molsky
Schedule details are available at the festival’s website.
Del McCoury featured in new in-studio video series
Three years ago, Steve Fishell, a one-time member of Emmylou
Harris’ Hot Band and later a producer of a number of cool country and Americana
acts, launched the Music Producers Institute in Nashville.
It was a studio with a twist. Fishell’s business model gave
artists an economical way to record a new album, while inviting recording
students and fans to pay tuition and watch the recording process in person.
MPI recording sessions have featured Kris Kristofferson, Delbert
McClinton, Poco, Radney Foster, Raul Malo, Robert Earl Keen, Todd Snider, Jace
Everett, Jerry Douglas, Rodney Crowell, Asleep at the Wheel and the reunited Foster
& Lloyd.
In an innovative move, MPI is now releasing videos showing
highlights of the sessions. The first release features new Bluegrass Hall of
Fame member Del McCoury recording tracks for “Old Memories: The Songs of
Bill Monroe, ” due to be released on Sept. 27.
The price is certainly right. Viewers can access the 65-minute video for $4.99, and even share a second viewing with a friend. You’ll find details at the MPI site.