Tag: Nanci Griffith

Charting: Alabama Shakes, Nanci Griffith, Jason Eady

The Alabama Shakes jump into the Americana Music Association airplay chart at #14 this week with Boys and Girls.

Other chart debuts: Nanci Griffith’s Intersection at #34, Jason Eady’s AM Country Heaven at #36, Hank Williams III’s Long Gone Daddy at #37 and Madison Violet’s The Good in Goodbye at #39.

Most added this week: Paul Thorn’s What The Hell Is Goin On? Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives’ Nashville, Volume 1: Tear The Woodpile Down and Todd Snider’s Time As We Know It.

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New to chart: Trampled By Turtles, Dr. John, Mastersons

Lyle Lovett remains steady at the top of the Americana Music Association  Airplay Chart with Release Me, holding off Justin Townes Earle’s Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me. It looks like a long run ahead.

New to the chart this week: Trampled by Turtles’ Stars and Satellites at #25,  Dr. John’s Locked Down at #27 and the Mastersons’ Birds Fly South at #28.

Most added this week: Nanci Griffith’s Intersection.

Americana Music Festival schedule: Saturday, Oct. 15

Sun209: The Americana Music Journal will have extensive coverage of the Americana Music Festival in Nashville this week, but here’s a quick look at shows scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15:

Free programs: The 1861 Project, a new album revisiting the Civil War in song, will be showcased at the The Southern Festival of Books at Legislative Plaza at 2:30 p.m.
At 3 p.m.,Musician’s Corner at Centennial Park will feature a tribute to Tom T. Hall, as well as performances by Ben Sollee and Nanci Griffith.

Festival showcases:

The Basement:
8 pm The Deep Dark Woods
9 pm Patrick Sweany
10 pm Hymn for Her
11 pm Sam Llanas, formerly of the BoDeans
Midnight:  Farewell Milwaukee

The Station Inn:
8 pm Gleny Rae Virus and Her Tamworth Playboys
9 pm Sierra Hull and Highway 111
10 pm Tara Nevins
11 pm Catherine Britt
Midnight: Brigitte DeMeyer

The Rutledge

8 pm Chris Altmann
9 pm Ryan Tanner
10 pm Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
11 pm Great American Taxi
12 am Orbo and the Longshots

The Mercy Lounge:

8 pm Matrimony
9 pm Tim Easton
10 pm James McMurtry
11 pm Bobby Keys and the Suffering Bastards
Midnight: Deadman