The highest entry on this week’s Americana music chart (# 17) is “The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams,” a collection of songs built around handwritten lyrics found on the day he died. The mix of artists is remarkable, and includes Bob Dylan, Alan Jackson, Lucinda Williams, Jack White, Norah Jones, Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Levon Helm, Jakob Dylan, Sheryl Crow, Merle Haggard and Holly Williams.
Also new to the chart: Bearfoot’s “American Story,” (# 39) Haggard’s “Working in Tennessee,” (# 36) Great American Taxi’s “Paradise Lost” (#37) and Southern Culture on the Skids’ “Zombiefied.” (#39.)
Robert Earl Keen’s “Ready for Confetti” is the nation’s most played Americana music album, moving past the Jayhawks to regain the top spot.
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Mark Twain: Words and Music
It’s been a good month for Americana music fans who love history. First came the fine 1861 Project , which chronicled the Civil War. New today is “Mark Twain: Words and Music,” a fundraising project for the Mark Twain Boyhood Home in Hannibal, Missouri.
We haven’t heard the two-CD package yet, but the spoken word and music set features a remarkable line-up, including Jimmy Buffett, Emmylou Harris, Brad Paisley, Marty Raybon, Rhonda Vincent, Carl Jackson, The Church Sisters, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Joe Diffie and Ricky Skaggs.
The set will be limited to an initial run of 5,000 copies, according to hannibal.net.