Tag: The Civil Wars

Sun209: The week in Tweets

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Civil Wars rebound on Cayamo

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The Civil Wars had to cancel a show due to John Paul White’s seasickness, but rebounded for a pair of shows on Tuesday. Their harmonies were pristine, despite the medical setback. The set was essentially their Barton Hollow album, plus reconstructions of  the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” and Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.”

 

The Civil Wars on Cayamo

White thanked an onboard doctor for going “above and beyond the  call” and was visibly relieved when he finished the first set after his illness. We have a hunch this may be the Civil Wars’ last Cayamo.

Americana Music Festival opening night: Spanning the decades

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The reunited Foster and Lloyd

There’s plenty of time-tripping to be done tonight as the Americana Music Festival opens in Nashville.

It’s a measure of the genre’s wide embrace that performers who first hit their stride in every decade since the ’60s – and songs that were written years before that – are in the mix of showcase performances.

At the Rutledge at 9 p.m., country music legend Connie Smith will perform. She had her first number one record in 1963 with “Once A Day” and just released a new album, “Long Line of Heartaches.”

Marshall Chapman, playing at 8 p.m. at the Station Inn, began her recording career in 1977, and has long been one of Nashville’s most respected and irreverent songwriters and storytellers. Some of her performances include readings from her very entertaining books. The latest is “They Came To Nashville.”

The reunited Foster and Lloyd (pictured) emerged in the mid-’80s, when they brought a fresh sound to country music with songs like “Crazy Over You” and “What Do You Want From Me This Time?” Their new album “It’s Already Tomorrow” may be their best.

You get the idea. Just look at the line-up at the Cannery Ballroom tonight. From the Muscle Shoals tribute to The Blind Boys of Alabama (founded in 1939), to the very contemporary breakout duo The Civil Wars, the bill and the festival cut a wide swath across American music.

Americana music awards nominees Civil Wars book fall tour

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The Civil Wars, Americana Music Association Awards nominees in both the duo and emerging artist categories, have scheduled a fall tour of the U.S. that begins in Birmingham, Alabama on Oct. 7. (They’re scheduled to appear Oct. 12 and 13 at the Americana Music Festival.)
Joy Williams and John Paul White are an extraordinary success story. with “Barton Hollow” selling more than 150,000 copies so far.

According to Entertainment Weekly, here are the fall dates:

October 7  Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre
October 8  Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
October 9  Atlanta, GA Presser Hall at Agnes Scott College
October 10 Atlanta, GA Presser Hall at Agnes Scott College
October 12-13  Nashville, TN Americana Music Festival & Awards
October 19  Charlotte, NC McGlohan Theatre
October 20 Durham, NC Page Auditorium
October 21 Norfolk, VA NorVa Theatre
October 22 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theater
October 23 Washington, DC Lincoln Theatre
October 25 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
October 27 New York, NY Town Hall
October 28 Boston, MA Berklee Performance Center
October 29 Montreal, QC Gesu
November 1 Toronto, ON The Phoenix
November 2 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
November 3 Columbus, OH Lincoln Theatre
November 4 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
November 6 Chicago, IL The Vic
November 8 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall
November 9 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
November 13 Vancouver, BC The Vogue
Npvember 14 Seattle, WA The Neptune
November 15  Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
November 17  San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
November 18  Santa Barbara, CA Lobero Theatre
November 19  Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
November 20  Tempe, AZ The Marquee

The Civil Wars are also booked to perform on Cayamo 2012 in February.