By Paul T. Mueller –Ever wonder where songs come from? At a recent in-store performance at Cactus Music in Houston, Texas singer-songwriter Matt Harlan described the genesis of one of the best tracks on his latest CD, Bow and Be Simple. Headed east toward Louisiana early one morning, he watched the sun come up in a profusion of colors. The…
New to chart: Yarn, Bonnie Raitt, JD McPherson
Lyle Lovett is on top of the Americana Music Radio airplay charts again this week, and is actually picking up momentum, with a total of 486 spins of tracks from Release Me. New on the chart this week: Yarn’s Almost Home at #34, JD McPherson’s Signs and Signifiers at #38, Bonnie Raitt’s Slipstream at #39 and Sirens by Sons of…
David Olney’s Solid “Stone”
By Tommy Womack –I don’t always like modern Christian records. They’re often maudlin affairs percolating with manufactured ecstasy. But nothing captures my fancy more than a healthy dissertation on the Historical Jesus. Leave it to David Olney to marry the two notions without the fakery of the former or the dry academic tedium of the latter. The Stone is Olney’s…
Sun209: The week in Tweets
Whatever happened to Spanky and our Gang? http://t.co/MnihlHkY # Rick Nelson's sons on their father's legacy http://t.co/NCIkXGpH # It's @LyleLovett at #1 chart debuts by @AndrewBird, @CufftheDuke, Joe Pug http://t.co/IPUL1RjZ # Preview of opening night at @tinpansouthfest http://t.co/ATO19Y6J # Opening night @Tinpansouthfest: @michaelmcdermott, Roger Cook, Larry Weiss and Peter Yarrow http://t.co/GINQz6rn # Tonight at @tinpansouthfest: Jimmy Webb, Felix Cavaliere and…