By Paul T. Mueller –“Spring break” took on some added meaning early this year, when the pandemic shut down normal life and most people had to adjust to a strange new reality. For Nashville-based singer-songwriter Will Kimbrough, Spring Break turned out to be a good title for an album recorded during a forced hiatus from touring and other activities. It’s…
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John Prine’s “Bruised Orange” from his friends in Nashville
Here’s a terrific tribute to John Prine and “Bruised Orange” from a great group of Nashville musicians, all friends and colleagues of John’s.
Review: Red Dirt Boys’ Cayamo Edition
By Paul T. Mueller Not every backing band can make an album that stands on its own, but the Red Dirt Boys are not just any backing band. Emmylou Harris’ touring outfit – guitarist/mandolinist Will Kimbrough, bassist Chris Donohue, drummer Bryan Owings and keyboardist/guitarist Phil Madeira, with all but Owings contributing vocals – are excellent musicians on their own. But they…
2017 Americana Music Festival begins
Our favorite event of the year is – for obvious reasons – the Americana Music Festival in Nashville. This year, the line-ups and complementary events are particularly robust.
New release: Two Tracks’ “Post Card Town”
Coming May 19 is Postcard Town , the new album from the Wyoming-based Two Tracks. I
New releases: Paul Thorn, Kimbrough & DeMeyer
New releases from Paul Thorn, Will Kimbrough & Brigitte DeMeyer, Larry Keel, Whitney Rose, Bob Delevante
3-minute interview: Will Kimbrough on two new releases
Will Kimbrough is on a roll with his solo album Sideshow Love and band project Willie Sugarcapps both in this week’s Americana Music Association airplay chart.
Review: Will Kimbrough’s “Sideshow Love”
featuring some beautiful cello by engineer and co-producer David Henry.
Will Kimbrough is an excellent player, singer and producer, and his talents are on full display on “Sideshow Love.”
Review: Willie Sugarcapps
Review: Willie Sugarcapps consists of Will Kimbrough, Sugarcane Jane (Savana Lee and Anthony Crawford), Grayson Capps and Corky Hughes, an amalgam in name and spirit.
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Will Kimbrough: Spending most of 2011 touring with Emmylou Harris as one of her Red Dirt Boys, Will Kimbrough often performs with Rodney Crowell, Jimmy Buffett and others when not performing his own shows, writing hit songs, working as a session performer or producing others notable artists across various genres. Will’s songs have been recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Little Feat,…
Will Kimbrough’s Lick of the Day
This week: Low B Tuning, Fingerstyle.
Will Kimbrough’s Lick of the Day
Special “Lick of the Day” guest: Jason Wilber of the John Prine band.
Will Kimbrough’s Lick of the Day (sans guitar)
Will Kimbrough posts his Lick of the Day from the airport in San Francisco. Follow Sun209: The Americana Music Journal on Twitter (sun209com) and Facebook.
Will Kimbrough’s “Lick of the Day”
Sun209 contributor Will Kimbrough plays a piece of “Piece of Work” in the first Lick of the Day of 2012.
Will Kimbrough’s Lick of the Day for Dec. 14th
A “wintry sound” from Will Kimbrough:
Christmas fingerpicking with Will Kimbrough
Today’s Lick of the Day offers up Christmas music and a remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Will Kimbrough is a respected solo artist and a member of DADDY who has toured with Jimmy Buffett and Emmylou Harris. His “Lick of the Day” appears here each Wednesday.)
Lisa Oliver-Gray’s solo debut: Dedicated to Love
Tommy Womack wrote an enthusiastic ode to Lisa Oliver-Gray and her first solo album Dedicated to Love on Sun209.com earlier this month. He didn’t oversell it. You can tell this was a liberating project for all involved. Lisa steps up front with a fresh and powerful voice and her DADDY bandmates and co-writers deliver songs that are largely buoyant and…
Will Kimbrough at the Rutledge
Tonight’s Americana Music Festival midnight show at the Rutledge features Will Kimbrough, voted 2004 Instrumentalist of the Year by the AMA and a repeat nominee in the same category in subsequent years. Kimbrough is also a fine singer-songwriter and this is a great opportunity to see his solo set. Kimbrough is just off the road with Emmylou Harris and earlier toured…
New this week: Brigitte DeMeyer’s “Rose of Jericho”
Out this week is Brigitte DeMeyer’s first album since moving to Nashville and “Rose of Jericho” shows that she’s fallen in with good company. Brady Blade is back to produce the new album, with Nashville neighbors Will Kimbrough, Mike Farris, Sam Bush, Mike Henderson, Al Perkins, John Deaderick and others lending their talents. The first two songs on DeMeyer’s fourth album illustrate…