From No Depression...

Buddy Miller has in some ways had a quiet career, marked by humility and an excessive amount of plain dirt musicality. His songs… splintery 2x4s of undying love, the euphoria of falling, jagged erotic charge and heavenly salvation… have bored holes into the guts of roots music lovers, along with a coterie of musical legends who’ve enlisted his production, playing and writing skills that range from Robert Plant to Allison Moorer, Jimmie Dale Gilmore to Emmylou Harris, Solomon Burke to wife/co-writer Julie Miller.

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It’s all about the songs. Good ones can survive being adapted to fit any arrangement in any genre. John Hiatt should know -- since starting a music career in the mid-’70s, more than a hundred artists have covered his compositions.

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August 10th, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA – Old 97’s make their triumphant return on October 12th with The Grand Theatre Volume One, their eighth studio album, from New West Records.  The band, who Rolling Stone says have “evolved…into master-class rock & roll songwriters,” recorded over two dozen brand new songs during the studio sessions and will be releasing a second volume in 2011.  The 12 song album was once again produced by Salim Nourallah (the band’s previous release, Blame It On Gravity) and engineered by Jim Vollentine (Spoon).  Legendary for their blistering live performances, the Old 97’s spent a week of pre-production rec

The great people over at Twangville took time to review the 97's "Mimeograph" EP. Check it out!

http://twangville.com/4264/old-97s-mimeograph/

Article from No Depression about Corb Lund playing the Calgary Folk Festival.

http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/corb-lund-plays-the-calgary

Please take a minute to vote for Corb Lund as Fan's Choice for the CCMA's. Voting started today and is super easy!

http://www.ccmavoting.org/fanschoice/vote.php

http://www.musicrow.com/2010/07/performers-named-for-americana-awards/

Thu-Sep-16    Washington, DC    Black Cat
Fri-Sep-17    Providence, RI    Met Café
Mon-Sep-20    Brooklyn, NY    Brooklyn Bowl
Tue-Sep-21    Hoboken, NJ    Maxwells
Thu-Sep-23    Carrboro, NC    Cats Cradle
Fri-Sep-24    Athens, GA    40 Watt
Sat-Sep-25    Nashville, TN    Mercy Lounge

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