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| Old Crow Medicine Show New Album |
Alejandro Escovedo will release his 11th solo album Big
Station, June 5th, 2012 on Fantasy Records/Concord
Music Group. Produced by Tony Visconti, Big Station
finds the ever-evolving Texas rocker highly-charged with
spirit and purpose. Read More
Station, June 5th, 2012 on Fantasy Records/Concord
Music Group. Produced by Tony Visconti, Big Station
finds the ever-evolving Texas rocker highly-charged with
spirit and purpose. Read More
| Sixpence None The Richer Reunite |
Sixpence None The Richer Reunite for August 'Lost In Transition'
Sixpence None The Richer stole the hearts of an entire generation with its
platinum-selling 1998 breakout single “Kiss Me.” After a long recording hiatus,
the band will return on August 7th with Lost In Transition, its first studio album
in a decade.
The title is a reference to the band’s 2004 breakup. “It’s about things that
happened in our lives recently, personal events or on a musical level,” explains
Matt Slocum, who founded the band with singer Leigh Nash in 1992. “We had a
transition to go through. And now we have."
Lost In Transition was produced by Jim Scott (Wilco, Tom Petty, Dixie Chicks)
at PLYRZ Studios in Los Angeles and was recorded live with minimal
overdubbing. Unlike previous Sixpence albums, Transition is centered on a
stripped-down approach to music. It is a gorgeous mix of infectious hooks,
piano, acoustic guitars, a bit of country and a newfound and beautiful simplicity
to the songs.
Nash and Slocum also shared the songwriting duties on the album and
describe the process as an unspoken dialogue. “It was like we were writing
songs to each other about what was happening in our lives,” said Nash. The
result is some of the most candid and dark material on any of the band’s
records. Examples include “Sooner Or Later,” a song Nash wrote with her
husband about the death of her father, and “Failure,” which is a song about
“the dread and underlying fear of something bad happening,” Slocum explains.
Sixpence None The Richer stole the hearts of an entire generation with its
platinum-selling 1998 breakout single “Kiss Me.” After a long recording hiatus,
the band will return on August 7th with Lost In Transition, its first studio album
in a decade.
The title is a reference to the band’s 2004 breakup. “It’s about things that
happened in our lives recently, personal events or on a musical level,” explains
Matt Slocum, who founded the band with singer Leigh Nash in 1992. “We had a
transition to go through. And now we have."
Lost In Transition was produced by Jim Scott (Wilco, Tom Petty, Dixie Chicks)
at PLYRZ Studios in Los Angeles and was recorded live with minimal
overdubbing. Unlike previous Sixpence albums, Transition is centered on a
stripped-down approach to music. It is a gorgeous mix of infectious hooks,
piano, acoustic guitars, a bit of country and a newfound and beautiful simplicity
to the songs.
Nash and Slocum also shared the songwriting duties on the album and
describe the process as an unspoken dialogue. “It was like we were writing
songs to each other about what was happening in our lives,” said Nash. The
result is some of the most candid and dark material on any of the band’s
records. Examples include “Sooner Or Later,” a song Nash wrote with her
husband about the death of her father, and “Failure,” which is a song about
“the dread and underlying fear of something bad happening,” Slocum explains.
Old Crow Medicine Show (OCMS) are excited to announce the release of their
newest album, Carry Me Back, on July 17 through ATO Records. Carry Me
Back is the band's fourth studio album and first since 2008's Tennessee
Pusher, and features 12 brand new tracks that sonically span the band's
career while still pushing them forward in new directions as musicians and
songwriters. The album was recorded at the legendary Sound Emporium
studios in Nashville (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; REM's Document; Robert
Plant and Alison Krauss's Raising Sand).
Carry Me Back was produced by Ted Hutt (Gaslight Anthem, Dropkick
Murphys, Flogging Molly). Hutt pushed the band in a whole new way that they
hadn't been pushed before. "Ted Hutt asked us to really dig deep as artists, as
songwriters, to get to the heart of the matter of these songs and, especially,
not to settle for anything less than their greatness," recalls Ketch Secor of the
band. Secor is also very proud of the result of the band's songwriting efforts on
the album, saying "For me, Carry Me Back is all about the songs, how they line
up, intertwine, switch partners, and promenade home. Each of these songs was
an accident waiting to happen."
OCMS (Ketch Secor, Critter Fuqua, Kevin Hayes, Morgan Jahnig, Gill Landry,
and Chance McCoy) will be hitting the road to tour the US this Summer in
support of Carry Me Back. The tour begins on July 19 in Indianapolis, IN (prior
to this show the band is headlining the ROMP Festival), and includes stops at
New York City's Central Park and the beautiful Fox Theater in Atlanta, amongst
others. With most of their time spent on the road, OCMS has made a name for
themselves as energetic performers with an unbridled spirit. It's a live show not
to be missed. "The greatness of an old-time string band lies in its
performance," Secor says. "The way it percolates, rattling itself almost to the
edge. When you've got a top-notch studio like Sound Emporium, and 12 strong
tunes in the works, and the time and patience it takes to get it right--that's when
great performances can be captured." For a full list of tour dates, please see
below. The Lumineers and Milk Carton Kids will provide support on a number of
dates.
OCMS is also a part of the tour documentary Big Easy Express, which
screened recently at the Nashville Film Festival. The movie documents last
year's Railroad Revival Tour, which featured OCMS on tour with Mumford &
Sons and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros on a tour across the US,
where the three bands travelled together on vintage train cars, playing
rambunctiously fun shows at stops along the way.
Old Crow Medicine show have a long history of success, including sales
totaling over 700,000 albums, a RIAA Gold-certified song with "Wagon Wheel,"
an appearance on Austin City Limits, three performances on Late Night With
Conan O'Brien, and multiple appearances on A Prairie Home Companion,
various NPR programs and the Grand Ole Opry.
newest album, Carry Me Back, on July 17 through ATO Records. Carry Me
Back is the band's fourth studio album and first since 2008's Tennessee
Pusher, and features 12 brand new tracks that sonically span the band's
career while still pushing them forward in new directions as musicians and
songwriters. The album was recorded at the legendary Sound Emporium
studios in Nashville (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; REM's Document; Robert
Plant and Alison Krauss's Raising Sand).
Carry Me Back was produced by Ted Hutt (Gaslight Anthem, Dropkick
Murphys, Flogging Molly). Hutt pushed the band in a whole new way that they
hadn't been pushed before. "Ted Hutt asked us to really dig deep as artists, as
songwriters, to get to the heart of the matter of these songs and, especially,
not to settle for anything less than their greatness," recalls Ketch Secor of the
band. Secor is also very proud of the result of the band's songwriting efforts on
the album, saying "For me, Carry Me Back is all about the songs, how they line
up, intertwine, switch partners, and promenade home. Each of these songs was
an accident waiting to happen."
OCMS (Ketch Secor, Critter Fuqua, Kevin Hayes, Morgan Jahnig, Gill Landry,
and Chance McCoy) will be hitting the road to tour the US this Summer in
support of Carry Me Back. The tour begins on July 19 in Indianapolis, IN (prior
to this show the band is headlining the ROMP Festival), and includes stops at
New York City's Central Park and the beautiful Fox Theater in Atlanta, amongst
others. With most of their time spent on the road, OCMS has made a name for
themselves as energetic performers with an unbridled spirit. It's a live show not
to be missed. "The greatness of an old-time string band lies in its
performance," Secor says. "The way it percolates, rattling itself almost to the
edge. When you've got a top-notch studio like Sound Emporium, and 12 strong
tunes in the works, and the time and patience it takes to get it right--that's when
great performances can be captured." For a full list of tour dates, please see
below. The Lumineers and Milk Carton Kids will provide support on a number of
dates.
OCMS is also a part of the tour documentary Big Easy Express, which
screened recently at the Nashville Film Festival. The movie documents last
year's Railroad Revival Tour, which featured OCMS on tour with Mumford &
Sons and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros on a tour across the US,
where the three bands travelled together on vintage train cars, playing
rambunctiously fun shows at stops along the way.
Old Crow Medicine show have a long history of success, including sales
totaling over 700,000 albums, a RIAA Gold-certified song with "Wagon Wheel,"
an appearance on Austin City Limits, three performances on Late Night With
Conan O'Brien, and multiple appearances on A Prairie Home Companion,
various NPR programs and the Grand Ole Opry.
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| Alejandro Escovedo |
Susanna Hoffs – singer/songwriter/musician and
founding member of the Bangles – returns with a new
solo album, Someday, on July 17. Produced and
orchestrated by the revered Mitchell Froom, it’s an
intensely personal song cycle that doubles as a musical
love letter to the music of the 1960s, which “has always
been my reference point for everything,” says Susanna.
Read More
founding member of the Bangles – returns with a new
solo album, Someday, on July 17. Produced and
orchestrated by the revered Mitchell Froom, it’s an
intensely personal song cycle that doubles as a musical
love letter to the music of the 1960s, which “has always
been my reference point for everything,” says Susanna.
Read More
| Susanna Hoffs |
The Wallflowers have announced they are back in the
studio and putting the finishing touches on a long-
awaited new studio album that will be released by
Columbia Records this fall. Read More
studio and putting the finishing touches on a long-
awaited new studio album that will be released by
Columbia Records this fall. Read More
| The Wallflowers |
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| Bonnie Raitt's "Slipstream" |
With the release of
her nineteenth
album, Slipstream,
Bonnie Raitt is
starting anew. The
album marks her
return to studio
recording after
seven years; it's
coming out as the
launch of her own
label, Redwing
Records.
Read More
her nineteenth
album, Slipstream,
Bonnie Raitt is
starting anew. The
album marks her
return to studio
recording after
seven years; it's
coming out as the
launch of her own
label, Redwing
Records.
Read More
We recently caught up with
Katie Herzig after a stellar
performance at Juanita's in
Little Rock. Great food,
drinks, and show.
Read More
Katie Herzig after a stellar
performance at Juanita's in
Little Rock. Great food,
drinks, and show.
Read More
| Pop Spotlight: Katie Herzig |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse |
Neil Young and Crazy Horse will release a very special album titled Americana
on June 5, 2012. Americana is the first album from Neil Young & Crazy Horse in
nearly nine years. Crazy Horse is: Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Poncho
Sampedro, and Neil Young.
As you'll see from the track-listing, Americana is collection of classic, American
folk songs. In their day, some of these may have been referred to as "protest
songs," "murder ballads," or campfire-type songs passed down with universal,
relatable tales for everyman.
Some of these compositions which, like "Tom Dooley" and "Oh Susannah,"
were written in the 1800s, while others, like "This Land Is Your Land" (utilizing
the original, widely misinterpreted "deleted verses") and "Get A Job," are
mid-20th-century folk classics. It's also interesting to note that "God Save The
Queen," Britain's national anthem, also became the de facto national anthem
of sorts before the establishment of The Union as we know it until we came to
adopt our very own "The Star Spangled Banner," which has been recognized
for use as early as 1889 and made our official national anthem in 1931. Each
of these compositions is very much part of the fabric of our American heritage;
the roots of what we think of as "Americana" in cultural terms, using songs as a
way of passing along information and documenting our past.
What ties these songs together is the fact that while they may represent an
America that may no longer exist, the emotions and scenarios behind these
songs still resonate with what's going on in the country today with equal, if not
greater impact nearly 200 years later. The lyrics reflect the same concerns and
are still remarkably meaningful to a society going through economic and
cultural upheaval, especially during an election year. They are just as poignant
and powerful today as the day they were written.
Neil has penned brief historical details about each of the songs on Americana
that can be found here.
Americana was produced by Neil and John Hanlon along with Mark Humphreys,
and engineered by John Hanlon with John Hausmann and Jeff Pinn. It was
recorded at Audio Casa Blanca by John Hanlon.
on June 5, 2012. Americana is the first album from Neil Young & Crazy Horse in
nearly nine years. Crazy Horse is: Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Poncho
Sampedro, and Neil Young.
As you'll see from the track-listing, Americana is collection of classic, American
folk songs. In their day, some of these may have been referred to as "protest
songs," "murder ballads," or campfire-type songs passed down with universal,
relatable tales for everyman.
Some of these compositions which, like "Tom Dooley" and "Oh Susannah,"
were written in the 1800s, while others, like "This Land Is Your Land" (utilizing
the original, widely misinterpreted "deleted verses") and "Get A Job," are
mid-20th-century folk classics. It's also interesting to note that "God Save The
Queen," Britain's national anthem, also became the de facto national anthem
of sorts before the establishment of The Union as we know it until we came to
adopt our very own "The Star Spangled Banner," which has been recognized
for use as early as 1889 and made our official national anthem in 1931. Each
of these compositions is very much part of the fabric of our American heritage;
the roots of what we think of as "Americana" in cultural terms, using songs as a
way of passing along information and documenting our past.
What ties these songs together is the fact that while they may represent an
America that may no longer exist, the emotions and scenarios behind these
songs still resonate with what's going on in the country today with equal, if not
greater impact nearly 200 years later. The lyrics reflect the same concerns and
are still remarkably meaningful to a society going through economic and
cultural upheaval, especially during an election year. They are just as poignant
and powerful today as the day they were written.
Neil has penned brief historical details about each of the songs on Americana
that can be found here.
Americana was produced by Neil and John Hanlon along with Mark Humphreys,
and engineered by John Hanlon with John Hausmann and Jeff Pinn. It was
recorded at Audio Casa Blanca by John Hanlon.
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