“Drank someone else’s juice and left only the rind,” Katie Crutchfield boasts on her excellent new Waxahatchee album, Tigers Blood. She’s got a right to sound cocky. The long-time indie-rock underdog hero won herself a lot of new fans with Saint Cloud, her 2020 breakthrough hit, going for a laid-back style of heartland rock & roll twang. But Tigers Blood is even more rugged and confident, a master storyteller fully aware she’s on a hot streak. She sings about adult romance, struggling for sobriety, the day-to-day work of holding...
- 3/21/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Every April growing up in East Texas, Vincent Neil Emerson and his family traveled to Louisiana for their tribe’s annual powwow. For that one weekend of the year, the future singer-songwriter was immersed in the culture of his mother’s people, the Choctaw-Apache. He was dazzled by the spectacle of the dances, the drums and song, which were performed, at times, in traditional regalia, jewelry, and beadwork.
Those memories were seared into his mind.
“It’s always been a huge part of my life. It’s how I was raised,...
Those memories were seared into his mind.
“It’s always been a huge part of my life. It’s how I was raised,...
- 11/24/2023
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
Clairo has shared a new demo recording called “Lavender,” released via Bandcamp with all the proceeds going towards Doctors Without Borders. Stream it below.
Like her previous Bandcamp demo for charity from this past April, “For Now,” the new single, “Lavender,” features a lo-fi arrangement spotlighting Clairo’s voice singing in harmony. In lieu of the electric piano carrying “For Now,” however, is a folksy acoustic guitar, with a fuzzy warmth and sense of intimacy similar to a Nick Drake or Townes Van Zandt record. “When I’m with you I’ll be alright,” she longingly sings, “No one beats you, baby/ No one takes your place from me.”
As of now, “Lavender” is exclusively on Bandcamp, and can be purchased for $1. Clairo posted the track along with a note that the funds raised would be going to Doctors Without Borders. She also included a link to a recent article...
Like her previous Bandcamp demo for charity from this past April, “For Now,” the new single, “Lavender,” features a lo-fi arrangement spotlighting Clairo’s voice singing in harmony. In lieu of the electric piano carrying “For Now,” however, is a folksy acoustic guitar, with a fuzzy warmth and sense of intimacy similar to a Nick Drake or Townes Van Zandt record. “When I’m with you I’ll be alright,” she longingly sings, “No one beats you, baby/ No one takes your place from me.”
As of now, “Lavender” is exclusively on Bandcamp, and can be purchased for $1. Clairo posted the track along with a note that the funds raised would be going to Doctors Without Borders. She also included a link to a recent article...
- 10/20/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
It’s late afternoon in the back of the Princess Theatre in downtown Decatur, Alabama. Sitting in front of a brightly-lit mirror in the green room of the historic venue, blues-rocker Samantha Fish is readying herself for the show alongside her musical-partner-in-crime of late, Jesse Dayton. The duo is in the midst of a whirlwind tour for their album Death Wish Blues.
“The blues speaks to people of all generations at different times in their life — it’s just kind of your soul,” Fish tells Rolling Stone backstage. “Watching a great [blues] band,...
“The blues speaks to people of all generations at different times in their life — it’s just kind of your soul,” Fish tells Rolling Stone backstage. “Watching a great [blues] band,...
- 9/17/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Slaughter Beach, Dog are back with “Summer Windows,” the latest single from their forthcoming album, Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling. Stream the song below.
“Summer Windows” follows two previous singles from Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling — “Float Away” and “Strange Weather” — and embodies the folk-inspired sound that Slaughter Beach, Dog have honed-in on. With references to Townes Van Zandt, the brokenhearted-ness of the 10 o’clock news, and the wistful, nostalgic longing that one feels when the sun pours through an open “summer window,” the tune constitutes a wonderfully resonant entry in the annals of Americana poetry.
For his part, frontman Jacob Ewald shared that the song came to him at an unexpected moment, which is something he treasures. “‘Summer Windows’ was the first song in the batch that became Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling,” he said in a statement. “I was working at the studio all night on something bad. Eventually I gave...
“Summer Windows” follows two previous singles from Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling — “Float Away” and “Strange Weather” — and embodies the folk-inspired sound that Slaughter Beach, Dog have honed-in on. With references to Townes Van Zandt, the brokenhearted-ness of the 10 o’clock news, and the wistful, nostalgic longing that one feels when the sun pours through an open “summer window,” the tune constitutes a wonderfully resonant entry in the annals of Americana poetry.
For his part, frontman Jacob Ewald shared that the song came to him at an unexpected moment, which is something he treasures. “‘Summer Windows’ was the first song in the batch that became Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling,” he said in a statement. “I was working at the studio all night on something bad. Eventually I gave...
- 8/7/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
The cowboy singer—that rugged rambler yodeling his way across the wide, lonesome plains of the American West—lost his mystique so long ago that some might assume that the character was just made up for old black-and-white movies. So when you first catch a glimpse of Colter Wall, a twentysomething singer-songwriter from Saskatchewan in a Stetson hat, it’s reasonable to assume that it’s a put-on. As it turns out, though, Wall doesn’t just sing cowboy songs, he lives them. When not on tour, he works as a rancher.
Only with that in mind can Wall’s fourth studio album, Little Songs, be fully appreciated as not just a charming batch of old-fashioned country-western tunes, but as something more personal and carefully considered. While it lacks the stark viscerality of the signer’s self-titled 2017 debut, Little Songs, like 2020’s Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs, eschews...
Only with that in mind can Wall’s fourth studio album, Little Songs, be fully appreciated as not just a charming batch of old-fashioned country-western tunes, but as something more personal and carefully considered. While it lacks the stark viscerality of the signer’s self-titled 2017 debut, Little Songs, like 2020’s Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs, eschews...
- 7/14/2023
- by Jeremy Winograd
- Slant Magazine
When I look at this key art for Netflix's Indian wedding planner series, Made In Heaven, I cannot help but hear Townes Van Zandt's mournful twang playing in my head: Send me dead flowers by the mail Send me dead flowers to my wedding And I won't forget to put roses on your grave A bound, and deteriorating, bouquet gently laying in the sand, in an opulent but abandoned great hall with a floor of sand. It speaks to an ironic, or perhaps sardonic, over the ceremonies of culture and family. I have not seen this series, now in its second season, but LA design house, Rhubarb, have certainly delivered with this pristinely soiled image bathed in perfect light. Note the two pedals, bride and...
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- 7/7/2023
- Screen Anarchy
George Strait and his Ace in the Hole Band have embarked on a stadium tour for 2023. They started on May 6 in Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Stadium and will end on August 5 in Tampa, Florida’s Raymond James Stadium. Strait’s scheduled 2023 performances also include two in November in Fort Worth, Texas.
All concerts will feature Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town as special guests.
In 2012, Strait said that he wasn’t “retiring,” but “the old road-warrior days are just going to be over” after over 30 years of touring. In 2016, the country music star partnered with Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, leading him to perform several times a year at the venue.
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This 2023 tour is the artist’s most extensive series of performances in nine years since his two-year The Cowboy Rides Away tour in 2014.
Setlist
The below setlist comes from Strait’s May 27, 2023 performance in Columbus,...
All concerts will feature Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town as special guests.
In 2012, Strait said that he wasn’t “retiring,” but “the old road-warrior days are just going to be over” after over 30 years of touring. In 2016, the country music star partnered with Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, leading him to perform several times a year at the venue.
>Get George Strait Concert Tickets Now!
This 2023 tour is the artist’s most extensive series of performances in nine years since his two-year The Cowboy Rides Away tour in 2014.
Setlist
The below setlist comes from Strait’s May 27, 2023 performance in Columbus,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
Standing behind a large curtain at the Cultural Center Theater in the small Appalachian city of Charleston, West Virginia, Kathy Mattea readies herself to welcome another audience to NPR’s Mountain Stage.
“[Mountain Stage] has reinforced and magnified my long-held belief that music is really important,” Mattea, a Charleston native, tells Rolling Stone backstage. “Music and hospitality — that’s what it’s all about. And those two things? That’s West Virginia right there.”
With snowflakes falling onto the mountains cradling the state capitol on this particular January night, Mountain Stage listeners...
“[Mountain Stage] has reinforced and magnified my long-held belief that music is really important,” Mattea, a Charleston native, tells Rolling Stone backstage. “Music and hospitality — that’s what it’s all about. And those two things? That’s West Virginia right there.”
With snowflakes falling onto the mountains cradling the state capitol on this particular January night, Mountain Stage listeners...
- 3/25/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Even with his most successful work, Rodney Crowell knows there’s always room for revision. In 2018, the celebrated singer-songwriter took another crack at the lyrics to “Shame on the Moon,” a 1982 cut recorded by Bob Seger, long after he’d excised it from his own setlists. These ongoing efforts and others are chronicled in Word for Word, a new coffee-table book featuring Crowell’s song lyrics, enhanced by images of the in-progress compositions from the author’s personal notebooks and a lifetime’s worth of photos.
At 72, Crowell is a...
At 72, Crowell is a...
- 12/27/2022
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Video games have inspired movies since Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo first went down a pipe in “Super Mario Bros.” But never have pixels and joysticks been the origin of a prestige HBO drama. Until now.
“The Last of Us” stars Pedro Pascal, star of Disney+’s “The Mandalorian” and this year’s Nicolas Cage action-comedy “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” as Joel, a tough guy who must smuggle the 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) through a quarantine zone in a post-apocalyptic America. The world has fallen to a new kind of virus (uh-oh!), but Ellie is immune for some reason, and her DNA may be the only chance for a cure. Alas, the infected have turned into zombie obstacles of some sort, and this is where smashing X on your PlayStation controller usually comes into play.
Also in the cast are Gabriel Luna, Merle Dandridge, and Anna Torv, who...
“The Last of Us” stars Pedro Pascal, star of Disney+’s “The Mandalorian” and this year’s Nicolas Cage action-comedy “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” as Joel, a tough guy who must smuggle the 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) through a quarantine zone in a post-apocalyptic America. The world has fallen to a new kind of virus (uh-oh!), but Ellie is immune for some reason, and her DNA may be the only chance for a cure. Alas, the infected have turned into zombie obstacles of some sort, and this is where smashing X on your PlayStation controller usually comes into play.
Also in the cast are Gabriel Luna, Merle Dandridge, and Anna Torv, who...
- 9/27/2022
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
The list of narrators for the audiobook version of legendary music icon Bob Dylan’s upcoming book has come to light, and it reads like a who’s who of Oscar contenders from the past few decades, along with the author himself doing some of the reading.
The lineup of voice talent reading chapters from ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song’ includes Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard, Jeffrey Wright and Renee Zellweger, reports ‘Variety’.
This lineup of all-star Dylan surrogates is yet to be officially announced. It was first published by the UK magazine Uncut; Variety has confirmed the list.
‘The Philosophy of Modern Song’ is a collection of essays about 66 different songs Dylan considers great pieces of songwriting.
It comes out November 8 from Simon & Schuster.
Word of the audiobook readers follows the revelation last month of the 66 tunes Dylan...
The lineup of voice talent reading chapters from ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song’ includes Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard, Jeffrey Wright and Renee Zellweger, reports ‘Variety’.
This lineup of all-star Dylan surrogates is yet to be officially announced. It was first published by the UK magazine Uncut; Variety has confirmed the list.
‘The Philosophy of Modern Song’ is a collection of essays about 66 different songs Dylan considers great pieces of songwriting.
It comes out November 8 from Simon & Schuster.
Word of the audiobook readers follows the revelation last month of the 66 tunes Dylan...
- 9/24/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The list of narrators for the audiobook version of Bob Dylan’s upcoming book has come to light, and it reads like a who’s who of Oscar contenders from the past few decades, along with the author himself doing some of the reading.
The lineup of voice talent reading chapters from “The Philosophy of Modern Song” aloud includes Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard, Jeffrey Wright and Renée Zellweger.
This lineup of all-star Dylan surrogates has yet to be officially announced. It was first published by the U.K. magazine Uncut; Variety has confirmed the list.
“The Philosophy of Modern Song” is a collection of essays about 66 different songs Dylan considers great pieces of songwriting. It comes out Nov. 8 from Simon & Schuster.
Word of the audiobook readers follows the revelation last month of the 66 tunes Dylan is tackling in the forthcoming book.
The lineup of voice talent reading chapters from “The Philosophy of Modern Song” aloud includes Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard, Jeffrey Wright and Renée Zellweger.
This lineup of all-star Dylan surrogates has yet to be officially announced. It was first published by the U.K. magazine Uncut; Variety has confirmed the list.
“The Philosophy of Modern Song” is a collection of essays about 66 different songs Dylan considers great pieces of songwriting. It comes out Nov. 8 from Simon & Schuster.
Word of the audiobook readers follows the revelation last month of the 66 tunes Dylan is tackling in the forthcoming book.
- 9/23/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
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At the center of Apple TV+’s dark comedy-thriller Bad Sisters is the mystery of how John-Paul Williams (Claes Bang), a seemingly respectable husband, father and businessman, really died. Life insurance agents Thomas and Matthew Claffin (Brian Gleeson and Daryl McCormack) suspect foul play, and they’re probably not wrong: As the series quickly establishes, his sisters-in-law were definitely plotting something against Jp, though it’ll apparently take the entire ten-episode season to find out exactly what came to pass.
If the how is in question, though, the why certainly isn’t. Within his first five minutes of screentime, Jp shows himself to be so thoroughly, irredeemably, aggressively awful that the real puzzle might be how no one else got around to killing him first. In one light, this has the advantage of releasing the audience from any ambivalence we might feel rooting for his comeuppance.
At the center of Apple TV+’s dark comedy-thriller Bad Sisters is the mystery of how John-Paul Williams (Claes Bang), a seemingly respectable husband, father and businessman, really died. Life insurance agents Thomas and Matthew Claffin (Brian Gleeson and Daryl McCormack) suspect foul play, and they’re probably not wrong: As the series quickly establishes, his sisters-in-law were definitely plotting something against Jp, though it’ll apparently take the entire ten-episode season to find out exactly what came to pass.
If the how is in question, though, the why certainly isn’t. Within his first five minutes of screentime, Jp shows himself to be so thoroughly, irredeemably, aggressively awful that the real puzzle might be how no one else got around to killing him first. In one light, this has the advantage of releasing the audience from any ambivalence we might feel rooting for his comeuppance.
- 8/16/2022
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
John Moreland can hardly remember writing many of the lyrics to his new album Birds in the Ceiling. That’s because in the early months of the pandemic, the Oklahoma singer-songwriter found himself settling into a new songwriting routine: After his wife went to sleep, starting around midnight, Moreland would light up a joint, turn the lights off, and begin watching YouTube videos by the user Rambalac, who films himself taking long walks around Tokyo at night.
A few hours later, Moreland would look up and he had written a new song.
A few hours later, Moreland would look up and he had written a new song.
- 8/2/2022
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Sterlin Harjo, co-creator of FX’s Reservation Dogs, discusses a few of his favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Mekko (2015)
Boy (2010)
Cool Hand Luke (1967) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Being There (1979) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
Husbands (1970) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Stand By Me (1986)
Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
The Princess Bride (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Friday (1995)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary
Dead Man (1995)
Powwow Highway (1989)
Airplane! (1980) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Ghost Dog: Way Of The Samurai (1999)
Stalker (1979) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Come And See (1985) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
A Clockwork Orange...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Mekko (2015)
Boy (2010)
Cool Hand Luke (1967) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Being There (1979) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
Husbands (1970) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Stand By Me (1986)
Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
The Princess Bride (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Friday (1995)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary
Dead Man (1995)
Powwow Highway (1989)
Airplane! (1980) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Ghost Dog: Way Of The Samurai (1999)
Stalker (1979) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Come And See (1985) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
A Clockwork Orange...
- 8/2/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
“I’m trying to get songs on country radio,” says Steve Earle. It’s not what anyone would expect to hear from Earle these days, especially when we’re supposed to be discussing Jerry Jeff, his new tribute album to Seventies Texas legend Jerry Jeff Walker.
But even if the idea of a mainstream country hit makes him chuckle, Earle is completely serious. Of the endless creative projects the 67-year-old singer-songwriter is juggling after the end of his nightly appearances in the off-Broadway play Coal Country — prepping for a tour with the Dukes,...
But even if the idea of a mainstream country hit makes him chuckle, Earle is completely serious. Of the endless creative projects the 67-year-old singer-songwriter is juggling after the end of his nightly appearances in the off-Broadway play Coal Country — prepping for a tour with the Dukes,...
- 5/29/2022
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone was on the red carpet for the first ever Grammy Awards live from Las Vegas, and our video team caught up with stars heading into the ceremony at the MGM Grand for the biggest night in music. Check out our footage below with exclusive interviews with Leon Bridges, Japanese Breakfast, Doechii and more.
Japanese Breakfast
“Paprika feels like the thesis statement of the album, we always begin with that song,” Japanese Breakfast front woman Michelle Zauner says regarding her favorite song to perform off of grammy-nominated album Jubilee.
Japanese Breakfast
“Paprika feels like the thesis statement of the album, we always begin with that song,” Japanese Breakfast front woman Michelle Zauner says regarding her favorite song to perform off of grammy-nominated album Jubilee.
- 4/4/2022
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
The Bradshaw Bunch's very own Rachel Bradshaw just released an album! Her debut self-titled EP dropped on Friday, Jan. 7 and features six songs written solely by Rachel, in addition to a collaboration with Grammy-nominated country star Jamey Johnson on a cover of Townes Van Zandt's "If I Needed You." A music video for the song will also be released this month. The inspiration for the music—which dives into all aspects of love and relationships—came to the singer-songwriter during the first few months of quarantine, which she spent with her dad Terry Bradshaw and the rest of her family. "This record holds a very special place in my heart," Rachel...
- 1/7/2022
- E! Online
Luke Grimes’ portrayal of the tough-as-nails, killing-is-my-business Kayce Dutton on Yellowstone has made him a fan favorite on the wildly popular cable drama. But before he ever picked up a branding iron to put a beating on some poor rancher on TV, Grimes was keeping the beat as a drummer in a Los Angeles country band.
“It was around that time when the alt-country thing was really going on. Wilco and Ryan Adams were really big then and we were kind of like that,” Grimes tells Rolling Stone. “I played...
“It was around that time when the alt-country thing was really going on. Wilco and Ryan Adams were really big then and we were kind of like that,” Grimes tells Rolling Stone. “I played...
- 1/5/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
By the time Emmylou Harris released Luxury Liner, the third and most successful LP of her career-defining “honky-tonk angel” period, on Dec. 28, 1976, the vocalist had cemented a reputation for combining vintage country with impeccably chosen covers from outside the genre.
Harris had been famously mentored by the late Gram Parsons, but by now she was outside the country-rock pioneer’s shadow, standing on her own as a country hit-maker and rule-bender. While both of her previous major-label successes — Pieces of the Sky and Elite Hotel — contained unquestionable gems, it was...
Harris had been famously mentored by the late Gram Parsons, but by now she was outside the country-rock pioneer’s shadow, standing on her own as a country hit-maker and rule-bender. While both of her previous major-label successes — Pieces of the Sky and Elite Hotel — contained unquestionable gems, it was...
- 12/28/2021
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
The unusual bond between the three musicians is the focus of a new documentary Without Getting Killed or Caught, a story of romance, creativity and tragedy
When director Tamara Saviano decided to make a film about the Americana songwriter Guy Clark, she knew she couldn’t tell his story without covering the lives of two other creative souls – his wife, the songwriter and painter Susanna Clark, and his best friend, the fellow Americana star, Townes Van Zandt. “They influenced him so much, and he influenced them too,” said Saviano to the Guardian. “You can’t separate them.”
At the same time, their entwined lives endured deep fractures and brutal hurts. The story Saviano tells in the new documentary Without Getting Killed or Caught, named after a lyric from one of Clark’s best-known songs, LA Freeway, traces a wide arc of personal traumas and creative triumphs. It involves a violent suicide,...
When director Tamara Saviano decided to make a film about the Americana songwriter Guy Clark, she knew she couldn’t tell his story without covering the lives of two other creative souls – his wife, the songwriter and painter Susanna Clark, and his best friend, the fellow Americana star, Townes Van Zandt. “They influenced him so much, and he influenced them too,” said Saviano to the Guardian. “You can’t separate them.”
At the same time, their entwined lives endured deep fractures and brutal hurts. The story Saviano tells in the new documentary Without Getting Killed or Caught, named after a lyric from one of Clark’s best-known songs, LA Freeway, traces a wide arc of personal traumas and creative triumphs. It involves a violent suicide,...
- 11/8/2021
- by Jim Farber
- The Guardian - Film News
In a world where Hurricane Ida and other horrific storms hadn’t battered America over the past couple of weeks, Bonnaroo would be kicking off tonight with an evening of music by the Grand Ole Opry and special guests. Foo Fighters and Megan Thee Stallion were booked for tomorrow, with Lizzo, Tame Impala, Lana Del Rey, and several others playing on Saturday and Sunday.
In our world, the festival was called off on Tuesday. “We have done everything in our power to try to keep the show moving forward,” organizers said in a statement,...
In our world, the festival was called off on Tuesday. “We have done everything in our power to try to keep the show moving forward,” organizers said in a statement,...
- 9/2/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Vincent Neil Emerson was watching Edward Norton portray both a rhapsodizing stoner and his straitlaced brother in 2009’s Leaves of Grass when the actor began singing a Townes Van Zandt song onscreen. Emerson, a native of East Texas, hadn’t yet discovered the tragic songwriter at the time and he dutifully studied the film’s closing credits to see who was responsible for writing “Rex’s Blues.”
“I found the name Townes Van Zandt, went to YouTube and just typed it in, and the first video was of him playing ‘Waiting Around to Die,...
“I found the name Townes Van Zandt, went to YouTube and just typed it in, and the first video was of him playing ‘Waiting Around to Die,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Cowboy Jack Clement, legendary in music circles for everything from being present at the birth of rock ‘n’ roll at Sun Studios to writing hits for Johnny Cash to eventually working with U2, has been pegged as the subject of a feature film that Nashville’s Visionary Media Group has signed a deal with Clement’s estate to develop.
Additionally, plans are afoot for an all-star album that would have singers and songwriters that knew Clement finishing and recording unfinished songs that he left behind. Clement died in 2013 at age 82, just a few months after being named as an inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Further Clement-related projects could be in the works down the road, but the film and album will be the initial focus in a deal made between the late producer-songwriter’s family, represented by daughter Alison Clement, and Visionary Media Group, a still fairly...
Additionally, plans are afoot for an all-star album that would have singers and songwriters that knew Clement finishing and recording unfinished songs that he left behind. Clement died in 2013 at age 82, just a few months after being named as an inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Further Clement-related projects could be in the works down the road, but the film and album will be the initial focus in a deal made between the late producer-songwriter’s family, represented by daughter Alison Clement, and Visionary Media Group, a still fairly...
- 5/13/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
American Aquarium released a new album early Friday morning, a record that represents a solid pivot for the longtime roots-rock band. On the heels of Bj Barham’s homespun livestream covers series, the North Carolina singer-songwriter convened his players in an Asheville, North Carolina, studio last November to record a full record of Nineties country tunes.
The result is Slappers, Bangers and Certified Twangers: Vol. One, a straight-forward if loose collection of covers by artists like Trisha Yearwood (“She’s in Love With the Boy”), Sawyer Brown (“Some Girls Do...
The result is Slappers, Bangers and Certified Twangers: Vol. One, a straight-forward if loose collection of covers by artists like Trisha Yearwood (“She’s in Love With the Boy”), Sawyer Brown (“Some Girls Do...
- 5/7/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Mando Saenz titled his first album in eight years All My Shame. But the veteran Nashville songwriter who’s had his songs recorded by Miranda Lambert, Midland, and Lee Ann Womack has nothing to regret. Despite the heaviness of the record’s title, Saenz isn’t repenting for past sins. Instead, he’s celebrating the empowerment that comes with finally knowing oneself.
“You might think it’s a shameful thing, but it’s about being yourself and knowing your flaws,” Saenz says. “Sometimes you just got to put it out...
“You might think it’s a shameful thing, but it’s about being yourself and knowing your flaws,” Saenz says. “Sometimes you just got to put it out...
- 3/28/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
This year’s South by Southwest Film Festival has showcased several documentaries about successful musicians, including Tom Petty, Charli Xcx and Sparks. But you could argue that they haven’t had one about a better songwriter than “Without Getting Killed or Caught,” Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield’s affectionate and lyrical film about Texas-born songwriter Guy Clark, which finally premiered at SXSW last week, a year after being booked for the canceled 2020 edition of the festival.
A plainspoken poet whose first album, 1975’s “Old No. 1,” contained more classic songs than most people can muster in an entire career, Clark racked up hits for people like Jerry Jeff Walker, Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill and the Highwaymen, but rarely showed up on the charts himself until they started measuring the Americana genre, which he pretty much epitomized. He was a songwriters’ songwriter, the mentor to many and the focal point of a...
A plainspoken poet whose first album, 1975’s “Old No. 1,” contained more classic songs than most people can muster in an entire career, Clark racked up hits for people like Jerry Jeff Walker, Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill and the Highwaymen, but rarely showed up on the charts himself until they started measuring the Americana genre, which he pretty much epitomized. He was a songwriters’ songwriter, the mentor to many and the focal point of a...
- 3/22/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“Well, this may seem like déjà vu…” wrote filmmaker Tamara Saviano on her Facebook page this week, alerting friends that her documentary about musician Guy Clark, “Without Getting Killed or Caught” was being announced Thursday as premiering at this year’s South By Southwest Film Festival… just as it was announced for last year. The good news is, this year’s SXSW, being virtual, can’t get canceled (at least short of dire societal circumstances even worse than a pandemic), so the doc is virtually certain to meet its premiere date this time.
Saviano made the tough decision last March to wait it out a year and submit it again in hopes that the festival screening committee wouldn’t have a change of heart. If a film about some of the most celebrated singer-songwriters to ever come out of Texas — Townes Van Zandt also being a primary subject — couldn’t premiere at SXSW,...
Saviano made the tough decision last March to wait it out a year and submit it again in hopes that the festival screening committee wouldn’t have a change of heart. If a film about some of the most celebrated singer-songwriters to ever come out of Texas — Townes Van Zandt also being a primary subject — couldn’t premiere at SXSW,...
- 2/12/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Allen v. Farrow
HBO is releasing an investigative documentary film on the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow. Using home videos, court documents, police evidence, and never-before-released audio tapes, the film goes deeper than the headlines ever have, to examine the fractured family’s trauma. (February 21st)
Coming 2 America
In the latest trailer for the sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1988 comedy, King Akeem (Murphy) is facing a threat to his leadership. However, his rule can be stabilized if only...
HBO is releasing an investigative documentary film on the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow. Using home videos, court documents, police evidence, and never-before-released audio tapes, the film goes deeper than the headlines ever have, to examine the fractured family’s trauma. (February 21st)
Coming 2 America
In the latest trailer for the sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1988 comedy, King Akeem (Murphy) is facing a threat to his leadership. However, his rule can be stabilized if only...
- 2/6/2021
- by Natalli Amato
- Rollingstone.com
"The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country." Gather 'round and revisit this classic country music documentary film Heartworn Highways. Rarely screened, the beloved 1976 documentary portrait of the outlaw country movement will be re-released nationwide in virtual cinemas on February 5th this winter. In the mid-'70s, filmmaker James Szalapski documented the then-nascent country music movement that would soon become known as "outlaw country." Inspired, in part, by newly-long-haired Willie Nelson's embrace of hippie attitudes and audiences, a younger generation of artists including Townes Van Zandt, David Alan Coe, Steve Earle and Guy Clark popularized and developed the outlaw sound. This kind of seems like the anti-country music film about country music, which means it might be worth a watch even if you don't care much for country music. As usual, this is the best time to catch up with the film.
- 1/22/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.
Rob Leines, “Drinkin Problem”
Occasional welder, full-time country-rocker Rob Leines dials up the Tele and the pedal steel on this undeniable barroom banger. There’s hints of Skynyrd and the Allmans, and a whole lot of Wet Willie’s Southern soul, as...
Rob Leines, “Drinkin Problem”
Occasional welder, full-time country-rocker Rob Leines dials up the Tele and the pedal steel on this undeniable barroom banger. There’s hints of Skynyrd and the Allmans, and a whole lot of Wet Willie’s Southern soul, as...
- 1/18/2021
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Cope, the guitar player for the Southern rock band the Steel Woods and a collaborator with artists like Jamey Johnson and Brent Cobb, has died. He was 42. The group’s publicist confirmed Cope’s death to Rolling Stone.
Cope was an in-demand session guitarist, playing on albums by Lindi Ortega and the Secret Sisters, but he first became visible to country music fans by performing onstage with Johnson for nearly a decade. Nicknamed “Rowdy,” the North Carolina native also played on Johnson’s albums That Lonesome Song and The...
Cope was an in-demand session guitarist, playing on albums by Lindi Ortega and the Secret Sisters, but he first became visible to country music fans by performing onstage with Johnson for nearly a decade. Nicknamed “Rowdy,” the North Carolina native also played on Johnson’s albums That Lonesome Song and The...
- 1/17/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
One day in the spring of 2018, Jenn Marie Earle was washing dishes in her Portland, Oregon, home, when her husband, Justin Townes Earle, walked into the kitchen with his guitar to play her a song he’d just written.
As Justin started singing, Jenn Marie began to cry. On its surface, “Ahi Esta Mi Nina” was the tale of a Puerto Rican father attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter after a long prison stint. But Jenn Marie realized that the song was ultimately about her husband’s pain. His...
As Justin started singing, Jenn Marie began to cry. On its surface, “Ahi Esta Mi Nina” was the tale of a Puerto Rican father attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter after a long prison stint. But Jenn Marie realized that the song was ultimately about her husband’s pain. His...
- 1/15/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Steve Earle has announced details for his album of songs dedicated to his late son, the singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, who died this past August at the age of 38.
Following in the traditions of tribute albums Earle has recorded to honor close friends like his son’s namesake, Townes Van Zandt, with 2009’s Townes, and Guy Clark with 2019’s Guy, Earle will release J.T. on January 4th — what would have been his son’s 39th birthday.
“The record is called J.T. because Justin was never called anything else until he was nearly grown,...
Following in the traditions of tribute albums Earle has recorded to honor close friends like his son’s namesake, Townes Van Zandt, with 2009’s Townes, and Guy Clark with 2019’s Guy, Earle will release J.T. on January 4th — what would have been his son’s 39th birthday.
“The record is called J.T. because Justin was never called anything else until he was nearly grown,...
- 11/18/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Billy Joe Shaver, the outlaw-country music pioneer who wrote some of the genre’s greatest songs, died Wednesday in Waco, Texas, after suffering a stroke. He was 81. Connie Nelson, a friend of Shaver’s, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone.
Shaver’s hard-lived career classics included “Honky Tonk Heroes,” “Georgia on a Fast Train,” “Old Five and Dimers Like Me,” and “Live Forever.” He wrote nine out of the 10 songs on Waylon Jennings’ 1973 outlaw-country breakthrough Honky Tonk Heroes; Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley all recorded his songs; and...
Shaver’s hard-lived career classics included “Honky Tonk Heroes,” “Georgia on a Fast Train,” “Old Five and Dimers Like Me,” and “Live Forever.” He wrote nine out of the 10 songs on Waylon Jennings’ 1973 outlaw-country breakthrough Honky Tonk Heroes; Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley all recorded his songs; and...
- 10/28/2020
- by Patrick Doyle and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Now in its 27th year, Austin Film Festival continues to champion independent filmmaking and, for this year’s edition, a notable world premiere has its roots in the Texas town. Having grown up in Austin, Justin Corsbie will bow his feature debut, Hard Luck Love Song, at the festival later this month and today brings the first look.
The story follows Jesse, a charismatic but down on his luck troubadour who finds himself at an existential crossroads as bad choices catch up with him during an unexpected reunion with Carla (Sophia Bush), an old flame. Also starring RZA, Dermot Mulroney, Brian Sacca, Melora Walters, and Eric Roberts, we’re pleased to exclusively premiere the first images from the film, courtesy of Synthetic Pictures.
“I spent my childhood in Austin, TX singer/songwriter bars owned by family friends watching performers like Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Billy Joe Shaver,...
The story follows Jesse, a charismatic but down on his luck troubadour who finds himself at an existential crossroads as bad choices catch up with him during an unexpected reunion with Carla (Sophia Bush), an old flame. Also starring RZA, Dermot Mulroney, Brian Sacca, Melora Walters, and Eric Roberts, we’re pleased to exclusively premiere the first images from the film, courtesy of Synthetic Pictures.
“I spent my childhood in Austin, TX singer/songwriter bars owned by family friends watching performers like Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Billy Joe Shaver,...
- 10/12/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Rose Garcia (Broadway star and Tony nominee Eva Noblezada) is a small town Texas teen who loves country music, the kind of gal who spends her pocket money on guitar strings and knows a frightening amount of facts about everyone from Patsy Cline to Townes Van Zandt. Music opens up Rose’s mostly small world, which is centered around her loving mom Priscilla (Princess Punzalan), who has reason to keep her teenage daughter so close to her, and the tiny motel where the pair live and work.
Diane Paragas’ “Yellow Rose” subtly weaves together the truth of Rose’s story in affecting, though never sentimental or maudlin, ways. Rose and Priscilla keep close because they’re undocumented immigrants, eager to keep their heads down and work hard and basically hope that Ice doesn’t come banging on their door in the middle of the night. It’s a concept that might sound played out,...
Diane Paragas’ “Yellow Rose” subtly weaves together the truth of Rose’s story in affecting, though never sentimental or maudlin, ways. Rose and Priscilla keep close because they’re undocumented immigrants, eager to keep their heads down and work hard and basically hope that Ice doesn’t come banging on their door in the middle of the night. It’s a concept that might sound played out,...
- 10/8/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Dave Hause interprets the songs of two wildly different artists on a new double EP. Patty/Paddy features the punk troubadour interpreting five songs by Americana songwriter Patty Griffin and five by Paddy Costello, of the Minneapolis punk band Dillinger Four.
Hause, the leader of Philadelphia group the Loved Ones, previews the project with the Griffin song “Long Ride Home,” off her 2003 album A Kiss in Time. For the recording, Hause enlisted the Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon and his brother Tim Hause to join him on harmonies. The result...
Hause, the leader of Philadelphia group the Loved Ones, previews the project with the Griffin song “Long Ride Home,” off her 2003 album A Kiss in Time. For the recording, Hause enlisted the Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon and his brother Tim Hause to join him on harmonies. The result...
- 9/24/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Steve Earle has announced plans to record an album of songs written by his son Justin Townes Earle, who died August 20th at the age of 38.
Backed by his longtime band the Dukes, Steve is expected to begin recording the album in October with a target release date of January 2021 — Justin Townes Earle would have turned 39 on January 4th. Earle will donate 100 percent of advances and royalties from the project to a trust for Justin’s daughter, Etta St. James Earle.
The younger Earle spent some time as a touring...
Backed by his longtime band the Dukes, Steve is expected to begin recording the album in October with a target release date of January 2021 — Justin Townes Earle would have turned 39 on January 4th. Earle will donate 100 percent of advances and royalties from the project to a trust for Justin’s daughter, Etta St. James Earle.
The younger Earle spent some time as a touring...
- 9/16/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Before the dusty down-and-out protagonist is ready to give up on life in “Yuma,” one of Justin Townes Earle’s earliest songs, he calls his mom. “There ain’t nothing I fear,” he tells her, “so much as being alone.” Released in 2007, ”Yuma” is astonishing in its emotional tenderness, a song ostensibly about a young man who decides to kill himself that is actually a meditation on what it means to accept someone else’s pain. As he calls home to beg for forgiveness for what he’s about to do,...
- 8/25/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-songwriter Tennessee Jet recruits an impressive group of like-minded performers for a trumpet-accented cover of Townes Van Zandt’s “Pancho and Lefty,” famously recorded by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. The new rendition, featuring Cody Jinks, Paul Cauthen, and Elizabeth Cook, appears on Tennessee Jet’s upcoming album The Country, due out September 4th.
Assisted by mellotron strings, “Pancho and Lefty” has an epic, cinematic quality, with guests jumping in to sing a verse like a group of friends sharing in the retelling of a favorite old story. Nelson’s...
Assisted by mellotron strings, “Pancho and Lefty” has an epic, cinematic quality, with guests jumping in to sing a verse like a group of friends sharing in the retelling of a favorite old story. Nelson’s...
- 8/25/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle had died. Known for his modern roots-driven Americana music, Earle was 38. No further details were given about his death.
The news of his death was confirmed on his official Instagram account. “It is with tremendous sadness that we inform you of the passing of our son, husband, father and friend Justin,” said the caption that was accompanied by a photo of the musician. “So many of you have relied on his music and lyrics over the years and we hope that his music will continue to guide you on your journeys. You will be missed dearly Justin.”
The post also included lyrics from his song “Looking for a Place to Land”: “I’ve crossed oceans/Fought freezing rain and blowing sand/I’ve crossed lines and roads and wondering rivers/Just looking for a place to land.”
Earle was born on January 4, 1982 and was named after songwriter Townes Van Zandt.
The news of his death was confirmed on his official Instagram account. “It is with tremendous sadness that we inform you of the passing of our son, husband, father and friend Justin,” said the caption that was accompanied by a photo of the musician. “So many of you have relied on his music and lyrics over the years and we hope that his music will continue to guide you on your journeys. You will be missed dearly Justin.”
The post also included lyrics from his song “Looking for a Place to Land”: “I’ve crossed oceans/Fought freezing rain and blowing sand/I’ve crossed lines and roads and wondering rivers/Just looking for a place to land.”
Earle was born on January 4, 1982 and was named after songwriter Townes Van Zandt.
- 8/24/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Justin Townes Earle, the singer-songwriter known for his mix of old-timey roots music and modern-day Americana, has died at age 38. A rep for Earle’s label New West Records confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone, though a cause of death was not immediately revealed.
“It is with tremendous sadness that we inform you of the passing of our son, husband, father and friend Justin,” a post on Earle’s Instagram page read. “So many of you have relied on his music and lyrics over the years and we...
“It is with tremendous sadness that we inform you of the passing of our son, husband, father and friend Justin,” a post on Earle’s Instagram page read. “So many of you have relied on his music and lyrics over the years and we...
- 8/24/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
For nearly two decades, Hayes Carll has been making consistently great singer-songwriter records, influenced by the back-porch songcraft of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. While off the road in Nashville for his longest stretch in years, Carll had the chance to revisit some of his best material — which he reimagines on a new acoustic album, Alone Together Sessions, out September 4th on Dualtone.
“It’s probably good to pause every now and then, to take stock of everything,” Carll said in a statement, talking about returning to his older material in the studio.
“It’s probably good to pause every now and then, to take stock of everything,” Carll said in a statement, talking about returning to his older material in the studio.
- 8/12/2020
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Douglas Corner Cafe, a premier Nashville venue that has hosted performances by artists as varied as Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Guy Clark, Kevin Costner, Jon Bon Jovi, and Neil Diamond, will close its doors for good after 33 years. A key destination in the city’s Eighth Avenue South neighborhood, the club has been shuttered since March 15th due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Nashville’s subsequent stay-at-home order.
Douglas Corner owner Mervin Louque, a one-time recording engineer who initially partnered with businessman Rick Martin to open the cafe in...
Douglas Corner owner Mervin Louque, a one-time recording engineer who initially partnered with businessman Rick Martin to open the cafe in...
- 5/28/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Millions of listeners have been coping with the loneliness, moral fatigue, and existential boredom of a global pandemic to the beat of Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” so many that the song took the top spot on the Rs 100. Yet overall, Americans have been seeking solace not in synthetic beats, but in the acoustic guitar.
Streaming data shows that in the first two months of social distancing, American listeners largely gravitated away from electric and electronic genres and toward the acoustic — to singer-songwriter classics and country jams, from Joan Baez...
Streaming data shows that in the first two months of social distancing, American listeners largely gravitated away from electric and electronic genres and toward the acoustic — to singer-songwriter classics and country jams, from Joan Baez...
- 5/18/2020
- by Emily Blake
- Rollingstone.com
The past decade in country music has been a boom time for small-town truth tellers — artists like Brandy Clark, Angaleena Presley, and Kacey Musgraves — who countered Nashville’s trucks-and-tailgates formula with stripped-down realism. In 2018, Arkansas native Ashley McBryde released one of the most striking country LPs in recent memory with Girl Going Nowhere; her music honored Townes Van Zandt and John Mellencamp, and she sang with plain-spoken vulnerability about everyday stuff like her platonic roommate or the folks back home who told her she’d never make a living from her art,...
- 4/3/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Actress Sissy Spacek steps into the role of Susanna Clark in the newly released trailer for Without Getting Killed or Caught, a documentary centering on the life and music of singer-songwriter Guy Clark. The film is set to premiere next week during SXSW.
Produced and directed by Tamara Saviano (who also wrote Clark’s biography) and Paul Whitfield, Without Getting Killed or Caught was based on Saviano’s reporting for the book, as well as Susanna Clark’s store of personal diaries and recordings. In the trailer, Spacek narrates the...
Produced and directed by Tamara Saviano (who also wrote Clark’s biography) and Paul Whitfield, Without Getting Killed or Caught was based on Saviano’s reporting for the book, as well as Susanna Clark’s store of personal diaries and recordings. In the trailer, Spacek narrates the...
- 3/3/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
When Fat Possum Records gave Neil Hagerty the finances to record his most recent record as Howling Hex, he made a pledge. “Everyone in the Midwest is walking around high and dying on OxyContin,” Hagerty tells Rolling Stone. “[I told the label] that I would just drive around in the Midwest for 200 days next year with this new band the Howling Hex. Because this fits the times. It’s a mess out there.”
That album, Knuckleball Express, drops April 17th — and Thursday, Rolling Stone is premiering the first single “Lies.” The album also features...
That album, Knuckleball Express, drops April 17th — and Thursday, Rolling Stone is premiering the first single “Lies.” The album also features...
- 2/6/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
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