AP - Jul 3, 2008
Ask his fellow musicians about Alejandro Escovedo, and you ll hear nothing but praise. Yet he s never been a household name, and even among rock fans, his work, though influential, is not widely known...
More »Reuters - May 7, 2007
It was craft versus showbiz at the inaugural Stagecoach festival, held Saturday and Sunday in Indio, Calif., the site of the Coachella rock extravaganza the weekend before. For the audience, the calculated...
More »Reuters - Sep 27, 2006
You could say Americana, that indefinable roots music, is the new punk rock. But the punks in question are older and make a lot of money. Last week, a record 1,200 people turned up in Nashville for...
More »AP - Apr 27, 2006
It was meant to help pay his medical bills. A tribute album with musicians performing Alejandro Escovedo s songs arguably helped his health, too. The Austin singer-songwriter was trying to recover from...
More »Reuters - Mar 20, 2006
This year s South By Southwest Music Conference & Festival in Austin was a zoo, with more than 15,000 animals prowling the downtown streets at nighttime showcases and clogging the clubs for daytime parties...
More »Reuters - Nov 23, 2005
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo, whose career has been sidelined since 2003 by a battle with hepatitis C, is working on an album that is being produced by Velvet Underground co-founder...
More »Reuters - Jul 13, 2005
Jay Farrar is hurtling down Highway 61, invoking the spirit of Leadbelly and Bob Dylan, as he spits out the words to one of the tracks on his band Son Volt s first album in seven years. Like the song...
More »AP - Jan 10, 2005
Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines made a surprise appearance at a benefit concert with Willie Nelson, Patty Griffin and other musicians for relief efforts to tsunami victims in countries around the...
More »E! Online - Jan 7, 2005
The music world may have been slow to respond to the tsunami tragedy, but a wave of upcoming events aims to help make up the difference. While several large-scale events are reportedly in the planning...
More »AP - Jan 7, 2005
Hip-hop rhymers, classical orchestras, church choirs, punk bands and creamy-voiced crooners from Paris to Hong Kong are taking up the fund-raising theme for victims of the Asian tsunami, holding money...
More »AP - Jan 4, 2005
Celebrities across the globe were mobilizing to help relief efforts in countries affected by the deadly earthquake and tsunamis in southern Asia and eastern Africa. Leonardo DiCaprio , who filmed The...
More »Reuters - Jan 3, 2005
Veteran pop star Sir Cliff Richard , flamboyant singer Boy George and other British musicians plan to release a song to raise money for victims of the devastating Asian tsunami, the tune s composer said...
More »AP - Dec 15, 2004
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can t get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV s Pimp My Ride ? Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician Xzibit was before becoming an actor...
More »Reuters - Sep 23, 2004
Roots-rock outfit Son Volt has reunited and is about to begin work on a new studio album. Group members Jay Farrar, Dave and Jim Boquist and Mike Heidorn recently ended a five-year hiatus to record...
More »Reuters - May 6, 2004
Bob Dylan , Keith Richards , Jerry Lee Lewis , Kid Rock and Merle Haggard were among the outlaws and angels that Willie Nelson brought out on Wednesday for his third annual concert special on USA Network...
More »Reuters - Mar 26, 2004
Performers at the nation s biggest gathering of bands here always face Vegas-style odds. Yet acts ranging from major-label properties to unsigned regional groups -- more than 1,200 in all this year --...
More »Reuters - Mar 6, 2004
On May 11, Ryko Distribution will release ParkinSong, Volume I: 38 Songs of Hope, a two-CD compilation by Americana artists that will benefit research on Parkinson s disease . Proceeds will go to the...
More »Reuters - Jan 16, 2004
Rykodisc, recognized as one of the world s foremost independent labels, will celebrate its 20-year-anniversay with a double-album compilation CD due Feb. 3. Ryko issued the first music on CD by Jimi...
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