Reuters - Oct 13, 2006
Usually when an artist releases a multiple-CD collection, it s a boxed set of greatest hits, perhaps with a few previously unreleased tunes thrown in. In a possibly unprecedented move, Vince Gill s new...
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 - Sep 22, 2006
Guy Clark, Workbench Songs (Dualtone) Chris Smither, Leave The Light On (Signature Sounds) The cover photos accompanying these CDs focus on the artists hands — leathery, wrinkled and grasping...
More »Reuters - Nov 14, 2005
In Nashville, they call it a guitar pull. Four singer-songwriters -- Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett -- took seats with their acoustic guitars and demonstrated their compositional wares...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2005
The Americana Music Assn. will pay special tribute to songwriter John Hartford, who died in 2001, and to singer/songwriter Judy Collins at its fourth annual Honors & Awards on September 9 in Nashville...
More »Reuters - Aug 4, 2005
Think of newly founded HackTone Records as a home for wayward records. HackTone is the brainchild of two alumni of pioneering archival label Rhino Records. David Gorman was Rhino s creative czar (he...
More »Reuters - May 15, 2004
May is bluegrass month, and contributing to the celebration is the emergence of younger artists in the venerable genre, as well as the younger audience needed to nourish it. Not all of the new acts...
More »Reuters - May 3, 2004
Veteran artists Lyle Lovett , John Hiatt , Guy Clark and Joe Ely are scheduling a handful of fall shows together. Confirmed so far is an Oct. 22 show at New York s Beacon Theater and a performance...
More »USRN - Apr 12, 1999
(4/8/99, 1 a.m. PDT) - A gathering of old friends will turn into an historic concert when Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Nanci Griffith, and Emmylou Harris perform at Old Friends: The Concert,...
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