AP - Oct 16, 2008
From the false start on the opening rocker Real Love to the fade-out of AC/DC cover It s a Long Way to the Top, anyone familiar with Lucinda Williams may notice something unusual while listening to her...
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Thanks to her Southern twang and onstage cowboy hat, Lucinda Williams has long been recognized as a country artist. But her most recent Grammy Award win, in 2001, was for best female rock vocal performance...
More »Reuters - Sep 16, 2008
Lucinda Williams will release a digital-only EP of protest songs on October 28, two weeks after the veteran roots-rocker's ninth studio record, Little Honey, reaches stores. Lu in 08, which is...
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 »AP - Apr 26, 2007
The blues stage will be back when the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival opens Friday, and so will such performers as blues singer Alton Big Al Carson and singer-pianist Henry Butler. Carson, who...
More »Reuters - Jan 1, 2007
Billboard presents a look at the music you ll be hearing a lot about in the first quarter: JOHN MELLENCAMP Freedom s Road (Universal, January 23) Mellencamp s first album of originals since 2001...
More »Reuters - Jun 21, 2006
Bono, Sting, Lou Reed and Nick Cave are just a handful of the artists who have lent their voices to Rogue s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys, due out August 22 via the Anti- label. The...
More »Reuters - Feb 3, 2006
As Lost Highway Records marks its fifth anniversary this year, it is also celebrating a remarkable Grammy Awards achievement. Since its inception, the label has released 50 albums, and netted an astonishing...
More »Reuters - Jan 26, 2006
Take me down to your dance floor . . . No one was dancing as Gram Parsons voice wafted over the sound system at Hollywood s Harmony Gallery on Friday evening, but the place was rocking anyway. Some...
More »Reuters - Dec 7, 2005
There have been times when Shilah Morrow of Sin City Marketing has been maddened by her nickname Mama Shi, for actual mothers have to change diapers and do other messy everyday chores. But Morrow is very...
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 »E! Online - Oct 11, 2005
When you think of soul music, Peter Gallagher of The O.C. is not exactly the first image that comes to mind. But Epic Records is betting on the actor s Otis Redding-inspired vocal chops, and will...
More »Reuters - Oct 5, 2005
If you nail yourself down to one thing, you re gonna have a hurt foot, Waylon Payne says. Country singer-songwriter Payne has been a hard man to nail down lately. The musician, who released a fine but...
More »Reuters - Sep 25, 2005
Bettye LaVette landed a top 10 R&B hit with her very first single. In 1962, when she was only 16, her My Man, He s a Loving Man peaked at No. 7. The following 43 years, however, have not been as kind...
More »AP - Sep 14, 2005
Most blessings in Charlie Sexton s life have come with a curse. At 17, the lanky Texan was heralded as a blues guitar prodigy. Instead, he became a rock n roll pretty boy and the butt of critics jokes...
More »E! Online - Jun 14, 2005
Alanis Morissette oughta know that her decision to hawk her latest CD through Starbucks was perceived as a slap in the face to traditional music retailers. In response, at least one retailer is showing...
More »AP - Jun 3, 2005
Southern rock died as a distinct genre in the 1980s, but the raw, scruffy spirit of the music made by groups like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers is alive and well in contemporary country. Montgomery...
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 - Nov 8, 2004
Modern country duo Montgomery Gentry and stalwart Southern rock act Lynyrd Skynyrd will meet on an upcoming episode of CMT Crossroads. The performance will be taped at an undisclosed Nashville location...
More »Reuters - Oct 22, 2004
DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD, DVD Plus and the imminent DualDisc are among the cutting-edge music delivery formats. But just as these carriers deliver high-resolution audio, so does another medium making...
More »Reuters - Oct 5, 2004
The Roots, the Dead s Mickey Hart , the Coup, Michelle Shocked and Third Eye Blind are the first acts to sign on for the second We the Planet Music and Activism Festival. The event will take place...
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