Reuters - Oct 26, 2009
Recording artist Lyle Lovett can talk for hours about the musicians he respects and attempts to emulate; men like Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. But suggest that up-and-coming musicians might view him...
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Lyle Lovett says he has never made a dime from album sales during his two-decade career, and hopes to rectify that situation when his contract expires. The eclectic country singer has two more albums...
More »AP - Nov 29, 2007
Stephen King s taste in music is more eclectic than scary. The best-selling author reveals his seven picks for the best albums of the year in Entertainment Weekly s Dec. 7 issue. In truth, your Uncle...
More »AP - Sep 18, 2007
Lyle Lovett has recorded gold records, acted in films and traveled the world playing music. But the lanky Texan says his greatest joy is rescuing the family homestead from developers. Most of the...
More »Reuters - Jun 10, 2007
Lyle Lovett and Emmylou Harris will take to the seas together to headline the inaugural Cayamo music cruise, which will set sail February 4 through February 10. With other musical performers including...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2006
You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, Modern Times, shares a title with Chaplin s 1936 classic about automation, big business and...
More »AP - Mar 4, 2006
A new soundtrack award honoring artists for their contributions to Texas film will be presented to Lyle Lovett, the Austin Film Society announced. Lovett will receive the AMD Live Soundtrack Award at...
More »AP - Mar 2, 2006
The Little Willies, The Little Willies (Milking Bull) What do you get when the Traveling Wilbury s meet the Highwaymen? The Little Willies. Led by Norah Jones and four other relatively unknown musicians...
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 »AP - Jan 6, 2006
Twenty years ago a lanky young country singer from Texas headed to Milwaukee to open a concert for a raspy-voiced blues rocker. Lyle Lovett arrived a day early for the show with Bonnie Raitt and got...
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 »E! Online - Sep 22, 2005
Plans for a benefit concert intended to help victims of Hurricane Katrina have been blown off, courtesy of the rapidly approaching Hurricane Rita. With the Category 5 hurricane expected to connect...
More »Reuters - Jul 21, 2005
Mark Knopfler s miles away from filling stadiums anymore, and he seems to prefer it that way. His solo albums have been almost studiously relaxed, as if he s tired of producing crowd-pleasing hits and...
More »AP - Jun 14, 2005
Over his 20-year career Dwight Yoakam has borrowed from rock, blues, bluegrass, rockabilly and even punk to keep his country songs interesting. But the tune I ll Pretend from his new album Blame the...
More »Reuters - Jan 28, 2005
Comedy was absolutely king during the 30 years that Johnny Carson ruled late-night TV from his desk at The Tonight Show, but from his very first program in 1962, the landmark series also made time for...
More »Reuters - Jan 4, 2005
With the Jan. 20 inauguration of President Bush , visitors to the capital won t be able to swing a cat next week without hitting a ball or party. Although there will be free daytime festivities open...
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 26, 2004
Country artists need to try harder when it comes to international markets, according to talent executive Bruce Allen. During a recent keynote speech at the Country Music Assn. s Global Markets Forum...
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 »AP - Feb 3, 2004
The first time OutKast got a Grammy nomination for best album, in 2002, hip-hop s eclectic duo was upstaged by the old-time bluegrass of O Brother, Where Art Thou? Two years later, the rap funksters...
More »Reuters - Jan 31, 2004
In her new role as VP of artists and repertoires at Lost Highway Records, Kim Buie says she is looking to sign rebels, mavericks and outsiders. But that doesn t mean she s seeking only the obscure,...
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