Dale Watson Premieres Fan-Inspired Track 'David Buxkemper'
by Tori Hartshorn - January 30, 2019 Over his lengthy career, honky-tonk artist Dale Watson has found songwriting inspiration in real-life situations and his interractions with fans. A chance email Watson received from Texas fan David Buxkemper led to the aforementioned 'truckin' farmer' being immortalized in his namesake song, which a...
Kinky Friedman to Celebrate Release of New Album CIRCUS OF LIFE at NYC City Winery, July 8
by Macon Prickett - May 31, 2018 At long last, Kinky Friedman's second musical act begins. With the proclamation that here “is what music was, before it came homogenized, trivialized and sanitized,” Kinky is dropping his first all-new CD of original tunes in four decades. Called Circus of Life, it presents a side of Kinky that few ...
Brian Setzer, Rev. Horton Heat & More Set for 2018 Ameripolitan Awards
by Caryn Robbins - October 17, 2017 GRAMMY-winning rockabilly bandleader Brian Setzer will receive the Ameripolitan Master Award at the 2018 Ameripolitan Music Awards, held for the first time in Memphis at Graceland's Guesthouse Hotel, Feb. 13, 2018....
Joshua Hedley Releases WEIRD THOUGHT THINKER Video Exclusively on Apple Music
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 13, 2018 Third Man recording artist Joshua Hedley has announced Apple Music's exclusive premiere of his latest video, 'Weird Thought Thinker,' streaming HERE. 'Weird Thought Thinker' is but one of the many highlights found on Hedley's critically acclaimed debut album, MR. JUKEBOX, available now via Third Man...
The Band of Heathens To Release New EP LIVE VIA SATELLITE On 4/27
by Tori Hartshorn - April 26, 2018 The Band of Heathens made a giant leap with their last full length album Duende, which landed on Rolling Stone's top 50 Americana and Country Albums of 2017 at #31 - 'It's only natural that the Band of Heathens – a tireless touring outfit – made one of the year's best driving records.' Touring the U...
The Drunken Hearts Announce December Tour Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 24, 2018 Today, Americana rock band The Drunken Hearts announce a run of December tour dates in support of their recent album release, The Prize. The Drunken Hearts bring their raw, outlaw country music to 5 stops in the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest beginning December 7th, 2018, before heading...
Ike Reilly and Johnny Hickman to Head Out on Tour Together
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 22, 2018 Rebel rocker Ike Reilly and guitar slinger Johnny Hickman (from the band Cracker) plan to trade songs and stories of love, lust, patriotism, and dissidence when they hit the road on tour together this fall. The friends will be playing on the West Coast in November, in the Midwest the first week of ...
Steven Van Zandt Announces 'Soulfire Teacher Solidarity Tour 2018'
by Tori Hartshorn - September 17, 2018 Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul will show solidarity with and say thank you to hard-working teachers across North America with a landmark headline tour introducing TeachRock, the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation's free, multimedia, K-12 interdisciplinary curriculum which meets prevailing sta...
Feinstein's/54 Below Announces Duo Shows Summer Series, Featuring Christine Ebersole, Marin Mazzie, and Many More
by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2018 Duo Shows At 54! is a summer series at FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW celebrating the special collaboration of two artists brought together, curated by Creative and Programming Director Jennifer Ashley Tepper. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/series/duo-shows-at-54 or call (6...
Brantley Gilbert Takes BG Nation on Cruise From Miami to Nassau 10/23-10/27
by Tori Hartshorn - January 11, 2018 Brantley Gilbert Takes BG Nation on Cruise From Miami to Nassau 10/23-10/27...
Sarah Borges To Celebrate Album Release In NYC with the Bottle Rockets
by Tori Hartshorn - September 25, 2018 As rock phenoms go, Sarah Borges has never been easy to pin down. Since bursting onto the national scene in 2005 as the lead singer of the Broken Singles, she hasn't allowed a speck of dust to settle on her sound or her story. Instead, the Massachusetts native has just kept on moving and shaking....
Colter Wall's THINKIN ON A WOMAN Premieres Today
by Tori Hartshorn - September 21, 2018 Colter Wall's THINKIN ON A WOMAN Premieres Today...
Colter Wall's SONGS OF THE PLAINS Now Streaming at Vice's Noisey
by Tori Hartshorn - October 09, 2018 Colter Wall's highly anticipated new album, Songs of the Plains, is now streaming in full at Vice's Noisey. Listen/share HERE. Of the album, Noisey praises, “…Songs of the Plains is a heartbroken triumph, a statement suggesting that all that's missing is perhaps not forever lost. It's a healthy remi...
Austin-Based Blues Rocker Rosie Flores Announces New Single DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE
by Tori Hartshorn - July 17, 2018 Rosie Flores will release her brand new single 'Drive Drive Drive' on 'Rosie Flores Day,' proclaimed in 2006 by the City of Austin, on Friday, Aug. 31. The single is from her new album - SIMPLE CASE OF THE BLUES - due to land in early 2019. The official release show for 'Drive Drive Drive' is set fo...
Jesse Dayton Releases New Album THE OUTSIDER Today + Tour Dates
by Macon Prickett - June 08, 2018 Guitar slinger Jesse Dayton has released his new album The Outsider today via Blue Elan Records. The Outsider was literally recorded while on tour in Atlanta, Denver, Nashville and Austin and mixed by Grammy Award winning engineer/producer Vance Powell (who has worked with the likes of Sturgill Simp...
Ethan Hawke & Breakout Star Ben Dickey Head to Texas For BLAZE Tour
by Tori Hartshorn - August 01, 2018 Sundance Selects announced today the critically acclaimed film BLAZE, co-written, produced and directed by four-time Academy-Award®nominated actor and screenwriter Ethan Hawke, will premiere across Texas in August to celebrate the film's Lone Star roots....
Willie Nelson to be Honored at the 12th Annual GRAMMY Week Celebration
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 30, 2018 The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing® will honor eight-time GRAMMY® Award winner Willie Nelson at its annual GRAMMY Week celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, at The Village Studios in West Los Angeles. Now in its 12th year, this event will celebrate the artistic achievements and creat...
Jacob Bryant Launches POUR WHISKEY Tour Tomorrow, May 11
by Macon Prickett - May 10, 2018 Jacob Bryant's Pour Whiskey Tour launches tomorrow in Alabama and continues with shows in Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Connecticut through September. Along the way, this full throttle Outlaw Country/Southern Rocker with the commanding stage presence wil...
Freakwater's Morgan Geer Releasing New Album As Drunken Prayer
by Tori Hartshorn - February 01, 2019 Drunken Prayer (AKA Freakwater's Morgan Geer) is releasing its fifth album, Cordelia Elsewhere, mixed by Mitch Easter (Let's Active, REM), on Friday, April 5, 2019 via Deer Lodge Records....
Mickey Lamantia Featured in Rolling Stone Country, Releases EVERY BAD HABIT
by Tori Hartshorn - February 14, 2018 Mickey Lamantia Featured in Rolling Stone Country, Releases EVERY BAD HABIT...
WHISKEY DIXIE & THE BIG WET COUNTRY Comes to Portland
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2018 Whiskey Dixie & The Big Wet Country is a raunchy outlaw-country musical about a sexually frustrated singing-cowgirl who finds herself on a tragicomic ride from Hell and will do whatever it takes to get off. The show, written & directed by women, will make its world premiere on September 21st and run...
EMP Label Group Launches Outlaw Country/Southern Rock Imprint 'EMP Outlaw'
by Caryn Robbins - January 02, 2018 MP LABEL GROUP has announced the formation of EMP OUTLAW, a Southern Rock/Outlaw Country Imprint, set to reissue METAL COWBOY, the 2014 independent release from legendary Steeler/Keel vocalist Ron Keel, in stores 3/2/18. 2018 will also see the studio debut from Ron Keel Band, the highly anticipated ...
Shooter Jennings Appears In Season 2 Of MARVEL'S THE PUNISHER On Netflix
by Tori Hartshorn - January 28, 2019 Singer, songwriter, and Grammy-nominated producer Shooter Jennings surprised fans by appearing in season 2 of Marvel's The Punisher on Netflix. Jennings performs his songs “The Outsider”, “Outlaw You”, “The Other Life”, and “The Real Me” throughout the season's debut episode, which is available to s...
HBarC Ranchwear Honors Country Music Legend Bobby Bare With 60th Anniversary Signature Series Vintage Shirt Line
by Macon Prickett - April 18, 2018 HBarC Ranchwear has created a custom western shirt line in honor of Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member, Bobby Bare. The Bobby Bare 60th Anniversary Signature Series is the first shirt being offered and exclusively designed for the original “Outlaw” of country music who is celebrati...
Freakwater's Morgan Geer Releasing New Album As Drunken Prayer
by Tori Hartshorn - December 11, 2018 Drunken Prayer (AKA Freakwater's Morgan Geer) is releasing its fifth album, Cordelia Elsewhere, mixed by Mitch Easter (Let's Active, REM), on Friday, April 5, 2019 via Deer Lodge Records.... |