On the strength of its With Love series, the East Nashville indie label 3Sirens is doing god’s work: pairing some of Nashville’s most important voices with the songs that soundtracked many of our adolescent years. Part 1 had artists like Caitlin Rose covering the Pretenders and Derek Hoke tackling Crowded House. On Friday, the label, led by Alyssa and Doug Graham, announced 3Sirens Presents: With Love Part 2, the latest collection of reinvented hits from the Eighties and Nineties — including a stellar rendition of Tears of Fears’ “Everybody Wants to...
- 10/28/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.)
The Shootouts, “Rattlesnake Whiskey”
The Shootouts mix supple Western swing with brash barroom country to A-plus results. On their new song “Rattlesnake Whiskey,” the band broaden their palette, adding spaghetti Western vibes to a Marty Robbins...
The Shootouts, “Rattlesnake Whiskey”
The Shootouts mix supple Western swing with brash barroom country to A-plus results. On their new song “Rattlesnake Whiskey,” the band broaden their palette, adding spaghetti Western vibes to a Marty Robbins...
- 2/8/2021
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Despite being separated by the global pandemic, the members of Drive-By Truckers unite for a bona fide quarantine love song. “Quarantine Together” imagines dating in the social distancing age, with Patterson Hood promising that if his new love interest will just come over to his place, he’ll stay six feet away. At least for the time being.
“What if we acclimate and call this isolation a date/Maybe enough time could go by we could be each other’s mistake,” he sings in one of the verses, before making his argument in the chorus.
“What if we acclimate and call this isolation a date/Maybe enough time could go by we could be each other’s mistake,” he sings in one of the verses, before making his argument in the chorus.
- 5/1/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Nashville mainstay Chuck Mead has released what he calls “the official song of quarantine,” a remake of Hank Snow’s 1962 hit “I’ve Been Everywhere” retitled — appropriately — “I Ain’t Been Nowhere.”
Widely known today as a Johnny Cash song, “I’ve Been Everywhere” had Cash dropping a rapid-fire list of all the places he’s traveled, from Louisville and Nashville to Bakersfield and Shreveport. In Mead’s social-distancing version, it’s all the places he’s been within the confines of his own house: “I’m in the bedroom,...
Widely known today as a Johnny Cash song, “I’ve Been Everywhere” had Cash dropping a rapid-fire list of all the places he’s traveled, from Louisville and Nashville to Bakersfield and Shreveport. In Mead’s social-distancing version, it’s all the places he’s been within the confines of his own house: “I’m in the bedroom,...
- 4/29/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-guitarist Brian Wright is one of Nashville’s most wonderfully eccentric characters — his Twitter account alone is enough to warrant your attention. On May 8th, the solo artist will release his new album Lapse of Luxury with his group the Sneakups. Ahead of the LP, Wright premieres the track “Patrick’s Crossing,” a nostalgic slice of country-funk about killing time on the Brazo River near his Texas hometown.
Music and mind-altering chemicals played a key role in those days, as did The Man, represented back then by a local cop...
Music and mind-altering chemicals played a key role in those days, as did The Man, represented back then by a local cop...
- 3/5/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Fifty years ago this week, the Beatles released Abbey Road, the result of the group’s final recording sessions together after nearly a decade of revolutionizing the music industry and popular culture throughout the world. Taking its name from the London thoroughfare running past the Emi Recording Studios (officially renamed Abbey Road Studios in 1970), the album celebrates its half-century mark with the release of deluxe and super-deluxe versions boasting new mixes and bonus tracks.
As influential as the Beatles’ music has been for generations of pop and rock artists, country...
As influential as the Beatles’ music has been for generations of pop and rock artists, country...
- 9/27/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Nashville’s annual AmericanaFest has announced its final lineup of performers, a list that, like the Americana genre itself, represents roots-based country, folk, bluegrass, blues, and rock. Among the new additions: Shawn Colvin, Brent Cobb, Sarah Potenza, Andrew Bird, Drivin N Cryin, Nicki Bluhm, Andrew Combs, Sierra Hull, Foy Vance, the Quebe Sisters, Maggie Rose, Orville Peck, and Jesse Malin.
With 150 acts now added to the already stacked lineup, the Americana Music Association’s annual conference will feature some 500 performances from a total of almost 300 artists throughout the six-day event.
With 150 acts now added to the already stacked lineup, the Americana Music Association’s annual conference will feature some 500 performances from a total of almost 300 artists throughout the six-day event.
- 7/18/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Chuck Mead roars back with a blast of rocking honky-tonk, Erin Enderlin pours a potent whiskey and Cobie Caillat’s new band Gone West make their debut in this week’s list of the best country and Americana tracks.
Sam Williams, “Gemini”
Hank Williams Jr.’s 22-year-old son bridges the gap between astrology and Americana with this nuanced, nocturnal-sounding anthem about humans’ dual nature. “I’ve been a jailbird, I’ve been a scholar; turned a pure Catholic girl into the devil’s daughter,” he sings over stomp-clap percussion and a minor-key chord progression,...
Sam Williams, “Gemini”
Hank Williams Jr.’s 22-year-old son bridges the gap between astrology and Americana with this nuanced, nocturnal-sounding anthem about humans’ dual nature. “I’ve been a jailbird, I’ve been a scholar; turned a pure Catholic girl into the devil’s daughter,” he sings over stomp-clap percussion and a minor-key chord progression,...
- 6/28/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Tanya Tucker, Jade Bird and Dylan LeBlanc are among the initial wave of artists confirmed to perform in Nashville during the 2019 AmericanaFest. The annual celebration of roots and roots-related music takes place September 10th to 15th and includes the Americana Honors and Awards on September 11th.
In its 20th year, AmericanaFest will spread out across Music City venues like 3rd & Lindsley, Mercy Lounge and the Station Inn with performances from a diverse group of artists both established and emerging. Among those are Americana Awards nominee Yola, blues rockers Marcus King...
In its 20th year, AmericanaFest will spread out across Music City venues like 3rd & Lindsley, Mercy Lounge and the Station Inn with performances from a diverse group of artists both established and emerging. Among those are Americana Awards nominee Yola, blues rockers Marcus King...
- 5/30/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Nashville-based honky tonk performer Chuck Mead has announced plans for his new album Close to Home, his first full-length release since 2014’s Free State Serenade. The LP’s head-bobbing title track is out today.
Mixing a groove that’s part-t.Rex stomp and part-outlaw country swagger, “Close to Home” comes with a generous helping of pedal steel, a twanging baritone guitar solo and Mead’s philosophical musings on situations that align themselves beautifully. In one instance, a story of infidelity begins to seep out as Hank Williams’ voice wafts in from the adjoining room,...
Mixing a groove that’s part-t.Rex stomp and part-outlaw country swagger, “Close to Home” comes with a generous helping of pedal steel, a twanging baritone guitar solo and Mead’s philosophical musings on situations that align themselves beautifully. In one instance, a story of infidelity begins to seep out as Hank Williams’ voice wafts in from the adjoining room,...
- 3/22/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The timing was appropriate: The opening night of AmericanaFest, landing on Patriot Day, with a who’s who of Americana music gathered together at the Basement East in Nashville to sing songs of protest and political discontent. Mostly, though, they were all there to have fun.
An unofficial kickoff to the week’s festivities, the Tuesday night party has become an annual tradition for the Music City festival, but this year’s event — with Whiskey Wolves of the West, Chuck Mead and the Grassy Knoll Boys, and Andrew Leahey and...
An unofficial kickoff to the week’s festivities, the Tuesday night party has become an annual tradition for the Music City festival, but this year’s event — with Whiskey Wolves of the West, Chuck Mead and the Grassy Knoll Boys, and Andrew Leahey and...
- 9/12/2018
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
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