Earlier this month, a handful of lucky Bob Dylan fans in Europe stumbled upon a new release entitled 50th Anniversary Collection 1973 in record stores scattered across the continent. The 28-track collection consists of nothing but studio outtakes from the 1973 Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid soundtrack sessions, but it’s sent the Dylan collecting community into a frenzy. Bids are surging past the $500 mark for the few copies available on Ebay — and fans are combing the shelves of European stores in the hopes of finding one.
Fiftieth-anniversary collections like this...
Fiftieth-anniversary collections like this...
- 12/18/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The biggest story of this year’s International Bluegrass Music Association award show wasn’t that Billy Strings won his third consecutive Entertainer of the Year honor. Nor was it that Sierra Hull took home her sixth Mandolin Player of the Year trophy. And it wasn’t even that Molly Tuttle pulled off a trifecta with Female Vocalist, Song, and Album of the Year.
Rather, the takeaway from the 2023 gathering at the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina, is that the ongoing “transition” within the...
Rather, the takeaway from the 2023 gathering at the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina, is that the ongoing “transition” within the...
- 10/1/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Zz Top were never really a ballad band. Think “La Grange,” “Tush,” and “Legs.” But for 1986’s Afterburner they tried their hand at a power ballad with “Rough Boy” — this was the Eighties after all. Earlier this week in Nashville, Keith Urban put his own spin on “Rough Boy” at a special event honoring Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons.
Urban was in attendance for the annual BMI Troubadour dinner, an industry event held each September by the performing-rights org to salute a select artist as its “Troubadour.” Last year’s went to Lucinda Williams,...
Urban was in attendance for the annual BMI Troubadour dinner, an industry event held each September by the performing-rights org to salute a select artist as its “Troubadour.” Last year’s went to Lucinda Williams,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Origins is a recurring series that gives artists a space to break down everything that went into their latest release. Today, Old Crow Medicine Show dig into their new collaboration with Mavis Staples, “One Drop.”
Old Crow Medicine Show have shared “One Drop,” the latest single from their upcoming album, Jubilee. The spiritually rich, uplifting tune features legendary R&b and gospel singer Mavis Staples, who vocalist Ketch Secor credits as lifting the band’s sound to new heights.
“This is the latest in our canon of ‘songs of a spiritual persuasion,’ and, I think, one of our best, due in no small part to the presence of a legend of gospel music and more, the great Mavis Staples,” Secor explains. “Mavis epitomizes a life in roots music, and Old Crow can only hope that the next 25 years will bring us, like she is, closer to the true vine.”
The joyous,...
Old Crow Medicine Show have shared “One Drop,” the latest single from their upcoming album, Jubilee. The spiritually rich, uplifting tune features legendary R&b and gospel singer Mavis Staples, who vocalist Ketch Secor credits as lifting the band’s sound to new heights.
“This is the latest in our canon of ‘songs of a spiritual persuasion,’ and, I think, one of our best, due in no small part to the presence of a legend of gospel music and more, the great Mavis Staples,” Secor explains. “Mavis epitomizes a life in roots music, and Old Crow can only hope that the next 25 years will bring us, like she is, closer to the true vine.”
The joyous,...
- 8/22/2023
- by Jonah Krueger
- Consequence - Music
Bob Dylan has been writing songs for decades. While he has had quite a few hits under his own name, other musicians made some Dylan songs more famous. He also wrote songs with other artists that he never released himself. Here are seven surprising songs that Dylan wrote.
‘Wagon Wheel’
In 2004, Old Crow Medicine Show released “Wagon Wheel,” the lead single on their debut album. Since then, musician Darius Rucker released a popular cover of the song. While Ketch Secor, the lead singer of Old Crow Medicine Show, wrote the verses to the song, he borrowed the chorus and melody from a 1973 Dylan demo entitled “Rock Me Mama.”
“Bob Dylan cast a spell with every song he made, particularly in 1973, when he wrote that chorus,” Secor told Relix. “I’m convinced that he put down his legal pad after he wrote that chorus, and he scrapped it because he wrote ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.
‘Wagon Wheel’
In 2004, Old Crow Medicine Show released “Wagon Wheel,” the lead single on their debut album. Since then, musician Darius Rucker released a popular cover of the song. While Ketch Secor, the lead singer of Old Crow Medicine Show, wrote the verses to the song, he borrowed the chorus and melody from a 1973 Dylan demo entitled “Rock Me Mama.”
“Bob Dylan cast a spell with every song he made, particularly in 1973, when he wrote that chorus,” Secor told Relix. “I’m convinced that he put down his legal pad after he wrote that chorus, and he scrapped it because he wrote ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.
- 7/16/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Old Crow Medicine Show rally for gun safety in their new song “Louder Than Guns,” a response to last month’s Nashville school shooting. “I don’t want to wake up on another Groundhog Day,” vocalist-fiddler Ketch Secor sings on the track before shouting, “No, I don’t want to hear another rat-a-tat-tat-tat echo down the hallway.” A choir of children join the group for the song’s outro, singing, “Louder than guns/More powerful than bullets flying/Can’t you hear the people crying?” The kids keep singing, “louder than guns.
- 4/27/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Music City is coming together for a benefit concert to honour the victims of the horrific school shooting at Nashville’s Covenant School, where six people — three children and three school employees — were killed last week.
Billboard reports that Belmont University’s The Fisher Center will host “A Night of Joy Celebrating the Covenant School” on Wednesday, April 12, with the event “to honour the victims and their families as well as the church, staff and first responders, and bring an evening of music, hope and healing.”
Read More: How CMT Music Awards Attendees Are Honouring Nashville Covenant School Shooting Victims
Author and speaker Anne F. Downs will host the event, which will feature performances from a who’s who of Nashville artists, including Chris Tomlin, Colony House, Dave Barnes, Drew Holcomb, Ellie Holcomb, Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor, Lady A, Matt Kearney, Matt Maher, Natalie Hemby, Sixpence None the Richer,...
Billboard reports that Belmont University’s The Fisher Center will host “A Night of Joy Celebrating the Covenant School” on Wednesday, April 12, with the event “to honour the victims and their families as well as the church, staff and first responders, and bring an evening of music, hope and healing.”
Read More: How CMT Music Awards Attendees Are Honouring Nashville Covenant School Shooting Victims
Author and speaker Anne F. Downs will host the event, which will feature performances from a who’s who of Nashville artists, including Chris Tomlin, Colony House, Dave Barnes, Drew Holcomb, Ellie Holcomb, Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor, Lady A, Matt Kearney, Matt Maher, Natalie Hemby, Sixpence None the Richer,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Old Crow Medicine Show’s Singer Wants to Talk Gun Reform With State Leaders After Nashville Shooting
Ketch Secor helped found the Episcopal School of Nashville, where his two young children are currently students. It’s a small, private Christian institution that has much in common with the Covenant School of Nashville, which was the site of a grisly mass shooting earlier this week that claimed the lives of three children and three adults.
Those similarities and the safety of his children were surely on the Old Crow Medicine Show leader’s mind when he hopped on Instagram and let loose with an intense, viscerally raw plea for change in this country.
Those similarities and the safety of his children were surely on the Old Crow Medicine Show leader’s mind when he hopped on Instagram and let loose with an intense, viscerally raw plea for change in this country.
- 4/1/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden attended a candlelight vigil in Nashville on Wednesday evening. The event honored the lives of six people — including three children — murdered in a mass shooting at an elementary school Monday morning that has left Music City reeling. The night saw featured performances from Sheryl Crow, Margo Price, and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor, each of whom has spoken out in favor of gun regulation after this week’s tragedy.
Among the event’s speakers, which did not include the First Lady, were Nashville Mayor John Cooper,...
Among the event’s speakers, which did not include the First Lady, were Nashville Mayor John Cooper,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Adam Gold
- Rollingstone.com
Old Crow Medicine Show cut loose with a bright blast of roots-rock in their new song “Paint This Town,” the title track from the Nashville band’s upcoming album due out April 22.
Paint This Town, the group’s seventh studio album, follows 2018’s Volunteer and sees the group moving back to former home Ato Records. This time around, Old Crow kept things close to home, co-producing the album with Matt Ross-Spang (Margo Price, John Prine) at their own Hartland Studio.
With its jangling guitars, harmonica, and decidedly rocking drums, “Paint...
Paint This Town, the group’s seventh studio album, follows 2018’s Volunteer and sees the group moving back to former home Ato Records. This time around, Old Crow kept things close to home, co-producing the album with Matt Ross-Spang (Margo Price, John Prine) at their own Hartland Studio.
With its jangling guitars, harmonica, and decidedly rocking drums, “Paint...
- 12/8/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Molly Tuttle pays tribute to a free-spirited woman in the new song “She’ll Change.” It’s the singer-guitarist’s first release from an upcoming 2022 album, her first with record label Nonesuch.
Tuttle penned the song with Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor, and the end result is a sprightly tune on which the picking dives off in ways as surprising and unpredictable as the woman being described. “She don’t worry about tomorrow/She’s got plenty on her mind,” Tuttle begins, dashing off nifty acoustic-guitar runs between lines.
Tuttle penned the song with Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor, and the end result is a sprightly tune on which the picking dives off in ways as surprising and unpredictable as the woman being described. “She don’t worry about tomorrow/She’s got plenty on her mind,” Tuttle begins, dashing off nifty acoustic-guitar runs between lines.
- 11/17/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The Americana Music Association’s annual Americana Honors & Awards will return for its 20th year on September 22nd at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Nominees in each of the categories were announced by Keb’ Mo’ and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor during an afternoon event at Nashville’s National Museum of African-American Music on Wednesday.
Artists appearing in multiple categories include Jason Isbell, Amythyst Kiah, Valerie June, and Brandi Carlile. Isbell and Carlile are both up for Artist of the Year, while Isbell’s Reunions is nominated for Album...
Artists appearing in multiple categories include Jason Isbell, Amythyst Kiah, Valerie June, and Brandi Carlile. Isbell and Carlile are both up for Artist of the Year, while Isbell’s Reunions is nominated for Album...
- 5/26/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Keb’ Mo’ and Old Crow Medicine Show have teamed up for the collaborative single “The Medicine Man,” which was written and recorded while the Covid pandemic spiraled in 2020.
Set to a loping groove with dashes of fiddle and banjo, “The Medicine Man” has an easygoing sound that almost conceals some sharper commentary on the crisis of the last year. Keb’ Mo’ assumes lead vocal duty here, wrestling with the physical and mental effects of the pandemic. The titular “Medicine Man,” of course, is less of a mystical, spiritual figure than...
Set to a loping groove with dashes of fiddle and banjo, “The Medicine Man” has an easygoing sound that almost conceals some sharper commentary on the crisis of the last year. Keb’ Mo’ assumes lead vocal duty here, wrestling with the physical and mental effects of the pandemic. The titular “Medicine Man,” of course, is less of a mystical, spiritual figure than...
- 3/19/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-songwriter Hailey Whitters has teamed up with country vocal quartet Little Big Town for the new single and video “Fillin’ My Cup,” the first new music Whitters has released since her 2020 album The Dream.
A fiddle-driven country-rocker with ringing electric guitars and beefy drums, “Fillin’ My Cup” was written by Whitters with Nicolle Galyon and Hillary Lindsey. It’s another tune full of quirky philosophical observations in the vein of her previous standout releases “The Days” and “Janice at the Hotel Bar.” In this case, Whitters gets the sublime harmony...
A fiddle-driven country-rocker with ringing electric guitars and beefy drums, “Fillin’ My Cup” was written by Whitters with Nicolle Galyon and Hillary Lindsey. It’s another tune full of quirky philosophical observations in the vein of her previous standout releases “The Days” and “Janice at the Hotel Bar.” In this case, Whitters gets the sublime harmony...
- 1/4/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
How long has it been since Valerie June released new music? When her last album, The Order of Time, dropped, Donald Trump was two months into his presidency. Since then, June and her intoxicating mélange of folk, blues, and new-age R&b have been praised by the likes of Bob Dylan, and she played a galvanizing set at the Newport Folk Festival in 2018.
Last month, June curated a livestream show to get out the vote and combat voter suppression, recruiting Brittany Howard, Black Pumas, Jon Baptiste, Rhiannon Giddens, and others for the cause.
Last month, June curated a livestream show to get out the vote and combat voter suppression, recruiting Brittany Howard, Black Pumas, Jon Baptiste, Rhiannon Giddens, and others for the cause.
- 11/13/2020
- by David Browne
- 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.
Molly Tuttle, “Olympia, Wa”
The bluegrass star reconnects with the Bay Area punk of her youth with this vibrant cover of Rancid’s “Olympia, Wa,” from the band’s 1995 LP …And Out Come the Wolves. A track off Tuttle’s upcoming covers...
Molly Tuttle, “Olympia, Wa”
The bluegrass star reconnects with the Bay Area punk of her youth with this vibrant cover of Rancid’s “Olympia, Wa,” from the band’s 1995 LP …And Out Come the Wolves. A track off Tuttle’s upcoming covers...
- 8/3/2020
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
As the frontman of Old Crow Medicine, Ketch Secor builds a bridge between the traditions of old-time music and the all-encompassing sounds of modern-day Americana. His band has even woven itself into the world of contemporary country, thanks to Darius Rucker’s triple-platinum cover of “Wagon Wheel.” Even so, Secor remains an ardent fan of the old stuff, enthusiastically singing the praises of pre-wwii roots music during this week’s episode of Walking the Floor.
Recorded in April via a socially-distanced Zoom call, the newest installment of Chris Shiflett’s...
Recorded in April via a socially-distanced Zoom call, the newest installment of Chris Shiflett’s...
- 6/30/2020
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor goes it alone in the new song “Quarantined” — but he sure would like to have some company. A lighthearted ode to be being separated from the one you love, the track finds the man-out-of-time musician suffering through two full weeks without as much as an embrace.
“I wanna hug you and hold you tight/but I gotta wait 14 nights,” Secor sings in the ragtime number, lamenting the sad truth that “one little cough can kill us all.” He even works in a reference...
“I wanna hug you and hold you tight/but I gotta wait 14 nights,” Secor sings in the ragtime number, lamenting the sad truth that “one little cough can kill us all.” He even works in a reference...
- 5/15/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Old Crow Medicine Show provide a rallying cry for the city of Nashville and a message of positivity for the world at large in the new song “Nashville Rising.”
The string band’s Ketch Secor wrote the song in the days following a deadly tornado that touched down in the city, decimating homes, venues, and businesses, and killing two in Nashville. Before cleanup was even completed, Nashville, like the rest of the country, was dealt a blow from the sweeping coronavirus pandemic.
“These are the dark times where music can really light the way,...
The string band’s Ketch Secor wrote the song in the days following a deadly tornado that touched down in the city, decimating homes, venues, and businesses, and killing two in Nashville. Before cleanup was even completed, Nashville, like the rest of the country, was dealt a blow from the sweeping coronavirus pandemic.
“These are the dark times where music can really light the way,...
- 4/3/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Christopher “Critter” Fuqua has played his last official concert with Old Crow Medicine Show. Fuqua, a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, co-founded the country string band in 1998 with singer and fiddle player Ketch Secor. His final show was the band’s annual New Year’s Eve concert, broadcast live on Sirius Xm’s Outlaw Country, at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.
Fuqua’s exit caps a year of lineup changes for Old Crow Medicine Show. Guitarist Chance McCoy left the group earlier in 2019, and solo artist Charlie Worsham joined as an adjunct member.
Fuqua’s exit caps a year of lineup changes for Old Crow Medicine Show. Guitarist Chance McCoy left the group earlier in 2019, and solo artist Charlie Worsham joined as an adjunct member.
- 1/1/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
In celebration of the new YouTube Originals documentary The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, the streaming company has announced plans for the first Cash Fest in Nashville. Scheduled for November 10th at War Memorial Auditorium, the event will include performances of Cash’s songs by a wide-ranging group of artists, including Little Big Town, Elle King, Cage the Elephant’s Matt Shultz, and Midland.
Additional artists participating in the revue-style show, presented in partnership with the Johnny Cash Trust and the Best Fest, include Perry & Etty Farrell, Judah & the Lion,...
Additional artists participating in the revue-style show, presented in partnership with the Johnny Cash Trust and the Best Fest, include Perry & Etty Farrell, Judah & the Lion,...
- 10/24/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Musicianship was the theme of the evening for the second of Marty Stuart’s three Artist-in-Residence performances at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Wednesday. Titled “Psychedelic Jam-Bo-Ree” and featuring a multi-generational cast of guests, the emphasis felt tilted slightly more “jam” than “psych,” with Stuart and his band the Fabulous Superlatives flexing their instrumental chops.
In a way, the show was akin to Stuart’s annual Late Night Jam, held each June at the Ryman Auditorium during Cma Fest. That show mirrors the format of an old radio program,...
In a way, the show was akin to Stuart’s annual Late Night Jam, held each June at the Ryman Auditorium during Cma Fest. That show mirrors the format of an old radio program,...
- 9/19/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
In conversation, Ketch Secor, the Old Crow Medicine Show frontman and fiddler, is always ducking down the backroads and side alleys of American musical history. And it’s impossible to not tag along. Credit his old-soul personality and charisma, but especially his encyclopedic knowledge of country music, which makes him a perfect commentator in Ken Burns’ sprawling Country Music documentary. The series premiered Sunday on PBS and runs nightly through September 18th, before resuming for another four episodes on September 22nd.
Aside from being interviewed, Secor was also brought in...
Aside from being interviewed, Secor was also brought in...
- 9/16/2019
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
“There was a saying: ‘The blues had a baby and they called it rock & roll.’ I always say, ‘Yeah, and I think the daddy was a hillbilly.” That’s Country Music Hall of Fame member Bobby Braddock, writer of songs including “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” on the genesis of rock music. He makes the case that its birth, near the end of the first half of the 20th century, was as influenced by country music as it was the blues.
Related: 100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time
Braddock is...
Related: 100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time
Braddock is...
- 9/15/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Grand Ole Opry members Old Crow Medicine Show took the stage of the Opry’s former home, the Ryman Auditorium, recently for a live, acoustic performance of their 2008 tune “Methamphetamine.” Joined by new guest member Charlie Worsham on guitar, the six musicians gather around one microphone, playing to an empty house, which adds an air of desolate intensity to the song about the ravages of drug addiction.
In an episode of the Opry’s ongoing series The Write Stuff, Ketch Secor talks about “Methamphetamine” and how it originated with a...
In an episode of the Opry’s ongoing series The Write Stuff, Ketch Secor talks about “Methamphetamine” and how it originated with a...
- 8/30/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
At a panel previewing his forthcoming PBS documentary “Country Music,” legendary filmmaker Ken Burns addressed inevitable questions about the origins of country music and the genre “not having a mass appeal.”
The director, who was joined on stage by some of the musicians featured in the marathon 16-hour endeavor, bristled a little when asked about the latter.
“I don’t know what could have more mass appeal than country music,” Burns said in response, before pointing the fact that each member of the Beatles discovered their love for music through various country stars and lamenting the fact that country music “tends to be siloed into one single thing.”
“We cloak country music in hound-dogs and pickup trucks and good old boys and six packs of beer,” Burns went on to say. “But it deals with love and loss, particularly love, and it’s hard to address it…The arguments we...
The director, who was joined on stage by some of the musicians featured in the marathon 16-hour endeavor, bristled a little when asked about the latter.
“I don’t know what could have more mass appeal than country music,” Burns said in response, before pointing the fact that each member of the Beatles discovered their love for music through various country stars and lamenting the fact that country music “tends to be siloed into one single thing.”
“We cloak country music in hound-dogs and pickup trucks and good old boys and six packs of beer,” Burns went on to say. “But it deals with love and loss, particularly love, and it’s hard to address it…The arguments we...
- 7/30/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Among today’s country artists, Old Crow Medicine Show have become synonymous with the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville’s “mother church of country music.” On September 20th, the Grand Ole Opry members will pay homage to their long-running relationship with the venue with the release of the new concert document Live at the Ryman.
The 11-track collection — all recorded at the Ryman between 2013 and 2019 — includes both Old Crow staples like “Brushy Mountain Conjugal Trailer” and “Methamphetamine,” and traditionals and covers like “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” “Cc Rider,” and “Sixteen Tons.
The 11-track collection — all recorded at the Ryman between 2013 and 2019 — includes both Old Crow staples like “Brushy Mountain Conjugal Trailer” and “Methamphetamine,” and traditionals and covers like “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” “Cc Rider,” and “Sixteen Tons.
- 7/22/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Vince Gill was having some trouble with the teleprompter during the taping of Ken Burns’ all-star “Country Music: Live at the Ryman” concert in Nashville on Wednesday night.
“That’s why I didn’t go to college — I suck at reading,” he joked with characteristic self-deprecating humor after flubbing one of his lines. The show was taped for broadcast on PBS stations at a later date.
Fortunately, the Oklahoma native was in peak form doing everything else during an evening that celebrated a type of music that routinely reconnects with its roots and,...
“That’s why I didn’t go to college — I suck at reading,” he joked with characteristic self-deprecating humor after flubbing one of his lines. The show was taped for broadcast on PBS stations at a later date.
Fortunately, the Oklahoma native was in peak form doing everything else during an evening that celebrated a type of music that routinely reconnects with its roots and,...
- 3/28/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Ken Burns’ upcoming documentary Country Music will begin airing on PBS stations before the year is out, but a piece of it will live on forever at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. At a press conference on Wednesday in Nashville, Burns showed a clip from the documentary and announced that he would be donating all the transcripts and interviews from the project to the Hall of Fame.
The eight-part documentary, on which Burns worked with regular collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, was filmed over the course...
The eight-part documentary, on which Burns worked with regular collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, was filmed over the course...
- 3/27/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Get ready for a grand ole doc’ry.
Country fans have been thirsty for years just to get a release date for, much less see, Ken Burns’ characteristically epic documentary on the genre. A delivery date for “Country Music” was finally provided Friday in PBS’ presentation for the film at the Television Critics Association conference in Pasadena: It’ll air across eight nights in the Sept. 15-25 time frame.
And you know you’re a true country fan if you look at the details unveiled about the doc and your first response is: Only 16 hours?
“Sixteen and a half,” corrected writer/producer Dayton Duncan, one of Burns’ longtime filmmaking partners — happy to have snuck even a few extra minutes in — as he spoke with Variety after the TCA panel. The only way to get it down to that length was by cutting off the history the film covers in the mid-1990s,...
Country fans have been thirsty for years just to get a release date for, much less see, Ken Burns’ characteristically epic documentary on the genre. A delivery date for “Country Music” was finally provided Friday in PBS’ presentation for the film at the Television Critics Association conference in Pasadena: It’ll air across eight nights in the Sept. 15-25 time frame.
And you know you’re a true country fan if you look at the details unveiled about the doc and your first response is: Only 16 hours?
“Sixteen and a half,” corrected writer/producer Dayton Duncan, one of Burns’ longtime filmmaking partners — happy to have snuck even a few extra minutes in — as he spoke with Variety after the TCA panel. The only way to get it down to that length was by cutting off the history the film covers in the mid-1990s,...
- 2/2/2019
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
On September 15th, 2019, PBS will premiere the first episode of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’ Country Music, a detailed exploration of the genre which has been in the works for the past eight years.
Directed by Burns and produced by the acclaimed filmmaker with his long-time collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, Country Music premieres Sunday, September 15th through Wednesday, September 18th, and Sunday, September 22nd, through Wednesday, September 25th at 8 p.m. Et on PBS stations. Episodes will be available for streaming as well. The documentary follows Burns’ 2017 exploration of the Vietnam War.
Directed by Burns and produced by the acclaimed filmmaker with his long-time collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, Country Music premieres Sunday, September 15th through Wednesday, September 18th, and Sunday, September 22nd, through Wednesday, September 25th at 8 p.m. Et on PBS stations. Episodes will be available for streaming as well. The documentary follows Burns’ 2017 exploration of the Vietnam War.
- 2/1/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
PBS has previewed some of its 2019 launches at the Television Critics Association Press Tour.
Here’s the rundown:
*** Ken Burns’s Country Music will premiere Sept. 15. The 16-Hour documentary chronicles the history of the genre, from the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills to Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks and more. The eight-part series is directed by Burns and is produced by Burns and long-time collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey. It runs Sunday, September 15 through Wednesday, September 18, and Sunday, September 22 through Wednesday, September 25 at 8:00-10:00 p.m. Et.
*** PBS and Ryman Auditorium present Country Music: Live at the Ryman, a concert celebrating the Burns series. The show is set for March 27. Burns will host the evening, which will feature performances by Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Rhiannon Giddens, Vince Gill, Brenda Lee,...
Here’s the rundown:
*** Ken Burns’s Country Music will premiere Sept. 15. The 16-Hour documentary chronicles the history of the genre, from the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills to Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks and more. The eight-part series is directed by Burns and is produced by Burns and long-time collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey. It runs Sunday, September 15 through Wednesday, September 18, and Sunday, September 22 through Wednesday, September 25 at 8:00-10:00 p.m. Et.
*** PBS and Ryman Auditorium present Country Music: Live at the Ryman, a concert celebrating the Burns series. The show is set for March 27. Burns will host the evening, which will feature performances by Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Rhiannon Giddens, Vince Gill, Brenda Lee,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Kesha is digging back into her country roots — the star is set to share the stage with Old Crow Medicine Show for an all-new Cmt Crossroads collaboration.
The hour-long concert special will feature special performances of both artists’ biggest hits, including tracks from Kesha’s No. 1 album Rainbow and Old Crow Medicine Show’s iconic archive that spans nearly two decades.
People has the exclusive clip of their “Your Love Is My Drug” rendition.
“I grew up on country music. It was the first music I sang, listened to and wrote as a child, and I’m especially stoked to...
The hour-long concert special will feature special performances of both artists’ biggest hits, including tracks from Kesha’s No. 1 album Rainbow and Old Crow Medicine Show’s iconic archive that spans nearly two decades.
People has the exclusive clip of their “Your Love Is My Drug” rendition.
“I grew up on country music. It was the first music I sang, listened to and wrote as a child, and I’m especially stoked to...
- 12/1/2017
- by Nicole Sands
- PEOPLE.com
As the Country Music genre continues to grow in popularity, shows like the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards are all the more important.
This year, Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert are each up for seven trophies, while Grammy performer Keith Urban has half a dozen shots at glory.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift and Blake Shelton will each compete in five categories, as will Kacey Musgraves and Lee Brice.
The 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will go live on April 6th at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, hosted by Shelton and three-time nominee Luke Bryan.
And the nominees are…
Entertainer Of The Year
• Luke Bryan
• Miranda Lambert
• Blake Shelton
• George Strait
• Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist Of The Year
• Jason Aldean
• Lee Brice
• Luke Bryan
• Blake Shelton
• Keith Urban
Female Vocalist Of The Year
• Sheryl Crow
• Miranda Lambert
• Kacey Musgraves
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo Of The...
This year, Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert are each up for seven trophies, while Grammy performer Keith Urban has half a dozen shots at glory.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift and Blake Shelton will each compete in five categories, as will Kacey Musgraves and Lee Brice.
The 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will go live on April 6th at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, hosted by Shelton and three-time nominee Luke Bryan.
And the nominees are…
Entertainer Of The Year
• Luke Bryan
• Miranda Lambert
• Blake Shelton
• George Strait
• Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist Of The Year
• Jason Aldean
• Lee Brice
• Luke Bryan
• Blake Shelton
• Keith Urban
Female Vocalist Of The Year
• Sheryl Crow
• Miranda Lambert
• Kacey Musgraves
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo Of The...
- 1/29/2014
- GossipCenter
As the Country Music genre continues to grow in popularity, shows like the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards are all the more important.
This year, Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert are each up for seven trophies, while Grammy performer Keith Urban has half a dozen shots at glory.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift and Blake Shelton will each compete in five categories, as will Kacey Musgraves and Lee Brice.
The 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will go live on April 6th at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, hosted by Shelton and three-time nominee Luke Bryan.
And the nominees are…
Entertainer Of The Year
• Luke Bryan
• Miranda Lambert
• Blake Shelton
• George Strait
• Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist Of The Year
• Jason Aldean
• Lee Brice
• Luke Bryan
• Blake Shelton
• Keith Urban
Female Vocalist Of The Year
• Sheryl Crow
• Miranda Lambert
• Kacey Musgraves
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo Of The...
This year, Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert are each up for seven trophies, while Grammy performer Keith Urban has half a dozen shots at glory.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift and Blake Shelton will each compete in five categories, as will Kacey Musgraves and Lee Brice.
The 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will go live on April 6th at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, hosted by Shelton and three-time nominee Luke Bryan.
And the nominees are…
Entertainer Of The Year
• Luke Bryan
• Miranda Lambert
• Blake Shelton
• George Strait
• Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist Of The Year
• Jason Aldean
• Lee Brice
• Luke Bryan
• Blake Shelton
• Keith Urban
Female Vocalist Of The Year
• Sheryl Crow
• Miranda Lambert
• Kacey Musgraves
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo Of The...
- 1/29/2014
- GossipCenter
Nominations have been announced for the 49th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Leading the way with seven nominations apiece are Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw, with Keith Urban right behind them with six nominations.
Fans will be able to vote for both Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the Year presented by Kohl's. Vote now at GACtv.com. The awards, hosted by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan, will air live from Las Vegas on Sunday, April 6 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on CBS.
The nominees are as follows:
Entertainer of the Year
· Luke Bryan
· Miranda Lambert
· Blake Shelton
· George Strait
· Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the Year
· Jason Aldean
· Lee Brice
· Luke Bryan
· Blake Shelton
· Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year
· Sheryl Crow
· Miranda Lambert
· Kacey Musgraves
· Taylor Swift
· Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo of the Year
· Big & Rich
· Dan + Shay
· Florida Georgia Line
· Love and Theft...
Fans will be able to vote for both Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the Year presented by Kohl's. Vote now at GACtv.com. The awards, hosted by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan, will air live from Las Vegas on Sunday, April 6 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on CBS.
The nominees are as follows:
Entertainer of the Year
· Luke Bryan
· Miranda Lambert
· Blake Shelton
· George Strait
· Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the Year
· Jason Aldean
· Lee Brice
· Luke Bryan
· Blake Shelton
· Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year
· Sheryl Crow
· Miranda Lambert
· Kacey Musgraves
· Taylor Swift
· Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo of the Year
· Big & Rich
· Dan + Shay
· Florida Georgia Line
· Love and Theft...
- 1/29/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Nashville, Tenn. — Country legend Willie Nelson is on board for this year's Railroad Revival Tour.
He'll be joined by Jamey Johnson, Band of Horses and actor-musician John Reilly and Friends.
The train tour kicks off Oct. 20 in Duluth, Ga., and runs through Oct. 28 in Oakland, Calif. The artists will ride in vintage, 1940s railcars. They'll perform in open air, pop-up concert venues in parks, fields and lots around the railroad tracks where they stop.
Other stops include Memphis, Tenn.; Oklahoma City, Old Town Spring, Texas; Tempe, Ariz.; and San Pedro, Calif.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 11 a.m. Edt.
A documentary called "Big Easy Express," featuring last year's trip with Mumford & Sons and Old Crow Medicine Show, is out today on iTunes and DVD.
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He'll be joined by Jamey Johnson, Band of Horses and actor-musician John Reilly and Friends.
The train tour kicks off Oct. 20 in Duluth, Ga., and runs through Oct. 28 in Oakland, Calif. The artists will ride in vintage, 1940s railcars. They'll perform in open air, pop-up concert venues in parks, fields and lots around the railroad tracks where they stop.
Other stops include Memphis, Tenn.; Oklahoma City, Old Town Spring, Texas; Tempe, Ariz.; and San Pedro, Calif.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 11 a.m. Edt.
A documentary called "Big Easy Express," featuring last year's trip with Mumford & Sons and Old Crow Medicine Show, is out today on iTunes and DVD.
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Online:
. http://www.railroadrevivaltour.com
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Follow for the latest country music news from The Associated Press. http://www.twitter.com/AP_Country...
- 7/24/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
"Big Easy Express," the music documentary that follows a ten-day road trip with Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, and Old Crow Medicine Show, became available for download in 50 markets on iTunes today. Normally, this wouldn't be news. However, this launch, comes a full month before its other releases. Next month, the film will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD, which will be followed by a fall VOD/theatrical release. The filmmakers say: "We always wanted to incorporate a global digital platform into our release strategy and to find a novel approach to bringing "Big Easy Express" to both new and traditional film audiences. We are delighted to be working with all of our partners in crafting an innovative distribution model." We'll be sure to let you know whether this running-in-reverse distribution strategy works out for "Big Easy Express." Full press release reprinted below: World...
- 6/26/2012
- by Austin Dale
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Director Emmett Malloy’s documentary about a train tour by folk bands Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Britain’.s Mumford & Son has been generating strong buzz on the film festival circuit. But regardless of how it performs, S2BN Films’ Big Easy Express has the distinction today of being the first feature film distributed globally (in 50 countries) for sale and rental on iTunes ahead of any other platform, including theaters. The producers and the bands were able to make the deal with Apple because they own all of the global rights to the film and music. Apple also will be first to offer the soundtrack when that’s released. “We always wanted to incorporate a global digital platform into our release strategy and to find a novel approach to bringing Big Easy Express to both new and traditional film audiences,” Malloy and the film...
- 6/26/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
Big Easy Express takes audiences on the train that drove the bands Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes from Oakland, CA to New Orleans, La on their Railroad Revival Tour. Unlike the usual practice of separating bands into different, cramped tour buses as they travel between shows, the Big Easy Express allows these three bands to travel together and proves that, sometimes, the journey is better than the destination. With room to move around, an open bar, and a bunch of talented musicians, the jam sessions never end and it becomes hard to tell if the bands are more excited to get on stage and perform for their fans at each stop or get back on the train to perform with each other. As the bands leave the stage, instruments in hand, they become a make shift parade as they walk back to the train, still...
- 6/25/2012
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
In Big Easy Express, director Emmett Malloy documents a tour by three cult-favorite indie-folk bands: Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Mumford & Sons. But the free-wheeling travelogue that develops is equal parts itinerant jam, extended family picnic, and traveling carnival, with Malloy and his crew as the cinematic roustabouts getting it all down for posterity. The film follows the three bands from Oakland to New Orleans, giving us a glimpse not only of their concerts but of their camaraderie as they live and travel on a train together, sharing songs, time, and experiences, and ultimately becoming more like a troupe of old-time troubadours than a batch of independent acts.
The main precedent for Big Easy Express is the 2003 documentary Festival Express, about a similar 1970 train tour featuring The Band, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and others. Big Easy Express feels like the 21st century torch-carrier...
The main precedent for Big Easy Express is the 2003 documentary Festival Express, about a similar 1970 train tour featuring The Band, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and others. Big Easy Express feels like the 21st century torch-carrier...
- 6/24/2012
- by Jim Allen
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
New: Banjos, Skateboards and Kitchen Shenanigans If you love music but can’t stand the crowds, the heat and the potential sunstroke of summer musical festivals, there are new DVDs in all three categories that can carry a tune. The road-trip concert documentary Big Easy Express (iTunes exclusive starting June 26; DVD/Blu-Ray from S2BN Films July 24) is a soaring delight, even if you don’t think you like roots music. Following Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show on their coast-to-coast train ride, director Emmett Malloy crafts a loving valentine to music that’s both pared-down and richly dense, as well as an ode to the open road and our nation’s vast spaces. It’s a real treat. And you don’t have...
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- 6/21/2012
- by Alonso Duralde
- Movies.com
While many of us are currently caught up in the excess of the summer blockbuster movie season, several smaller documentaries are quietly making their way to cinemas as well. A few trailers for these films are hitting the web this week for those looking to toss out the stale popcorn entertainment for something a little more nuanced.
For the large section of “Desperate Housewives of (Insert City)” fans out there, perhaps it’s time to take a look at the other side of the coin with “The Queen of Versailles.” Following billionaire timeshare mogul David Siegel and his idealistic housewife Jackie Siegel – who are looking to build a 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles – the film chronicles the financial woes of the couple and their large family as America begins to experience its current financial collapse. The tale looks to be oddly compelling in that Jackie is very upfront and proud of her spending ways,...
For the large section of “Desperate Housewives of (Insert City)” fans out there, perhaps it’s time to take a look at the other side of the coin with “The Queen of Versailles.” Following billionaire timeshare mogul David Siegel and his idealistic housewife Jackie Siegel – who are looking to build a 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles – the film chronicles the financial woes of the couple and their large family as America begins to experience its current financial collapse. The tale looks to be oddly compelling in that Jackie is very upfront and proud of her spending ways,...
- 6/13/2012
- by Benjamin Wright
- The Playlist
Before they officially broke up, director Emmett Malloy beautifully captured some of the last few concerts The White Stripes had with the documentary Under Great White Northern Lights. Now he is back and expanding his scope with a cross-country tour of three different bands, Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show.
Taking place on a single train across six different concerts, we’ve got the first trailer for Big Easy Express today and it looks to follow-up the excellent cinematography and intimate behind-the-scenes moments captured in Malloy’s last feature. Although I’m not a fanatic for any of these groups, this could certainly sway me. Check out the poster and trailer below via Apple.
Synopsis:
3 bands, 6 cities, 1 train, and thousands of miles of track… the Big Easy Express documents a cinematic musical journey. Directed by renowned filmmaker Emmett Malloy (Out Cold; The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights...
Taking place on a single train across six different concerts, we’ve got the first trailer for Big Easy Express today and it looks to follow-up the excellent cinematography and intimate behind-the-scenes moments captured in Malloy’s last feature. Although I’m not a fanatic for any of these groups, this could certainly sway me. Check out the poster and trailer below via Apple.
Synopsis:
3 bands, 6 cities, 1 train, and thousands of miles of track… the Big Easy Express documents a cinematic musical journey. Directed by renowned filmmaker Emmett Malloy (Out Cold; The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights...
- 6/12/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
By Zachary Swickey
Haven’t you always dreamt about vacationing on a train through Canada while fist-pumping to some of your favorite electronic dance music artists, including Skrillex and Diplo? Well, you may now live out that fantasy as the producer/DJ masterminds have joined forces with Edm acts Pretty Lights and Grimes for a good old fashioned railroad tour.
Taking a page from Mumford & Sons’ "Railroad Revival" tour – which found them performing sets on train stops with Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show – the “Full Flex Express" tour will make six stops across Canada.
All of the acts will travel on an assumingly rambunctious private passenger train together between each of the stops. Each show will feature multiple stages in a “festival event,” according to a press release of the tour. Koan Sound and Tokimonsta are also included on the bill.
If we’re lucky,...
Haven’t you always dreamt about vacationing on a train through Canada while fist-pumping to some of your favorite electronic dance music artists, including Skrillex and Diplo? Well, you may now live out that fantasy as the producer/DJ masterminds have joined forces with Edm acts Pretty Lights and Grimes for a good old fashioned railroad tour.
Taking a page from Mumford & Sons’ "Railroad Revival" tour – which found them performing sets on train stops with Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show – the “Full Flex Express" tour will make six stops across Canada.
All of the acts will travel on an assumingly rambunctious private passenger train together between each of the stops. Each show will feature multiple stages in a “festival event,” according to a press release of the tour. Koan Sound and Tokimonsta are also included on the bill.
If we’re lucky,...
- 5/9/2012
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
The 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival will run June 14-24, 2012, and included in the schedule are more than a few movies with ties to Austin or Texas. As Matthew Odam points out in his Tuesday post on Austin Movie Blog, the feature films Saturday Morning Massacre and Magic Mike are both in the lineup. Magic Mike is a Steven Soderbergh film starring Austin actor Matthew McConaughey.
Saturday Morning Massacre was directed by former Austinite Spencer Parsons and was shot locally. Cast members include Jonny Mars and Paul Gordon from The Happy Poet, Heather Kafka and Chris Doubek from Lovers of Hate and veteran character actor Sonny Carl Davis (The Whole Shootin' Match, Bernie). It's a horror movie that references a popular 70s cartoon about crime-fighting teens in a van with a dog.
Here are some more films with Austin/Texas connections scheduled to show during this year's fest:
Big Easy Express,...
Saturday Morning Massacre was directed by former Austinite Spencer Parsons and was shot locally. Cast members include Jonny Mars and Paul Gordon from The Happy Poet, Heather Kafka and Chris Doubek from Lovers of Hate and veteran character actor Sonny Carl Davis (The Whole Shootin' Match, Bernie). It's a horror movie that references a popular 70s cartoon about crime-fighting teens in a van with a dog.
Here are some more films with Austin/Texas connections scheduled to show during this year's fest:
Big Easy Express,...
- 5/2/2012
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
Director Emmett Malloy has returned with an excellent follow up to 2009’s “Under Great Northern Lights” with another winning concert documentary titled "Big Easy Express." In a tight 60-odd minutes, the film follows three bands, Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and Old Crow Medicine Show, as they travel from San Francisco to New Orleans, Louisiana, on a sold-out 6-stop tour, aboard the most beautiful-looking train you've ever seen. From the opening tracking shot that follows 'Magnetic Zeroes' singer Jade Castrinos as she walks through the various rustic train cars, past Mumford and Sons playing in one, 'Old Crow' in another and right down the back to Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Malloy's film is not only beautifully soundtracked, courtesy of all three bands, but is also dreamily captured.
Though essentially a live concert film, Malloy manages to chronicle the more intimate and visually arresting jam sessions happening off stage,...
Though essentially a live concert film, Malloy manages to chronicle the more intimate and visually arresting jam sessions happening off stage,...
- 5/1/2012
- by Samantha Chater
- The Playlist
Sixty-five world premieres, 27 North American premieres and 10 U.S. premieres were selected as part of the 130 feature films for the 2012 South By Southwest (SXSW) film lineup per a release today from the SXSW festival. Sony’s remake of the ‘80s cop series 21 Jump Street; starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as undercover cops posing as high school students; was chosen as the Centerpiece movie by SXSW programmers. Emmett Malloy’s Big Easy Express featuring the musical acts Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes and Old Crow Medicine Show was scheduled as the Closing Night Film. SXSW announced earlier that Drew Goddard’s thriller The Cabin in the Woods would launch the film program March 9.
- 2/1/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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