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Tuesday Morning Video, SXSW 2013 Highlights Part 2

Tuesday, April 02, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

We continue our celebration of SXSW 2013 with a special Tuesday edition of our Morning Video series. We’ll call this the SXSW classic rock and country showcase, led off by a three-fer featuring Alejandro Escovedo. The True Believers let their guitars do the talking on “She’s Got” and “All Mixed Up” Bobby Bare Sr., joined […]

Filed Under: Americana, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Bobby Bare Jr., Bobby Bare Sr., Buddy Miller, Foo Fighters, Javier Escovedo, Jim Lauderdale, Jon Dee Graham, Richard Thompson, Rick Springfield, True Believers, Willie Nile

SXSW 2013: The Scene

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

For me, the true harbinger of spring is the arrival of the SXSW Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas. Or rather, spring begins for me when I arrive in Austin for SXSW. With upwards of 2,500 bands and 20,000 attendees from around the world, SXSW is the world’s premiere music conference. Even better, it […]

Filed Under: News, SXSW Tagged With: Adam Duritz, Afghan Whigs, Alejandro Escovedo, Bobby Bare Jr., Bobby Bare Sr., Buddy Miller, Butch Walker, David Garza, Drivin' N' Cryin', Foo Fighters, Green Day, Iggy Pop, Ivan and the Parazol, Jay Z, John Fogerty, Jon Dee Graham, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Gordon, LL Cool J, Mike Barfield, Mike Mills, Patrick Sweany, Patty Griffin, Peter Buck, Prince, R.E.M., Rick Springfield, Robyn Hitchcock, Rosie Flores, Sound City Players, Steve Earle, Ted Russell Kamp, The Beards, The True Believers, Tim Easton, Trapper Schoepp, Usher, Willie Nile, You Won't

Win Big: Bloodshot Records Live @ 15

Monday, May 02, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

How was your Record Store Day? Mine was fine, thanks. Our friends at Bloodshot made it all the better with an awesome live release, recorded at their 15th Anniversary celebration in Chicago on September 12th, 2009. Beyond being a great music collection, it’s a great reminder as to why Bloodshot is one of our favorite […]

Filed Under: Americana, Downloads, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Bobby Bare Jr., Deadstring Brothers, Jon Langford, Moonshine Willy, Rico Bell, Sally Timms, Santified Grumblers, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Scott H Biram, The Blacks, Waco Brothers

Twistable, Turnable Man – Shel Silverstein Tribute

Monday, July 05, 2010 By Chip Frazier

I must admit that I am sick of tribute albums. There is no one left it seems that hasn’t had a tribute album done in their name. In fact, I am waiting for a tribute album to tribute albums. Better yet, I would love to see a tribute album to a band that hasn’t even […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Country, Folk, Reviews Tagged With: Bobby Bare Jr., My Morning Jacket, Todd Snider

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