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Old Settler’s Music Festival – Preview

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 By Shawn Underwood

Every year about now I make a pilgrimage to Austin for a few days of listening to music. It’s not for SXSW. Instead I head out to Tilmon, about an hour southeast of town, for Old Settler’s Music Festival. It’s just the right size to where it’s easy to navigate, but there’s still enough of […]

Filed Under: Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Del McCoury, Old Settler's Music Festival

The Twangville Early 2022 Release Preview

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

Meet the new year. Same as the old? Not so much on the music front with a great batch of new music on the horizon. Here are some releases eagerly anticipated by the Twangville posse. Hell on Church Street by Punch Brothers (14 January) The virtuoso string quintet remind us yet again why they are […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie Rock, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, Del McCoury, Goodnight Texas, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Jamie McDell, Khruangbin, Leon Bridges, punch brothers, Ryan Culwell, Sarah Borges, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Shovels & Rope, Silver Lining, Spoon, Steve Dawson, Susan Cattaneo, The Whitmore Sisters, Tinsley Ellis

Win Big: Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Friends

Wednesday, March 03, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

Last week we profiled the recent tribute to New Orleans’ Preservation Hall. Recorded over the past year in New Orleans historic landmark, the album features the legendary jazz band performing with artists ranging from Tom Waits to Jason Isbell to Brandi Carlile. Did I say win big? I meant really big. Thanks to our friends […]

Filed Under: Contests, Country, Jazz, Videos Tagged With: Del McCoury, Pete Seeger, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the Edge, U2

We Can’t Make it Here Anymore

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 By Chip Frazier

DEL MCCOURY AND FRIENDS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE STRUGGLES OF RURAL AMERICA Del McCoury has put out a compilation project that sings about the plight of rural America. The album enlists a stellar group of artists to tell this story. Moneyland, which is also the name of the title cut, invokes the spirit of FDR […]

Filed Under: Americana, Bluegrass, Reviews Tagged With: Del McCoury

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