Archive for September, 2010
Virtual Americana Music Festival – Part 3
Wanda Jackson – the Queen of Rockabilly!
Virtual Americana Music Festival – Part 2
More poking around online to hear the artists who played the Americana Music Festival… Exene Cervenka | myspace | She of X, The Knitters and a solo career. Despite being recently diagnosed with MS, she continues to tour and record. Her music never fails to challenge and inspire and her distinctive voice cuts through you. [...]
Free Reverend Horton Heat, John Doe, Sadies and Dave Alvin
#rockabilly
Found a free-to-download sampler from the profoundly great Yep Roc label, while cruising around Amazon:
Best Of Yep Roc Singles
Virtual Americana Music Festival + Free Music Links
I’m plumbing the list of performers who played the Americana Music Festival to see who “pops” for me. Here’s the first part: Hayes Carll | facebook | Winner, Best New & Emerging Artist; listen to “She Left Me for Jesus” on his . You can hear a little of (very) early Tom Waits, Rodger Miller, [...]
Americana Music Awards 2010 + Free Music
From all accounts, sounds like most of us missed a barn-burner of an awards show. The AMERICANA MUSIC AWARDS, held at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium (the original home of the Grand Ole Opry) on Sept. 9th, honored Rosanne Cash, for her album The List, in which she covers songs identified by her father, Johnny Cash, as the most significant songs ever written. Buddy Miller won for best instrumentalist of the year. Rockabilly Queen, Wanda Jackson earned a Lifetime Achievement award, presented to her by her most recent collaborator, Jack White.
