“I used to work construction,” Flatland Cavalry frontman Cleto Cordero tells Rolling Stone.” “I didn’t hang wind turbines or anything of that nature, but I worked enough to meld a story of the working man based on some true-life experience. I kind of got to re-live what it was like before we transitioned to this life of, you know, being self-employed versus working for the man.”
Cordero is previewing the band’s new video for “The Provider,” the second single off the group’s first album with Interscope Records,...
Cordero is previewing the band’s new video for “The Provider,” the second single off the group’s first album with Interscope Records,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Josh Crutchmer
- 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
Charlie Robison, whose gritty songwriting and independent spirit helped pave the way for modern Texas music, has died at 59. His wife Kristen Robison confirmed his death in a Facebook post.
While a cult figure in the mainstream country music world, his influence throughout his native Texas and on the Red Dirt scene was undeniable. Robison’s 1998 album Life of the Party is a touchstone for Texas artists and was a ubiquitous soundtrack across the Lone Star State in the late Nineties, earning him a reputation as a successor to Robert Earl Keen.
While a cult figure in the mainstream country music world, his influence throughout his native Texas and on the Red Dirt scene was undeniable. Robison’s 1998 album Life of the Party is a touchstone for Texas artists and was a ubiquitous soundtrack across the Lone Star State in the late Nineties, earning him a reputation as a successor to Robert Earl Keen.
- 9/11/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
For a writer who spent most of his career outside the limelight, the outpouring of public admiration in the wake of Cormac McCarthy’s death on June 13 at 89 testified to the power of his work. An obscure figure with a cultish following for much of his writing life, McCarthy had long been esteemed by members of the literati. The late literary scholar Harold Bloom placed him on his very short list of American authors in the 20th century who had in their writing achieved the sublime, naming him alone as...
- 7/3/2023
- by Caine O'Rear
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Earl Keen is late for this interview. But the Texas troubadour arrives with a valid excuse, one he’s used over the years, albeit truthfully — a guitar store caught his eye in transit and he just had to stop in to see what was on the racks.
“This is a Duesenberg [guitar],” the 67-year-old tells Rolling Stone backstage at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas, holding up the instrument. “It’s the same name and color of the car in my graphic novel. It’s serendipitous. I just had to buy it.
“This is a Duesenberg [guitar],” the 67-year-old tells Rolling Stone backstage at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas, holding up the instrument. “It’s the same name and color of the car in my graphic novel. It’s serendipitous. I just had to buy it.
- 4/20/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
On May 13, 1975, Ray Benson, leader of the Western-swing heroes Asleep at the Wheel, was readying his band to make their stage debut at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas, when he received the news that Bob Wills, the “King of Western Swing,” had died that morning in nearby Fort Worth.
“An AP reporter told me as I got off the bus,” the 72-year-old tells Rolling Stone backstage at the recent grand reopening of the Longhorn. “He says, ‘Are you going to cancel?’ I said, ‘Cancel? We’re going to glorify this and play his music.
“An AP reporter told me as I got off the bus,” the 72-year-old tells Rolling Stone backstage at the recent grand reopening of the Longhorn. “He says, ‘Are you going to cancel?’ I said, ‘Cancel? We’re going to glorify this and play his music.
- 4/14/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week is an eclectic mix with a surprise Taylor Swift B-side, Jimin’s solo debut, an infectious remix from GloRilla and Lil Durk and the long-awaited return of Feist.
Taylor Swift, “All Of the Girls You Loved Before” (YouTube)
Greyson Chance, “Herringbone” (YouTube)
Lana Del Rey, “The Grants” (YouTube)
Yusuf/Cat Stevens, “Take the World Apart” (YouTube)
Lil Keed feat. Young Thug, “All I Wanna Know” (YouTube)
Jimin,...
Taylor Swift, “All Of the Girls You Loved Before” (YouTube)
Greyson Chance, “Herringbone” (YouTube)
Lana Del Rey, “The Grants” (YouTube)
Yusuf/Cat Stevens, “Take the World Apart” (YouTube)
Lil Keed feat. Young Thug, “All I Wanna Know” (YouTube)
Jimin,...
- 3/17/2023
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Earl Keen officially retired from touring in late 2022, but he’s still busy creating music. The Texas singer-songwriter will release his new album Western Chill via his own Scriptorium Rex label on April 14, with a whole batch of extra goodies to accompany it.
The album’s title track is fittingly laid back, a 6/8-time stroll that mixes a little jazzy melodicism in with its country swing. “It’s easy to be somebody, but it’s hard to disappear/Let’s face it everybody, sometimes you just want to be by yourself,...
The album’s title track is fittingly laid back, a 6/8-time stroll that mixes a little jazzy melodicism in with its country swing. “It’s easy to be somebody, but it’s hard to disappear/Let’s face it everybody, sometimes you just want to be by yourself,...
- 3/15/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
To paraphrase the band itself, this is Reckless Kelly’s “Last Hurrah.”
Reckless Kelly — Americana torchbearers from Idaho via Austin, a former member of the Sugar Hill and Yep Rock labels, and a group that has tied Austin rock and cowboy poetry together seamlessly for more than 25 years — is winding down its touring days.
The end will take the form of a slow march. Co-founders and brothers Willy and Cody Braun told Rolling Stone that Reckless will pare back its touring schedule to roughly 35 shows a year starting in 2023 before...
Reckless Kelly — Americana torchbearers from Idaho via Austin, a former member of the Sugar Hill and Yep Rock labels, and a group that has tied Austin rock and cowboy poetry together seamlessly for more than 25 years — is winding down its touring days.
The end will take the form of a slow march. Co-founders and brothers Willy and Cody Braun told Rolling Stone that Reckless will pare back its touring schedule to roughly 35 shows a year starting in 2023 before...
- 12/15/2022
- by Josh Crutchmer
- Rollingstone.com
It is difficult to envision the moment playing out any other way.
Robert Earl Keen, seated onstage at Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, Texas, had been playing for 3,000 people for nearly two-and-a-half hours. Only a single chorus remained between him and retirement after 41 years of playing shows. The Americana icon is 66 and had spent nearly all of his 2022 I’m Coming Home Farewell Tour playing from a chair after a series of health woes made standing for an entire concert all but impossible. But now, a real goodbye was upon him.
Robert Earl Keen, seated onstage at Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, Texas, had been playing for 3,000 people for nearly two-and-a-half hours. Only a single chorus remained between him and retirement after 41 years of playing shows. The Americana icon is 66 and had spent nearly all of his 2022 I’m Coming Home Farewell Tour playing from a chair after a series of health woes made standing for an entire concert all but impossible. But now, a real goodbye was upon him.
- 9/5/2022
- by Josh Crutchmer
- Rollingstone.com
The PBS live performance series “Austin City Limits” has announced the lineup for its 48th new season. The first of seven installments will begin airing on Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. Ct/9 p.m. Et with an appearance from Brandi Carlile.
As the season opener, Carlile makes her third appearance on the “Acl” stage where she will perform a variety of songs going back into her 17-year recording career alongside selections from her latest album, last year’s “In These Silent Days,” backed by a nine-piece band.
In addition to Carlile, “Acl” will spotlight a number of highly-anticipated debut appearances in new hour-long episodes that will drop weekly. Guests include Japanese Breakfast and Arlo Parks (Oct. 8), Sylvan Esso and Lucius (Oct. 15), Allison Russell and the Weather Station (Oct. 22), Parker McCollum and Robert Earl Keen (Oct. 29) and returning favorite Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Nov. 5).
To conclude the first half of...
As the season opener, Carlile makes her third appearance on the “Acl” stage where she will perform a variety of songs going back into her 17-year recording career alongside selections from her latest album, last year’s “In These Silent Days,” backed by a nine-piece band.
In addition to Carlile, “Acl” will spotlight a number of highly-anticipated debut appearances in new hour-long episodes that will drop weekly. Guests include Japanese Breakfast and Arlo Parks (Oct. 8), Sylvan Esso and Lucius (Oct. 15), Allison Russell and the Weather Station (Oct. 22), Parker McCollum and Robert Earl Keen (Oct. 29) and returning favorite Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Nov. 5).
To conclude the first half of...
- 8/10/2022
- by Thania Garcia
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Earl Keen was in his tour bus, riding down the interstate from D.C. to Charlotte in the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 2021, when he realized it was time to come to terms with a major life change. Lying awake in his bunk, Keen couldn’t stop thinking about a scene in Training Day where Denzel Washington’s character repeatedly tells a criminal to “make a decision.”
“I thought, ‘That’s what I have to do. I have to make a decision,’” recalls Keen, who began racing through the...
“I thought, ‘That’s what I have to do. I have to make a decision,’” recalls Keen, who began racing through the...
- 4/27/2022
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Miranda Lambert’s 2021 collaborative album The Marfa Tapes, with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall, was a stripped-down set that helped resituate the Texas-born Lambert in the tradition of Lone Star singer-songwriters like Guy Clark and Robert Earl Keen. It also further cemented the country star’s reputation for stylistic risks — following 2019’s more conventionally fantastic Wildcard, and released in the same year she dropped a tropical house remix of “Tequila Does.”
Palomino, Lambert’s eighth solo album, is full of departures too. Lambert and her collaborators (including co-producers Randall and...
Palomino, Lambert’s eighth solo album, is full of departures too. Lambert and her collaborators (including co-producers Randall and...
- 4/26/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
A belated birthday party is better than no party at all. A few days after Willie Nelson turns 89, a group of friends and disciples will join the Red Headed Stranger at his Luck Ranch outside of Austin for a May 1st tribute concert.
“To Willie: A Birthday Celebration,” produced by Luck Presents and the Next Waltz, is a night of Nelson’s songs performed by a string of guest artists. Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Vincent Neil Emerson, and Robert Earl Keen (who announced his impending retirement back...
“To Willie: A Birthday Celebration,” produced by Luck Presents and the Next Waltz, is a night of Nelson’s songs performed by a string of guest artists. Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Vincent Neil Emerson, and Robert Earl Keen (who announced his impending retirement back...
- 3/31/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump is no longer president of the United States, but to paraphrase Robert Earl Keen: the road goes on forever, and the grift never ends.
The Washington Post reported late last month that Trump’s Save America Pac has raked in over $75 million in 2021, largely on the idea that last November’s election was stolen and Trump needs all the help he can get to uncover the truth. The report continues to note that not much of this money has actually been spent on efforts to overturn the election,...
The Washington Post reported late last month that Trump’s Save America Pac has raked in over $75 million in 2021, largely on the idea that last November’s election was stolen and Trump needs all the help he can get to uncover the truth. The report continues to note that not much of this money has actually been spent on efforts to overturn the election,...
- 8/5/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Cody Jinks and Zz Top will headline the first Born & Raised Music Festival, a new concert and camping event set for September 17th through 19th in Pryor, Oklahoma, at the Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds — known to metalheads as the home of Rocklahoma.
Billed as a “weekend of music and camping for the outlaw in all of us,” the lineup includes outlaw country artists, Americana singer-songwriters, and a heavy dose of Red Dirt bands. Blackberry Smoke, Lucinda Williams, Randy Rogers Band, Parker McCollum, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Jack Ingram,...
Billed as a “weekend of music and camping for the outlaw in all of us,” the lineup includes outlaw country artists, Americana singer-songwriters, and a heavy dose of Red Dirt bands. Blackberry Smoke, Lucinda Williams, Randy Rogers Band, Parker McCollum, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Jack Ingram,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Earl Keen will spend most of the summer headlining his Feelin’ Good Again Tour 2021. The Texas singer-songwriter announced dates for the trek, which was named for a song from his 1998 album Walking Distance.
Most of Keen’s June and July dates will have him touring around the Lone Star State, with stops including Irving, Austin, and Kerrville, before he heads off to Wyoming for a two-night stand in Jackson. Additional dates on the itinerary include the House of Blues in New Orleans, the Lyric in Oxford, Mississippi, and the famed Grizzly Rose in Denver.
Most of Keen’s June and July dates will have him touring around the Lone Star State, with stops including Irving, Austin, and Kerrville, before he heads off to Wyoming for a two-night stand in Jackson. Additional dates on the itinerary include the House of Blues in New Orleans, the Lyric in Oxford, Mississippi, and the famed Grizzly Rose in Denver.
- 6/1/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Earl Keen’s annual Christmas shows are a tradition for the Texas singer-songwriter, and he’s determined to keep them going even in this uncertain year — albeit in a safety-first, socially distanced way. On December 10th, Keen will kick off his Merry Christmas From the Fam-o-Lee: Secret Santa Christmas Tour, a string of limited-capacity concerts. The first show, at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, will also air as a livestream event.
Keen’s holiday concerts sprang up around the demand for his irreverent seasonal song “Merry Christmas From the Family,...
Keen’s holiday concerts sprang up around the demand for his irreverent seasonal song “Merry Christmas From the Family,...
- 12/2/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Lyle Lovett, Grammy Award-winning singer, composer and actor, will headline the musical entertainment at the 8th Annual Ed Asner & Friends Poker Celebrity Night, hosted by legendary Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, on Saturday, August 29, 2020, starting at 5:00 p.m. Pst.
More than 250 guests are expected to play live poker with over 50 celebrities who are ‘All-in’ this year on behalf of The Ed Asner Family Center (Teafc), dedicated to working with exceptional individuals with autism and special needs and their families. The public is welcome to join the live virtual Celebrity Poker Night & Auction.
Registration is required to play, all are welcome to watch the fun. Donations are appreciated.
While the current Covid-19 pandemic dictates social distancing and a break from the traditional Ed Asner Celebrity Poker Night, this re-imagined virtual format allows many more celebrities and guests to participate from across the globe. The event will be held virtually on Facebook...
More than 250 guests are expected to play live poker with over 50 celebrities who are ‘All-in’ this year on behalf of The Ed Asner Family Center (Teafc), dedicated to working with exceptional individuals with autism and special needs and their families. The public is welcome to join the live virtual Celebrity Poker Night & Auction.
Registration is required to play, all are welcome to watch the fun. Donations are appreciated.
While the current Covid-19 pandemic dictates social distancing and a break from the traditional Ed Asner Celebrity Poker Night, this re-imagined virtual format allows many more celebrities and guests to participate from across the globe. The event will be held virtually on Facebook...
- 8/24/2020
- Look to the Stars
John Legend, Barbra Streisand, Sara Bareilles, Andra Day and more will take part in a digital campaign event/fundraiser for Joe Biden on Sunday, July 26th.
The Celebration for Change event will start at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt. Those interested in watching can RSVP via the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s website. The event is free to attend, although there are suggested donation options starting at $15.
Jay Leno will host Celebration for Change, which will feature additional appearances from a mix of musicians, actors and pop culture figures: Renee Elise Goldsberry,...
The Celebration for Change event will start at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt. Those interested in watching can RSVP via the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s website. The event is free to attend, although there are suggested donation options starting at $15.
Jay Leno will host Celebration for Change, which will feature additional appearances from a mix of musicians, actors and pop culture figures: Renee Elise Goldsberry,...
- 7/23/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
In February, Aubrie Sellers released her second album Far From Home on the heels of a tour with Robert Earl Keen. The singer-songwriter was also slated to head out on tours with Tanya Tucker and Lillie Mae when the Covid-19 pandemic shut everything down; instead, she began livestreaming and creating new recordings. Enter World on Fire, a three-track EP recorded in collaboration with her guitarist and boyfriend Ethan Ballinger, which features Sellers’ dense, dreamlike take on Chris Isaak’s 1990 hit, “Wicked Game.”
Harnessing the song’s moody vibe and injecting...
Harnessing the song’s moody vibe and injecting...
- 7/8/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Willie Nelson will perform at a virtual fundraiser for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The show takes place Monday June 29th, at 5 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Ct.
The event is aimed at boosting Biden’s campaign in Texas, which is increasingly looking like it could be a swing state in November. A Democratic presidential candidate hasn’t won Texas since Jimmy Carter in 1976, but recent polls show Biden neck-and-neck there with President Donald Trump.
Texas Fundraiser for @joebiden This Monday with @WillieNelson, @robertearlkeen @CecileRichards @BetoORourke @JulianCastro! Get your tickets here: https://t.
The event is aimed at boosting Biden’s campaign in Texas, which is increasingly looking like it could be a swing state in November. A Democratic presidential candidate hasn’t won Texas since Jimmy Carter in 1976, but recent polls show Biden neck-and-neck there with President Donald Trump.
Texas Fundraiser for @joebiden This Monday with @WillieNelson, @robertearlkeen @CecileRichards @BetoORourke @JulianCastro! Get your tickets here: https://t.
- 6/29/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Willie Nelson’s annual 4th of July Picnic will go forward this year as a concert film that includes new livestream performances, along with interviews and archival footage from the Picnic’s nearly 50-year history.
Nelson will perform a set with his Family Band at Pedernales Studios, located near his Luck Ranch outside of Austin, while other artists will deliver songs from home. Margo Price, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real are among those performing.
The concert streams Saturday, July 4th, beginning at 4:30 p.
Nelson will perform a set with his Family Band at Pedernales Studios, located near his Luck Ranch outside of Austin, while other artists will deliver songs from home. Margo Price, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real are among those performing.
The concert streams Saturday, July 4th, beginning at 4:30 p.
- 6/26/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Beloved Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen has announced a pair of shows at one of the Lone Star State’s best-known venues. On June 12th and 13th, Keen will perform at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, marking one of the first indoor concerts since the Covid-19 pandemic forced stay-at-home orders.
According to Paradigm, Keen’s booking agency, these shows will implement social distancing measures. On a normal night, Gruene Hall is set up for 800 general admission guests, standing only. Keen’s shows will cap the number of guests at 138, seated at 23 tables of six.
According to Paradigm, Keen’s booking agency, these shows will implement social distancing measures. On a normal night, Gruene Hall is set up for 800 general admission guests, standing only. Keen’s shows will cap the number of guests at 138, seated at 23 tables of six.
- 6/4/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Moon River Music Festival will make its return to Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 12th and 13th with a diverse lineup that spans rock, folk, bluegrass, and gospel. Sheryl Crow and Nickel Creek will headline the two-day event, which will be held once again at Coolidge Park.
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, who present and curate Moon River, will also perform as part of the lineup. Additional artists include Ben Rector, Billy Strings, Indigo Girls, Dawes, Robert Earl Keen, Shovels and Rope, Yola, the Jayhawks, Coin, Colony House, Molly Tuttle, Amythyst Kiah,...
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, who present and curate Moon River, will also perform as part of the lineup. Additional artists include Ben Rector, Billy Strings, Indigo Girls, Dawes, Robert Earl Keen, Shovels and Rope, Yola, the Jayhawks, Coin, Colony House, Molly Tuttle, Amythyst Kiah,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
On February 7th, Aubrie Sellers will unveil Far From Home, the follow-up to her 2016 debut album New City Blues, which was released four years ago this week. Sellers continues to cover a wide range of musical and emotional territory with the advance tracks from the forthcoming LP — the latest, “Lucky Charm,” finds the often-contemplative singer-songwriter in a sweet, light, and romantic mood.
Buzzing with swirling rock guitar and pounding rhythm, “Lucky Charm” turns negatives into positives as Sellers finds herself relentlessly followed by a sure sign of bad luck — a black cat.
Buzzing with swirling rock guitar and pounding rhythm, “Lucky Charm” turns negatives into positives as Sellers finds herself relentlessly followed by a sure sign of bad luck — a black cat.
- 1/31/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
The road goes on forever, and the podcasts never end.
On this week’s episode of Walking the Floor, Chris Shiflett kicks off a new year of biweekly podcasts by sitting down with Robert Earl Keen, whose 18 albums have cemented his status as a modern-day godfather of Texas country. The pair’s conversation was taped during AmericanaFest 2019, with a live audience shouting its approval in the background. Filled with anecdotes about Steve Earle, the Texas dancehall circuit, and the backyard songwriting session that spawned Earl’s signature song, “The Road Goes on Forever,...
On this week’s episode of Walking the Floor, Chris Shiflett kicks off a new year of biweekly podcasts by sitting down with Robert Earl Keen, whose 18 albums have cemented his status as a modern-day godfather of Texas country. The pair’s conversation was taped during AmericanaFest 2019, with a live audience shouting its approval in the background. Filled with anecdotes about Steve Earle, the Texas dancehall circuit, and the backyard songwriting session that spawned Earl’s signature song, “The Road Goes on Forever,...
- 1/21/2020
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Three weeks away from the release of her sophomore LP, Far From Home, Aubrie Sellers showcases the tender, yet tenuous aspects of budding romance with an intimate acoustic performance of “Haven’t Even Kissed Me Yet.” Halting and poignant, the lyrics offer an uneasy, yet brutally frank assessment of where a burgeoning relationship may or may not be headed, as Sellers vulnerably sorts out the details of a conversation that’s happening only in her mind at the moment but still feels inevitable.
“I’ve always been drawn to conversational...
“I’ve always been drawn to conversational...
- 1/17/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Since 2014, when Austin City Limits celebrated the 40th anniversary of its pilot episode, the long-running public television series has inducted influential musicians, songwriters, and others into its Austin City Limits Hall of Fame. On Saturday, December 28th, a special episode of the series will take a look at highlights from this year’s gala celebration, which honored 2019 inductees Lyle Lovett, Shawn Colvin, and Buddy Guy.
Hosted by Robert Earl Keen, the special features collaborative performances from Jackson Browne and Shawn Colvin, Shemekia Copeland and Buddy Guy, and Edie Brickell with...
Hosted by Robert Earl Keen, the special features collaborative performances from Jackson Browne and Shawn Colvin, Shemekia Copeland and Buddy Guy, and Edie Brickell with...
- 12/27/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Billie Eilish, Rosalía and the Raconteurs will perform on the second half of Season 45 of Austin City Limits. The new run kicks off December 28th with a broadcast of the 6th Annual Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Honors, followed by a January 4th episode featuring Sharon Van Etten and Lucy Dacus. Episodes will air Saturdays at 9 p.m. Et on PBS.
In anticipation of the new season, Acl shared a clip from Van Etten’s performance in which she saunters through a rendition of “You Shadow” from her most recent album,...
In anticipation of the new season, Acl shared a clip from Van Etten’s performance in which she saunters through a rendition of “You Shadow” from her most recent album,...
- 12/10/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
For the past seven years, Robert Earl Keen has been forging a new holiday tradition with a run of irreverently themed Christmas shows. On December 2nd, the Texas singer and songwriter will kick off his eighth year of concerts with a gig in Greenville, South Carolina.
As on tours of Christmases past, this trek — the Countdown to Christmas Tour — will feature its own unique theme: Lunar Tunes & Looney Times, a nod to the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon. Keen, who sang about a voyage to the Earth...
As on tours of Christmases past, this trek — the Countdown to Christmas Tour — will feature its own unique theme: Lunar Tunes & Looney Times, a nod to the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon. Keen, who sang about a voyage to the Earth...
- 11/25/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
John Hiatt was honored as the third recipient of the Bmi Troubadour Award during a dinner Monday night in Nashville. The songwriting mainstay, who moved to Nashville when he was just 18, follows John Prine and inaugural Troubadour recipient Robert Earl Keen in the honor.
An intimate affair at the performing rights organization’s Music Row headquarters, the evening featured an eclectic lineup of artists playing Hiatt’s songs. Elvis Costello sang “Take Off Your Uniform,” off 1979’s Slug Line; Lyle Lovett offered 2011’s “Train to Birmingham”; and Delbert McClinton delivered...
An intimate affair at the performing rights organization’s Music Row headquarters, the evening featured an eclectic lineup of artists playing Hiatt’s songs. Elvis Costello sang “Take Off Your Uniform,” off 1979’s Slug Line; Lyle Lovett offered 2011’s “Train to Birmingham”; and Delbert McClinton delivered...
- 9/10/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-songwriter John Hiatt, whose songs have been recorded by a wide range of artists from Bonnie Raitt and Willie Nelson to Bob Dylan and Iggy Pop, will be honored next month by the performing-rights organization Bmi with the presentation of its Troubadour Award.
At the private ceremony in Nashville on September 9th — the week of the Americana Music Festival & Conference — Hiatt will become only the third such honoree of this particular award, after 2015 recipient Robert Earl Keen and John Prine, who received the award in 2018. The honor, according to a statement from Bmi,...
At the private ceremony in Nashville on September 9th — the week of the Americana Music Festival & Conference — Hiatt will become only the third such honoree of this particular award, after 2015 recipient Robert Earl Keen and John Prine, who received the award in 2018. The honor, according to a statement from Bmi,...
- 8/6/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Tyler Childers pledges his love to the one he’s always missing in the breezy new song “All Your’n,” the latest release from his upcoming album Country Squire, due out August 2nd.
With its relaxed tempo and gently rising melody, “All Your’n” is one of the most laid-back entries in the Kentucky native’s catalog. Lyrically, he laments the fact that he’s chosen a life that keeps him constantly on the move but reiterates a feeling of certainty toward his partner. “Long before we ever met, I...
With its relaxed tempo and gently rising melody, “All Your’n” is one of the most laid-back entries in the Kentucky native’s catalog. Lyrically, he laments the fact that he’s chosen a life that keeps him constantly on the move but reiterates a feeling of certainty toward his partner. “Long before we ever met, I...
- 6/21/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Earl Keen is never short on having a good story to tell, but for his latest project the gregarious Texas Country singer-songwriter is letting others do the talking. Well, mostly. On Americana Podcast: The 51st State, Keen gets behind the mic to host a new interview series with some of his fellow artists from the all-encompassing genre.
The podcast has been a labor of love between Keen and his daughter Clara, and as the subtitle suggests, their hope is to expand the footprint of Americana. First up: two episodes with Jamestown Revival and Lucero,...
The podcast has been a labor of love between Keen and his daughter Clara, and as the subtitle suggests, their hope is to expand the footprint of Americana. First up: two episodes with Jamestown Revival and Lucero,...
- 4/30/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Earl Keen’s songs like “Amarillo Highway” and “The Road Goes on Forever” have helped define Americana music before the term itself ever caught fire. Now the Texas songwriter is making it his mission to introduce the genre to a broader audience with a new podcast. Dubbed Americana Podcast: The 51st State, the show finds Keen interviewing artists who are essential to the format.
Texas duo Jamestown Revival and Memphis rockers Lucero are Keen’s first guests when the podcast debuts April 30th with two episodes.
“Our mission is reflected in the title,...
Texas duo Jamestown Revival and Memphis rockers Lucero are Keen’s first guests when the podcast debuts April 30th with two episodes.
“Our mission is reflected in the title,...
- 4/24/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Fresh off a quick solo tour through Europe, Chris Shiflett returned to his podcasting duties with a new episode of Walking the Floor with Parker Millsap. Not that their conversation was entirely new: Shiflett says he culled the episode from his “backlog” of recordings, having sat down with the Oklahoma-reared singer-songwriter in November. Besides discussing Millsap’s more recent LP, 2018’s Other Arrangements, and their shared love of S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, here are five things we learned from the musicians’ chat.
Millsap learned his finger-picking style from Travis Linville,...
Millsap learned his finger-picking style from Travis Linville,...
- 4/22/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
Kentucky is quickly becoming the next great festival state, with the eclectically curated Forecastle Festival and Bourbon and Beyond, the hard-rock dream Louder Than Life and the new country-focused Hometown Rising all on tap for summer. On Tuesday, yet another music summit was announced: the inaugural Railbird Festival is set for August 10th and 11th in Lexington, Kentucky.
Like Forecastle, Railbird is presented by AC Entertainment and features a diverse lineup of Americana, rock and country acts. The Raconteurs, Brandi Carlile, Hozier and Bluegrass State native Tyler Childers are among...
Like Forecastle, Railbird is presented by AC Entertainment and features a diverse lineup of Americana, rock and country acts. The Raconteurs, Brandi Carlile, Hozier and Bluegrass State native Tyler Childers are among...
- 3/26/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
New tracks by Robert Earl Keen, Jamestown Revival and Mickey Guyton make up the 10 must-hear country and Americana songs of the week.
Bastian Baker, “You Should Call Home”
Bastian Baker isn’t just a road warrior; he’s a jet-setter, playing shows in 40 countries throughout the last seven years (including some as Shania Twain’s hand-picked opener). Here, he dispenses advice to the homesick and heartbroken, encouraging his fellow travelers to reach out to their loved ones for a much-needed pick-me-up. The song itself is appropriately buoyant, beginning with piano...
Bastian Baker, “You Should Call Home”
Bastian Baker isn’t just a road warrior; he’s a jet-setter, playing shows in 40 countries throughout the last seven years (including some as Shania Twain’s hand-picked opener). Here, he dispenses advice to the homesick and heartbroken, encouraging his fellow travelers to reach out to their loved ones for a much-needed pick-me-up. The song itself is appropriately buoyant, beginning with piano...
- 3/25/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
“I know he doesn’t like this version,” Patti Smith said, with a grin, of Van Morrison before launching into her iconic transformation of “Gloria” for the finale of Thursday’s Carnegie Hall tribute to the Belfast singer. “But I’m thanking him anyway.”
The same could probably be said of many of the standout performances at this year’s edition of promoter Michael Dorf’s annual benefit tribute concert, which raised money to provide music education to underprivileged youth and gathered a wide, multi-generational group of artists — lifelong soul men,...
The same could probably be said of many of the standout performances at this year’s edition of promoter Michael Dorf’s annual benefit tribute concert, which raised money to provide music education to underprivileged youth and gathered a wide, multi-generational group of artists — lifelong soul men,...
- 3/22/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Wednesday is a holiday-worthy day for fans of Texas troubadour Robert Earl Keen, who premieres two previously unreleased ballads, “The Unknown Fighter” and “Silver Spurs and Gold Tequila,” along with his own rendition of John Prine’s “Hello in There.”
Recorded for an Lr Baggs acoustic session at Soundcheck in Nashville, the new material comes with plans for Keen to return to the studio sometime this year — and, typically for the Texas Songwriters Hall of Famer, the new songs also come with some stories. Of the two originals, “The Unknown Fighter” is the scrappier,...
Recorded for an Lr Baggs acoustic session at Soundcheck in Nashville, the new material comes with plans for Keen to return to the studio sometime this year — and, typically for the Texas Songwriters Hall of Famer, the new songs also come with some stories. Of the two originals, “The Unknown Fighter” is the scrappier,...
- 3/20/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
George Strait continues his “retirement,” which, rather than retreating to his Texas ranch means taking a non-traditional approach to touring, with the announcement of an upcoming summer show at Gillette Stadium just outside Boston in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Blake Shelton, Cody Johnson and Caitlyn Smith will join Strait for the concert, which takes place Saturday, August 17th. (Tickets go on sale March 29th.)
In an Instragram video accompanying the announcement, Shelton feigns incredulity, telling someone off-camera, “That’s not possible, he retired. He made a huge announcement. He said, ‘I am retiring.
In an Instragram video accompanying the announcement, Shelton feigns incredulity, telling someone off-camera, “That’s not possible, he retired. He made a huge announcement. He said, ‘I am retiring.
- 3/19/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
For someone so well known for his storytelling, Hayes Carll is a man of few words. Either that or a chronic self-editor: Speaking slowly and carefully, with long, thoughtful pauses, he often stops to correct himself and start all over mid-sentence, once the optimal phrasing has emerged in his mind. But on Carll’s new LP, What It Is, the Texas singer-songwriter decided to focus on what he felt rather than what sounded best.
“I’ve been doing this almost 20 years and it’s been a great run, but I...
“I’ve been doing this almost 20 years and it’s been a great run, but I...
- 2/26/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
It’s a little after 2 o’clock on Great Stirrup Cay — Norwegian Cruise Line’s “private island” in the Bahamas — and the Bacardi Beach Bar is blaring Steve Earle’s escapist 1986 rocker “Someday.”
About 200 yards away in a discreet cabana, within earshot, sits Earle himself, reclining on a chair in sunglasses and a Shooter Jennings T-shirt. It’s an off-kilter juxtaposition, the sober since 1995 singer listening to one of the songs from his drugging years as it serves as the soundtrack to unleashed vacationers getting hammered on the beach.
That,...
About 200 yards away in a discreet cabana, within earshot, sits Earle himself, reclining on a chair in sunglasses and a Shooter Jennings T-shirt. It’s an off-kilter juxtaposition, the sober since 1995 singer listening to one of the songs from his drugging years as it serves as the soundtrack to unleashed vacationers getting hammered on the beach.
That,...
- 2/24/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Earl Keen, the poet laureate of Texas Country and one half of the Stryker Brothers duo, has announced a 2019 springtime tour that will find the songwriter playing 20 dates.
Keen, who rounded off 2018 with his annual Christmas tour and a return visit to George Strait’s Las Vegas residency with old pal Lyle Lovett, entered the new year with an induction into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. Come March 17th, he’ll get back to what he does best, opening his spring schedule with an appearance at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo in Houston.
Keen, who rounded off 2018 with his annual Christmas tour and a return visit to George Strait’s Las Vegas residency with old pal Lyle Lovett, entered the new year with an induction into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. Come March 17th, he’ll get back to what he does best, opening his spring schedule with an appearance at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo in Houston.
- 2/14/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
The idea started with a brush fire, but before long it took on a life of its own. Two lives, in fact: Coal and Flynt Stryker, a pair of mysterious siblings who died in a prison fire, leaving behind a batch of long-lost country recordings. Except that they didn’t. Cole and Flynt never even existed. The Stryker Brothers were nothing more than an excuse for Robert Earl Keen and Randy Rogers to make an album together.
So why did they go to all the trouble?
“I thought it was...
So why did they go to all the trouble?
“I thought it was...
- 1/25/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
Randy Rogers Band is gearing up to release its first new LP in over three years this spring: the Texas country act will drop its eighth album, Hellbent, on April 26th.
Hellbent marks Rogers’ first collaboration with all-star country/Americana producer Dave Cobb, who oversaw the sessions for the 11-track album at RCA Studio A in Nashville. The album’s first single, “Crazy People,” goes to radio next month. The track list also includes a cover of Guy Clark’s collaboration with Chris and Morgane Stapleton, “Hell Bent on a Heartache,...
Hellbent marks Rogers’ first collaboration with all-star country/Americana producer Dave Cobb, who oversaw the sessions for the 11-track album at RCA Studio A in Nashville. The album’s first single, “Crazy People,” goes to radio next month. The track list also includes a cover of Guy Clark’s collaboration with Chris and Morgane Stapleton, “Hell Bent on a Heartache,...
- 1/21/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
Nothing sums up the diversity of the city of Houston quite like the musical lineup for this year’s Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. While traditionally a mainly country music event, 2019 RodeoHouston features artists from pop, Latin pop, hip-hop and Tejano, as well as country.
The Grammy-nominated Kacey Musgraves kicks off the three-week event on February 25th, with George Strait wrapping up the concert series on March 17th. In between, it’s a strong bill of popular all-genre music: country kingpins Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Zac Brown Band...
The Grammy-nominated Kacey Musgraves kicks off the three-week event on February 25th, with George Strait wrapping up the concert series on March 17th. In between, it’s a strong bill of popular all-genre music: country kingpins Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Zac Brown Band...
- 1/4/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
“Welcome to the city of El Dorado, Arkansas, U.S.A.” reads the banner on a collapsible stage where a local band is plugging in their instruments. It’s a clear September weekend in a quaint patch of southwest Arkansas. The town’s name became allegorical in the 1920s when a prodigious oil well was discovered, making it the epicenter of the Arkansas oil boom. By 1930, El Dorado was the wealthiest town in America, a cosmopolitan respite in the vast flatness of middle America. The only hint of that glory today,...
- 10/13/2018
- by Sarah Grant
- Rollingstone.com
The Americana Honors & Awards ceremony is the flagship event of every AmericanaFest, which officially got under way on Tuesday in Nashville. First held in 2002, the ceremony honors both emerging talent as well as genre icons, and has, over the last 18 years, championed the careers of beloved artists like John Prine, Margo Price, Jason Isbell and Bonnie Raitt.
This year, the Milk Carton Kids, who released their latest album All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do earlier in 2018, will host the show for the first time.
This year, the Milk Carton Kids, who released their latest album All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do earlier in 2018, will host the show for the first time.
- 9/12/2018
- by Brittney McKenna
- Rollingstone.com
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