One of my favorite online radio stations, Gruene With Envy, has their annual awards coming up and you can vote online now. Stocked with some of the brightest stars Texas has to offer, you can help select their winners here.
Now I don’t want to sway your votes but don’t forget that Jack Ingram released [...]
So far this year there has been many musical blessings. Among them are:
Todd Snider’s healthy recovery and his new album East Nashville Skyline
Will Kimbough’s Americana Music Association instrumentalist of the year trophy
Charlie Robison’s Good Times
Jack Ingram’s two live discs and his new son Eli
Cheryl Watson for giving me a copy of Jason Wilbur’s Behind [...]
The NBA made asses of themselves this weekend. Their brutal display of both poor fan behavior and obsessive player anger left me nearly speechless. Flying beer and fists were plastered our televisions all weekend with pundits projecting their doomsday predictions for the league and America-at large.
Some of the talking heads pointed the finger [...]
What does one do when it’s 80 degrees on Thanksgiving? Well, throw on some shorts and head to the beach of course. But if that doesn’t suit you, there’s some good things happening this week.
First, Monday and Tuesday night you have the opportunity to see one of the best live acts [...]
One of the best things about this industry is that great taste abounds. Once you know a few people mysterious hints about cool unknown artists and albums seem to flow endlessly toward your inbox–a river I’m eternally grateful to have some fantastic navigators helping me sail.
One such tip included Jeff Finlin, a journeyman songwriter [...]
Jack Ingram may not be able to fight or dance, but on his birthday I don’t care–he’s alright in my book. Today is the party king’s 34th–happy birthday Jack!
So last night’s American Music Awards could not be mistaken for the upstart and ultimately more entertaining Americana Music Awards. When the country contingent was represented the flag was carried by Brooks and Dunn and Toby Keith. It’s almost as if mainstream music wants to make fun of us by nominating and then [...]
ABCNews is reporting that a teen talent show in Boulder, Colorado this evening has drawn the ire of the Secret Service. A band appearing tonight has named themselves “Coalition of the Willing” in jest of President Bush’s alliance in Iraq and plans to perform Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War” in protest. The end [...]
Tuesday’s Country Music Association Awards was the last edition of the venerable genre mainstay to be held in Nashville–next year New York takes centerstage as the host of country’s biggest night. Coincidentally it appeared the acts that are considered country have long since moved uptown.
Here are some quick thoughts from Tuesday’s disaster:
Did Keith Urban [...]
Jimmy Buffett has long helped me through the long winter and the dry spells that I seem to stumble into from time to time. His recent resurgence and newly claimed relevance to today’s music scene have in many ways been vindiction for me. While I flipped my flip-flops and smiled, my friends all [...]
