The Americana Music Association celebrated distinguished members of its last night, revealing the winners of the 23rd Annual Americana Honors & Awards at the historic Ryman Auditorium. A world-class group of musical innovators garnered coveted awards, including Sierra Ferrell (Artist of the Year & Album of the Year), Brandy Clark …
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Nashville via Detroit songwriter Stephie James’ debut full-length album, As Night Fades (out Mar. 1) exudes sparkly, starlit evening motifs, shot through the lens of dreamy doo-wop and romantic Americana rock n roll. James overturns Nashville’s hat and boot culture with her own Iggy Pop-meets-Judy Garland panache. She borrows the …
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Today, The McCrary Sisters announce the full lineup for A McCrary Kind of Christmas, the 14th annual holiday celebration and concert that benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as well as individual families in need in the greater Nashville area. It will be held on Friday, December 8 at 7pm …
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Lucinda Williams will release her new album “Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart” on June 30th (Highway 20 Records/Thirty Tigers). 2023 will be a special year for Williams: she turned 70 in January and on April 25th will release her memoir “Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets I Told You.” …
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Akron, OHIO country-roots group The Shootouts will make their debut performance on the Grand Ole Opry on February 24. The rite of passage showcase comes on the same date as the release of their third full-length album Stampede . In addition to playing on the hallowed stage that hosted many …
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The Americana Music Association has announced its performers and presenters for the 21st annual Americana Honors & Awards, taking place in Nashville on Sept. 14 at the famed Ryman Auditorium. This year’s Honors & Awards will deliver performances from award winning legends, buzzworthy new artists, and longtime fan favorites including …
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Shannon McNally has shared a new video from her new album, THE WAYLON SESSIONS. The Nashville-based artist takes on Kris Kristofferson’s “Help Me Make It Through the Night” with this vulnerable rendition that captures the original’s raw yearning for intimacy. “I never heard Waylon sing this one. I don’t think …
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With her new album, The Waylon Sessions, Shannon McNally set out to revisit the songs and spirit of Waylon Jennings, a legend with whom she’s always had an ongoing fascination, but her collection of tunes ended up being not so much a tribute as it is a recontextualization; a nuanced, …
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When he was a member of Robert Plant’s revamped Band of Joy, beloved, award-winning Nashville, TN songwriter and instrumentalist Darrell Scott was asked by Plant to take the mic and sing a song during the band’s 2010 tour. Instead of one of his own compositions, Scott chose to sing Red …
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