This year, the Americana Music Association could simply give every nominee an award. We imagine that would be easier than debating the merits of each of the albums, artists and songs on their list.
And we’re not about to try and guess the winners — we’ll stay in suspense until the ceremony, September 9 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
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Reviving some tunes from Raising Sand, his 2007 album with Alison Krauss as well as some Zeppelin tunes, Robert Plant has his new Band of Joy on the road giving fans a chance to preview their upcoming record.
With Patty Griffin taking harmony (and sometimes lead) vocals, along with a return of Buddy Miller on lead guitars, Marco Giovino, Darrell Scott and Byron House make up the newly revived “Band of Joy.”
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Patty Griffin
Shrugging off the rain and ominous storm clouds and relishing the few breaks of sunlight, the crowd at Old Settler’s Music Festival showed up with ponchos, rain boots and trash bags to enjoy four days of music, food and fun.
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In just under two weeks (April 15-18), Old Settler’s Music Festival will help kick off the festival season at the Salt Lick BBQ Pavilion in Driftwood, Texas (just south of Austin) with four stages and four days of Americana music.
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On the heels of her new gospel record, Downtown Church, Patty Griffin has hit the road. The third stop on the tour was Denver’s beautifully ornate, 1,870 seat Paramount Theatre.
With support of her “dream” band, Buddy Miller, Doug Lancio, John Dedrick, Marco Giovino and Frank Swart, she brought down the house with rollicking, country spirituals and brought chills to the audience with the softer ballads.
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In the rather small Cedar Street Courtyard, the fine people at Bug Music presented their SXSW showcase with performances by Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles, Exene Cervenka, Jimmie Vaughan, The American Bang and Buddy Miller. More…
The musical community of Austin is always ready to lend a hand when one of their own needs a little help, usually by way of a benefit show with an incredible line-up like the Monday night show at Antone’s benefitting Will Sexton who had a mild stroke in December. While he can still play guitar (he even played at the show), remembering songs (including his own) is still difficult and he’s been instructed to take things “a little slower.”
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Patty Griffin never expected to make a gospel record. In fact, she figured that “Wiggley Fingers” from her 1998 release Flaming Red effectively ruined any chance she might have had; after all she is a self-described “lapsed Catholic.”
But with Downtown Church, her new collection of spiritual standards (and a couple of originals) she proves she has the soul and the pipes to dabble in the music of Sunday morning services and stained glass windows like the ones in Nashville’s beautiful Downtown Presbyterian Church where she recorded the album.
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