 Courtesy of the Artist Parade magazine premieres a track: http://bit.ly/2QIhaAF
AUSTIN, Texas — As Charlie Faye & the Fayettes ready the release of their second album, The Whole Shebang, due out February 8, 2019 through Burnside Distribution, much is happening: key songwriter Faye has inked a deal with Rough Trade Publishing, a release show is set for the fabled Continental Club, and a new single has premiered via Parade magazine (with a digital reach of more than 30 million). Of her signing with Rough Trade, the home of artists varied from Stephen Merritt to Sondre Lerche, Faye says, “I’m so excited to be working with [them]. They’re a badass company and a great group of people and I couldn't be happier to have them on our team. I know they'll be working to get us more opportunities in sync and that's something that's really exciting to me.”
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 Photo Credit: Reid Long OMAHA, Neb. – It was five songs in to his set before Eric Church addressed the sold-out crowd at the CHI Health Center in snowy Omaha, Nebraska on Friday night, the first of two shows kicking off the Double Down Tour, proclaiming “it’s gonna be a journey, so buckle up... We’re gonna have a lot of fun tonight.” He stood beneath a 137,000-pound lighting rig that ran from his stage all the way to the back row of the arena on the 10-bus and 18-truck tour, clearly enjoying his return to the stage after a 16-month hiatus from touring to write, record and release Desperate Man.
Church took more than 30,000 total fans on unique journeys sans opening act each night, covering a range of songs off all six of his studio albums – from his debut single “How ‘Bout You” to his many No. 1 hits including “Drink In My Hand,” “Springsteen” and “Record Year,” as well as an extensive offering of tracks off his current album, Desperate Man. Across both shows, Church owned the stage for more than seven hours to play nearly 70 songs – only 13 of which appeared on both set lists, upholding his promise to make every show completely its own. He paused often throughout the marathon sets to reflect on the Omaha crowd’s enthusiasm – retrieving fans’ American flags to passionately sling around his neck for the remainder of each show and even taking song requests from the audience – visibly awed by the energy of the Church Choir filling the arena from top to bottom and setting a promising standard for the 18 cities to follow.  Pickathon returns to the woods outside Portland, Oregon from August 2-4, 2019, with an initial lineup to be released January 21. Pickathon has built a reputation over the last twenty years as the best festival experience, combing groundbreaking programming focused on discovery, sustainable ethics, and a lineup that pushes the boundaries of genre. This vision is clear in Pickathon’s initial lineup, which brings together key headliners like Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (Rateliff’s first time playing Pickathon and he’ll be bringing two different bands), Khruangbin, Mandolin Orange, Tyler Childers, Lucius, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Fruit Bats, and Mountain Man with a voraciously broad cast of other performers like well-loved Americana outsiders Caamp, Lambchop, and H.C. McEntire, doom metal band YOB, North African desert blues artist Mdou Moctar, new supergroup Bonny Light Horseman, Northwest indie royalty Damien Jurado, Laura Veirs, and Courtney Marie Andrews, returning favorite Julia Jacklin, psych soul outfit The Marías, Polaris prize winner Lido Pimienta, Congolese experimentalists Jupiter & Okwess, and word-of-mouth newer artists like Sudan Archives, Miya Folick, B Boys, The Beths, and Black Belt Eagle Scout, among many others.
 Courtesy of the Artist Rust Belt troubadour AUSTIN LUCAS, who released his lauded album Immortal Americans in August 2018, is an official showcase artist at AmericanaFest UK 2019. The festival begins on Janaury 29, after which Lucas will embark on a string of European shows in Italy, Austria, and Switzerland. On March 5, in Cincinnati, he will begin a co-headlining six-show tour with Vandoliers, and on April 13, will perform at the Annual Lucero Family Block Party in at Minglewood Hall in Memphis, Tennessee, sharing stages with Blackberry Smoke, Will Hoge, and of course, Lucero. See below for tour dates and ticket links.
 Announces new tour dates for 2019
anuary 17, 2019 - Nashville, TN - Radney Foster is not good at sitting still. The last fifteen months saw the release of For You To See The Stars, a full-length album and companion book filled with short stories to accompany each track. Austin Chronicle called the book a “touching read that confirms Foster's master storytelling.” Fans will now be able to hear Radney in full storyteller mode, self-narrating his tales on a newly released unabridged audiobook, available here. The deluxe version of the 5-disc audiobook also contains the album’s eleven songs, each paired with their respective story. Radney Foster has also announced a slew of 2019 tour dates including Los Angeles’s famed Hotel Cafe, City Winery in Nashville, and perennial fan-favorite, Merlefest, as well as a number home-state shows in Port Aransas, Austin, Plano, San Antonio, Houston, and Tomball, Texas. See a full list of Radney’s upcoming tour dates below.  Country newcomer Garrett Biggs is gearing up to release his brand new single Break Up on February 15, 2019. His new single is available for pre-order on all digital platforms now.
Break Up will be Biggs’ first release since moving to Nashville in July 2018. He began working with producer, Colt Capperrune, as soon as he got to town to prepare for his first release in nearly two years. “Words can’t explain how stoked I am to be releasing Break Up as the first single from this run of songs. Honestly, this is the conclusion to my last single Then Came A Girl. I fell in love, it didn’t work out, and now here I am, releasing the second half of the story. Break Up is my story front to back of the last year of my life, and I think the fans will feel that emotion when they hear the song.” Be on the lookout for Biggs’ upcoming single Break Up on February 15th, 2019.  Robert Earl Keen - Photo Cred: Lola Lavender-Hardisty January 22, 2019, Fort Worth, TX...Robert Earl Keen was inducted into The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, on January 17, 2019, during a festive ceremony which included dinner and drinks at the World’s Largest Honky-Tonk, Billy Bob’s Texas. The Hall of Fame honored Keen at the sold-out event for his prolific music career and charitable acts, presenting him with The Rick Smith “Spirit of Texas Award.” Celebrating the achievements and uniqueness of Texans, the award is dedicated to the memory of Rick Smith, a Texas visionary that left an unforgettable legacy through his concerts, music and the “Live at Billy Bob’s” recordings. Robert Earl Keen joins a prestigious list of other Hall of Fame members which includes Willie Nelson, George Strait, Lyle Lovett, Tommy Lee Jones, Red Steagall, Tuff Hedeman, Pat Green, The Gatlin Brothers, and Clay Walker.
A permanent display featuring personal memorabilia (selected by Keen) from throughout his career is on exhibit at the museum. The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame is located at 2515 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX. For more information visit texascowboyhalloffame.org.  Nashville, TN-(January 16, 2019)-New Braunfels, Texas artist Austin Meade is a child of the Millennium, yet his guitar style is descendant from the 70’s classic rock age with notes that writhe like exposed nerves. On March 1st Meade will deliver a nostalgic ride through the time honored sounds of rock mixed with Americana on his new album “Waves.”
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https://www.mountainstage.org/archives/Pages/playlist.aspx?playlistid=152 “A mix of virtuoso musicianship and original songwriting that plays as well in a hipster coffeehouse as it does in a small town concert hall.” –Larry Groce, Mountain Stage Charleston, WV: Deftly navigating classic Country blues, hard-driving Western swing, toe-tapping Rockabilly, and rueful Appalachia with equal aplomb, acoustic honky-tonk trio Blue Yonder have announced a “Winter Windswept” tour with shows in Asheville, Knoxville, Nashville, Johnson City, Maryville and Charleston. As a special guest at their Isis Music Hall show in Asheville, they'll be joined by drummer Tony Creasman known for his work with Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, Waylon Jennings, and Emmylou Harris. Led by singer/lyricist John Lilly, renown for starring in the Hank Williams production, The Lost Show, which has run annually in Charleston for the past 18 years, Blue Yonder’s original material and kinetic musicianship flashes echoes of Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Willis, Asleep At The Wheel and early 70s Grateful Dead. Rounding out the core trio are two-time national flat-picking champion Robert Shafer and upright bassist Will Carter, who has played with numerous bluegrass and old-time bands, and is the founder of the “Clifftop” festival, an annual global summit of old-time musicians in West Virginia.  NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ahead of joining Blake Shelton on his "Friends & Heroes 2019" tour, non-stop international duo Bellamy Brothers announce their new album, Over The Moon, set for release February 15. To pre-order Over The Moon, click HERE.
Between filming season two of their hit reality series, "Honky Tonk Ranch," and gearing up for Blake Shelton's arena tour, the brothers found time to record fourteen all-new tracks for Over The Moon, produced by David and Howard Bellamy along with Randy Hiebert, and recorded at Bellamy Brothers Studio in Darby, Florida. |
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