 PHOTO CREDIT: JOSHUA BLACK WILKINS NASHVILLE, TENN. (February 28, 2020) — Individually, Country mainstays RANDY ROGERS and WADE BOWEN have racked up countless career milestones. Together, the pair has two decades of friendship and collaboration under their belts. Ready to mark the next chapter in their musical partnership, Rogers and Bowen are set to pop the top on their latest studio album HOLD MY BEER, VOL. 2 on May 8.
Available for preorder today (2/28), the 10-track project serves as the long-awaited follow-up to their critically acclaimed collaborative debut, HOLD MY BEER, VOL. 1 (2015), and fan-favorite live album, WATCH THIS (2016). Produced by the legendary Lloyd Maines, this new offering features all unreleased tunes which not only highlight the pair’s undeniable camaraderie, but also showcase their songwriting and musical prowess.
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25 11th Ave. Showtime: 8 p.m.; Tickets: $60-$80 (on sale now) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Singer-songwriter Colin Hay, beloved for his intimate, acoustic live shows, but most widely known for being the influential and celebrated Men at Work frontman, is hitting the road for an extended solo tour celebrating all of his albums, plus songs from a forthcoming mid 2020 release. On these upcoming dates, Hay is offering fans the option of a VIP upgrade to include a meet and greet to benefit the New South Wales Rural Fire Service in Australia. Hay shares vivid personal recollections hereabout owning a special piece of land outside the village of Cobargo, NSW, where he wrote one of his biggest hits, “Who Can It Be Now?” Click HERE to go to his website and for directions to purchase meet and greet tickets. “Cobargo, at this very minute, like so much of Southern NSW and parts of Victoria, is in trouble, big trouble,” Hay says. “I’m about to head out on a solo tour across the U.S., from February through May. This year is the first time I’m doing what they call ‘meet and greets’ before the performances. People pay extra money to say hi and hang a little before the show. All of the proceeds of these will go to the NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE.” Since the release of 2017’s Fierce Mercy, Hay has kept busy. A song he wrote for Ringo Starr “What’s My Name,” not only made its way onto Ringo’s latest album but also became the LP’s title track. Hay toured internationally with Ringo Starr & His All-Star Band in 2018 and 2019 as well as through Europe as Men at Work, performing the band’s many hits, including “Down Under,” “Overkill,” and “It’s a Mistake.” He also toured Australia and the U.S., fronting the Colin Hay Band. In theatrical highlights, he made his Melbourne Theatre Company debut playing Feste in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. He’s also working on material for a new 2020 album release on Compass Records. “If you’re coming along to a show and you’re thinking about splashing out for the meet and greet, go for it,” Hay says. “And know that your hard-earned is going to support a great and honorable organization, made up of brave people who risk their lives in the face of ever-more-furious fires.”  Courtesy of the Artist February 27, 2020: Today, the Austin, TX-based country rock band Reckless Kelly released “North American Jackpot,” the first single and title track from their upcoming album American Jackpot (out May 22 alongside their album American Girls).
Listen to “North American Jackpot” via YouTube: https://youtu.be/v9_FMj8-EJ8 “Writing ‘North American Jackpot’ I kept hitting a wall with the verses and the theme,” says Willy Braun, who co-founded Reckless Kelly with his older brother Cody Braun and drummer Jay Nazz in 1996. “Trouble was, I kept going back to my first idea, a story about my grandparents, which wasn’t really going anywhere, but I couldn’t get away from it. I thought, I’d have to scrap this one till it made sense… the problem was, I’d already started writing the rest of the album and was close to being finished, but the title track, 'North American Jackpot’ wasn’t close to being completed, and far from the cornerstone it needed to be. I called Jeff Crosby, songwriter extraordinaire from the Gem State asking for help. The next day he sent a nearly perfect first verse that got me out of the rut and on the right track. I wrote a second verse almost immediately and we polished it up in Boise a couple weeks later. I had my cornerstone.”  Courtesy of the Artist May 31 Appearance at Mountain Jam, Warren Haynes Curated Festival in Bethel, NY, Site of Original Woodstock
https://mountainjam.com/daily-lineup Official Showcase Artist at SXSW, Thursday March 19 at Saxon Pub https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/sxsw/8547948/sxsw-artists-showcase-lineup-2020 “Emerging Americana artist exploring themes of love, loss, and redemption” - Relix Brooklyn, NY: Offering a nightly revival that echoes the everyman vibe of Tom Petty while conjuring the gut-busting grooves of Drive-by Truckers, roots rock act Kevin Daniel & The Bottom Line have been added to a series of spring festivals including SXSW, Listening Room Festival in St.Petersburg, FL, and Mountain Jam, a 3-day fest curated by guitarist Warren Haynes and Radio Woodstock. Taking place May 29-31 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., the site of the original Woodstock in 1969, the 16th annual edition includes Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, The Head and The Heart, Greensky Bluegrass, Margo Price, Grace Potter, Yola, The Band’s Levon Helm, celebrating his 80th birthday, two sets by Haynes’ band Gov't Mule, and Phish kingpin Trey Anastasio. |
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