Saturday, July 8th - Brooklyn, NY
Western Centuries with Twisted Pine
Rough Trade Brooklyn NYC
64 N 9th St
Brooklyn, NY, 11249
8 PM Doors, 9 PM Show
$12 adv, $15 door

The worn floor of an old honky­tonk is not usually a place you’d think of as welcoming to bold new experimentation. If you’ve got something new to say, you’d better say it in the form of a brisk two­step that keeps the dancers moving. So it’s doubly impressive that Seattle country band Western Centuries is able to meld wildly disparate influences into an original honky­tonk sound that won’t make dancers miss a step. Formed originally under the name Country Hammer by Americana songwriter Cahalen Morrison, known for his innovative work as an acoustic duo with Eli West, Western Centuries revolves around three principal songwriters–Morrison, Ethan Lawton, and Jim Miller–each with a totally different perspective.

(Press Release) Nashville singer-songwriter Will Hoge has premeired "Baby's Eyes" with The Tennessean. It's the second single to debut from Hoge's 11th studio album Anchors, out August 11 via Thirty Tigers.  Stream "Baby's Eyes" HERE
 
Last week, Rolling Stone Country premiered Anchors' debut single "Little Bit Of Rust," featuring guest vocals from Sheryl Crow (listen HERE).

WATCH "Bleachers" HERE: http://vevo.ly/NGHsQx

​Nashville, Tenn. (Press Release) – Razor-sharp rising star and Big Loud Records artist JILLIAN JACQUELINE has released the song and video for her defiant new track, “Bleachers,” a confident declaration which puts her unflinching Country creativity on blast.

Co-written by Jacqueline with Tofer Brown and Trent Dabbs, the song is now available across all digital platforms and highlights this emerging artist’s fully developed sense of self. Upbeat and carefree, “Bleachers” is a loud-and-proud anthem filled with marching beats and pep rally chants that celebrates individuality and staying true to who you are.

"I wanted to write something that felt like an anthem, a lighthearted ode to embracing individuality without sounding preachy,” Jacqueline explains. “When I wrote it, I felt like using the dynamics of high school as a way to describe life shows how the ideas and beliefs we sometimes learn young get carried into adulthood and can prevent us from embracing the contrasts that actually make the world so uniquely beautiful. It's the most fun to sing onstage."

Admittedly, I did not know much about Ha Ha Tonka when I caught their show in Brooklyn a few weeks ago, but after seeing them for the first time, I walked away so musically enamored that I bought their entire catalog and haven't stopped playing them since. They're that good.

Fresh on the heels of their March release, Heart-Shaped Mountain, the West Plains, Missouri based band made their late-night television debut on Conan last Thursday. The performance is of the album's first track, "Race to the Bottom". Watch and share the video.

The band is on tour - with more dates to be announced soon. Find tour dates and more HERE.

Purchase Heart-Shaped Mountain here

(Press Release) Stout, twangy guitar tones, honky-tonk pianos, and swirling pedal steel lay the framework for Alex Williams' debut album, 'Better Than Myself,' out August 11 on Big Machine Records. The 12-track blend of vintage country and southern rock reflects the Pendleton, Indiana, native's lived-in baritone that breathes genuine life and depth into his based-on-a-true-story brand of songwriting.
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Big Machine Label Group's Julian Raymond -- a three-time GRAMMY-winning songwriter and producer known for his work with Jennifer Nettles, Justin Moore, Glen Campbell and Hank Williams Jr. -- assembled an all-star band encompassing some of Nashville's finest musicians: drummer Victor Indrizzo (Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris), keyboard player Matt Rollings (Lyle Lovett, Mark Knopfler), bassist Joeie Canaday (Leann Rimes, Steven Curtis Chapman), pedal steel player Dan Dugmore (James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt), and guitarists Tom Bukovac (Don Henley, Stevie Nicks) and J.T. Corenflos (Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson).

With Raymond at the helm as producer, Williams and the band recorded live on the studio floor and wrapped basic tracking in just two days. The result is a rollicking throwback chock full of wit and wisdom, colored throughout by Williams' fierce streak of independence. Album opener "Better Than Myself," which features harmonica legend and longtime Willie Nelson band member Mickey Raphael, sets the stage perfectly, as Williams sings, "Truth be told in every note I play / Truth be told I don't care what you say."

(Press Release) On September 8, the Austin-based songwriter David Ramirez will release We're Not Going Anywhere, the follow up to his 2015 breakthrough record Fables and second in partnership with Thirty Tigers. Today, Ramirez shared "Watching From A Distance," the first song to be released from the forthcoming album.
 
Stream "Watching From A Distance" via YouTube:
https://youtu.be/OxEm9ndtNPo
 
"Most times, when a relationship ends, there is a season of mourning but then the clouds part, the sun rises, and we move on. What happens if and when the sun doesn't rise? What happens if, no matter how hard we try, we can't move on?," Ramirez explained about the song.
 
We're Not Going Anywhere is now available for pre-order via iTunes and Amazon, and includes an instant download of "Watching From A Distance." Stream the song via Spotify.

Robert Cray, the Hi Rhythm section, Iris DeMent, Graham Nash, Larry Sloven, Bruce Bromberg and Previously Announced Van Morrison Will Be Honored During the Americana Music Association's℠ 16th Annual Honors & Awards on 
Wednesday, Sept. 13 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 22, 2017) -- The Americana Music Association℠ has announced this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees. The five honorees will be celebrated at Americana’s 16th Annual Honors & Awards held at the Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday, September 13. The prestigious event serves as the official kick-off for the 18th annual AMERICANAFEST℠: The Americana Music Festival & Conference.
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This year's Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance will go to Robert Cray. Cray has been bridging the lines between blues, soul and R&B for over four decades with five GRAMMY® wins. After bursting onto the scene as band leader for the Robert Cray Band in 1974, he and his band became responsible for bringing the timeless soul sound of their mentors John Lee Hooker, Etta James and Albert Collins to a younger audience. Throughout his expansive career, he has performed with the likes of Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, BB King, Bonnie Raitt and the late Chuck Berry.