 Interstate Gospel Album Art Photo Credit: Miller Mobley NASHVILLE, TN – September 27, 2018
In the last week, the Pistol Annies have revealed the track listing of their third studio album INTERSTATE GOSPEL, out November 2, via an old school postcard campaign mailed directly to their fans. With the word out, they’re ready to release more details. The upcoming 14-track album showcases the stunning harmonies of Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. Moving from celebratory anthems, classic country storytelling and vibey swagger, the Grammy-nominated trio are back and sounding Annie-er than ever.
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Four albums in, James Houlahan is still reveling in the wonder and imagination of the record-making process. Released last Friday, his new LP, The Wheel Still in Spin, drifts through varied musical and lyrical states evoking stillness against constant motion, often making reference to wheels and circles as a means of processing his own journey.
Today TDC is thrilled to premiere the video for "Circus Dream" an enchanting ballad led by gentle acoustic guitar, piano, and light percussion and carried Houlahan's subtle, tender vocals which carry the listener through a journey - personal yet universal, introspective and dreamlike - through the streets of Los Angeles. Houlahan had this to say of the track and video, "I wrote "Circus Dream" soon after moving to L.A. from Boston in 2012. I rented a small studio apartment just off Sunset Boulevard at Sunset Junction. The song is basically a reflection on making that move and whether or not my music and I are up to the challenge of starting over in a new city, a city known for its dreamers, its chaos, and its spectacle. Since then, I've gotten to know both the Silver Lake and Echo Park neighborhoods pretty well. The video focuses on some of my favorite sites and experiences in those parts, using Sunset Boulevard as a geographic anchor. All of this was shot on an iPhone using the 8mm app. And I guess there's something wrong with the phone's camera, as you can see that little dot of light that appears (especially at the end of the video). Somebody who knows about cameras explained to me that it was some kind of technical malfunction. But whatever it is, I thought it was a very interesting mistake, and I used it to create the end. And I gotta give a shout-out to those two birds that you see flying straight through the sun at the end. I could not have timed that better! Thank you, birds. The experience of making this video was a curious blend of intention, limitation, and total random chance. I enjoyed the process a lot, and hope to make more videos in the future." Enjoy and share the video above. For more information visit HERE  Now available through all streaming platforms, We Music Believe in Magic is made up of original material, some co-written with master songwriters, including Bill Miller, Shawn Camp, and Wesley Orbison. A remake of Trent Reznor’s “Hurt,” previously released by Cash’s father is also a highlight on the release. Much of the production is sparse and simple, focusing on the song and the individual instrumentalist. John Carter holds no limit or containment around his creative energy, and the double-album promises to be diverse and presents an unparalleled epic journey.
The 17-track release is a collection of songs recorded over the last ten years and features an astounding host of musical guests, including some of Nashville’s most recorded session players and artists representing Rock, Gospel and Country Music. Tony Rice, Ana Cristina Cash, John Cowan, The Fisk Jubilee Singers, Jerry Douglas, Dave Roe, The Daeger Brothers, Bob Moore, Etta Britt, Charlie McCoy, Tony Harrell, Jamie Hartford, Sam Bush, Jack Clift and the Cedar Hill Refugees, Sarah Peasall McGuffey, Ira Dean, Ronnie and Rob McCoury, Eric Hamilton and many others took part in the project. The album’s imaginative cover features the faces of many of the individuals who contributed to the music and is designed by Roberto Parada.  Courtesy: Conqueroo HOBOKEN, N.J. — They’re not ready to stop just yet. Coming off their debut album last year, Glenn Morrow’s Cry for Help, the veteran rockers from the Mile Square City, are ready to drop some new songs on the world. The first is “Yellowed Pages,” which harkens back to Morrow's time in the 1980s with his band the Individuals and drummer Ron Metz’s outfit the Human Switchboard and the Schramms. According to Morrow, “The song deals with the lost art of connecting with other humans by telephone.”
Rather than wait to complete an album the group is recording songs in batches with the idea that an album will coalesce out of that process. “Streaming has changed the game,” explains Morrow. “You can easily get something out in the world as soon as it is ready to go. Some things might be on an eventual album, some things might appear and disappear later. The good thing is you don’t have to wait for the vinyl pressing to get done. It’s a very different approach and really keeps things fresh.”  Courtesy of the Artist HEAR: "Victims Of Comfort"
NEW YORK, New York (September 2018) -- California country artist Jacki Stone shares her sublime re-imagining of Keb’ Mo’s “Victims Of Comfort”. In Stone’s interpretation, Keb’ Mo’ takes the production chair and gives the track an uplifting rearrangement with the addition of a tight rhythm section and shimmering electric guitar. Jacki’s smooth vocal style lends itself perfectly to the track, with her rich delivery breathing new life into the wistful lyrics. Jacki said that “Victims Of Comfort” was an easy choice for her “because Keb wrote words that I have always felt in my heart, and it speaks to those of us who deeply care about the state of the planet and humanity. In doing so, it gives us a simple, yet sometimes difficult to accept, answer in fixing it: looking inward and making the change in ourselves, so that we can all grow.” Jacki also raved about recording with Keb, “the process was incredible - the musicians were out of this world, and the experience of having Keb on the board while I recorded is one that I will remember and cherish forever.”. Keb has been a champion of Jacki since they first met; “I had the pleasure of working with Jacki Stone and she ain’t playin around” says Keb,“watch out world" he concludes.  Courtesy of the Artist O.G’s of the 90s jam band scene, sellers of millions of records and still active and creative musicians both as a unit and in solo work, Spin Doctors gear up for a special night in Brooklyn, not far from their humble beginnings in 1988
Show details for November 8 at Brooklyn Bowl at https://ticketf.ly/2QY8bfM NEW YORK, NY -- Thirty years. It’s an eternity in rock ‘n’ roll, and a marathon for the bands who fly its tattered flag. Revisit the class of 1988, and the casualties are piled high: a thousand bands that blew up and burnt out. In this chew-and-spit industry, the Spin Doctors are the last men standing, still making music like their lives depend on it, still riding the bus, still shaking the room. They’ve never been a band for backslaps and self-congratulation. Even now, plans are afoot for a seventh studio album and another swashbuckling world tour, adding to their tally of almost two thousand shows. But faced with that milestone, even a band of their velocity takes a breath for reflection. “I’d never have guessed,” admits drummer Aaron Comess, “this would have turned into thirty years of making great music together.” Like all the best rock ‘n’ roll mythology, the final page of the Spin Doctors’ biography remains forever unwritten. But if the band’s story is to begin anywhere, it should be at New York’s New School university in the fall of ’88, when a fateful door-knock sparked the first meeting of Comess and guitarist Eric Schenkman. Trading as the Trucking Company, Schenkman, local legend John Popper and a charisma-bomb vocalist named Chris Barron had been making a glorious noise in the clubs downtown. But when Popper committed himself to Blues Traveler, the remnants sought new blood. Having assured Schenkman that he’d “check them out,” Comess formed a ferocious rhythm section with Bronx-raised bassist Mark White. “When I first met them,” recalls White, “I thought, ‘These are some funky-assed white boys.’ I’m the black guy in the band, and they had to teach me to play the blues.”  Credit: Neilson Hubard One of the UK’s most talented troubadours releases single “Elvis Was My Brother” to commemorate US tour
Memphis, TN— Dean Owens is widely hailed as one of UK’s finest troubadours (with fans including Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and BBC legend "Whispering" Bob Harris). In September 2017 he became the first Scottish musician to officially showcase at the prestigious AmericanaFest in Nashville. His visit included a guest spot with the Mavericks at their “all-star” show at The Basement East… and a mention in Rolling Stone. While never losing his own unique Scottish identity, Dean has had a longstanding love affair with the U.S., recording four of his seven solo albums here, including his most recent, Southern Wind (produced by Neilson Hubbard in Nashville), which has been blowing reviewers over since its release in February 2018, with many calling it Dean’s best work yet. Southern Wind is also Dean’s second collaboration with Hubbard (with a third in the pipeline) and his fifth with longstanding friend and collaborator, award winning guitarist/songwriter Will Kimbrough (one of Emmylou Harris’s Red Dirt Boys).  Courtesy: Conqueroo Celebrating the release of her new album Love’s Middle Name (Oct. 12th) SARAH BORGES will be on a bill with THE BOTTLE ROCKETS in NYC on October 17th. Get all the deets below and head out to the show!
Wed. Oct. 17 • NEW YORK Hill Country BBQ 30 W. 26th St. Showtime: 8 p.m. Tickets: $18 https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1746197?utm_medium=%5BLjava.lang.String%3B%4069227180 Edward David Anderson Shares Title Track Of New Muscle Shoals Recording ‘Chasing Butterflies’9/25/2018  "EDA has always been one of my favorite songwriters and singers, and on this record he has beautifully managed to capture the elusive dichotomy that is the American South- a combination of mystery, darkness and relaxed geniality. Great album." --Steve Berlin (Los Lobos)
“Ed has the rare ability to open his soul and unfold his stories in a natural style that is simultaneously guileless and universal, a direct hit to the heart.” --Johnny Hickman (Cracker) “An artist to the bone who is raw, open, gritty...a portal into the human condition.” --Seth Walker BLOOMINGTON, IL -- "The story of my life's written on my skin," sings Edward David Anderson on the devilishly sardonic “Bad Tattoos” from his soon to be released Chasing Butterflies (Black Dirt Records - Oct. 19, 2018). The song, like the artist, is brutally honest and has a worn feel; like it's coming from someone that has been around and put in the miles. "I don't think I could have written these tunes when I was 25," Anderson explains. "Everything I've done, the people I've met, all the places I've been, have brought me to this moment."  Watch/Share: “Ninety Nine Cent Dreams”
“You're doing something that nobody else is doing...and it’s just wonderful.”- Sir Elton John Eli Paperboy Reed’s new single, “Ninety Nine Cent Dreams,” featuring legendary rapper Big Daddy Kane premiered over the weekend on Elton John’s Apple Music Beats 1 Radio Show. Now available at all digital service providers, check out the official video shot in New York City. “Ninety Nine Cent Dreams” (feat. Big Daddy Kane) reflects Reed’s vision of the ideal summer afternoon in New York City, complete with a high-energy, soul-infused narration. |
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