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Interview: Americana Band Run 8 Rider Drives Through Various Influences On New Record
When Run 8 Rider aren't busy rebuilding Devo's New Wave one-hit wonder Whip It" into a Hee Haw hoedown, they are producing some of the most authentic and robust country rock around, which can be heard on their new album, Tenderfoot. For an Americana act, Run 8 Rider are decidedly less rooted in tradition; at the ...
New Release: Nation Beat: "Growing Stone" Out September 13 on Barbes
Nation Beat: Growing Stone Out September 13 on Barbes Records A little while ago I had a chance to hear Nation Beat and their music blew me away!"Willie Nelson Growing Stone: An Album From Two Americas The American/Brazilian collective Nation Beat plays a 21st century mash-up inspired by Brazilian maracatu drumming, New Orleans second ...
Icon Hank Williams Receives Pulitzer Citation
Hank Williams, the country pioneer who is among the most influential singer- songwriters in music, was given a special Pulitzer Prize citation. The Pulitzer board awarded the late singer for his lifetime achievement, based on a confidential survey of experts in popular music. I don't think any country artist cast a longer shadow than he does, ...
A Cure for the Long-Gone Lonesome Blues
Jett Williams never met her father, Hank. Then she came across his lost recordings, and she heard him laugh at last.According to Hank Williams, Mother's Best Flour makes the best biscuit you ever hung a tooth in," and On Top of Old Smokey" sounds best when sung the Appalachian way, like Grandma taught it." Now unless ...