To mark what would have been David Bowie’s 77th birthday today, Wilco have shared their live rendition of the music icon’s “Space Oddity.”
The cover was recorded during the band’s visit to Mountain Stage, NPR Music, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s long-running live radio show and features as the opening track on an upcoming compilation highlighting performances from the series.
“As a gratefully, if not begrudgingly, Earth-bound band, it’s always an honor and a challenge to tackle any of David Bowie’s space-soaring arrangements,” Wilco said in a statement.
The cover was recorded during the band’s visit to Mountain Stage, NPR Music, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s long-running live radio show and features as the opening track on an upcoming compilation highlighting performances from the series.
“As a gratefully, if not begrudgingly, Earth-bound band, it’s always an honor and a challenge to tackle any of David Bowie’s space-soaring arrangements,” Wilco said in a statement.
- 1/8/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Monday, January 8th, would’ve been David Bowie’s 77th birthday. To mark the occasion, Wilco has shared their rendition of Bowie’s 1969 hit, “Space Oddity.”
The release hails from Wilco’s 2023 performance on Mountain Stage (a public radio show distributed by NPR Music), and will be included on an upcoming compilation announced today titled Live On Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers, due on April 19th via Oh Boy Records.
Presenting a wonderfully Wilco-esque take on “Space Oddity” — itself named the 43rd best song of all time by Consequence in 2012 — the band settles into an acoustic arrangement, allowing Jeff Tweedy’s vocals to masterfully convey the tune’s enduring appeal for humanity.
Speaking about the performance in a statement, the band said: “As a gratefully, if not begrudgingly, Earth-bound band, it’s always an honor and a challenge to tackle any of David Bowie’s space-soaring arrangements. Striving to reach...
The release hails from Wilco’s 2023 performance on Mountain Stage (a public radio show distributed by NPR Music), and will be included on an upcoming compilation announced today titled Live On Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers, due on April 19th via Oh Boy Records.
Presenting a wonderfully Wilco-esque take on “Space Oddity” — itself named the 43rd best song of all time by Consequence in 2012 — the band settles into an acoustic arrangement, allowing Jeff Tweedy’s vocals to masterfully convey the tune’s enduring appeal for humanity.
Speaking about the performance in a statement, the band said: “As a gratefully, if not begrudgingly, Earth-bound band, it’s always an honor and a challenge to tackle any of David Bowie’s space-soaring arrangements. Striving to reach...
- 1/8/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
A little more than a decade ago, Alice Gerrard received an invitation to perform at a fiddle camp in Washington state.
“Should I bring an older musician with me?” Gerrard, 76 at the time, asked her friend Suzy Thompson, who was organizing the event.
Thompson laughed.
“Alice,” she told her. “You’re the older person now.”
Alice Gerrard just celebrated her 89th birthday this summer, but the singer, songwriter, fiddler-guitarist-autoharpist, and folklorist still refuses to see herself as any kind of older legend. As someone who spent the last 70 years learning from past generations of old-time,...
“Should I bring an older musician with me?” Gerrard, 76 at the time, asked her friend Suzy Thompson, who was organizing the event.
Thompson laughed.
“Alice,” she told her. “You’re the older person now.”
Alice Gerrard just celebrated her 89th birthday this summer, but the singer, songwriter, fiddler-guitarist-autoharpist, and folklorist still refuses to see herself as any kind of older legend. As someone who spent the last 70 years learning from past generations of old-time,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Standing behind a large curtain at the Cultural Center Theater in the small Appalachian city of Charleston, West Virginia, Kathy Mattea readies herself to welcome another audience to NPR’s Mountain Stage.
“[Mountain Stage] has reinforced and magnified my long-held belief that music is really important,” Mattea, a Charleston native, tells Rolling Stone backstage. “Music and hospitality — that’s what it’s all about. And those two things? That’s West Virginia right there.”
With snowflakes falling onto the mountains cradling the state capitol on this particular January night, Mountain Stage listeners...
“[Mountain Stage] has reinforced and magnified my long-held belief that music is really important,” Mattea, a Charleston native, tells Rolling Stone backstage. “Music and hospitality — that’s what it’s all about. And those two things? That’s West Virginia right there.”
With snowflakes falling onto the mountains cradling the state capitol on this particular January night, Mountain Stage listeners...
- 3/25/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Virtual learning has become a big part of our lives these days, whether students are attending classes via webcam, or people are looking to upgrade their skills with an online tutorial or course. When it comes to the latter, the internet has made it possible to take remote courses that fit around your schedule, and don’t require a transcript.
One of the best online learning platforms out there is Coursera, which offers classes that span the fields of business, entertainment, personal development and more — all taught by accredited professors from well-known universities.
One of the best online learning platforms out there is Coursera, which offers classes that span the fields of business, entertainment, personal development and more — all taught by accredited professors from well-known universities.
- 11/26/2021
- by Brandt Ranj
- Rollingstone.com
It’S A Foggy Afternoon In Nashville, and Nanci Griffith is sitting in a near-empty restaurant by a cold fireplace. Her face, waif-like except for her animated brown eyes, is tired. Griffith may be one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved veterans of the country-folk-pop scene, but she’s fed up.
Not that anyone could blame her. After touring almost constantly for ten years, garnering a Grammy nomination in 1986 and building a huge following in Ireland and England, she has yet to crack America’s consciousness. “Why do I have to do this?...
Not that anyone could blame her. After touring almost constantly for ten years, garnering a Grammy nomination in 1986 and building a huge following in Ireland and England, she has yet to crack America’s consciousness. “Why do I have to do this?...
- 8/16/2021
- by Eliza Wing
- Rollingstone.com
From 1978 until her retirement in 2013, Nanci Griffith, who died August 13th at age 68, included numerous cover songs in her repertoire from writers as diverse as Nick Lowe and Paul Carrack (“Battlefield”) to Guy Clark (“Desperados Waiting for a Train”) and Julie Gold, whose “From a Distance” had been roundly rejected until Griffith became the first to record it. She even once covered the Rolling Stones’ “No Expectations” on Austin City Limits.
See Nanci Griffith Cover the Rolling Stones’ ‘No Expectations’
But it was Griffith’s original material that helped boost the careers of Kathy Mattea,...
See Nanci Griffith Cover the Rolling Stones’ ‘No Expectations’
But it was Griffith’s original material that helped boost the careers of Kathy Mattea,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk and country songwriter whose popular recordings include “Love at the Five and Dime,” “Once in a Very Blue Moon,” and “Outbound Plane,” died Friday, her manager confirmed to Rolling Stone. No cause of death was given. She was 68.
Born July 6th, 1953, in Seguin, Texas, and raised in Austin, Nanci Caroline Griffith began her performing career as a teenager, playing at clubs and festivals around Texas. She attended the University of Texas and began a career as a teacher, but then switched full-time to music in 1977. Around the same time,...
Born July 6th, 1953, in Seguin, Texas, and raised in Austin, Nanci Caroline Griffith began her performing career as a teenager, playing at clubs and festivals around Texas. She attended the University of Texas and began a career as a teacher, but then switched full-time to music in 1977. Around the same time,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-songwriter Jaime Wyatt turns in a moving, bittersweet performance of “Mercy” as part of Ty Herndon and GLAAD’s 2021 Concert for Love and Acceptance, happening as a virtual event for a second consecutive year. This year’s concert takes place Wednesday, June 30th, at 8 p.m. Et and will stream on CMT’s Facebook and YouTube channels as well as f4la.org.
Dressed in a sparkling suit and hat, Wyatt — a Nashville transplant by way of California — brings a world-weary feeling to this rendition of “Mercy,” which she originally...
Dressed in a sparkling suit and hat, Wyatt — a Nashville transplant by way of California — brings a world-weary feeling to this rendition of “Mercy,” which she originally...
- 6/29/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell revs up Johnny Cash’s trucker anthem “All I Do Is Drive” for the soundtrack to the new Netflix film The Ice Road. Both film and soundtrack are out now.
For his version, Isbell adopts Cash’s signature rhythm and fills out the arrangement with some extra rock & roll muscle in the form of lightly distorted guitars that match the walking patterns of the original. He also shifts it to a different key to account for the differences in their range. The end result has the feel of...
For his version, Isbell adopts Cash’s signature rhythm and fills out the arrangement with some extra rock & roll muscle in the form of lightly distorted guitars that match the walking patterns of the original. He also shifts it to a different key to account for the differences in their range. The end result has the feel of...
- 6/25/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Ty Herndon and CMT have partnered again for the 2021 edition of the Concert for Love and Acceptance, which will take place at 8 p.m. Et Wednesday, June 30th. The annual event to support the LGBTQ community will stream online on CMT’s Facebook and YouTube channels, along with the website for Herndon’s Foundation for Love and Acceptance.
Leading off the lineup this year are Brothers Osborne, whose singer Tj Osborne publicly came out earlier in 2021 and later released the song “Younger Me” as a nod to anyone growing up...
Leading off the lineup this year are Brothers Osborne, whose singer Tj Osborne publicly came out earlier in 2021 and later released the song “Younger Me” as a nod to anyone growing up...
- 5/17/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Kathy Mattea could hardly contain her amusement. The West Virginia-born country singer hasn’t had a song on the country charts in nearly 30 years, but after the airing of Ken Burns’ eight-part Country Music documentary, she woke up last week to find that both her greatest hits collection and her 1989 song “Where You’ve Been” were included among the 40 top-selling country songs and albums on online retailers like Amazon and iTunes.
“I’ve been laughing about it all day,” says Mattea, who served as a consultant and talking head in the documentary.
“I’ve been laughing about it all day,” says Mattea, who served as a consultant and talking head in the documentary.
- 10/1/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
In the opening minutes of the engrossing Ken Burns film Country Music, premiering Sunday on PBS, Cma Award-winning singer Kathy Mattea recalls her days as a tour guide at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the hours she spent in close study of one of the museum’s greatest treasures, “The Sources of Country Music,” a six-by-ten-foot mural painted by Thomas Hart Benton and completed just before his death in 1975. With gospel singers, a cowboy strumming guitar, fiddlers, a dulcimer player, and an African-American banjo picker, the...
- 9/15/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
“There’s an angel missing in heaven and his name is Allen Reynolds,” Garth Brooks told author Patsi Bale Cox in 1990. In the early Nineties, Brooks, with Reynolds as his producer, was on one of the hottest streaks in country-music history, topping the charts, earning dozens of industry honors, and selling tens of millions of records. But in spite of Brooks’ assertion, Reynolds didn’t just suddenly appear out of the ether. He had been toiling in his own Music Row studio for a couple of decades, and was also...
- 9/3/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
PBS has unveiled its fall programming slate, which includes premiere dates for Ken Burns’ 16-hour Country Music along with several other docunmentaries and the new contemporary-history series Retro Report on PBS.
Also on tap are new editions of Frontline, Pov, Great Performances, American Masters and Independent Lens; four-part documentary series College Behind Bars; and the fifth and final season of British drama Poldark. Check out the full slate below.
“PBS is the most prolific platform for documentaries, with more than 200 hours per year,” said Perry Simon, the pubcaster’s Chief Programming Executive and General Manager of General Audience Programming. “This fall, we are showcasing first-rate programs featuring award-winning directors, diverse storytellers, hard-hitting investigations and untold stories, solidifying our status as America’s premier destination for documentary film. We are also excited about our programs representing the best in news, arts, drama, history and science.”
The new four-part docuseries College Behind Bars runs Monday-Tuesday,...
Also on tap are new editions of Frontline, Pov, Great Performances, American Masters and Independent Lens; four-part documentary series College Behind Bars; and the fifth and final season of British drama Poldark. Check out the full slate below.
“PBS is the most prolific platform for documentaries, with more than 200 hours per year,” said Perry Simon, the pubcaster’s Chief Programming Executive and General Manager of General Audience Programming. “This fall, we are showcasing first-rate programs featuring award-winning directors, diverse storytellers, hard-hitting investigations and untold stories, solidifying our status as America’s premier destination for documentary film. We are also excited about our programs representing the best in news, arts, drama, history and science.”
The new four-part docuseries College Behind Bars runs Monday-Tuesday,...
- 7/18/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
One week ahead of the premiere of Country Music, the eight-part historical documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns, PBS will air Country Music: Live at the Ryman, A Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns, an all-star celebration of the genre featuring performances by Vince Gill, Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens, Kathy Mattea, Marty Stuart, Dwight Yoakam and more. Hosted by the filmmaker, the concert touched on the many styles that have defined and propelled country music through the years, from old-time mountain melodies and bluegrass to outlaw country and the Nashville Sound.
- 6/25/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Vince Gill was having some trouble with the teleprompter during the taping of Ken Burns’ all-star “Country Music: Live at the Ryman” concert in Nashville on Wednesday night.
“That’s why I didn’t go to college — I suck at reading,” he joked with characteristic self-deprecating humor after flubbing one of his lines. The show was taped for broadcast on PBS stations at a later date.
Fortunately, the Oklahoma native was in peak form doing everything else during an evening that celebrated a type of music that routinely reconnects with its roots and,...
“That’s why I didn’t go to college — I suck at reading,” he joked with characteristic self-deprecating humor after flubbing one of his lines. The show was taped for broadcast on PBS stations at a later date.
Fortunately, the Oklahoma native was in peak form doing everything else during an evening that celebrated a type of music that routinely reconnects with its roots and,...
- 3/28/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Ken Burns’ upcoming documentary Country Music will begin airing on PBS stations before the year is out, but a piece of it will live on forever at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. At a press conference on Wednesday in Nashville, Burns showed a clip from the documentary and announced that he would be donating all the transcripts and interviews from the project to the Hall of Fame.
The eight-part documentary, on which Burns worked with regular collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, was filmed over the course...
The eight-part documentary, on which Burns worked with regular collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, was filmed over the course...
- 3/27/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
In 1990, Tim O’Brien joined country star and Cma Female Vocalist award-winner Kathy Mattea on the romantic “Battle Hymn of Love,” which set vows of eternal commitment to a gentle acoustic bluegrass background. Now, nearly three decades later, O’Brien offers another sweet Valentine in “Amazing Love,” a song he penned with the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach.
Full of sweet, heart-pulsing imagery and dreamy harmony vocals by Jan Fabricius, “Amazing Love” bursts forth with romantic proclamation and grateful appreciation as the pair sing, “I see you through the window before I turn the key,...
Full of sweet, heart-pulsing imagery and dreamy harmony vocals by Jan Fabricius, “Amazing Love” bursts forth with romantic proclamation and grateful appreciation as the pair sing, “I see you through the window before I turn the key,...
- 2/14/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
On September 15th, 2019, PBS will premiere the first episode of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’ Country Music, a detailed exploration of the genre which has been in the works for the past eight years.
Directed by Burns and produced by the acclaimed filmmaker with his long-time collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, Country Music premieres Sunday, September 15th through Wednesday, September 18th, and Sunday, September 22nd, through Wednesday, September 25th at 8 p.m. Et on PBS stations. Episodes will be available for streaming as well. The documentary follows Burns’ 2017 exploration of the Vietnam War.
Directed by Burns and produced by the acclaimed filmmaker with his long-time collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, Country Music premieres Sunday, September 15th through Wednesday, September 18th, and Sunday, September 22nd, through Wednesday, September 25th at 8 p.m. Et on PBS stations. Episodes will be available for streaming as well. The documentary follows Burns’ 2017 exploration of the Vietnam War.
- 2/1/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
PBS has previewed some of its 2019 launches at the Television Critics Association Press Tour.
Here’s the rundown:
*** Ken Burns’s Country Music will premiere Sept. 15. The 16-Hour documentary chronicles the history of the genre, from the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills to Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks and more. The eight-part series is directed by Burns and is produced by Burns and long-time collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey. It runs Sunday, September 15 through Wednesday, September 18, and Sunday, September 22 through Wednesday, September 25 at 8:00-10:00 p.m. Et.
*** PBS and Ryman Auditorium present Country Music: Live at the Ryman, a concert celebrating the Burns series. The show is set for March 27. Burns will host the evening, which will feature performances by Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Rhiannon Giddens, Vince Gill, Brenda Lee,...
Here’s the rundown:
*** Ken Burns’s Country Music will premiere Sept. 15. The 16-Hour documentary chronicles the history of the genre, from the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills to Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks and more. The eight-part series is directed by Burns and is produced by Burns and long-time collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey. It runs Sunday, September 15 through Wednesday, September 18, and Sunday, September 22 through Wednesday, September 25 at 8:00-10:00 p.m. Et.
*** PBS and Ryman Auditorium present Country Music: Live at the Ryman, a concert celebrating the Burns series. The show is set for March 27. Burns will host the evening, which will feature performances by Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Rhiannon Giddens, Vince Gill, Brenda Lee,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Bluegrass stalwart Tim O’Brien will release a new album in 2019. Nodding to the prevalence of bluegrass bands named for their leader, Tim O’Brien Band (out March 15th) will be its namesake’s first full-length album since 2017’s Where the River Meets the Road.
Featuring O’Brien’s touring mates Mike Bub, Shad Cobb, Jan Fabricius and Patrick Sauber, the new album features O’Brien performing songs by Norman Blake (“Last Train From Poor Valley”) and Woody Guthrie, whose political “Pastures of Plenty” deals with the plight of migrant workers in the U.
Featuring O’Brien’s touring mates Mike Bub, Shad Cobb, Jan Fabricius and Patrick Sauber, the new album features O’Brien performing songs by Norman Blake (“Last Train From Poor Valley”) and Woody Guthrie, whose political “Pastures of Plenty” deals with the plight of migrant workers in the U.
- 1/16/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Guitars and other instruments line the walls of the living room in the Nashville home that singer Kathy Mattea shares with husband-songwriter Jon Venzer. Alongside them are color-splashed works of art, many created by the couple’s close friends. On the fireplace mantel rests an oversized painting by Nashville artist Deborah Denson, a dramatic image that serves as the cover of Mattea’s new album Pretty Bird, released in September.
Sung in a voice that was subjected to significant retraining over the years, the material found on Pretty Bird — including...
Sung in a voice that was subjected to significant retraining over the years, the material found on Pretty Bird — including...
- 10/1/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
A stunning performance by Katty Mattea, a punky collaboration between a respected drummer and genre-bending country singer, and an anthemic message by Carrie Underwood make up the 10 songs you need to hear this week.
The Get You (Featuring Kacey Musgraves), “Pretty Good”
Taking a break from his gig as Sheryl Crow’s drummer, Fred Eltringham steps up to the microphone for his first album with the Get You, a lo-fi garage band specializing in reimagined cover songs by Harry Nilsson, Lucinda Williams and other songwriters. Here, he turns John Prine...
The Get You (Featuring Kacey Musgraves), “Pretty Good”
Taking a break from his gig as Sheryl Crow’s drummer, Fred Eltringham steps up to the microphone for his first album with the Get You, a lo-fi garage band specializing in reimagined cover songs by Harry Nilsson, Lucinda Williams and other songwriters. Here, he turns John Prine...
- 9/7/2018
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
The final group of artists slated to perform during the annual AmericanaFest in Nashville have been revealed, with Amanda Shires, Tyler Childers and Rosanne Cash joining the annual music festival’s lineup.
This year’s edition of the six-day festival will also include showcases by Birdtalker, Buddy Miller, Chris Shiflett, Elizabeth Cook, Paul Cauthen, Richard Thompson, the Lone Bellow and many more. They’ll join a vibrant list of previously announced Americana-friendly singer-songwriters and bands like Brandy Clark, American Aquarium, John Prine, Milk Carton Kids, Ashley Monroe, Jim Lauderdale, Asleep at the Wheel,...
This year’s edition of the six-day festival will also include showcases by Birdtalker, Buddy Miller, Chris Shiflett, Elizabeth Cook, Paul Cauthen, Richard Thompson, the Lone Bellow and many more. They’ll join a vibrant list of previously announced Americana-friendly singer-songwriters and bands like Brandy Clark, American Aquarium, John Prine, Milk Carton Kids, Ashley Monroe, Jim Lauderdale, Asleep at the Wheel,...
- 7/25/2018
- by Chris Parton
- Rollingstone.com
On September 7th, Cma Award-winning vocalist Kathy Mattea will release Pretty Bird, her first new album in six years. A sublime acoustic collection including a number of smartly chosen and heartfelt covers, the record marks something of a new era in Mattea’s 30-plus-year career. Over the past several years her deep, rich singing voice has experienced significant changes that could have put a permanent end to her performing, but after extensive vocal training she has emerged from what she refers to as her “dark night of the soul” with a duskier instrument.
- 7/12/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Kathy Mattea shot to stardom in the late '80s when her songs "You're the Power", "Love at the Five and Dime" and "Goin' Gone" topped the country billboard charts. That's what she looked like then ... guess what she looks like now! Read more...
- 6/6/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Ed Sheeran and Bill Withers joined Stephen Colbert on The Late Show to promote an upcoming Carnegie Hall tribute and charity concert in Withers' honor that will benefit the Stuttering Association for the Young — something both musicians suffered from as children.
Sheeran did most of the talking, admitting he still stutters occasionally and noting the impediment arose after doctors forgot to apply an anesthetic while removing a birthmark around his eye. On top of that, Sheeran said he used to wear massive National Health Service-issued eyeglasses and has no eardrum in one ear.
Sheeran did most of the talking, admitting he still stutters occasionally and noting the impediment arose after doctors forgot to apply an anesthetic while removing a birthmark around his eye. On top of that, Sheeran said he used to wear massive National Health Service-issued eyeglasses and has no eardrum in one ear.
- 10/1/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Dolly Parton‘s voice has been characterized as “indescribable.” That’s not true. Her voice is a Thomas’ English Muffin, filled with nooks and crannies which hold the melted butter and make each scrumptious bite a new taste experience. You can listen to a Dolly song you’ve heard a million times and still come away with something you hadn’t noticed before.
For almost 50 years, Dolly has been country music’s Queen. A Brief synopsis:
Dolly is the most honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach number 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, paid digital downloads and compilation usage during her Hall of...
For almost 50 years, Dolly has been country music’s Queen. A Brief synopsis:
Dolly is the most honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach number 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, paid digital downloads and compilation usage during her Hall of...
- 1/17/2014
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Holly Williams, "The Highway" (Georgiana)
Holly Williams is the kind of poetic songwriter country music once embraced. These days, the powerfully sensitive songs featured on her new album, "The Highway," are relegated to the independent Americana genre that exists outside of the arena-rock formulas of country radio.
The strength of Williams' songwriting and the subtle emotions in her husky, expressive voice suggest she is following in the cross-genre paths of Mary Chapin Carpenter and Kathy Mattea – or the country side of Neil Young and Lyle Lovett.
Writing of struggles with family and faith, of living a transient life and of dealing with faithfulness and problematic men, Hank Williams' granddaughter uses personal experiences to explore universal issues. Amid a raw yet seamless blend of piano, acoustic guitar and subtle rhythms and sonic accents, her songs seek something true amid the bumps and bliss of daily life. She makes listeners feel why that search is important.
Holly Williams is the kind of poetic songwriter country music once embraced. These days, the powerfully sensitive songs featured on her new album, "The Highway," are relegated to the independent Americana genre that exists outside of the arena-rock formulas of country radio.
The strength of Williams' songwriting and the subtle emotions in her husky, expressive voice suggest she is following in the cross-genre paths of Mary Chapin Carpenter and Kathy Mattea – or the country side of Neil Young and Lyle Lovett.
Writing of struggles with family and faith, of living a transient life and of dealing with faithfulness and problematic men, Hank Williams' granddaughter uses personal experiences to explore universal issues. Amid a raw yet seamless blend of piano, acoustic guitar and subtle rhythms and sonic accents, her songs seek something true amid the bumps and bliss of daily life. She makes listeners feel why that search is important.
- 2/4/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The Americana Music Association takes over the music mecca of Nashville, Tenn. each year for a festival to celebrate the accomplishment and further the creative spirit of the genre. Vanguard Records and Sugar Hill Records had several of their artists sit for a series of intimate performances at Minutia Studios while they were in town for the event. You can watch the final three clips from the series exclusively in the players below: the first with bluegrass innovator Sam Bush, the second with country music mainstay Kathy Mattea and the third with immensely talented recording artist and producer Dirk Powell....
- 1/31/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
AfterElton Briefs: Bristol Bombs, "Glee" Grabs an American Idol, and Is Your Boyfriend a Psychopath?
Happy 27th Birthday to cutie pie Kris Allen! Let's celebrate with some suggestive gifs!
Birthday shoutouts go to Meredith Baxter, who is 65, Juliette Lewis is 39, Jujubee is 28, Kathy Mattea is 53, and 80's stud muffin Kip Winger is 51.
Reese Witherspoon is going to star in the big screen adaptation of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. Seriously? Does that mean The Rules: The Motion Picture is up next?American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez will appear in a four-episode arc on the upcoming season of Glee. In ratings news, has Bieber fever broken?In other ratings news, pack it up, Bristol. Bwa-ha-ha!Okay Alec, it's time to give your thumbs a rest.Below you can see the first official trailer for Judge Dredd. Carl Irven kicks ass!
Former The Voice and American Idol contestant Frenchie Davis has come out. The New York Times reports on the life and eath of Erik Rhodes.
Birthday shoutouts go to Meredith Baxter, who is 65, Juliette Lewis is 39, Jujubee is 28, Kathy Mattea is 53, and 80's stud muffin Kip Winger is 51.
Reese Witherspoon is going to star in the big screen adaptation of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. Seriously? Does that mean The Rules: The Motion Picture is up next?American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez will appear in a four-episode arc on the upcoming season of Glee. In ratings news, has Bieber fever broken?In other ratings news, pack it up, Bristol. Bwa-ha-ha!Okay Alec, it's time to give your thumbs a rest.Below you can see the first official trailer for Judge Dredd. Carl Irven kicks ass!
Former The Voice and American Idol contestant Frenchie Davis has come out. The New York Times reports on the life and eath of Erik Rhodes.
- 6/21/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
June 17: Actor Peter Lupus (TV's "Mission: Impossible") is 80. Singer Barry Manilow is 69. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 61. Actor Mark Linn-Baker ("Perfect Strangers") is 58. Director Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary") is 54. Actor Thomas Haden Church ("Sideways," "Wings," "Ned and Stacy") is 51. Actor Greg Kinnear is 49. Actress Kami Cotler ("The Waltons") is 47. Actor Jason Patric is 46. Singer Kevin Thornton of Color Me Badd is 43. Actor-comedian Will Forte ("Saturday Night Live") is 42. Actor-rapper Herculeez of Herculeez and Big Tyme is 29.
June 18: Musician Paul McCartney is 70. Movie critic Roger Ebert is 70. Actress Constance McCashin ("Knots Landing") is 65. Actress Linda Thorson ("The Avengers") is 65. Keyboardist John Evans of The Box Tops is 64. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 60. Actress Carol Kane is 60. Actor Brian Benben ("Private Practice") is 56. Actress Andrea Evans ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 55. Singer Alison Moyet is 51. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses) is 49. Country singer-guitarist Tim Hunt (Yankee Grey) is...
June 18: Musician Paul McCartney is 70. Movie critic Roger Ebert is 70. Actress Constance McCashin ("Knots Landing") is 65. Actress Linda Thorson ("The Avengers") is 65. Keyboardist John Evans of The Box Tops is 64. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 60. Actress Carol Kane is 60. Actor Brian Benben ("Private Practice") is 56. Actress Andrea Evans ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 55. Singer Alison Moyet is 51. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses) is 49. Country singer-guitarist Tim Hunt (Yankee Grey) is...
- 6/14/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
This week: Does country music have any gay anthems? Why the brouhaha over Elton John’s child? Plus, Mark Indelicato, Kyle Bornheimer, and more!
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Contact me here (and be sure and include your city and state and/or country!
Q: I've always wondered what's with the gay guy obsession with straight guys doing gay adult films? Is it like a forbidden fruit kind of obsession, or are straight guys just that much hotter, because I really don't get it? A hot guy is a hot guy and gay adult films are gay adult films, but looking at the internet, sites with straight guys getting it on with other guys are all the rage now. I personally find the whole "gay for pay" thing a bit weird. It might be me thinking a bit too much, but there's a slight turn off in knowing...
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Contact me here (and be sure and include your city and state and/or country!
Q: I've always wondered what's with the gay guy obsession with straight guys doing gay adult films? Is it like a forbidden fruit kind of obsession, or are straight guys just that much hotter, because I really don't get it? A hot guy is a hot guy and gay adult films are gay adult films, but looking at the internet, sites with straight guys getting it on with other guys are all the rage now. I personally find the whole "gay for pay" thing a bit weird. It might be me thinking a bit too much, but there's a slight turn off in knowing...
- 1/17/2011
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
Country singer and former Celebrity Apprentice contestant Clint Black has been tapped to exec produce a new TV anthology series called American Storytellers. According to Variety, the show will turn current and classic country songs into dramatic hourlong episodes. No network or on-screen talent has been announced, but producers will be looking to cast country artists in major roles. Now, I can see where this sounds like a good idea to someone. Country music tells some hauntingly beautiful/heartbreaking stories (see the clip below). But (a) the genre does have music videos, so we've already seen "The Heart Won't Lie" brought to life and (b) how is this not gonna end up cheesier than a stuffed crust pizza? I don't think Reba McEntire and Vince Gill can star in every episode — though a girl can dream. As much as I can imagine myself getting sucked into the "Me and Little...
- 8/10/2009
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
"> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"> Where were you when the lights went out? Big Kenny hopes you'll be celebrating Earth Hour 2009 along with him. The Big & Rich singer goes dark in a new PSA for Earth Hour 2009, an initiative sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund in support of action on climate change. In the PSA, Big Kenny sings “Go Tell it on the Mountain,” adding “that Earth Hour is coming here” before he practices turning off his lights. The singer is one of several country stars participating in the global effort - others include Jo Dee Messina,...
- 3/24/2009
- by Eileen Finan
- PEOPLE.com
On Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21, at 8 pm, Kathy Mattea brings the sound of country music to UConn's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts. Stereo Review says this talented Grammy-winner has "subtly and gently revolutionized country music by infusing her songs with grace and intelligence" in such classics as "18 Wheels and A Dozen Roses," "Where've You Been?" and "Goin' Gone." With her rich, dusky mezzo-soprano voice, she sings of mature love, personal growth and world harmony, rather than the more traditional country themes.
- 3/4/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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