Rather watch this, also live (incl. commercials): http://musiccityroots.com/roots-tv/
― dow, Thursday, 6 November 2014 01:39 (nine years ago) link
Yea maybe. But Kacey Musgraves just won "song of the year" (as oppose to single of the year) for "Follow Your Arrow"
Lady Antebellum's performance was ok
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 November 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
There's Dierks Bentley doing "Drunk on a Plane" . I like that song. Its catchy.
Miranda Lambert and 2 guys she writes songs with just accepted her/their award for something...
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 November 2014 02:38 (nine years ago) link
Checking out that Roots tv thing. Its on every Wednesday I see
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 November 2014 02:41 (nine years ago) link
Back to the CMAs. Miranda won for best album. She justt did a nice version of "Smokin' and Drinkin" with Little Big Town accompanying her
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 November 2014 03:16 (nine years ago) link
Vince Gill just got all choked up watching the video endorsement of him from Merle Haggard as part of the video tribute to him. He just got the Irving Waugh Award of Excellence
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 November 2014 03:21 (nine years ago) link
George Strait's baritone still sounds good. He dueted with Eric Church. Luke Bryan won entertainer of the year. But now they're letting the Doobie Brothers close out the night with "Takin' it to the Streets" with Brad Paisley on guitar. Oh country, you love those old pop folks. Michael McDonald is getting gospelly now with all of the backing singers...
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 November 2014 03:59 (nine years ago) link
I missed a couple of the other veteran with younger act duets--saw in the paper that Loretta Lynn did one.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 November 2014 14:27 (nine years ago) link
A picture from life's other side (so this 'un ain't fair neither, butt its funny):http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2014/11/06/48th-annual-cma-music-awards-fest-oh-balls-2014
― dow, Thursday, 6 November 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
Oh, I see on the Paisley thread some discussion of one of host Paisley's "jokes".
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/06/showbiz/cmas-highlights-brad-paisley/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 November 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
Nikki Lane: still good. Prob in my Scene ballot Top Ten Albums.
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― dow, Friday, 7 November 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link
She's on a US tour now. Gonna be away tho and will miss my East coast gig
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 November 2014 01:57 (nine years ago) link
Also touring: Wine Women & Song, AKA Matraca Berg, Suzy Bogguss, and Gretchen Peters. Covered a WWS show in Columbus OH years ago. Purty cool: seasoned personal hits and more recent, well-placed co-writes, plus covers of Stones, Parsons, etc. What's that curled around Matraca's elbow? I asked but haven't heard back from her yet.
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― dow, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 01:06 (nine years ago) link
Tonight on Music City Roots, from 7 til some time prob a bit before 10 Central, Angeleena Presley and Mary Gauthier will be among the performers, with sets prob 25-27 minutes long, plus brief interviews. Scroll to the bottom of this page for livestream video and live radio links. For archived shows (back to 2010), click media, audio, downloads. http://musiccityroots.com/events/
― dow, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 23:45 (nine years ago) link
Nikki Lane @nikkilanemusic 2h2 hours ago
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― dow, Thursday, 13 November 2014 02:07 (nine years ago) link
Really liked Holly Williams' 2013 The Highway and some earlier music.
Holly WilliamsVerified account @hollywilliams1
Mama, Daddy, Waylon, Jessie-all legends in their own right ❤️❤️ #1979 #weddingday
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― dow, Friday, 14 November 2014 02:58 (nine years ago) link
Fine presentation: life & music of the late great Gary Stewart, country-rocker like no other---thx to @rekkidoftheday Phillip Overeem 4 alert http://bit.ly/1sW1bMU
He's *kind of* like if Jerry Lee Lewis had first emerged in the 70s, having to deal with all that and vice versa, but some wild desolate Hank Williams in there too, what if Hank had made it to middle age---here's my take, written right before/after his death, a decade ago: http://bit.ly/1uC1dh6
― dow, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 02:00 (nine years ago) link
Minton Sparks is a story-telling poet with an ear for the music in spoken words. She's often held forth with guitarist John Jackson, who toured with Dylan long enough to be prepared at all times, so Live At Station Inn is a good place to start. Studio arrangements ride along nicely too, and she's sure got a way with a beat. This fall's Gold Digger delivers more downhome truths in itchy empathy: "Every line is written on the body," and how. (If had to pick one for a comp, might possibly be "Tennessee Prison For Women," which is like a slice of Orange Is The New Black, although seems even more like based on her teaching there, or is that just a illusion of her deft realness)
― dow, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:25 (nine years ago) link
That is, I don't know if she actually has taught there (could read the bio, but the music's the thing).
― dow, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Cool convergence at the CMAa
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― dow, Thursday, 20 November 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
Make a note
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― dow, Thursday, 20 November 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3PwD3pIYAAxvbc.jpg:largeStarting a new series of Xmas EPs:"I wanted to do an EP and spread it around over the next three years. I love it. I miss making Christmas music, so I'm happy."
Rimes says she felt very free to experiment with her sound on the release. "There's a little bit of dirty south kind of sound, but it's also very intimate. It was nice to do some songs that haven't been covered as much, so it was nice to set the tone with something a little different than what normal Christmas records have been." Nuthin too weird tho:http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/6327687/leann-rimes-one-christmas-ep-interview?utm_source=twitter
― dow, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link
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Yep, Willie's Stash, a mixed bag which actually continues the zigzag grooving of most albums he's released in this century. But these 18 tracks, new recordings of vintage covers and (mostly) originals, from "Alexander's Ragtime Band to "Ou-es Tu, Mon Amour/I Never Cared For You," lyrical and blunt, well-remembered and impulsive. He seems a little short-winded at first, but vocal levels shift as needed: he's scrawny, full-bodied, nasal, well-rounded, etc. Ivories are also flexible, while the geetar darts, jabs, practices Djangology (he said recently he'd been taking lessons in that, but sounds the same). She contours and solos too, given more space than usual (though also check last year's Let's Face The Music and Dance).Each song lives in its own story, its own moment, streaming here for now http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/arts/music/pressplay.html?_r=0
― dow, Wednesday, 26 November 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
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Pretty and spooky without being Southern Gothic, the current Cantrell vibe is "that's just how it is," cos love & music will only take you so far, no matter through what and for what (incl "Turn Down For What," not stylistically, but this music's into pleasure too). Sounds she knows she's on a roll, so why stop now, pick up some more sorrow and happiness on the way. Also sounds like She might be mildly surprised that I'm surprised at her unpretentious mastery and ambition (no dis on Brandy Clark, but those who think she's the best should hear the way Cantrell does less-is-more, vocally: "I'm gonna get these ol' clothes clean, do you know what I mean?")
Xgau pretty much nails it (think by "helpmeet" he means "co-writer"):
Laura Cantrell: No Way There From Here(Thrift Shop)
Now in her mid forties, Nashville-born, New York-based Columbia grad Cantrell has always been one of those intensely likable, not necessarily female Nashville helpmeets whose own music is a quantum too mild to break out of their circle. But on her first album of new songs since she stepped back to have a kid, two cowrites with the darker and sharper Amy Allison are intensely flavorful: the pan-feminist “All the Girls Are Complicated” and the pining-for-my-guy “Can’t Wait.” Great melodies too from Jennifer O’Connor on the songwriter-centric “Beg or Borrow Days” and Franklin Bruno on the dislocated “No Way There From Here” and, hey, Laura Cantrell acting alone on the calmly bereft “Letter She Sent.” That’s a lot. Welcome outside the circle, ma’am. A MINUS
Also, despite the shifting songwriting credits (which I haven't checked), it's seamless, without being too smooth. A touch of the old Hoboken denim lilt in there too, so one for us Amy Rigby fans (first track even has a dbs feel).
― dow, Saturday, 29 November 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link
Not that this is, eh, jangle-country.
― dow, Saturday, 29 November 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
Not pandering to her fellow fortysomethings' hip nostalgia, that is.
― dow, Saturday, 29 November 2014 22:38 (nine years ago) link
At long last I was able to put the dreaded Crowell/ Willoughby sense of shame and disentitlement to proper use. Recent adventures of Rodney C. (Lon Chaney Williams?)http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1siqmba
― dow, Saturday, 29 November 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
Chris Richards end of the year list in Washington Post has Sam Hunt, Miranda Lambert, sturgill Simpson, plus Lori McKenna and Hiss Golden Messenger
Methinks that Sam Hunt one is kinda uneven
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 30 November 2014 06:24 (nine years ago) link
i wanted to like it/him but i thought it was pretty boring throughout. i actually love "cop car" but somehow found the version on his album fairly dull.
― dyl, Sunday, 30 November 2014 07:45 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that track started well, but petered out. Overall---mehhh---anyway, note to self: get the following
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― dow, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 02:15 (nine years ago) link
Have they done one for Oklahoma yet?
― dow, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 02:16 (nine years ago) link
Thanx to all-weather publicist Cary Baker for pic of his new copy.
― dow, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 02:18 (nine years ago) link
Country album noms at the Grammys:
Dierks Bentley - RiserEric Church - The OutsidersBrandy Clark - 12 StoriesMiranda Lambert - PlatinumLee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
― uberweiss, Friday, 5 December 2014 14:08 (nine years ago) link
brandy, miranda and lee ann :D :D :D
so happy that brandy's gotten some recognition
― lex pretend, Friday, 5 December 2014 14:10 (nine years ago) link
Best New Artist noms:
BastilleIggy AzaleaBrandy ClarkHAIMSam Smith
!
― prolego, Friday, 5 December 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
whoa that is pretty big especially given that her album wasn't exactly a hit. SO DESERVING! so unusual to be excited about grammy nominations!
― lex pretend, Friday, 5 December 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
!!!
only grammy noms to make me happy so far
― dyl, Friday, 5 December 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
The chronology of these ballot choices always weirds me out: voted (see way upthread) for Clark in Nashville Scene poll re alb was released---last year. Na ga vote for anything twice, wouldn't be prudent.Best recap & comments in the history of time: http://www.nashvillescene.com/countrylife/archives/2014/12/04/nashville-recap-two-sides-to-every-story
― dow, Friday, 5 December 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
It is great to see Brandy Clark getting the exposure that her talent deserves. I was wondering, because i have no idea, do Grammy nominations actually make a difference to record sales?
― gregus, Friday, 5 December 2014 23:19 (nine years ago) link
if the the category is shown on the television broadcast, it usually provides a quick but significant upsurge in sales for the nominated artists (esp. if they win)
― dyl, Saturday, 6 December 2014 05:04 (nine years ago) link
Thanks dyl,
I was wondering about the importance of the nomination. In Britain or Ireland, being nominated or winning a high profile award, such as the Mercury Prize, can have a very positive effect, but it can also be seen as an albatross around the neck of the winner. A case in point is Speech Debelle, who never really recovered from being perceived as an undeserving winner of the award, and her win certainly didn't translate into record sales.
― gregus, Saturday, 6 December 2014 06:28 (nine years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/40-best-country-albums-of-2014-20141210
Whiney and other RS contributors weigh in with selections from big names and others
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/12/10/girl-in-a-country-song-hits-no-1-by-mocking-bro-country-the-bros-arent-laughing/?hpid=z4
But the guys in question have been pretty humorless. When the song dropped, the bros were tellingly silent amid the waves of hype, if not downright annoyed. Asked about the song by the Chicago Tribune, Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley claimed he didn’t know what the interviewer was talking about. When asked further, he got snippy. “All I’m gonna say about that is, I don’t know one girl who doesn’t want to be a girl in a country song,” Kelley said. “That’s all I’m gonna say to you. That’s it.”
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 December 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
Here's one to which I contributed: http://www.spin.com/articles/40-best-country-songs-2014/
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 December 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
i like this pretty ok so far but i can't stop hearing her accent as claire bowen's fake-ass 'scarlett' accent on nashville
― j., Friday, 12 December 2014 03:58 (nine years ago) link
Thanks, Alfred. I've been way behind on singles for the Scene ballot, will check those. Tulare Dust, good Merle trib, now reissued with an added disc:http://shop.fronterarecords.com/Tulare-Dust-2-CD-expanded-edition-ROC-3273.htm
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― dow, Friday, 12 December 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
tulare dust is one of the only tribute albums i've ever truly loved.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 12 December 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
i think "girl in a country song" and especially the way it's been promoted have been overly acquiescent to the 'bro' side of the industry but it is amusing to see that the florida georgia line guy is actually annoyed by it
― dyl, Friday, 12 December 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
Iris DeMent's cover of Big City on Tulare Dust. Just killer.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 13 December 2014 06:45 (nine years ago) link