Rolling Stone : Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash Lead John D. Loudermilk Tribute Album →

With songs that have been recorded by an impressive range of artists from George Jones, Skeeter Davis and Roy Orbison to the Raiders, Jefferson Airplane and Kanye West, writer and artist John D. Loudermilk was one of the most diverse and prolific tunesmiths of the 20th century. The author of such iconic hits as “Tobacco Road,” “Indian Reservation,” “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” and “Abilene,” was the subject of a stellar tribute concert in March 2016 at the Franklin Theatre south of Nashville.

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NRZ : Prächtige Stimmung und viel Musik →

Das 115-jährige Bestehen des Waldhotels „Tannenhäuschen“ wurde am Wochenende gebührend gefeiert. Den Auftakt machte Gregor Meyle (siehe rechts), das Sommerfest startete Samstag. Live mit dabei die Rockschule Hamminkeln mit einem ihrer bekannten Sofa-Konzerte. Auch die Weseler Band „Meine Zeit“ gab ihre Visitenkarte ab. Mit im Gepäck hatten sie ihre neue Single „Feuer und Meer“. Später wurde die Bühne frei für Sarah Straub und Carl Carlton.

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NPR : Blind Boys Of Alabama Announce 'Almost Home' — Hear Four Songs Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email →

When you're a group that's performed together for more than seven decades, it might be a daunting task to keep crafting music that feels fresh. No doubt that hill is even harder to climb when you're working within a tradition like gospel, with its well-loved, and well-worn, harmonic and lyrical conventions. Yet the singers who make up Blind Boys of Alabama have always risen to the challenge with utter grace — and the group's forthcoming album, Almost Home, places a capstone on that history.

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Ultimate Classic Rock : GUITARIST SONNY LANDRETH SHARES MEMORIES OF WORKING WITH ERIC CLAPTON, MARK KNOPFLER, GOV’T MULE AND MORE: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW →

Over the course of a recording career that's spanned more than 40 years (and counting), Sonny Landreth's distinctive slide guitar has added a little extra sting to a lengthy list of albums — including a stack of classic releases from a roster of distinguished artists as well as the growing list of LPs he's put out as a solo artist.

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Glide Magazine : TAJ MAHAL AND KEB’ MO’ MAKE POIGNANT DUO FOR LONG OVERDUE COLLABORATIVE LP (ALBUM REVIEW) →

Lennon and McCartney. Laurel and Hardy. Peanut butter and jelly. Politicians and pontificators. Some combinations are so in sync, they’re not only the sum of their parts but all but the parts are indistinguishable from one another. The same could be said of Keb’ Mo’ and Taj Mahal, two veteran musicians who possess so much in common that they often seem as if they were born brothers of different mothers.

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Greenville Journal : Warren Haynes and Gov’t Mule get back to their roots while exploring new territory

For over 20 years, Gov’t Mule has been blurring the lines between Southern rock and jam, mixing a heavy muscularity and an exploratory spirit into some truly boundary-breaking music. Led by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Warren Haynes, the band has carried the tradition of Haynes’ old day job, the Allman Brothers Band, into new territory, working the instrumental mastery of jazz and the lyrical sophistication of folk music into their riff-heavy rock.

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Jam Base : Remembering Levon Helm: Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks On TV In 1959 →

Five years ago today Levon Helm, a founding member of The Band, died at the age of 71 after a long battle with cancer. Helm’s emotion-filled vocals and swinging drum style were at the heart of many of The Band’s most beloved songs including “The Weight,” “Up On Cripple Creek,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and “Ophelia.”

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