Americana Music News--3.25.12

Justin Townes Earle – Nothing's Going to Change The Way You Feel About Me Now ... Something Else! Reviews 50 on the Billboard charts and earned a song of the year award at last year's Americana Music Awards. Instead of sticking with that folk-meets-blues-meets-early country formula, Earle and longtime collaborator Skylar Wilson scuff things up a healthy ... See all stories on this topic » Something Else! Reviews

Savannah Music Fest: Justin Townes Earle and The Head and The Heart (review) Savannah Morning News Each song was a miniature suite full of sudden key changes and tempo shifts, much like fellow Americana revivalists Mumford and Sons. The complex arrangements kept the band busy with vocalists Josiah Johnson and Jon Russell swapping singing and guitar ... See all stories on this topic »

John McEuen made his sons earn their time onstage with him Lexington Herald Leader Such candid and whimsical remembrances are keys — disarming ones — to McEuen's ageless Americana appeal. Since 1966 (save for a 15-year break from 1986 to 2001), he helped animate the extraordinary cross-generational country music of the Nitty Gritty ... See all stories on this topic » Lexington Herald Leader

LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends join Music Matters "Live" lineup Examiner.com Also on the bill is Americana singer / songwriter Star Anna and The Laughing Dogs. Although he looks preternaturally young, Bell has been working the music scene for decades. In 1978, he and his friend Casey James formed the duo Bell and James. See all stories on this topic »

Neil Young, Crazy Horse reunite for 'Americana' album GoErie.com The name is "Americana," and the band offers its take on 11 songs drawn from the American folk music tradition. The new collection, slated for release June 5, includes Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land," Stephen Foster's "Oh Susannah," the ... See all stories on this topic »