Americana Music News--3.29.12

Music: Long Ride Home Albany Times Union (Photo by Annabel Braithwaite) These days, it's hard to believe the diversity of musical acts who happily fall under the heading Americana Ever since the award-winning soundtrack to the Coen Brothers movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou? blew the genre ... See all stories on this topic »

Jomeokee Music Fest Announced! Grateful Web For three-days, September 14th – 16 th , 2012, music fans are invited to revel in the sounds of Americana, funk, folk, jam, string, blues and world music while taking in the majestic Pilot Mountain scenery. Jomeokee Fest is the spin-off of southeast ... See all stories on this topic » Grateful Web

Red Molly trio takes to Scituate stage Wicked Local By Kelly Anne Clinton Red Molly is an Americana/Roots female trio who are coming to perform at the River Club Music Hall in Scituate on Saturday, March 31. This week, the Mariner caught up with Red Molly's Molly Ventor to talk about the band and its ... See all stories on this topic »

Live Oak Music Festival rocks 2012 with an award-winning lineup Santa Ynez Valley News Other musicians include: John Doe, a singer, songwriter, actor, poet, guitarist, and bass-player whose music spans the rock, country and folk genres and James McMurtry, the Grammy-nominated and Americana Indie Award-winner. Other notable artists lined ... See all stories on this topic »

Singer ellen cherry strips down for new solo piano album Baltimore Sun (blog) Produced by Baltimore Americana singer/songwriter Caleb Stine, "Please Don't Sell the Piano" is cherry's most personal album. This weekend, she's celebrating its release with two shows at An die Musik Live. Growing up, cherry learned to play music on ... See all stories on this topic » Baltimore Sun (blog)

Unconventional 'house concert' venues are about more than music Press-Register - al.com Those are other people you're about to hear some music with. Welcome to the world of house concerts, where the basic idea is simple — to bring an appreciative audience together for professional-caliber music in a setting without the drawbacks of ... See all stories on this topic » Press-Register - al.com

New Tracks: Tim McGraw, Kellie Pickler and More CMT.com I'm a big fan of folk and Americana music. One of the prettiest, most touching love songs I've heard this year is Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer's "Better Way." In this ballad, Carter (who died unexpectedly in 2002) dedicates himself to being a better ... See all stories on this topic » CMT.com