Americana Music News--3.30.12

Del McCoury Band to Appear at the Jomeokee Music & Arts Festival jambands.com Jomeokee will boast two side-by-side stages: On one stage, Del McCoury will be showcasetop notch bluegrass, string and americana music, while the second stage will boast a variety of funk, jam and world acts. A statement from the band reads, ... See all stories on this topic » jambands.com

Local guitar player showcases talent in Afton Stillwater Gazette Formerly of the bands Stoney Lonesome, Tangled Roots, and the Kate Mackenzie Band, Silver has taken his acoustic "Roots and Americana" music to new levels through his solo appearances and shows with his own band. Although he has a deep appreciation for ... See all stories on this topic »

Music Scene: Janiva Magness redefines blues Wicked Local Secondly, she's going to upend the expectations of many blues purists with the songwriters she's chosen to cover, from Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, to Shelby Lynne, to Americana royalty Buddy & Julie Miller. "Some of those songs came from records I ... See all stories on this topic »

Thomas Dolby brings time capsule and new music to NYC's Canal Room Examiner.com The tracks span a variety of musical genres, and he seemed quite fascinated with classic country and Americana, which is evidenced by his pristine capture of those musical styles while normally living in a diametrically opposite culture in England. See all stories on this topic »

Justin Townes Earle Paste Magazine After a stint in rehab, he relaunched the album, and the title song eventually won the Americana Music Award for Song of the Year. "I found myself in a battle that I thought I was well done with," Earle acknowledges. "These new songs came out of that, ... See all stories on this topic » Paste Magazine

Media Life: Auburn's Party in the Park fires up the Cajun musical spice Auburn Journal Haley – who claims ancestors as diverse as Pocahontas and Bill Haley – is a serious Americana artist but she'll be punctuating the music with some entertaining story-telling. She also has a musical sense of humor, as her YouTube hit "Chicken Fiddler," ... See all stories on this topic » Auburn Journal

Liverpool Philharmonic New Season Highlights Altsounds.com We are able to announce shows by some of the world's finest country and Americana musicians. The Ladies of Country in May sees five of the genre's leading ladies all on the same bill. We bring Alison Krauss and Union Station up from the Olympics ... See all stories on this topic »

Live on Excursions: David Wax Museum WYSO By Kent Montgomery and Niki Dakota David Wax and Suz Slezak, together known as David Wax Museum, stop by Excursions to share their bizarrely brilliant "Mexo-Americana" music. David Wax Museum can trace its inspiration back to 2001, when Wax first ... See all stories on this topic »

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Americana Music Association to Present Big Easy Express at ... Nashville, TN – March 27, 2012: The Americana Music Association is proud to present the closing night screening of Big Easy Express at the 2012 Nashville ... americanamusic.org/americana-music-association-present-big-...

Shannon LaBrie "I Remember a Boy" - Americana Music - Music Fog Shannon LaBrie "I Remember a Boy". Hope the weather is spectacular where you are. After ... musicfog.com/home/.../shannon-labrie-i-remember-a-boy.htm...

REVIEW: Will Phalen – Holy Ghost / Gold Coast | Americana Music ... I had the opportunity to listen to a lot of albums on a recent road trip to Tennessee . No, not to Nashville. I was headed to Chattanooga, where I'd lived for a few ... www.americanamusictimes.com/.../review-will-phalen-holy-gh...