Americana

John Prine Bluesfest Performance Cancelled Due To Illness

by Paul Cashmere

Songwriting legend John Prine has cancelled his Bluesfest performance on doctors advice.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, country, folk, John Prine, songwriter, USA

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R.I.P. Buddy Cage of New Riders of the Purple Sage At Age 73

by Paul Cashmere

Buddy Cage, the pedal steel player for New Riders of the Purple Sage from 1971-1982, has died at the age of 73.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, Anne Murray, Bob Dylan, Buddy Cage, New Riders of the Purple Sage, USA

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Milk Carton Kids To Play Australian Shows In August

by Paul Cashmere

Milk Carton Kids will return to Australia in August.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Americana, folk, Milk Carton Kids, USA

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Russell Morris and Broderick Smith To Perform Double Header At Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Russell Morris and Broderick Smith will perform a double header show at Memo Music Hall this Sunday.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, blues, Broderick Smith, rock, Russell Morris

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The Teskey Brothers Nominated For Grammy Award

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s The Teskey Brothers have been nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non Classical at the 2020 Grammy Awards

Tagged as: 10s, Americana, Australia, blues, The Teskey Brothers

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NeilYoung at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl by Ros O'Gorman

Neil Young Says Fuck Off To Facebook

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young has withdrawn completely from Facebook and is urging his fans to do the same.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, Canada, country, Neil Young, rock, USA

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Neil Young May Have To Leave US While Citizenship Is Finalised

by Music-News.com

Canadian Neil Young has applied for citizenship in order to vote in the 2020 presidential election but revealed his bid has been delayed after he admitted to smoking marijuana.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, Canada, country, Neil Young, rock, USA

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US Government Delays Neil Young’s Citizenship Application

by Music-News.com

Neil Young’s U.S. citizenship application has been delayed because he has confessed to taking up marijuana again.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, Canada, country, Neil Young, rock, USA

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Neil Young Is Looking For A Way To Disconnect From Facebook

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young wants out of Facebook but is faced with disconnecting from millions of fans if he does.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, Canada, country, Neil Young, rock, USA

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R.I.P. Paul Barrere of Little Feat 1948-2019

by Paul Cashmere

Little Feat guitarist Paul Barrere has passed away at the age of 71.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, blues, country rock, Little Feat, Paul Barrere, southern rock, USA

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The Badloves Return With First New Music in 17 Years ‘soulbrothertruckingsong’

by Paul Cashmere

The Badloves have returned with their first new songs in almost 20 years. ‘southbrothertruckinsong’ is the song that has broken the drought.

Tagged as: 90s, Americana, Australia, Michael Spiby, rock, The Badloves

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Jeff Tweedy of Wilco photo by Ros O'Gorman

Wilco perform Everyone Hides for Colbert

by Paul Cashmere

Wilco have given Stephen Colbert’s audience a sneak preview of their new album ‘Ode To Joy’ with a new song ‘Everyone Hides’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Americana, blues and roots, Stephen Colbert, USA, Wilco

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Sheryl Crow Teams With Gibson For the Country Western Supreme

by Paul Cashmere

Sheryl Crow and Gibson Guitars have teamed up to produce the Sheryl Crow signature guitar the Country Western Supreme.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Americana, country, folk, pop, rock, Sheryl Crow, USA

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Robert Hunter, songwriter with Bob Dylan and Grateful Dead Dies Aged 78

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan and Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter has died at the age of 78 in California.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Americana, blues, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Jam, Robert Hunter, rock, USA

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Brandi Carlile will Perform Bluesfest Sideshows for Melbourne Sydney and Auckland

by Paul Cashmere

Just weeks ago Brandi Carlile was the big winner at the 18th annual Americana Honors & Awards in Nashville. She was crowned Artist of the Year by legendary songwriter John Prine.

Tagged as: 10s, Americana, Australian Tour, bluesfest, Brandi Carlile, The Highwomen, USA

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Robbie Robertson Creates A Global All-Star New Version of ‘The Weight’

by Paul Cashmere

The Band’s band-leader Robbie Robertson has gone global for a new version of The Band’s classic ‘The Weight’ featuring an all-star cast, actually an all-Starr cast, filmed on five continents simultaneously.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Americana, Larkin Poe, Lukas Nelson, Ringo Starr, Robbie Robertson, rock, The Band, The Weight, USA, world

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The Teskey Brothers to Perform at Sacred Heart Mission’s Heart of St Kilda

by Paul Cashmere

The Teskey Brothers will perform at Year 12 of the Sacred Heart Mission’s Heart of St Kilda Concert.

Tagged as: 10s, Americana, Australia, roots, Teskey Brothers

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Neal Casal dies aged 50

by Paul Cashmere

Neal worked with Ryan Adams as a member of The Cardinals and Chris Robinson as one of The Brotherhood as well as with Willie Nelson and Shooter Jennings.

Tagged as: 90s, Americana, Chris Robinson, Neal Casal, rock, Ryan Adams, Shooter Jennings, USA, Willie Nelson

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John Waters to interpret Bob Dylan “for the ambivalent”

by Paul Cashmere

With John Waters goes out to perform the songs of Bob Dylan for the Dylan Revisited tour he wants the audience to known (almost) every song.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Americana, Bob Dylan, folk, John Waters, rock, Roy Ortuso, USA

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America Co-Founder Gerry Beckley Releases New Music

by Paul Cashmere

America co-founder Gerry Buckley has released new solo music. ‘Home Again’ is the first taste of Gerry’s album ‘Five Mile Road’ due in September.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, acoustic, America, Americana, contemporary, country, folk, Gerry Beckley, rock, USA

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Tex Perkins adds more dates to The Man In Black 10th Anniversary Show

by Paul Cashmere

Tex Perkins’ The Man In Black’ tour has expanded once again.

Tagged as: 60s, Americana, Australia, country, Johnny Cash, roots, Tex Perkins, The Man In Black

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Tony Joe White Re-Records Polk Salad Annie With Robert Cray Months Before He Passed Away

by Paul Cashmere

Just months before Tony Joe White passed away he re-recorded his classic ‘Polk Salad Annie’ with Robert Cray.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Americana, blues, roots, Tony Joe White, USA

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David Crosby, A Day On The Green, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

David Crosby Performs Long Time Gone for Jimmy Fallon

by Paul Cashmere

David Crosby is doing the promo rounds in the USA and this week dropped by the Jimmy Fallon show to talk up his new biopic and perform his CSN classic ‘Long Time Gone’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Americana, Cameron Crowe, country, Crosby Stills & Nash, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, CSN, David Crosby, folk, Graham Nash, Neil Young, Remember My Name, rock, Stephen Stills, USA

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Blinded By The Light to include Bruce Springsteen’s rejected Harry Potter song

by Paul Cashmere

The movie soundtrack to ‘Blinded by the Light’ will include previously unreleased Bruce Springsteen songs including the song ‘I’ll Stand By You Always’, offered for a Harry Potter movie but it was rejected.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Americana, Blinded By The Light, Bruce Springsteen, rock, USA

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The Teskey Brothers reveal new video for So Caught Up

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s The Teskey Brothers have released another preview of their ‘Run Home Slow’ album. Here is the video for ‘So Caught Up’.

Tagged as: 10s, alt-country, Americana, Australia, country, The Teskey Brothers

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Melbourne’s The Teskey Brothers Started Pulling In An American Audience

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s The Teskey Brothers have been making waves in the USA in the past week. There shows are now registering on Pollstar’s Live 75 chart.

Tagged as: 10s, Americana, Blues Rock, country, roots, The Teskey Brothers, USA

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Sheryl Crow at Margaret Court Arena. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Sheryl Crow can’t believe her masters have been destroyed

by Music-News.com

Sheryl Crow is still in utter disbelief after learning the master tapes of her hit albums were destroyed in a vault fire that was covered up for 11 years.

Tagged as: 90s, Americana, country, pop, rock, Sheryl Crow, USA

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