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John Hiatt at SXSW - photo by Ros O'Gorman

36 Year Old John Hiatt Sends A Message To 66 Year Old John Hiatt Through The Eclipse Sessions

John Hiatt’s latest album ‘The Eclipse Sessions’ in many ways is a direct link back to his 1987 album ‘Bring The Family’ or maybe 30 years ago he was projected forward to now.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Americana, folk, John Hiatt, USA

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Don Henley, Eagles photo by Ros O'Gorman

Eagles To Play 2019 Dates In Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Eagles will return to Australia in 2019 for dates in New Zealand and east coast Australia.

Tagged as: 70s, Americana, country, Deacon Frey, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, rock, Timothy B. Schmit, USA, Vince Gill

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Norah Jones Has Made A Record With Jeff Tweedy

by Paul Cashmere

Norah Jones has teamed up with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy for her new song ‘A Song With No Name’.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Americana, jazz, Jeff Tweedy, Norah Jones, pop, USA, Wilco

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Willie Nelson Has Recorded A New Version Of Bob Dylan ‘Gotta Serve Somebody’

by Paul Cashmere

Willie Nelson has recorded another version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Gotta Serve Somebody’ for the Muscle Shoals homage album.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Americana, Bob Dylan, country, Muscle Shoals, USA, Willie Nelson

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Dickey Betts Cancels Shows Following Mild Stroke

by Paul Cashmere

Former Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts has cancelled upcoming live performances after suffering what is being called “a mild stroke”.

Tagged as: 70s, Allman Brothers, Americana, Dickey Betts, rock, southern rock, USA

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James Van Cooper Adds More Dates Around Debut Album Release

by Paul Cashmere

James Van Cooper has added Tamworth, Canberra and Newcastle dates to his Coming Home tour.

Tagged as: 10s, Americana, Australia, Axle Whitehead, country, James Van Cooper

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Ed King of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Strawberry Alarm Clock R.I.P. 1949-2018

by Paul Cashmere

Ed King, the one time guitarist player for Lynyrd Skynyrd and before that Strawberry Alarm Clock, has died at the age of 68.

Tagged as: 70s, Americana, ed King, Lynyrd Skynyrd, rock, USA

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Bob Dylan Includes ‘Visions of Johanna’ In Sydney Theatre Show

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan’s one-off theatre show on his Australian tour included a performance of ‘Visions of Johanna’.

Tagged as: 60s, Americana, Australian Tour, Bob Dylan, Chugg Entertainment, folk, rock, USA

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Bob Dylan Plays His Second Melbourne Show For The True Fans

by Paul Cashmere

A Bob Dylan show is not about ‘hits & memories’. While many of his contemporaries are out cashing in their careers with their Vegas years performances, Dylan is staying true to what started him in the first place … authenticity.

Tagged as: 60s, Americana, Australian Tour, Bob Dylan, Chugg Entertainment, folk, rock, USA

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Jeff Tweedy Has Written A Book About Songwriting

by Paul Cashmere

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has written a book about songwriting. ‘ Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording With Wilco, Etc.’ will be published in November.

Tagged as: 80s, Americana, book, Jeff Tweedy, rock, USA, Wilco

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John Hiatt To Release First Album Since 2014

by Paul Cashmere

John Hiatt will release his next album ‘The Eclipse Sessions’ in October. It will be his first album since ‘Terms of My Surrender’ in 2014 and his 23rd studio album.

Tagged as: 70s, alt-country, Americana, country, John Hiatt, rock, USA

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Susie Scurry Recruits Richard Hawley Band To Pay Homage To Elvis Presley

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter chose Sheffield, UK to record her homage to Elvis Presley ‘The Elvis Hour’ because that’s where producer Colin Elliott is based.

Tagged as: 10s, alt-country, Americana, Australia, Susie Scurry

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Margo Price To Play Out On The Weekend 2018

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s boutique Americana music festival Out On The Weekend will celebrate its fifth anniversary in October. The first artist announce for 2018 is Margo Price.

Tagged as: alt-country, Americana, Australia, Margo Price, music festival, music industry

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Father John Misty Gods Favorite Customer

Father John Misty Pays Tribute To Himself With Mr Tillman

by Paul Cashmere

Father John Misty has released a song honouring himself in ‘Mr Tillman’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Americana, Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes, folk, Joshua Tillman, USA

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Grant Lee Phillips Cannot Imagine Another Grant Lee Buffalo Album Ever

by Paul Cashmere

Grant Lee Buffalo co-founder Grant Lee Phillips says he can’t ever imagine his former band would ever make another album.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, Americana, Grant Lee Buffalo, Grant Lee Phillips, rock, USA

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Bob Dylan To Return To Australia And New Zealand In August

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan, one of the world’s true music legends, will tour Australia and New Zealand in August, 2018.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, Bob Dylan, country, folk, rock, songwriter, USA

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Buffalo Springfield Box Released To Mark 50th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Buffalo Springfield will release a 50th anniversary box set in June marking 50 years since their final show in 1968.

Tagged as: 60s, Americana, Buffalo Springfield, country rock, Neil Young, rock, Stephen Stills, USA

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James Taylor Releases His Kids Book Based On Sweet Baby James

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

One of the great classics of James Taylor’s repertoire is undoubtedly “Sweet Baby James” from the album of the same name.

Tagged as: 70s, Americana, country, folk, James Taylor, USA

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Check Out The Bill Dwyer Band From Boston

by Paul Cashmere

Bill Dwyer Band from Boston are one of those American bands that remind people of the real American bands they listened to in the 70s. The sound reaches back to the same influences Keith Richards went to when he evolved the Stones with ‘Exile On Main Street’.

Tagged as: 10s, Americana, Bill Dwyer Band, blues, roots, USA

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Hootie and the Blowfish To Reunite For One Show In Atlanta

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

In the mid-90’s, there may have been no artist that dominated the radio more than Hootie and the Blowfish.

Tagged as: 90s, Americana, country, Darius Rucker, Hootie and the Blowfish, rock, USA

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Ryan Adams Has An Albums Worth of Material Set To Go

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It’s now been just over a year since the last Ryan Adams album. That’s not an extraordinary time for most artists but for Adams, who released eight studio albums between 2000 and 2005, that’s an eternity.

Tagged as: 90s, Americana, rock, Ryan Adams, USA

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Jackson Browne Adds In 14 US Dates

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne has added fourteen dates to his upcoming tour for July and early-August.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Americana, contemporary, Jackson Browne, rock, USA

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Bonnie Raitt, Deni Blues & Roots Festival, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

National Guitar Museum To Award Bonnie Raitt Lifetime Achievement Award

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The National Guitar Museum has announced that Bonnie Raitt, one of the most accomplished guitarists of the past 50 years, will receive its annual Lifetime Achievement Award. Raitt is only the eighth recipient of the award.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Americana, blues, Bonnie Raitt, country, USA

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Rita Coolidge To Release New Album After SXSW

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Rita Coolidge will release her new album, Safe in the Arms of Time, on May 4 via Blue Elan Records.

Tagged as: 70s, Americana, contemporary, Rita Coolidge, SXSW, USA

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Zac Brown Side-Project Sir Rosevelt Treats ’12 Strong’ Soundtrack To New Music

by Paul Cashmere

Sir Rosevelt, Zac Brown’s side-project, has written music for the new war drama ’12 Strong’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alt-country, Americana, country, Sir Rosevelt, USA, Zac Brown

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Rita Coolidge To Showcase At SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Rita Coolidge will perform at SXSW 2018 in Austin in March.

Tagged as: 70s, Americana, country, Rita Coolidge, rock, USA

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John Oates Goes Americana For Arkansas

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It was already known that John Oates was embracing Americana music with his new album Arkansas but we didn’t know how much until today.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Americana, Hall & Oates, John Oates, pop, soul, USA

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The Black Sorrows To Perform At SXSW 2018

by Paul Cashmere

Australian icons The Black Sorrows will perform at SXSW 2018.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Americana, Australia, blues, jazz, Joe Camilleri, rock, roots, The Black Sorrows

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Australia Honours Americana As A Genre

by Paul Cashmere

Americana came of age in Australia this week with the first annual Australian Americana Honours Night.

Tagged as: Americana, Australia, Brian Taranto, country, Kasey Chambers, music industry

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A Tribute To Dan Fogelberg Gathers Garth Brooks and Eagles

by Paul Cashmere

Eagles and Garth Brooks are some of the acts paying tribute to Dan Fogelberg on ‘A Tribute To Dan Fogelberg’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Americana, country, Dan Fogelberg, Eagles, Garth Brooks, USA

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