By Matt Jarrard Missy fulfilled all her goals Wine bags and a nice fake rolls Cheap diamonds or tall boys and races TV gets your mind, crumbles, and unlaces Yeah, that's the stuff of Athen's Efren. Its the stuff of rural life, desperation, poverty, chances taken, opportunities missed...it's dark, folky, americana. The gritty twanged vocals [...]
I've fallen a little behind over the Holidays, but I'm going to try to get back on track and get the list finished up soon. We'll start back today with #9. #9 - Written in Chalk by Buddy & Julie Miller Based solely on critical acclaim and awards, this would be the number one album on the list... hands down. Buddy & Julie nearly swept the Americana Music Awards in September. The husband and wife team captured awards for Duo/Group of the Year, Album [...]
01 The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You ( buy ) I don't think it would be possible to look back at 2009 and not think about the Avett Brothers and this record. The two will be forever cemented in time together. I saw the band in Chicago , San Francisco and Madison - each time different, but wonderful memories that made up some of my favorite nights of the year. This record chases down big dreams, is the product of hard work [...]
I love Steve Earle and Allison Moorer. I think Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis are great. Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine make me giddy. You know how I feel about Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson. For my money, though, Buddy & Julie Miller are the first couple of Americana music. Buddy is the multi-instrumentalist/producer /singer/songwriter [...]
*** Well... The results are in from last night's Americana Honors and Awards Show, and the winners are Buddy Miller, Buddy Miller, Buddy Miller, Buddy Miller, Gurf Morlix, and Justin Townes Earle. Obviously, Buddy was the big winner on the night. He walked away with wins for "Artist of the Year," "Duo/Group of the Year" with his wife Julie Miller, "Album of the Year" for Written in Chalk (also with Julie), and "Song of the Year" for his duet with Patty Griffin called "Chalk." [...]
So far we've covered the nominees for "Best New and Emerging Artist" and "Song of the Year" at this year's Americana Music Awards & Honors. I gave you my picks and asked you to vote for yours. You've voted for all Texas artists so far with The Band of Heathens and The Flatlanders each taking their respective categories. We'll find out who really wins when the awards get passed out September 17th in Nashville. This week, it's time to look at the "Album of the Year" nominees. I've already covered [...]
Last week, I previewed the nominees for "Best New & Emerging Artist" at this year's Americana Awards and Honors and asked you to vote for who you thought should win. You chose The Band of Heathens by an almost two-to-one margin over Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles. This week, we're going to dip into another category and ask you to vote on the "Americana Song of the Year." We'll start with "Chalk" by Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin from Buddy and Julie Miller's 2009 release [...]
On "Ellis County," husband and wife duo Buddy and Julie Miller show why they are so well regarded in the folk and country communities...
Sur le papier c'est un album en duo mais dans les faits c'est toute une troupe qui entoure Buddy et Julie Miller sur Written in Chalk, le deuxième album du couple. Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, les soeurs McCrary et Emmylou Harris viennent prêter leurs voix aux morceaux des Miller. Tout ça pour dire qu'on entend finalement assez peu les 2 époux chanter ensemble mais lorsque leur voix s'unissent,
PLAYLIST : Bill Callahan - Eid Ma Clack Shaw Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle ( Drag City - 2009) www.myspace.com/toomuchtolove Buddy & Julie Miller - Ellis County Written In Chalk ( New West records - 2009) www.buddyandjulie.com The Rural Alberta Advantage - Don't Haunt This Place Hometowns (2009) [...]
Haven't heard the new album from Buddy & Julie Miller but I've been listening to this song a lot over the past few days so I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of it. Really interested to hear the song that Robert Plant guests on. Never really listened to the duo before but I really like this song, it's definitely worth a listen. Buddy & Julie Miller - Ellis County
Last night the wind knocked out my internet access for a good couple of hours. I used my time away from the web to take a complete and uninterrupted listen to Buddy & Julie Miller's Written In Chalk , released last week on New West Records . Recorded in Nashville, TN and including guest appearances by Robert Plant , Emmylou Harris , Patty Griffin , and Larry Campbell makes this one hard to pass up. Invest the time to check out this [...]
Written In Chalk is the new album from husband and wife country duo Buddy & Julie Miller.After lengthy careers playing with a veritable who's who of country music, the couple have a lot of favours to call in. And boy do they ever. The album features guest appearances be the like of Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, and the legendary Emmylou Harris.Most of the tracks are good, down home country music
I am one of very few that thinks U2 really isn't that great, other than The Joshua Tree and a few other random songs. The fact that Rolling Stone gave the new release five stars pretty much guarantees I won't like it. But Neko Case ... ohhh Neko Case. If only you were ten years younger. Anyway, you already know I like her new album , so there's that. Wild Light 's debut is catchy, but I bet the feeling won't last long. We shall [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Nashville singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, Buddy Miller suffered a heart attack in Baltimore, MD, on Friday, February 20. He was on tour with Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin as part ot the " 3 Girls And Their Buddy " tour. Mr Miller, 56, was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and he underwent a successful triple-bypass heart surgery. Miller will be recovering in Baltimore for several weeks and unable to make the final February 20 thru 22 tour dates. His songs have been recorded by the Dixie Chicks, Lee Ann Womack, Brooks [...]
I've been listening to Buddy and Julie Miller's new album Written in Chalk for a few weeks now, but I tried to hold off on writing about it until we got a little closer to the March 3rd release date. That is until I saw on the Ramblings... blog that New West Records has made the first track from the album, "Ellis County," available as a free download from their website . For the album itself... it is a bit different from the self-titled effort they released in 2001. [...]
Buddy & Julie Miller - Ellis County (MP3) Sortie de Written in Chalk le 3 mars chez New West Records. Ellis CountyDon't Say Goodbye (with Patty Griffin)What You Gonna Do Leroy (with Robert Plant)Long TimeOne Part, Two Part (with Regina McCrary)Chalk [...]
I haven't had a whole lot of time to write this weekend... so here is some other stuff from around the blogs that you might be interested in. * Ramblings on Music, Texas, Etc... has some more info on the new Buddy & Julie Miller disc that is coming out March 3rd. If you visit, you can see the Electronic Press Kit for the new album and the album cover (which I have posted above). Ramblings also has some info about the next [...]
Just a few links to get you through the week... * Scott Miller has made his new CD For Crying Out Loud available for pre-order at his website . Only 1,000 copies will be offered between now and December 17th online and at Miller's shows... and once they're gone, they're gone. Orders placed before the 17th should arrive by Christmas. If you don't get in on the pre-order, then you have to wait until March for the official release. All pre-order copies also include an enhanced CD feature with a twenty minute video on the [...]
If you've been reading this blog at all, then you know that the Americana Music Honors and Awards Show will be held tomorrow night in Nashville and will be broadcast live on XM Radio's X-Country channel beginning at 8:oo Eastern Time. This is just one more post celebrating the event and its past winners. I've written about most of this year's nominees over the past month or so. You can read those posts here ... a few of the songs have expired, but most of them are still there. Anyway... today we'll take a look at the [...]
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