Marquee Events and Sporting Club announced last Friday (2/8) that Flatlands Country Music Festival , a new country music and camping festival, will be hosted at Sporting Park in Kansas City, KS on September 12-14, 2013.The festival will feature performances from several of the most popular artists in country music over three days including headliners Toby Keith and Luke Bryan. The 24,000 expected to be in attendance will have the opportunity to camp in nearby areas and enjoy all amenities associated with the state-of-the-art venue. Flatlands Country Music Festival [...]
Courtesy of kidrock.comCountry rap, or "hick-hop" as it's sometimes called, may seem to capture either the height of musical irony, or the height of its stupidity. Probably both. But in the book The A
When you’re used to the ultra-conservative Charlie Daniels of today, it’s easy to forget that he was once a Southern-rock wild man. That’s where Live at Rockpalast comes in. Much like the ZZ Top Rockpalast performance that was featured on their Double Down DVD, this captures Charlie Daniels in the prime of his power on the German television show. Though [...]
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Charlie Louvin It's an annual tradition to look back at year's end to those who've passed on in the previous twelve months. Whether it's just filler for the year's final broadcast of Entertainme
The Grim Reaper feasted on a rich harvest in October, though he thankfully et off a bit towards the end. The headline death this month probably is that of folk-music legend Bert Jansch , who influenced so many musicians – and not only folkies. Among those who cited Jansch as influences are Jimmy Page, Elton John, Nick Drake, Johnny Marr, Mazzy Starr's Hope Sandoval, Neil Young, Donovan, Blur's Graham Coxon, Suede's Bernard Butler, Al Stewart, The Fleet Foxes and Paul Simon. Clarence Johnson , who has died at 69, might have become a [...]
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Pattie Boyd man. Has one single woman every been the inspiration for so many epic rock songs? We're talking Bell Bottom Blues ( Cover Wars ), Wonderful Tonight, Something, and believe it or not - a few others as well. Layla was released in 1970 by Derek & The Dominos on their incredible LP Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs . In 1992, Clapton rearranged the tune for MTV Unplugged and took home the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. And it keeps going from there, one of Clapton's arrangements is just a couple of days old, at [...]
With the death of Charlie Louvin, one of the longest-running performers in music has passed on. With his brother Ira, he started performing in the 1940s as the Louvin Brothers. The country and gospel act was massively influential. Elvis Presley was a huge fan (the brothers were his mom's favourites). Ira, a racist drunk, died in a car crash in 1965; Charlie continued to record and perform for the next 45 years. Alas, the Louvin Brothers are often remembered only for the cover art of their 1960 album Satan Is Real (the story of which is HERE [...]
Independence Day comes and goes with nary a thought to most people. The more I read about history the more I admire the Founding Fathers, the men who took the bull by the horns on D-Day and the blood that was shed so I didn't have to live my life under another government of tyranny. Certain forces are still coming after our collective freedom, but chances are I'll outlast them at my age. The Fourth of July is a really cool holiday, but I don't think a lot of folks think of it as anything other than a long weekend that splits the summer months. [...]
Is February over yet? Everyone in Canada, and most likely our friends in the US capitol, gets terrible seasonal affective disorder this time of year. All things considered, its been a pretty mild winter in Toronto, but even so, after I drag myself to and from work, all I want to do is become one with my couch and hibernate under a huge pile of blankets and pillows. Is a little sunlight too much to ask for? Load up on the Vitamin D and download this month's comp from our friends [...]
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Bob Dylan will turn 68 on Sunday (May 24) - and the world will pay tribute to him that day. What else can you say about this dude: he is the oldest guy ever to top the album charts (twice), he has sold hundreds of millions of records and is considered one of the most influential people of our time. Rolling Stone picked "Like A Rolling Stone" as the greatest rock song ever written, and it wouldn't surprise me if right now, at this very moment, someone in the world is singing that song. Throughout the weekend we'll keep [...]
Todd Snider, 9pm Fresh from the success of the EP Peace Queer , which reached #1 on the Americana charts last year, Todd Snider has big plans this summer! He’ll play Bonnaroo for the first time and release his next full lenghth album. Todd will give us all a sample of his new tunes and share some long-time favorites as our first headliner for the Waterfront Wednesday season. Since his MCA Records debut in the 90’s, Snider has been a satirist, class cutup and the rare artist who understands and celebrates the [...]
For folks who saw the holographic Jerry Jeff Walker in the Austin airport yet still demand the real live thing: LIMITED NUMBER OF RESERVED SEATS JUST MADE AVAILABLE FOR STAGECOACH: CALIFORNIA’S COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 27 A limited number of reserved seats have just become available for STAGECOACH: California’s Country Music Festival, [...]
Who doesn't love a good story?, not I, that's certain - a decent tale is one of my soft-spots in popular song, seemingly harking back to a time long before iPods, CD's, lp's and even wax blimmin' cylinders. I was planning to make this a possible series about fine, quality songs that majored on the story-telling; think 'She's Leaving Home' rather than 'She Loves You', and indeed I already posted about one of my faves by Mott the Hoople today , and I'd certainly include 'Caught by the Fuzz' from Supergrass, which I posted back [...]
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