Nikki Lane has been on a Nashville tear this week, culminating with a pop-up appearance Wednesday night during Lukas Nelson’s headlining show at Chief’s, during which she sang “Born Runnin’ Outta Time,” off Nelson’s upcoming album American Romance. By show’s end, Lane was once again onstage, harmonizing on another song …
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After releasing 10 studio albums that run the gamut from rock-opera concept records to collections of cocksure power-pop, Butch Walker is putting a period on his recording career as a solo artist. Ironically, the singer-songwriter came to that decision while gearing up to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his breakthrough …
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Onstage Friday night at Atlanta’s Chastain Park, Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr sang about home in the slow-burn rock ballad “Azalea,” a track off the group’s latest album Be Right Here: “Maybe it’s not out there/Maybe this leads nowhere/Home will always be right here.” For Blackberry Smoke, home is Atlanta. Since …
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About a week after Aerosmith announced their retirement from the road due to Steven Tyler’s irreparable vocal injury, Butch Walker honored the band by posting an acoustic rendition of their 1987 power ballad “Angel” on Instagram. “I have such fond memories of growing up a long haired rock n roll …
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Amythyst Kiah will release her new album, Still + Bright, on Oct. 25. Produced by Butch Walker, it features 12 tracks from the singer, songwriter, and banjoist, along with a few collabs. The first pairs Kiah with S.G. Goodman and serves to announce Still + Bright. Titled “Play God and …
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Fantastic Cat make their case as the Harlem Globetrotters of Americana music with a head-spinning, instrument-trading, vocal-swapping rendition of Wings’ “Band on the Run.” The note-perfect but still ramshackle cover arrives on the 50th anniversary of the release of Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1973 album, Band on the Run, and …
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When the Watson Twins sang for Jenny Lewis on her 2006 album Rabbit Fur Coat, they viewed it as simply doing a favor for a friend. Lewis was the Watsons’ neighbor in the Silver Lake neighborhood of L.A., and Chandra and Leigh Watson always liked an opportunity to jam. Back …
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Bethany Cosentino has released a new single, “Easy.” The piano-driven ballad, about leaving unhealthy relationships behind, is the latest track to emerge from the Best Coast‘s singer’s forthcoming debut solo album, Natural Disaster, set for releaseJuly 28 viaConcord Records. “I’m not someone who can sit still for long without my …
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For fans who got shut out buying tickets to Zach Bryan’s in-demand Burn, Burn, Burn Tour, they now have the chance to catch him headlining one of the South’s most chill festivals. The “Something in the Orange” singer-songwriter, on-again/off-again Twitter user, and sworn foe of Ticketmaster will headline the final …
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Last May, Butch Walker, Elizabeth Cook, and Katie Pruitt — all of them with Georgia roots — performed Jim Croce’s “Walkin’ Back to Georgia” at a Nashville benefit concert for the Georgia Music Foundation. The one-time-only collab went over so well that later this summer, the trio rendezvoused at Walker’s …
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