When Turnpike Troubadours reunited in 2021 following an uncertain hiatus, they turned to Shooter Jennings to guide them in recording their first album in six years, 2023’s A Cat in the Rain. The Grammy-winning producer also helmed the follow-up, this year’s superb The Price of Admission. Yet Jennings says that …
Read More »Shooter Jennings on Possibly Opening a Waylon Bar in Nashville: 'There Have Been Talks'
Despite being raised in Nashville, Shooter Jennings is a Los Angeles guy through and through. He started his first rock band, Stargunn, there, embedded himself in the city’s underground arts scene as he evolved as both a solo artist and Grammy-winning producer, and now produces albums at Sunset Sound Recorders, …
Read More »Charley Crockett Is on a Very Funky Roll
Over the past 10 years, Charley Crockett has released 15 albums, some just months apart. His latest, Dollar a Day, arrives only five months since March’s Lonesome Drifter. But this cycle, at least, doesn’t feel the least bit rushed or half-baked. Rather, the Texas country singer has found his groove. …
Read More »Jackson Browne, Shooter Jennings, Marshall Crenshaw Lead Warren Zevon Benefit Concert
A career-spanning celebration of the late singer-songwriter Warren Zevon is heading to Los Angeles’ United Theater. Meet Me in L.A.: The Songs of Warren Zevon, presented by Wild Honey Foundation and the Zevon Family, will bring together an extensive group of collaborators to perform 25 songs from the artist’s discography. …
Read More »Hear Waylon Jennings' Tender Cover of Fleetwood Mac's 'Songbird'
Shooter Jennings unearthed his father Waylon Jennings’ tender rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” Sunday to celebrate Father’s Day. “I’ve been waiting so long to share this with you,” Shooter wrote on Instagram Sunday. “It hasn’t been an easy road to get here, but it’s been one that has given me …
Read More »Charley Crockett Wanders the American West in Cinematic 'Lonesome Drifter' Video
Earlier this week, the eternally prolific Charley Crockett announced his major label debut, Lonesome Drifter, which will be released in March on Island Records. Crockett is no newcomer: Lonesome Drifter arrives after a decade of touring and more than a dozen studio albums from the 40-year-old singer-songwriter (“I just keep …
Read More »Ted Russell Kamp's Been Shooter Jennings' Secret Weapon for Years. He Steps Out on New Solo Album
Ted Russell Kamp just can’t quit L.A. Despite an extended stint in Seattle and growing up in Upstate New York, Kamp is a California country-rocker through and through, and his latest album, California Son, reads like a love letter to the Golden State. But it’s also a snapshot of one …
Read More »Shooter Jennings Swore Off Touring to Be a Producer. Then Warren Zevon Got Snubbed
The case for Shooter Jennings as one of the premier producers in music grows more compelling by the day, and you’d get no argument from Tanya Tucker. “He always listens to my heart,” Tucker tells Rolling Stone, offering a simple reason for Jennings’ rise behind the console. For Jennings, such …
Read More »Jessi Colter Returns With First Single in Six Years, 'Standing on the Edge of Forever'
The First Lady of Outlaw Country has returned. In an exclusive premiere withRolling Stone on Wednesday, Jessi Colter debuted her first new single in six years, “Standing on the Edge of Forever.” The song opens her new album, Edge of Forever, the next chapter of her storied career, out Oct. …
Read More »How a Southern Rapper and a Country Music Producer Created the Sleeper Rock Album of 2022
At the end of every tour of Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, country music fans have the opportunity to ascend a small staircase and have their photo taken on the very stage where legends like Hank Williams and Johnny Cash once stood. On this November afternoon, a few gray-haired stragglers of the …
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