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Rhiannon Giddens is featured in this week’s issue of The New Yorker – she’ll be playing at Town Hall in NYC tomorrow, April 9, 2015. The New Yorker praises her artistry, saying “Her syntax and harmonic strength are part of a tradition of American music” To see the full feature visit The New Yorker here Read more | Read The New Yorker Feature
Dom Flemons will be the host of “Leadbelly at 125: A Tribute to an American Songster” at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC on April 25. The event will include performances and appearances by Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, and Buddy Miller with Viktor Krauss, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Billy Hector, Valerie June, Shannon McNally, Josh White Read more | Purchase Tickets to "Leadbelly at 125"
Bhi Bhiman sends Dictators a “Dear John” letter on “moving To Brussels”. Singer Bhi Bhiman was struck by the number of African immigrants he noticed while touring Belgium with Rosanne Cash—so much so that he wrote a song about it. That tune, “Moving to Brussels,” premieres today on Speakeasy. It’s a brawny soul number with Read more | Read the Wall Street Journal feature
Congratulations to Della Mae, whose SXSW performance earned them the “Best Rolling Stones Cover” in Rolling Stone Magazine’s “50 Best Things We Saw at SXSW 2015”. To read the full list visit Rolling Stone, here For more info and upcoming tour dates for Della Mae, visit their artist page, here Read more | Read the Rolling Stone List
Watch the new Android ad which features Walt Martin’s song “We’re all Young Together” For upcoming tour dates and artist info, visit Walt Martin’s artist page, here Read more | Watch the android ad
The Steel Wheels will be performing at Merlefest April 23-26, 2015 and will be hosting their “Midnight Jam” session – The Midnight Jam, one of the more anticipated events at MerleFest, is the Saturday after-hours hootenanny that has produced artistic collaborations and one-of-a-kind superstar jams that have become legendary in the festival’s history. The Steel Read more
Rosanne Cash took home three Grammys at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night – Her awards included best American roots performance for A Feather’s Not A Bird, best American roots song for A Feather’s Not A Bird and best Americana album for The River & The Thread. For more information on Rosanne visit Read more
The Rev. Gean West, founder and frontman for the funkiest, grooviest gospel group to come from West Dallas or anywhere else, died Wednesday at Parkland Memorial Hospital at the age of 78. He was one vocal track away from finishing what will become The Relatives’ second proper studio album recorded during its on-and-mostly-off 45-year-long existence. Read more | Read The Dallas Morning News Press Release
Rhiannon appeared as the musical guest on The Late Show With David Letterman on Tuesday, February 10th. Watch her performance below. “I have been watching Letterman since I was a kid- so excited we get to be on his show before he retires!” — Rhiannon Gidden Read more
NPR’s First Listen has just posted the album stream for Rhiannon Giddens’ first solo release, “Tomorrow Is My Turn” (February 10 from Nonesuch) NPR says of the album “Produced by T-Bone Burnett, it’s a scrupulously selected, richly realized collection of songs spanning American music’s history of communal uplift, individual outcry, happy collaboration and profitable theft. Read more | Hear "Tomorrow Is My Turn" on NPR's First Listen