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In Josh’s Words: “A few days after we put out ‘Getting Ready to Get Down’ as a single, my great friend, Doug Rice, discovered an amazing homemade video online. It was a guy in his dance studio teaching the world line-dancing steps to ‘Get Down!’ It was totally amazing. We contacted Cef — who it turns out is Read more | Check out the video on "The Bluegrass Situation" here
Bhi Bhiman is featured on Judy Collins new album “Strangers Again” performing a duet with the legendary songstress. NPR conducted an interview with Judy Collins where she talks about the collaborative album and the process. Listen to the full interview on NPR here. For more information and upcoming tour dates for Bhi Bhiman, check out Read more | Listen to the interview on NPR here
Sam Lee is currently featured on NPR’s “Tiny Desk”. Lee has dedicated himself to preserving centuries-old folk songs of the U.K. and Ireland, particularly from “outsider” communities like the Roma (Gypsies) and the Scottish and Irish Travelers. But he and his bandmates — ukulele player and vocalist Jon Whitten, violinist and vocalist Flora Curzon, and Read more | Watch Sam Lee on NPR's Tiny Desk here
The Steel Wheels just released the new video for their song “Rescue Me, Virginia”. The video was filmed at The Fayetteville Roots Festival. For more info and upcoming tour dates for the Steel Wheels, check out their artist page, here. Read more
Josh Ritter’s new single, “Where the Night Goes” premiered yesterday on Paste! The Song is off of his new album, Sermon on the Rocks, which will be released on October 16. Paste says of Josh: “The energy that Ritter and his Royal City Band have long brought to live shows courses through the 12 songs Read more | Listen to Josh Ritter's new single on Paste here
Josh Ritter announced on Wednesday that his new album, “Sermon on the Rocks” will be released on October 16. Josh said of the new album, “I wanted the wind off the Gulf. I wanted the air that touches the skin. I wanted the paint that sticks to the back of the eyeball. I wanted the Read more | click here to visit Josh Ritter's website
“No Depression” has just given a glowing review to Samantha Crain’s new album, “Under Brand and Thorn and Tree”. No Depression writes: “Last time around, on 2013’s Kid Face, Crain told me in an interview that she was making a concerted effort to move away from fiction elements and closer to autobiography in her songs. Read more | Read the No Depression review here
Sam Lee was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” on July 28 – NPR says of Sam Lee delights in making surprising connections in his music. He mixes conch, percussion and trumpet with an old Scottish Travellers song called “Johnny O’ The Brine.” Lee does this partly because he didn’t have any notions about what Read more | Listen to Sam Lee on NPRs "All Things Considered" here
“Cry No More,” a new song released solely as a one-take, live video and written in direct response to the Charleston shooting last month, features only Giddens’ haunting frame drum, her voice and a choir that echoes her. Its genre delineations apply more to the human condition than to music. This song is about black Read more | Watch the video on NPR here
NASHVILLE, Tenn., – July 7, 2015 –Rosanne Cash will be the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s 2015 artist-in-residence. A Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, Cash has recorded 15 albums and is the recipient of numerous awards, including three Grammys for her latest album The River and the Thread. As artist-in-residence, she will present intimate Read more | Visit the Country Music Hall of Fame's website here