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Kevin Morby dedicates two new songs to victims of Pulse nightclub shooting — listen

2948 days ago

Consequence of Sound — Proceeds from "Beautiful Strangers" and his cover of Townes Van Zandt's "No Place To Fall" will benefit gun control advocacy. more info

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Jarvis Cockers Sunday Service 2016-07-10 Liela Moss sits in

3056 days ago

Core News — “Liela Moss from The Duke Spirit sits in on the Sunday Service spinning tracks by the likes of Cat Power, The Dixie Cups, Primal Scream and Townes Van Zandt.” Jarvis Cockers Sunday Service 2016-07-10 Liela Moss sits in [Uploaded.net download] [Up... more info

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'Guy Clark's songs were like Peckinpah movies – that powerful'

3110 days ago

Guardian Music — Friends and peers pay tribute to the late country star whose songs, which brought a literary gravitas to the genre, were covered by the best in the businessGuy Clark, a songwriter who elevated American popular song by infusing it with literary depth,... more info

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Guy Clark dies; singer-songwriter, longtime colleague of Townes Van Zandt

3111 days ago

Mercury News, California — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Grammy-winning country singer-songwriter Guy Clark, who wrote hits like "L.A. more info

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Watch Jason Isbell Cover “Desperadoes Waiting For A Train” On Austin City Limits

3378 days ago

Stereogum — The next season of the long-running PBS live-music show Austin City Limits starts in October, and its first episode will give us this year’s Hall Of Fame induction show. The show will have tributes to people like Townes Van Zandt and Loretta Lynn. ... more info

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New Jason Isbell, old Bernard Fevre resonate on different wavelengths

3428 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Jason Isbell, "Something More Than Free" (Southeastern Records). Amid the digitization of our musical past and present, it's easy enough to find honest rural voices. Browse, drag, drop and within moments the collected work of Townes Van Zandt, Lynyrd... more info

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Tim Foljahn :: Fucking Love Songs

3494 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — Read the title of Tim Foljahn’s latest LP, Fucking Love Songs, however you want: as a sarcastic sneer, a wounded sentiment, or somewhere in between. Foljahn’s enjoyed a storied career as a sideman, playing guitar with Townes Van Zandt, Cat Power,... more info

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Dorthia Cottrell – “Gold”

3635 days ago

Stereogum — I feel like every stoner-doom band’s frontperson has a dusty, folky Americana album somewhere in them, waiting to come out. YOB’s Mike Scheidt dropped his a couple years ago; Wino Weinrich of Saint Vitus has released two since 2010; hell, Neurosi... more info

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Blaze Foley :: Clay Pigeons

3644 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — Blaze Foley did not have it easy. An Arkansas-born, Texas-raised country artist who was revered by the likes of Townes Van Zandt and Merle Haggard, Foley lived and died in obscurity. The man had it all: a penchant for writing simple but achingly poig... more info

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