AmericanaFest 2016 – More Performers

The Secret Sisters

Dwight Yoakam

Sarah Jarosz

#roadtoamericanafest

Final Round of Artists Announced for AmericanaFest 2016:

Including:

Cayamo Cruise 2017 – Line-up Additions

Luther Dickinson – photo Jim Jacob

Cody Dickinson – photo Jim Jacob

Martha Wainwright

Jim Lauderdale

Lee Ann Womack

Loudon Wainwright III

Sarah Jarosz – ‘House of Mercy’

Sarah Jarosz (left) with Sara Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan – photo Jim Jacob

Highly talented singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Sarah Jarosz has released a new song ‘House of Mercy’, co-written by her and Jedd Hughes.  

Another Bold Step for Sara Watkins

Sara Watkins (left) as part of I’m With Her – photo Jim Jacob

New Album

‘Young In All The Wrong Ways’

July 1 2016

 

Sara Watkins is talented and, oh so versatile.

Her CV to date includes a member of the wunderkind, platinum-selling, Grammy Award-winning group Nickel Creek (with Punch Brothers‘ Chris Thile and brother Sean Watkins), two solo albums and a member of two other ‘roots supergroups’ – I’m With Her and Watkins Family Hour.

Magical and Mystical

Aoife O’Donovan Releases

In The Magic Hour

22 January 2016

Yep Roc Records

Aoife* O’Donovan is Boston-raised and with Irish heritage.  Her second album In The Magic Hour will be out January 22 2016 on Yep Roc Records.

O’Donovan has been lead singer of the progressive string band Crooked Still, was a featured vocalist on “The Goat Rodeo Sessions,” the Grammy-winning album by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile and most recently has lent her voice to the folk trio I’m With Her with singers Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz.

Fayettevilleroots Festival Day # 3

USA Music Tour 2015 Day 10

Fayetteville Arkansas

First up, a big thanks to Jim Jacob for his incredible photos of the festival and Fayetteville generally.  I could do a story on paint drying and he could make it look good.

A late start to the day was necessary.  Yesterday’s musical superlatives still ringing in my ears (can superlatives make a sound?) and it was a slow prep for the day.

Fayetteville Roots Festival 2015 – First Line-up Announcement

2015 FAYETTEVILLE ROOTS FESTIVAL Initial Line-up Announcement

Fayetteville Roots Festival is a four-day urban music festival taking place in Fayetteville, Arkanasas.

Fayetteville is the third-largest city in Arkansas, deep in the Ozark Mountains and is the home of the University of Arkansas.  This year’s festival dates are August 27 to 30 and I have just purchased a four-day ticket, as it happily coincides with my month-long trip from Australia to the US this August/September.

Spotlight on Americanafest 2014 #6 – Honors and Awards Performers

Americana Music Association Announces Its
13th Annual Honors & Awards Performers and Presenters

 

 

For those of us going to Nashville this September for Americanafest 2014, the news just gets better and better.

Americanafest 2014 – First Artist Announcement

 

 

 

The Avett Brothers to Headline Nashville’s Riverfront Park September 20 as Part of the Americana Music Association’s 15th Annual Festival & Conference

Bonnaroo Music Festival 2014 – Schedule Announced

 

The Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival will be staged in Manchester TN from June 12 to 15 2014.

The schedule of performers has just been released.