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http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/2012/jun/28/songwriter-royalty/
“I’ve been writing up a storm lately,” she says. “The song I wrote last night is a pretty ballad about when people say, ‘There will always be a place in my heart for you.’ I took that idea and turned it into a song.”
On Friday at the Henry Miller Library, Williams – accompanied by guitarist Doug Pettibone – says she’ll probably play the tune in addition to a few other new ones.
You lucky dogs who are going to this show. Can’t wait to hear the new songs, or at least hear about them. 🙂
Now, that’s Americana! When kids still played outside, with toy guns, and your mom wouldn’t let you back in the house until it was dark outside.
Looks like the original release date was July 8, 1997, with a somewhat different mix of songs and artists. My two favorite additions being Lu and Chuck, of course. 🙂
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-inner-flame-a-tribute-to-rainer-ptacek-mw0000022986
1. The Inner Flame – Rainer Ptacek / Giant Sand
2. Rude World – Jimmy Page / Robert Plant
3. The Good Book – Emmylou Harris
4. Rudy With a Flashlight – Evan Dando
5. Something’s Gotta Be Done – Mark Olson / Victoria Williams
6.Where’s That At? – Tina W. Chesnutt / Vic Chesnutt
7. One Man Crusade – Kris McKay
8. Losin’ Ground – Eric Drew Feldman / PJ Harvey / John Parish
9. Worried Spirits – The Drovers
10. Life Is Fine – Madeleine Peyroux
11. 21 Years – Robert Plant / Rainer Ptacek
12. I Am a Sinner – LK
13. Broken Promises – Jonathan Richman
14. Powder Keg – Bill Janovitz
Chuck Prophet Facebook post –
“Look what just arrived. A copy of the Rainer Tribute CD we worked on. Inner Flame. Get yours now. Rainer was the living embodiment of everything we longed to be; Rainer was cool. Stone cool. Too cool for this world it turns out.”
US release date – 6/26/12
1. The Inner Flame – Giant Sand & Rainer
2. The Farm – Lucinda Williams
3. Rude World – Robert Plant & Jimmy Page
4. The Good Book – Emmylou Harris
5. Story Teller – John Wesley Harding
6. Rudy With a Flashlight – Evan Dando
7. Something’s Gotta Be Done – Victoria Williams & Mark Olson
8. Junkpile – Grandaddy
9. Losin’ Ground – PJ Harvey
10. Limit To It – Chuck Prophet
11. Where’s That At? – Vic Chesnutt
12. Life Is Fine – Madeleine Peyroux
13. 21 Years – Robert Plant & Jimmy Page
14. Poweder Keg – Chris Whitley
15. Broken Promise – Jonathan Richman
16. One Man Crusade – Kris McKay
17. That’s How Things Get Done – Howe Gelb ‘Sno Angel
18. Be Prepared – Rainer with Joey Burns & John ConvertinoTO wrote: Happened again -I think they haven’t cleared something and then I go back and look and sure enough I approved it.
I refer to those situations as being “more efficient than you know”. 😀
I’m not sure if Lafayette is delighted or devastated; I think the summer vacay to Florida is around this time. Hope this timing works for you! xo
TO wrote: Here are some additional shows–all full band– that are about to be announced in the next few days:
7/25 — Covington, KY
7/26 — Nelsonville, OHBig thanks, TO! Looking forward to hearing the songs. 🙂
Here is Billboard’s recap of the event –
Backbeat: Americana Music Award Noms With John C. Reilly, Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynn
June 01, 2012 | By Ryan J. Downey, Los AngelesJohn C. Reilly was feeling under the weather but his love of Americana music was too strong for him to stay down on Thursday morning.
The Oscar-nominated actor and Grammy winning Walk Hard comedian turned up to the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles, as promised, to reveal the list of nominees for this year’s Americana Music Association Awards, despite battling a bit of illness in the days prior. “Now there’s an Americana actor, right there!” declared Jim Lauderdale, who returned as host for the intimate ceremony and played guitar in the backing band for a short concert featuring Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynne and Robert Ellis. Buddy Miller led Lauderdale, Don Was (bass), Don Heffington (drums) and Greg Leisz (pedal steel / guitar) behind them.
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Industry folks and artists sat in the Clive Davis theater, just beside the Grammy Museum’s current heavy metal exhibit, and listened intently as Lynne sang a tune about learning music with her sister and mother, followed by Williams moving performances of “Blessed” and “You Are Loved.” The group closed the late morning event with a singalong-worthy “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” which was dedicated to Donald “Duck” Dunn, Levon Helm, Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson.“Any time I get a chance to play with these guys, I’m there,” said Leisz, who has recorded with everyone from Beck and Tracy Chapman to John Fogerty and the Smashing Pumpkins. “[The Americana Music Assocation] is making people aware of [American roots music], like young people coming up who may have some affinity for whatever is popular at the time, maybe giving them some appreciation for where everything is coming from, the historical arc of American music.”
Jason Isbell, former member of the Drive By Truckers, led all artists with four nominations, while Gillian Welch snagged three of her own. Steve Earle was nominated for two awards, including Album and Song of the Year. Alabama Shakes, Dawes, Deep Dark Woods and Robert Ellis are up for Emerging Artist of the Year. The full list of nominations is below.
“One of my challenges when I came in 6 years ago was Americana was seen as some ‘alt-country’ thing, as a radio format. I never prescribed to that,” Americana Music Association Executive Director Jed Hilly told Billboard.biz. “I think radio formats have been one of the greatest contributors to destroying the music business in the last 20 years. I told the Board of Directors that when I came in. We were also known as a Nashville-centric organization. Quite frankly when you live in a town that has Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, Jim Lauderdale and the list goes on, you may be Nashville-centric. But it’s been my challenge to remove that perception.”
Under Hilly’s direction, the AMA had last year’s nom-ceremony (which included performances from Helm and Civil Wars) at New York’s Gibson Showroom. “Every year people are like, ‘What are you going to do next?’ So we were like, ‘Let’s take it to Hollywood.’ As an association, we admire those who honor legacy. It’s very important to us and our mission. So we have a great relationship with [ Grammy Museum Executive Director] Bob Santelli here. He does incredible work. We have a great relationship with Terry Stewart [President and CEO of] the Rock Hall, with Kyle Young [Director] at the Country Music Hall of Fame. They open doors.”
Reilly, of course, is a well known supporter of roots and Americana, which made him a natural choice to read this year’s nominees. “He attends Americana shows. He played with Sara Watkins not too long ago, he was at [Pioneertown, California venue] Pappy & Harriets,” Hilly pointed out. “He’s part of the community whether people know it or not, but he’s also an actor’s actor, just as Buddy Miller is a musician’s musician. And he’s a great guy. He’s sick as a dog and he still came!”
Reilly read a list of nominees that included artists like Ellis, Gillian Welch, Deep Dark Woods and frontrunner Jason Isbell (the former Drive-By Truckers member led with four nominations). The nominations ceremony was broadcast on the web by various outlets. Winners will be announced at the Americana Music Awards September 12 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Reilly suggested the Awards be renamed “the ‘All the Good Bands That Are Out There Awards.'”
Guests included New West Records general manager Mike Ruthig and V.P. production/catalog Peter Jesperson, Vanguard Records director of A&R Bill Bentley, Bug Music president David Hirshland, Conqueroo PR founder Cary Baker, ad exec Colleen Toombs and James Aardahl from Nissan, who sponsored the event.
“Nissan is really supportive of the Nashville creative arts scene; another side of Nashville” Hilly said of the Japanese carmaker, whose North American headquarters are in Franklin, Tennessee. “They are supporting the Americana Music Conference, the Nashville Film Festival, the Ryman, Music City Roots. They are supporting the ‘other’: the difference between commercial art and fine art. That neon exterior, the country music establishment, is a great thing and an important part of the economy. But we don’t live in that world. And Nissan has embraced all of these other elements that I would put in the fine art category and that’s a really cool thing.”
The full list of nominees is below:
Album of the Year
Here We Rest, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive, Steve Earle
The Harrow & The Harvest, Gillian Welch
This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark, Various ArtistsArtist of the Year
Gillian Welch
Hayes Carll
Jason Isbell
Justin Townes EarleEmerging Artist of the Year
Alabama Shakes
Dawes
Deep Dark Woods
Robert EllisSong of the Year
“Alabama Pines,” written by Jason Isbell and performed by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
“Come Around,” written and performed by Sarah Jarosz
“I Love,” written by Tom T. Hall and performed by Patty Griffin
“Waiting on the Sky to Fall,” written and performed by Steve EarleInstrumentalist of the Year
Buddy Miller
Chris Thile
Darrell Scott
Dave RawlingsDuo/Group of the Year
Carolina Chocolate Drops
The Civil Wars
Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Punch Brotherstonyg wrote: Tickets went on sale today for the July 31 and August 1st shows at Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield Maine.
Scared me for a second there, I thought it might have been Stone Mountain in Georgia. 😮
By Tyler Kane
The Americana Music Association is set to announce their 2012 award nominees tomorrow (May 31) at 2 p.m. EST, and we will stream the live broadcast of the event right here at Paste.
The event, which will be held at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Theatre in Los Angeles, will be hosted by Jim Lauderdale, and nominees will be announced by actor John C. Reilly. The event is also set to include performances by Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynne and Robert Ellis. Music will also be provided by Buddy Miller, who will lead a band that includes Don Heffington, Greg Leisz and Don Was
The announcements are in anticipation of the Americana Honors and Awards program, which is set to take place at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. on Sept. 12. The ceremony is the capstone event of the Americana Music Festival and Conference, which takes place on Sept. 12-15.
Make sure to check back tomorrow here at 2 p.m. EST for the live broadcast.
5/28/2012 @ 2:34PM
Alt Country Alert: New Rodney Crowell Album Streaming Free Today Only!The New Album by Alt Country legend Rodney Crowell in in pre-order at Amazon and the whole thing is available for free streaming today at rodneycrowell.com/kin.
The record is co-written with New York Times best-selling author Mary Kar and features the performances of Norah Jones, Vince Gill, Lucinda Williams, Lee Ann Womack, Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Emmylou Harris. Perfect for a Memorial Day barbecue!
I love that the pic’s caption reads simply “Lucinda Williams, badass”. That is the rep she so justifiably deserves. 😀
We Happy Few: Drive-By Truckers and Lucinda Williams at a mostly empty Merriweather Post Pavilion, reviewed
Posted on May 21, 2012[attachment=0:2qby670f]Lu NOLA Jazz Fest 2011 badass.jpg[/attachment:2qby670f]I am experienced. I’ve reviewed the great Louisiana songwriter Lucinda Williams for the Washington Post before, in 2007 and 2009.
I’ve also reviewed Drive-By Truckers, one of my favorite bands, for the Post in 2009, and I’ve interviewed Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, the band’s two frontmen, separately for DCist, The Examiner, the Washington City Paper and Washingtonian. I was at DBT’s year-ending shows at the 9:30 Club last December, which were amazing.
Saturday night I covered the bill Williams and DBT shared at Merriweather Post Pavilion for the Post. It was a beautiful night and a good show. Too bad almost nobody saw it.
The hardest-working woman in music marches on… 🙂
http://www.robertplant.com/news/robert-plant-and-lucinda-williams-sing-for-lil-band-o-gold/
News
Robert Plant and Lucinda Williams Sing For Lil Band O Gold
05.23.2012Lil Band O’ Gold’s next album ‘Plays Fats’ has a crack line-up of guests including Robert Plant and Lucinda Williams as well as Australia’s Jimmy Barnes and Tim Rogers.
Plant first teamed up with the Louisiana supergroup for their Promised Land DVD and performed some of his Led Zep classics Cajun style with Lil Band O Gold. On this Fats Domino tribute Plant will sing lead vocal n ‘It Keeps Raining’ and ‘I’ve Been Around’.
Lucinda Williams pops up with Ani DiFranco and Kenny Bill Stinson in ‘I’m Ready’ while Australia’s Jimmy Barnes takes lead for ‘Ain’t That A Shame’ and Tim Rogers sings ‘I’m Walking’.
‘Lil Band O’ Gold Plays Fats’ will be released by Dust Devil Music via EMI on June 8, 2012.
1. Blue Monday – Warren Storm
2. It Keep Raining – Robert Plant
3. Let’s Talk It Over (Don’t Lie 2 Me) – CC Adcock
4. I’m Ready – Lucinda Williams w/ Ani DiFranco & Kenny Bill Stinson
5. I’m In Love Again – R. David Egan
6. Going Home – Warren Storm
7. Ain’t That A Shame – Jimmy Barnes
8. What A Price (Grand Prix) – Steve Riley
9. 4 Winds Blow – Warren Storm
10. Poor Me – CC Adcock
11. I’m Walkin’ – Tim Rogers
12. Rosemary – Warren Storm
13. I’ve Been Around – Robert Planthttp://www.noise11.com/news/robert-plant-and-lucinda-williams-sing-for-lil-band-o-gold-20120523
-Paul Cashmere
