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Ryan Bingham Wins An Oscar -

Singer songwriter Ryan Bingham has followed up his Golden Globes win by winning an Academy Award for his song `The Weary Kind` in the movie `Crazy Heart`.

Bingham and producer T-Bone Burnett accepted the award together. It was the first Oscar for both.

Bingham beat two nominations from Randy Newman, ‘Almost There’...

Alejandro Escovedo: Street Songs of Love -

Alejandro Escovedo kicks up some serious rock and roll dust on Street Songs of Love, a set that reaffirms that this Texan is one of the most underrated singer/songwriters of his time. As with 2008’s Real Animal, Street Songs of Love was produced by Tony Visconti (David Bowie, U2), co-written...

Translated From Love - Must be in a country mood today. It doesn't happen very often but when I am in the mood I don't look for mainstream stuff. Instead I reach for some of those artists that don't get much exposure. One of those artists happen to be the charming Kelly Willis. Kelly is...

Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard Announce Dates To Support Keroauc Project -

As we’ve reported, Son Volt’s Jay Farrar and Death Cab for Cutie’sBenjamin Gibbard have recorded an album that pays tribute to JackKeroauc and his book Big Sur. That disc, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur,is set for an October 20 release and will come packaged with adocumentary...

Richmond Fontaine Confirm UK Tour -

Renowned alt country mavericks Richmond Fontaine are set to make a rare visit to the UK later this summer.

Alt country - one of the loosest musical tags known to the modern listener. Covering everything from relatively slick country rock to all out noise, the genre is perhaps best defined through...

Greg Brown - Dream City: Essential Recordings Vol. 2, 1997-2006 -

Iowa's Greg Brown is something of a songwriter's songwriter. He has earned major peer respect {count wife Iris DiMent as a fan) and a loyal following in folk circles, and this new compilation (a sequel to Vol. 1's selection of tracks from 1980 to '96) will surely please the faithful....

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