Raleigh, NC – In the business of music, many are called and many may try, but few cross the threshold of being able to say they are truly committed for the long haul. With the upcoming release of their latest studio alb…
Raleigh, NC – In the business of music, many are called and many may try, but few cross the threshold of being able to say they are truly committed for the long haul. With the upcoming release of their latest studio alb…
In the past couple years Austin has toured with Willie Nelson on his Country Throwdown Tour, The Revival Tour, Langhorne Slim, Dawes, Chuck Ragan, Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, and Drag The River as well as a plethora of …
The Beaumonts play Honky-Tonk music with dirty words. We love pills, hate jail, and have a fancy wardrobe. Our latest record, Where Do You Want It?, will be out in February on Saustex Records. We don't write very good bi…
Black Lillies front man Cruz Contreras knows a thing or two about the road.
His band was conceived upon it, during that year he spent driving a truck after losing both his wife and his old group, Robinella and the CCs…
BLUE SKY RIDERS
(Kenny Loggins, Georgia Middleman, Gary Burr)
The creative spark that eventually evolved into Blue Sky Riders was struck when two veteran singer/songwriters worked on their first song together. When K…
BLUE SKY RIDERS
(Kenny Loggins, Georgia Middleman, Gary Burr)
The creative spark that eventually evolved into Blue Sky Riders was struck when two veteran singer/songwriters worked on their first song together. When K…
Presented by: The Grammy Museum - Musical Milestones: 50 Years of The Beatles
BLUE SKY RIDERS
(Kenny Loggins, Georgia Middleman, Gary Burr)
The creative spark that eventually evolved into Blue Sky Riders was struck when two veteran singer/songwriters worked on their first song together. When K…
"Bonnie Bishop is so talented, and very special. She’s an amazing presence. I think she’s going to be a big star." (Bonnie Raitt)
Nashville, TN - Be Squared Records proudly announces the national debut release of sing…
Presented by: Two Chord Touring - A Davis McLarty Company
Brandon Jenkins is what we call in the Business a Triple Threat. not only is he the most hailed writer of the Red Dirt movement writing more than just hit songs, but Red Dirt Anthems that captured the spirit of his gener…
While The Cadillac Black might be a brand new band – a little over a year old as of this writing – native Nashvillians Jaren Johnston, Neil Mason and Kelby Ray have been friends and musical co-conspirators for as long as…
After landing on Nashville's Lower Broadway in the 90's, Chuck Mead co-founded famed Alternative Country quintet BR549. The band's seven albums, three GRAMMY nominations and CMA Award for Best Overseas Touring Act would …
ADVENTŪS is the Latin word for arrival. And so Cody Canada and The Departed emerge with their first original album. Upon the disbanding of Cross Canadian Ragweed, The Departed took root; Cody Canada and his long time Rag…
Goth girls to survivalists, bovines to bibles, antique pistols to vintage motorcycles: Alberta-born honky-tonker Corb Lund’s songcraft covers it all. From a rustic retreat deep in the Rocky Mountain forest, Cabin Fever, …
There’s no shortage of country music in Crooks’ hometown of Austin, TX. But ask anyone who has crammed into a packed honky-tonk to catch one of their infamously rowdy late-night shows and they’ll tell you there’s somethi…
Ladies and gentlemen…
From the band that’s been both accurately and inaccurately labeled just about everything this side of Top 40 comes a true-to-form rock-n-roll record. Scratch that, true-to-form is not Deer Tick’s…
Presented by: New West Records (Badges and Wristbands Only)
THE DEVIL MAKES THREE
With a slightly punky perspective on vintage American blues, The Devil Makes Three is a breath of fresh musical air. Laced with elements of ragtime, country, folk and rockabilly, the critically pra…
Diamond Rugs is a collaboration between John McCauley (Deer Tick), Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick), Ian Saint Pé (The Black Lips), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate) and Bryan Dufresne (Six Finger Satel…
Over the last three decades, singer, songwriter and guitarist Gary Louris has built a deeply compelling body of music whose artistry and integrity has won the loyalty of an international audience and the respect of both …
Owing equally as much to Gram Parsons as The Replacements, Austin’s Guns of Navarone sing about the high and lonesome, and do so with enough whiskey-soaked bravado to convince you that they don’t spend too much time cryi…
Presented by: Two Chord Touring - A Davis McLarty Company
Claude Bernard, Jimmy Smith of the Gourds along with Mark Creaney (gourds sound tech.) and drummer Dave Pennington are The Hard Pans. Put together Dec. 2012. Showcasing songs from past projects(the Tiny's, Slo-Red, Olde …
Presented by: Danny Rose Agency/Park the Van Records & Management
He’s My Brother She’s My Sister seem to invite a broad range of colorful words to describe their music and performances: “flamboyant folk,” “psych-acoustic,” “estranged and glamorous” and “vaudeville-y.” No doubt this is…
Houndmouth are a collaborative folk/rock band from the lowland plains and farmlands of Indiana and Kentucky. Their poetry emphasizes foolhardiness, and their soulful harmonies carry far. Once a folk duo, Katie Toupin and…
Houndmouth are a collaborative folk/rock band from the lowland plains and farmlands of Indiana and Kentucky. Their poetry emphasizes foolhardiness, and their soulful harmonies carry far. Once a folk duo, Katie Toupin and…
Rising Texas star Hudson Moore's career has already been a virtual whirlwind since it began in 2010. The 22-year-old Ft. Worth native has headlined the world's largest honky-tonk, Billy Bob's Texas, and has performed for…
From the Ozark Mountains of the Missouri countryside to the concrete jungles of New York City, Israel Nash Gripka presents a musical tradition that reveals both the American fabric and all that rests beneath those weathe…
Jason D. Williams has spent a lifetime behind the piano connecting with country and rock 'n' roll greats while creating a persona that's 100 percent original. After decades of being celebrated for his take-no-prisoners a…
Hailing from Providence, Rhode Island, John McCauley started Deer Tick in the winter of 2004 as a drum and guitar duo. After touring around the United States extensively and a few DIY releases, Deer Tick released its fir…
The Kids From Nowhere is an international experiment in American music, based in Israel. Members include singer/songwriter Zach Wheat (Texas), drummer "Element" Yves Elisee Akowendo (Côte d'Ivoire), bassist Elad Avni (So…
The Leavers are an original roots-rock/Americana band from South Austin, Texas.
Founded in 2012 by singer/songwriter Steven Ray Will after being asked to fill a Monday night residency at South Austin’s iconic Saxon P…
The Lost Brothers first met in an old dusty library in Liverpool, England in 2007. From their first encounter, they noticed they had a lot in common. They both come from Ireland (Oisin Leech from Navan, Mark McCausland f…
Founded in 2006 by Mangham Parker, the Low Lows are named after the final recording of NYC noise-pop trio Parker & Lily. They have released two full-length albums and one EP (Fire On The Bright Sky, 2006; Elizabeth Pier,…
Lydia Loveless
Bloodshot Records recording Artist
“If you believe in Rock ‘N’ Roll, you pray for people like Lydia Loveless.”--PopMatters.com
"Her defiant tone is matched by songs that put country and punk on equa…
MARSHALL FORD SWING BAND
Represented the Great State of Texas at the 2010 World Expo – Shanghai China
Also for The State of Texas on Tour visiting over 10 State Fair 2011-12
Featured Artist on 2011 Elko NV The Nationa…
Nicki Bluhm wasn’t always Nicki Bluhm.
It all began one New Year’s Eve party. Impressed with the talents of Nicki’s performance when asked to play an impromptu blues song, musician/producer Tim Bluhm (The Mother Hips…
Nicki Bluhm wasn’t always Nicki Bluhm.
It all began one New Year’s Eve party. Impressed with the talents of Nicki’s performance when asked to play an impromptu blues song, musician/producer Tim Bluhm (The Mother Hips…
Presented by: The Muscle Shoals Showcase presented by Cherokee Lair Productions and 6 Degrees of Muscle Shoals
The world moves fast and slow under the green light of the bright corporate star. The modern times continue. The prayers and curses that were once known as songs continue to rise from the meditations of our hearts, and o…
Texas singer-songwriter Ramsay Midwood's music is at once highly idiosyncratic but also as familiar as a bad habit. His bluesy, rootsy romps instantly start your head bobbing as his bizarre lyrics full of rich, Southern …
Ray Wylie Hubbard writes the kind of songs that make you want to ride along no matter where he’s going, because you know it’s gonna get strange somewhere along the way. Anyone who’s followed him over the long and winding…
Presented by: Normaltown Records (An Imprint of New West Records)
Ronnie Fauss grew up in the brutal Texas heat where 95 degrees often constitutes a nice night, and where a man may seek relief through the nearest watering hole or under the chords of a freshly-tuned guitar. Possessing a…
The Mississippi septet Rosco Bandana are the product of teenage rebellion and its consequences; of lost love, false starts and, above all, lasting friendship. They're what happens when a group of kids take a chance on a …
The Mississippi septet Rosco Bandana are the product of teenage rebellion and its consequences; of lost love, false starts and, above all, lasting friendship. They're what happens when a group of kids take a chance on a …
ROSIE FLORES BIOGRAPHY 2012
Award-winning Girl of the Century, Working Girl with Guitar Rosie Flores has gone surfing, knifing her turquoise axe through some new uncharted musical waters.
After a busy few years th…
Ruby Jane is a 17 year old singer, songwriter, guitar, and fiddle playing prodigy.
The fiddle has been addicted to Ruby Jane since she was 2 years old. She was the youngest ever invited fiddler on the Grand Ole Opry. S…
The Sam Willows is a celebration of life, a melting pot of sounds from dirty blues to gospel-funk, pop-rock to indie-folk, and random images of cats. Born out of a need to make unadulterated, unbound music, the quartet o…
Scott Lucas is best known as the singer/guitarist for the two-man, Chicago rock band Local H. But recently, he has broadened his musical scope and greatly expanded his lineup, pulling together a collective of musicians -…
Presented by: The Muscle Shoals Showcase presented by Cherokee Lair Productions and 6 Degrees of Muscle Shoals
Shonna Tucker and Eye Candy
Shonna Tucker grew up in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, listening to the same salty-sweet mix of soul and country that made up the Arthur Alexander and James Carr singles recorded there decades be…
Talk about a tumultuous decade. Since 2001, Steven Stubblefield of Starlings, TN has seen it all: epic natural disasters, personal demons, nervous breakdowns, the death of a mentor and friend, the severing of a great mus…
"I've always been drawn to outsiders," says this classically trained musician and artist who grew up on both coasts, many parts in between, and now calls northern California home. Discovering Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle,…
Let’s not mince words here: It’s been a godawful long while since the last time Terry Allen released a collection of new songs. Maybe not record-breaking long — some of his peers in the Texas songwriter and Americana fie…
Presented by: The Muscle Shoals Showcase presented by Cherokee Lair Productions and 6 Degrees of Muscle Shoals
Tonya S. Holly has created a blues/country sound mixed with a splash of rock and roll that echoes the heritage of her musical family. Her songwriting skills were honed by both of her parents and from growing up surrounde…
Presented by: Tucson Music Factory / Hotellounge (ICA)
transcription of organ music (AKA Damon Bird) records and performs simple bittersweet alternative folk songs that creak and roll through heart and history. Whether taking the form of a bare-boned, elegiac tale perambulat…
Trapper Schoepp has the ear of a troubadour, the eye of a journalist and the heart of a young poet. He began writing songs at a tender age with startling facility, distilling rock, folk and country traditions into tunes …
Writers love phrases with multiple meanings; they’re so much handier than mere single-idea word strings. That’s why it’s so perfect that The Trishas’ first full-length album, High, Wide & Handsome, kicks off with a track…
James House had found success penning hits for major country ,rock and pop artists, but in 2009, he decided it was time to make an album that draws from his passion for blues, alt county and rock.
House's songs have b…
Times are tough for just about everyone these days, especially for those who live in what is often referred to as the “flyover states,” in the heart of the country. People have become tougher, their skins have grown thic…
THE WAGONEERS
Long before there was something called alt-country, The Wagoneers made high-intensity, twang-infused music that combined the sounds and subject matter of traditional country with the raw energy of rock a…
Warren Hood is an accomplished musician who plays violin, fiddle, mandolin, and composes and sings as well. He lives in Austin, Texas and performs with his local band, Warren Hood and the Hoodlums, in a blend of jazz/blu…
SAVANNAH WELCH
Listen to Savannah Welch sing onstage or on record today, especially when knowing a thing or two about the musical family she grew up in, and it’s understandable how one could mistakenly assume she’s be…
Bio
Teal Collins (The Mother Truckers) and Barbara Nesbitt (Tim Flannery & The Lunatic Fringe) met at a mutual friend’s gig in Austin and decided to get together to sing a song or two. By the time they reached the first…
