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Top Country Stars
The Great Unknown: Holbrook native Joe Pernice is the best songwriter you?ve ... Without knowing it, you may have seen or heard Holbrook native Joe Pernice. Flipping through the channels, there's a scruffy street musician playing an acoustic guitar at the beginning of a recent episode of TV's ?Gilmore Girls.? Bluegrass and more for free (San Jose Mercury News) Dale Ann Bradley and Billy Bragg would seem to have little in common. Bradley, from eastern Kentucky, is one of the top female singers and bandleaders in bluegrass music. Bragg, from East London, is known for delivering impassioned left-wing anthems with an electric guitar. The jingle-jangle daylight of the Byrds (CNN.com) Ah, the sound of the Byrds: the jangly interplay of six- and 12-string guitars, the folk-tinged California vocal harmonies -- and the reverberations of Louvin Brothers murder ballads, Ravi Shankar ragas and John Coltrane's "Africa/Brass." THE 3 FACES OF HANK III (New York Post) THE volatile and tal ented Hank Williams III (along with a band that includes mesmerizing and manic bass player Joe Buck) tunes up three ways at Northsix (66 N. Sixth St., Williamsburg; [718] 599-5103) on Wednesday... Kasabian empire-building one crack at a time (The Morning Call) Listening to singer Tom Meighan extol the virtues of Brit rock band Kasabian's new disc, ''Empire,'' is like slamming into a verbal tidal wave you brace yourself and wonder when, if ever, the outsized enthusiasm will crest. Entertainment Digest (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Country stars Montgomery Gentry will play a free outdoor concert at 7:30 p.m. next Friday on a temporary stage erected in the riverside lot at the SouthSide Works shopping and restaurant complex at 27th and East Carson streets on the city's South Side. The performance is part of a cross-country concert drive sponsored by Chevrolet's Silverado pickup truck to draw attention to Farm Aid, the annual Emmylou Harris Honored by Musicians She Inspired (cmt.com) downtown Nashville. The guest list included Elvis Costello, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Dave Matthews, Allison Moorer and Gillian Welch -- all of whom performed at least one song that was connected to Harris' career. My Morning Jacket Cancel European Tour (Pitchfork) Remember that My Morning Jacket European tour we never reported on? Well, pretend that never happened, because the tour has been cancelled due to singer/guitarist Jim James falling ill with pneumonia-related health complications. Newsfeed display by CaRP |