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BONUS TRACKS: Americana’s Latest Lifetime Achievers + More of the Week’s Music News

BONUS TRACKS: Americana’s Latest Lifetime Achievers + More of the Week’s Music News

In addition to Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and other annual awards to be bestowed at the Americana Honors & Awards show during AmericanaFest in September, the Americana Music Association will also honor several folks for lifetime achievements — and they’re not keeping us waiting on those.

Poet, Provocateur, and Would-Be Politician Kinky Friedman Dies at 79

Poet, Provocateur, and Would-Be Politician Kinky Friedman Dies at 79

Both Texas and tall tales are a little bit smaller today, with news that Richard "Kinky" Friedman has passed away. Friedman had Parkinson's disease, according to the Texas Tribune, and died at his home in Medina, Texas, at age 79. “Kinky Friedman stepped on a rainbow

SPOTLIGHT: Kaitlin Butts Beckons With ‘Come Rest Your Head (On My Pillow)’ [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: Kaitlin Butts Beckons With ‘Come Rest Your Head (On My Pillow)’ [VIDEO]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kaitlin Butts is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for June 2024. Learn more about her and her new album, Roadrunner!, in this interview. And read her essay about her road-runnin’ career path here. Roadrunner comes out June 28 on Soundly Music. Just like Oklahoma!, the famous musical

BONUS TRACKS: A Unique Way to Celebrate 100 Years of Chet Atkins

BONUS TRACKS: A Unique Way to Celebrate 100 Years of Chet Atkins

Thursday would have been the 100th birthday of country guitar hero Chet Atkins, and what better way to celebrate than with … a ballet?! The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the Nashville Symphony marked the occasion by presenting a short ballet performance set to Atkins’ dreamy “Jitterbug Waltz”

Shelby Lynne Announces New Album, ‘Consequences of the Crown’

Shelby Lynne Announces New Album, ‘Consequences of the Crown’

Shelby Lynne steered clear of Nashville for a couple decades, but the music pulled her back, and she’s got a new album to show for it. Consequences of the Crown, produced by Lynne with Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town, Ashley Monroe, and Gena Johnson, will land Aug. 16

BONUS TRACKS: Why This Summer’s Arena Shows Are Missing the Mark

BONUS TRACKS: Why This Summer’s Arena Shows Are Missing the Mark

There’s a fairly big-name concert in a fairly big amphitheater I’m not attending tonight because the ticket price is too high. I bet you’ve run into that lately too. Of course, we all recognize that music has value (as well as costs to everyone involved in presenting

New Set Collects Unreleased Songs and Demos from Justin Townes Earle’s Final Years

New Set Collects Unreleased Songs and Demos from Justin Townes Earle’s Final Years

Nearly four years after Justin Townes Earle’s tragic death at age 38 comes a new project collecting recordings he made in the last years of his life. The 2 LPs of All In: Unreleased & Rarities (The New West Years), coming Aug. 9, include 12 previously unreleased recordings and