American blues, country, and Americana singer, guitarist, and songwriter Charley Crockett is back with a new album, The Man from Waco. It’s a laconic, elegant song cycle that tells the story of a fictional character who has some things in common with the artist but who has a life of […]
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Steve Earle’s new album is called Ghosts of West Virginia. In this recorded interview, Steve chats with me about what inspired the songs on the album and covers some wide-ranging topics. Steve performs 4 of the songs in a WFUV Live session. The interview can be heard, and performances can […]
Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood Do Yankee Stadium – July 8th and 9th, 2016 The first country music concert ever at Yankee Stadium happened on Friday night followed by the second one the following evening. These were the first shows for Garth Brooks since the freebie in Central Park that […]
SXSW 2016: Iggy Pop To Loretta Lynn To ASAP Ferg To Infinity And Beyond 3-15 through 3-20-2016 I’ve never seen a more exciting performer on stage than Iggy Pop. Therefore, my top priority in Austin was connecting with Ig along with his recently minted group spearheaded by his new mainman […]
Rosanne Cash Crushes Carnegie Hall (Headlining) Debut 2-20-16 One might have thought that an artist of the stature of Rosanne Cash would have headlined Carnegie Hall before but that was not the case and it was clear that Rosanne was excited about the show. She and her husband of 21 […]
Tim McGraw unleashed a new album this month, his fourteenth: Damn Country Music. He marked the occasion by punching under his weight at the (tiny by his standards) 1,400 person capacity Edison Ballroom. This was in marked contrast to the 65,000 he performed for yesterday at the Homestead Miami Speedway prior to […]
Country star Luke Bryan delighted the crowd at FarmBorough Festival earlier this summer. Now the Georgia native is coming back to New York City, where he was asked for directions during his last visit, to celebrate the release of his new album Kill The Lights…
Brad Paisley and Justin Moore led the charge on the rainy Saturday of the first ever FarmBorough Festival on Randall’s Island, Manhattan. “New York City’s Brand New Country Music Festival” happened Friday through Sunday, June 26 – 28 2015.
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell have a way of bringing out the best in each other and that is the best of Americana music. The pair drew upon their 40 year kinship and upped the ante on their Grammy winning album of 2 years ago by penning half a dozen […]
It’s vinyl giveaway week here at Hollandude.com! Awarded to one lucky entrant will be the Record Store Day 2015 exclusive LP vinyl record – Koncert v Praze -which features the late great country legend Johnny Cash playing live in iron curtain era Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1983. “Pressed on Soviet Red 180 gram vinyl” […]
If you only listen to one record from 2014, make it the Most Messed Up one by Old 97’s! Flashback to their show in August and revel in songs from the numero uno el disco of the year…perfect warm-up for New Year’s Eve.
Carlene Carter is American music royalty. The roots of country music are in her blood. Now, for the first time, the ‘rockingest country girl in the universe‘ breathes her unique life into a full album of the songs of her family: Carter Girl. Get a taste of the in-studio performance […]
Hollandude.com exclusive! Here are two full songs performed by 19 year old country singer Mary Sarah live at NY1 on 7/17/2014: Fightin’ Side of Me (Merle Haggard cover) and an original called Thinkin’ Bout Last Night.
To say that Mary Sarah’s career is off to a great start is a huge understatement… the 19 year old country musician chats about her album Bridges on which she sings with country music legends like Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton.
Kristian Bush of country music duo Sugarland nodded to The Replacements while chatting about his first solo album Southern Gravity. He road-tested songs from it at City Winery on Friday 05/30/14. His band-mates have resumes with Better Than Ezra & Erykah Badu on them and he’s been writing songs like […]
Steve Earle revealed what he’s working on these days before playing a night of requests at City Winery.
Bill Frisell explored the music of The Bristol Sessions with Buddy Miller and Carrie Rodriguez this weekend at JALC.
Young Presidents, The Sugarhill Gang, Ivan Neville, Blondie Chaplin, Corey Glover, Adam Ezra, & Glen Campbell’s children (Victoria Ghost) join to raise money to research Alzheimer’s Disease plus a new CD from Dumpstaphunk.
Steve Earle and the Dukes (and the Duchesses) shined during a generous 2 and a half hour, 2-set evening at the Music Hall of Williamsburg this past Wednesday, September 14th which was also simulcast on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country. The eclectic set borrowed heavily from his latest album, I’ll Never Get […]