Charlie Robison And Kevin Fowler Return From Iraq And Indie Labels Are Changing The Game

Brody Vercher | April 16th, 2007 Email Share

  • Tim McIntire directed me towards a superb article about the rise of indie labels in Nashville and how they’re changing the game.

    Light feet, more frugal approaches to recording, solid distribution channels, and the proliferation of Web-based marketing have all dovetailed nicely for the new Nashville indies. All of which translates to a faster return for both the label and the artist, and — pleasant benefit alert — a greater degree of creative freedom.

  • Kevin Fowler and Charlie Robison returned from their tour in Iraq with a newfound respect for the soldiers. Fowler said, “I don’t think I’ve ever played for a more appreciative crowd.”

    Fowler and Robison got a taste their last day, when a mortar attack was launched at Camp Anaconda in Balad.

    “Charlie and I were out walking around and the warning siren goes off,” Fowler said. “Of course, we’re too stupid to duck. We’re looking around, like, ‘Where is it?’”

  • Ever since Emmylou Harris’s dog died five years ago, she’s been helping others find homes.
  • Samantha Spector has a great piece on Guy Clark. Most of it has been talked about before, but Clark reiterates something that I’ve seen from many notable songwriters about writing songs.

    “It usually starts with a little flash of brilliance,” he says of his songwriting technique. “It could be a little something you know, a line or a word. The main discipline is to write it down right then and there. If you don’t, you will forget it. I don’t care where you are, whether you are driving a car. Pull off and write it down.”

  • Laurie Joulie from Take Country Back has an article about Lefty Frizzell from his brother’s point of view.

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