Miranda Lambert Releases “Dead Flowers” To Digital Outlets

The New American Voices Tour with Drew Kennedy has been going great. If you get a chance make sure and come out and catch a show. Remember to check www.americanvoicestour.com We’ll be heading to Europe in August and will be doing a west coast run in September it looks like. We’re still booking shows so let us know if there is a certain venue that we should visit (that would be good for an acoustic show) or if you’d be interested in hosting a house concert.

Meanwhile, if you live in the Central Texas area, there are shows scheduled for New Braunfels tonight, Fredericksburg tomorrow and Austin next week.

Every song is a gem and Alecia sings with authority, passion and grace. The production and arrangements (as per other Carl Jackson-related releases) owe much to the way modern country music is recorded. For instance, there are two acoustic guitar tracks on almost every song (Tim Stafford and Andy Falco) and subtle percussion is also found throughout.

“I am proud of Texas, and I’m proud of growing up here. But I really stress to people that I’m not a ‘Texas artist,’ ” says Bowen, calling from a tour stop in Lake Charles, La. “I’m an artist from Texas.

“I really want my music to be beyond that realm. So many people want to draw boundary lines. I think there’s a way to do it all and to stay true to yourself and to reach the entire country, the entire world, eventually. That’s the goal.”

Young people tend to drive music sales, and right now they’re giving a lot of love to young acts like Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood. At this stage of your career, what’s your target audience?
My audience is people who like country music — real country music. I’ve always done a mixture of different kinds of music. It’s not all twin fiddles and steel guitars, but that’s my favorite. You can bet I’ll never stop doing it because I can’t. I couldn’t if I wanted to. It’s too much a part of me. If I’m not going to get to do that, I might as well go sell real estate.