Sarah Jarosz, Bruce Robison Honored at Austin Music Awards; Shelby Lynne, Julie Roberts Working On New Albums
- I’m still playing catch up after last week’s hiatus, so big thanks to Ken for shooting over the majority of the bullets below.
- The Austin Chronicle‘s Jim Caligiuri reviewed solid sets from Sara Jarosz and The Trishas, a buzzworthy group that he compares to the Dixie Chicks. Jarosz is not undeserving of her own buzz though, which was underscored by her wins for Country/Bluegrass and Folk in the Best Performing Bands category at the Austin Music Awards along with Best Female Vocals.
- Bruce Robison is among the Hall of Fame inductees for the previously mentioned Austin Music Awards.
- Brad Paisley just finished his last tour with a bang and already announced plans for his summer: the 75-city H2O World Tour presented by Chevy. Openers include Easton Corbin, Steel Magnolia and Josh Thompson.
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RodeoHouston wrap ups:
- Brooks & Dunn has played every RodeoHouston since 1992 and even though Saturday night’s gig was the duo’s last, it wasn’t much different than previous appearances.
- Blake Shelton compared his RodeoHouston appearance to playing the Grand Ole Opry for the first time.
- And Toby Keith could have given his audience “a little less commercial and a lot more concert.”
- Chris Knight isn’t a practitioner of the “write on a regular basis” school of thought:
“I’m the type of guy who only writes when I get the idea,” he says. “If I try to sit there and force it, all it’s going to do is make me hate whatever I’m trying to do or say. I can kind of tell right away whether something’s happening there, and if it is, I’ll sit there and get it down no matter how long it takes. But you really can’t rush or force anything, and I’ve found that if you let it come and the time is right you can really get it right.”
- Faith Hill covered ABBA’s hit of “Winner Takes All” with original band member Benny Andersson on the piano at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Induction earlier this week.
- Julie Roberts announced on her MySpace page that she’s beginning work on a new album.
- On April 20th, Shelby Lynne will release her next album, Tears, Lies, And Alibis, through her own newly-founded label.
- Grand Ole Opry and country star Pam Tillis has joined the Board of Directors of the Wheeling Jamboree, Inc., a non-profit corporation established to preserve the nation’s second oldest radio and live performance program, the Wheeling Jamboree.
- Esquire magazine asked five musicians, including Dierks Bentley and Griffin House, to take part in a two-day fashion shoot for the magazine in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and to take the Esquire Songwriting Challenge: write, perform, and record an original song with lyrics that include the phrase “Somewhere in Mississippi.” Snippets of the resulting songs can be previewed and downloaded on the Esquire website beginning March 29.
- When Gary Allan was 15, his father refused to sign his first record contract because he thought his son was an imitator.
- Here’s a video Music Fog captured of The Stone River Boys, and offshoot of the Hacienda Brothers, performing “Love On The Dial” at SXSW.
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March 22, 2010 at 11:40 am
Count me among those looking forward to the new Julie Roberts album…though I hope not to hear too many of those “happy” songs that she’s alluding to.
March 22, 2010 at 12:02 pm
That was a pretty scathing review on Toby Keith. But a ten minute commercial at the start of a commercial does sound like a bit much.
March 22, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Thank you for mentioning Julie. She is the best in Nashville. No only is she an AMAZING singer/songwriter, she is humble and sweet to her fans.
March 22, 2010 at 1:09 pm
So excited for both Shelby and Julie’s new albums. Julie Roberts has such a fantastic voice and men and mascara is a fav album of mine
March 22, 2010 at 1:33 pm
…a new album from julie roberts – there is a god.
March 22, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Enjoyed Julie Roberts’ first album. I always felt she wasnt prepared with her live performances at the time. Came across a bit scared.. Hopefully she’s spent the past few years working on her live set. THat would likely help her in the long run.
March 22, 2010 at 6:41 pm
I find Julie Roberts live singing voice to be one of the most unbearable ever featured on the Grand Ole Opry. Julie makes Taylor Swift and Rodney Atkins sound like fine opera singers in comparison. Among female artists actively working in Nashville, Julie is at or near the top of my “Cringe Worthy Live Vocals” list. I’d rather hear fingernails on an old chalkboard.
All that love at the Austin Music Awards for Bob Schneider and no mention on the 9513? What gives? His award winning song “40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet)” was a free download on Amazon for weeks but it turned into a “pay track” as soon as he won the award! Imagine that! (lol)
It would be interesting to listen through the new Shelby Lynne CD just to hear how self indulgent it is. Can’t say I’d pay for the privilege though. Hey, how about an album give away contest! (Sheesh, I’m worse than a skipping vinyl record.)
Gary Allen’s Dad isn’t the only one who doesn’t like imitators! We have a marxist “manchurian candidate” change agent in the White House imitating being a U.S. president, and I don’t like that one bit…
March 22, 2010 at 7:12 pm
“I find Julie Roberts live singing voice to be one of the most unbearable ever featured on the Grand Ole Opry. Julie makes Taylor Swift and Rodney Atkins sound like fine opera singers in comparison. Among female artists actively working in Nashville, Julie is at or near the top of my “Cringe Worthy Live Vocals” list. I’d rather hear fingernails on an old chalkboard.”
Glad I’m not the only one who feels that way!
“That was a pretty scathing review on Toby Keith.”
I’ve never read any positive reviews on any country artists at the Huston Rodeo.
March 22, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Actually the links offered led to a very good one for Lady Antebellum.
March 22, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Which I should have added the link to.
http://blogs.chron.com/peep/2010/03/lady_antebellum.html