Archive for April, 2010
Thursday Photos: Zac Brown Band, Taj Mahal
Zac Brown Band played the Merle Watson stage Thursday night. photos by Jamie Younger and Caine O’Rear. Zac and the boys played several songs from their upcoming album. Taj Mahal shined like a mansion on the hill Thursday night. A versatile performer, Taj’s tunes leaned more toward the countrified variety. The Belleville Outfit, out of [...]
Merle Haggard: As He Is
“Songwriting gets harder and harder, unless you just want to try to write a better version of what you’ve already done,” said Merle Haggard, 73, sitting in a Middle Tennessee studio and making clear that he wants much more than that. Meanwhile, hundreds of nearby Nashville songwriters worked in vain to write even passable versions [...]
Lyric Contest Winners: May/June 2010
1st Place “THIS OLD HEART” WRITTEN BY GARY BLACK MESA, ARIZONA Lyrics 2nd Place “CONFEDERATE ROSES” WRITTEN BY MAC LEAPHART CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA Lyrics WWW.AMERICANSONGSPACE.COM/MACLEAPHART 3rd Place “COME FIND ME IN THE WILDERNESS” WRITTEN BY MYLA SMITH MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE WWW.SONICBIDS.COM/MYLASMITH Lyrics 4th Place “THE GALLERY” WRITTEN BY BRUCE JOHNSON ROGERS, ARKANSAS Lyrics WWW.AMERICANSONGSPACE.COM/BRUCEJOHNSON HONORABLE MENTIONS [...]
Lala to Cease Streaming Music
One of the Interweb’s most popular music streaming sites, Lala, begins to wind down operations today. The site is no longer accepting new users and plans to officially close on May 31, 2010. Reports by engadget and other sites were confirmed early this morning as Lala users were greeted with the ominous news as they [...]
Lyric Spotlight | May/June 2010
How’d you get started writing poetry, music…? The first things I ever wrote, that was serious, were song lyrics, and I just gravitated towards them. When I was about twelve, I started writing… I got crazy about that; got all kinds of different stuff from Sarah McLachlan to Marilyn Manson. I just was drawn to [...]
Lyric Of The Day: “Suzanne”
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know that she’s half crazy But that’s why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China [...]
Morning Becomes Electric: Amp Modeling
As home and project studios begin to take an equal share of the market from professional facilities, one of the tools that they’re using to compete with is digital amp modeling. While large studios often have a large assortment of amplifiers, effects, and spaces at their disposal, these smaller studios are relying on digital emulations [...]
On Track: Grace Potter
Money—specifically, not having any—is classic subject matter for blues, r&b and rock songs. “Money” is also the title, and being broke the subject, of a springy, percolating Memphis soul-style cut that Grace Potter co-wrote for her rock-and-soul band’s fourth album, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. It feels like it’s inspired by a classic era, as [...]
SHELBY LYNNE > Tears, Lies & Alibis
SHELBY LYNNE Tears, Lies & Alibis (EVERSO RECORDS) Rating: Shelby Lynne took a long time to connect with her muse. But when she finally did, and shouted it out in 2000 with the musical announcement I Am Shelby Lynne, she was answered with a Grammy. Though she had the audacity to point out the irony [...]
2nd Place | “Confederate Roses”
“CONFEDERATE ROSES” WRITTEN BY MAC LEAPHART CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA WWW.AMERICANSONGSPACE.COM/MACLEAPHART CHORUS Confederate roses And thorns on the vine That young man he took What once had been mine When I found them together They couldn’t be saved Now confederate roses Grow wild on an unmarked grave When we stood at the altar I had lived [...]
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