Bob Dylan may be coming up on his 72nd birthday, but he’s got a 12-year-old protégé kicking at his heels. Ned The Kids Dylan is a whippersnapper from Northhampton, England who plays guitar and writes all of his own material. Ned has written an arsenal of original songs, and the young buck has been out [...]

Last night’s all-star performance at The Grammys caps off what has been the year of “The Weight.” The beloved track about Fanny and Miss Annie has taken on a new life since the passing of Band drummer/vocalist Levon Helm in April. In fact, the song, which first appeared on the 1968 album Music From Big [...]

If you missed Mumford & Sons’ unique “Gentlemen of the Road” Stopover shows last year — and most likely you did, given that there were only seven of them — fear not. The popular Brit-folk band has announced a new slate of dates for 2013, in the US, UK and Canada. They’ll be joined by [...]

  50. Band of Horses: Mirage Rock Even back when Band of Horses were writing soaring and dreamy indie rock epics like “The Funeral,” beneath the shimmer and sheen of their Pacific Northwestern façade, there was a gritty, folky Southern rock band. Increasingly that’s become all the more a part of the band’s identity, and the [...]

Jacob Jones will ring in the New Year with Good Timin’ In Waynetown, a new album steeped in old-school rock & roll and ramshackle country. This week, he’s kicking off the good times with “Play It Loud, Ray!” The song keeps Jones’ rock and country roots alive, but it harks back to an earlier era, [...]

PBS will air a new episode of Austin City Limits this Saturday. Filmed in Nashville, it focuses on the eleventh annual Americana Honors and Awards ceremony, held this past September at the Ryman Auditorium. Alabama Shakes, Booker T. Jones, Richard Thompson, Hayes Carll, The Mavericks, and Jason Isbell are among the eighteen artists who perform [...]

Here’s the quick and dirty on last night’s Americana Honors and Awards, held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The evening began with a run-through of Booker T. and the MG’s “Green Onions” and ended on an all-star rendition of “The Weight,” with Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Bonnie Raitt, Richard Thompson, Amy Helm and [...]

“This place used to be cool,” said Austin, the shaggy-haired high schooler who’d shouldered his way through the crowd to stand beside me at the Alabama Shakes show on Friday night. VIEW THE PHOTO GALLERY I looked around us. The Shoals Theatre, a mid-century auditorium filled with old-school carpeting and rickety seating, looked cool enough. [...]

Good news for cartoon enthusiasts, insomniacs, music lovers, moonlight stoners, failed musicians, and any other odd combination of individuals who tune into Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. The opening theme to the popular late night comedy series Squidbillieshas caught the attention of quite a few notable musicians. Over the show’s run, performers as diverse as T [...]

Brittany Howard performs with Fly Golden Eagle at Bonnaroo. Photo by Jeff Gentner Yesterday, our March/April cover subjects the Alabama Shakes announced their fall tour plans. They’re bringing along their Nashville buddies Fly Golden Eagle. I first learned about Fly Golden Eagle through the Shakes’ Brittany Howard and she continues to spread the gospel about [...]