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First Acts Announced For End Of The Road Festival 2017
The first acts have been announced for this year's End of the Road festival in Dorset. The end of summer bash will host headliners Father John Misty and Mac De Marco, who top an eclectic...
Lucinda Williams And Sturgill Simpson Rule Americana Awards
Williams took home the evening's top prize, Album of the Year, for Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, while Simpson was named Artist of the Year and also landed Song of the...
Lucinda Williams & Sturgill Simpson Lead Americana Awards Nominations
Williams, Simpson and Graves will compete for the coveted Album of the Year title with Lee Ann Womack and Rhiannon Giddens, while Simpson and Williams are also in the running for Artist of...
Lucinda Williams Turns To Dad's Poetry For Song Inspiration
Singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams' new album will feature a tune inspired by the words of her poet father.Author and academic Miller Williams' Compassion has been realised in musical form by his daughter on Down Where the...
Tom Waits & Sinead O'connor Sign Up For Kickstarter Blues Album
Tom Waits, Sinead O'connor and Lucinda Williams have signed on to record tracks for a new Blind Willie Johnson tribute album - if fans fund the project online.The Blind Boys of Alabama and Rickie Lee...
Bob Dylan And Jack White's Hank Williams Tribute
Bob Dylan, Jack White and Norah Jones have recorded previously unreleased Hank Williams songs.The tracks -inspired by song ideas and lyrics in notebooks left behind in a leather briefcase by the country artist after his...
By Bang Showbiz on 04 August 2011
Lucinda Williams Writes About War For The First Time
LUCINDA WILLIAMS says she has written about war for the first time, on her new album 'Blessed'.LUCINDA WILLIAMS, the American country music singer-songwriter, releases her new album 'Blessed' today (1st March 2011) and the 58-year-old...
By WENN on 01 March 2011
Williams Conquers Fear Of Flying
Blues star LUCINDA WILLIAMS has finally overcome her fear of flying after realising she was sacrificing her career by refusing to tour.The 58-year-old singer was once too terrified to step foot on a plane, and...
By WENN on 27 January 2011
Williams Weds Onstage
American folk singer LUCINDA WILLIAMS wed her longterm fiance on Friday (18Sep09) - during a concert in Minnesota.Grammy award-winning Williams and manager Tom Overby exchanged vows in front of family, friends and fans alike as...
By WENN on 20 September 2009
Country Star Kenny Chesney Tops Us Album Chart
Kenny Chesney has claimed the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart, it has been confirmed.The country and western singer's new release Lucky Old Sun claimed the top spot with sales of 176,000 in...
By Contributor on 23 October 2008
Ryan Adams Manager Dies
FRANK CALLARI, the svengali behind the careers of RYAN ADAMS, THE MAVERICKS and LUCINDA WILLIAMS, has died. He was 55. The former hotel manager and self-employed club DJ, who passed away from natural causes, began...
By WENN on 30 October 2007
Williams To Thrill Fans By Playing Through Five Albums
Country rocker LUCINDA WILLIAMS has announced plans to play five of her eight studio albums over five gigs in both New York and Los Angeles. The singer/songwriter will perform an album per night, starting with...
By WENN on 21 July 2007
Williams, Griffin And Avett Bros Lead Americana Nominees
Roots stars LUCINDA WILLIAMS, PATTY GRIFFIN and THE AVETT BROTHERS are leading the nominations at this year's (07) Americana Honors and Awards with a trio of nods each. Williams is up for Album Of The...
By WENN on 21 June 2007
Country Stars Jump Aboard Stagecoach
KENNY CHESNEY, BROOKS + DUNN, GEORGE STRAIT and WILLIE NELSON will headline California's new country music festival Stagecoach this May (07). The two-day weekend event, which will take place on the site of the world-famous...
By WENN on 10 January 2007
Coachella Adds A Day And A Country Music Festival
America's biggest and most successful annual music festival, Coachella, will run for three days in 2007. The two-day Coachella Valley Music + Arts Festival has hosted star-studded international line-ups since its debut in the California...
By WENN on 22 November 2006
Williams To Wed
Country rocker LUCINDA WILLIAMS is celebrating life through her upcoming album, after becoming engaged to a mystery man known only as TOM. The singer/songwriter admits her happy news come after years of tragedy - ending...
By WENN on 19 June 2006
Williams: 'I'm Up There With Dylan'
US country star LUCINDA WILLIAMS associates herself with legends including BOB DYLAN and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, because she believes her talents are as good as the "great writers" of music. Many stars still revere the...
By WENN on 22 July 2005
Young's Message To Farm Aid Fans
NEIL YOUNG is urging music fans to continue supporting family farms in America as the FARM AID festival he helped to launch plans ahead for it's 20th year in 2005. The HEART OF GOLD...
By WENN on 21 September 2004
Keith's Booking Fee: Chicken Sandwich + Guitar Strap
Rocker KEITH RICHARDS has a bizarre list of demands before he books a gig - a guitar strap, chicken sandwiches, Diet Coke, a pack of cigarettes, a chartered jet and NORAH JONES. That's all...
By WENN on 12 July 2004
Richards Pays Tribute To Parsons
ROLLING STONES star KEITH RICHARDS will pay tribute to his late friend GRAM PARSONS at two star-studded charity concerts in California. The rock legend is to perform at RETURN TO SIN CITY: A TRIBUTE...
By WENN on 28 June 2004
Newlywed Elvis Doubles Up
Married life has turned ELVIS COSTELLO into a workaholic - he's releasing two albums on the same day. The British pop icon wed his third wife, jazz singer DIANA KRALL, in December (03), and...
By WENN on 18 June 2004
Stars Join Parsons Tribute
NORAH JONES, LUCINDA WILLIAMS and DWIGHT YOAKAM are the first crop of artists announced to honour late country rocker GRAM PARSONS with two concerts in July (04). RETURN TO SIN CITY: A TRIBUTE TO...
By WENN on 31 March 2004
Lucinda Scraps Tour Plans After Mother's Death
Country star LUCINDA WILLIAMS has cancelled her upcoming American tour following the death of her mother. The FRUITS OF MY LABOR singer called off a concert in North Carolina on Sunday (07MAR04) just minutes...
By WENN on 11 March 2004
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