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New Music Friday Sept 11: John Legend, Ricky Martin, Kings of Leon, Jhené Aiko, Tinashe, LE SSERAFIM and More
Check out some of ET's favorite new music of the week!
The 25th Annual Americana Honors & Awards delivered some high profile musical performances last night at the Ryman in Nashville. As noted earlier, the four surviving original Heartbreakers reunited and performed three songs with Chris Stapleton. During this portion of the show Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Similar plaudits also were handed to Robert Plant and Dolly Parton (who recorded her acceptance speech in advance).
A number of other artists also were recognized during the ceremony. Molly Tuttle was named Artist of the Year for the first time in her career. For the second year in a row Gillian Welch & David Rawlings took home Duo/Group of the Year honors. Tyler Childers received Album of the Year for Snipe Hunter. Brandi Carlile’s “Returning to Me,” the title track to her latest album was Song of the Year. Mandy Far was named Instrumentalist of the Year. Finally, Ken Pomeroy received Emerging Act of the Year.
All of the nominees are listed below, with the winners in bold
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Brandi Carlile
Charley Crockett
Margo Price
Molly Tuttle
Jesse Welles
DUO/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Flatland Cavalry
I'm With Her
Mumford & Sons
Turnpike Troubadours
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Snipe Hunter Tyler Childers; Produced by Tyler Childers, Rick Rubin & Nick Sanborn
Billionaire Kathleen Edwards; Produced by Jason Isbell & Gena Johnson
Planting by the Signs S.G. Goodman; Produced by S.G. Goodman, Matthew Rowan & Drew Vandenberg
Cruel Joke Ken Pomeroy; Produced by Colton Jean, Dakota McDaniel & Gary Paczosa
Hard Headed Woman Margo Price; Produced by Matt Ross-Spang
SONG OF THE YEAR
"Returning To Myself" Brandi Carlile; Written by Brandi Carlile
"Snapping Turtle" S.G. Goodman; Written by S.G. Goodman
"Wild and Clear and Blue" I'm With Her; Written by Written by Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan & Sara Watkins
"Heavy Foot" Mon Rovîa; Written by Grant Averill, Eric Cromartie, Cooper Holzman & Andrew Lowe
"The World's Gone Wrong" Lucinda Williams (feat. Brittany Spencer); Written by Tom Overby, Doug Pettibone & Lucinda Williams
INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
Joshua Blaylock
Mandy Fer
Ethan Jodziewicz
Libby Rodenbough
Juan Solorzano
EMERGING ACT OF THE YEAR
Crowe Boys
Boy Golden
Kashus Culpepper
Ken Pomeroy
Mon Rovîa
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On November 6 via the Neal Casal Music Foundation will issue a archival collection from the acclaimed artist. Book Of Stories (Home Recordings 1998-2003) draws from the recordings Casal left behind after he took his own life in 2019.
The music originated with an Otari 8-track analog tape recorder that Jim Scott gave to Neal Casal in 1997, along with accompanying mics. Scott produced Casal’s 1995 album Fade Away Diamond Time along with 1999’s Anytime Tomorrow. The 12 tracks on Book Of Stories were created using the gear supplied by Scott, as Casal delved into home recording sessions.
Today we are premiering the video for “Muscatine” from the forthcoming release. Gary Waldman, Casal’s longtime friend and manager who co-produced Book Of Stories, reflects, “‘Muscatine’ is a song that Neal wrote in 1998. The title comes from the city of Muscatine, Iowa, which Neal traveled through on tour. He loved how the name of the town sounded. It was so singable that he turned it into the focal point for this beautiful song. This was during an extremely prolific songwriting era for Neal. At the same time he was honing his home recording skills and playing all the instruments himself on these recordings. ‘Muscatine' is one of the best examples of his unreleased tunes. For the album, "Book of Stories,” which this song is part of, we’ve uncovered a great batch of his unreleased recordings, which provide a unique look at this creative period in Neal’s life. The video was assembled from footage shot by director Ray Foley during that same time and adds something poignant to our memories of Neal.”
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On Friday November 20, a new project will take the stage at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Jayski and the Dawn featuring Jay Lane and Dave Ellis will interpret the music of the good ol’ Grateful Dead as well as the Bob Weir catalog with a funk flair.
Lane has a longtime association with this music. The drummer first joined Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman in 1994 in their trio project which morphed into RatDog. He later was a member of Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros. Lane also appeared with Dead & Company during the group’s final few years.
Ellis began his association with Weir between 1996-99 in the RatDog lineup. He also was part of the first post-Grateful project to feature Weir, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart, contributing sax to The Other Ones, a group that also included Bruce Hornsby, Mark Karan, Steve Kimock and John Molo.
Lane and Ellis have been friends since they both attended Cazadero Music Camp together as teenagers. Jayski and the Dawn will also feature additional Bay Area musicians.
Tickets for the Great American Music Hall gig are now onsale.
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Report by Hana Gustafson, images by Rachel Zyzda
On Sept. 12-13, Evanston Folk Festival returned to Dawes Park, just outside Chicago. The third annual gathering, featuring artists and purveyors of the folk music tradition, brought more than 30 performers across three stages over two days. In total, over 12,000 spectators attended the multi-day series that spotlights songs, stories, and select acts.
Saturday’s schedule brought out various artists, beginning with afternoon sets performed by pickers The Fretliners, Seattle-based trio The Brudi Brothers, guitarist Modu Moctar, in addition to the Windy City’s own Henhouse Prowlers featuring Don Stiernberg, and the effervescent sounds of Valerie June.
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Nosferatu, Beetlejuice and Halloweentown Among Choices for The Disco Biscuits’ Halloween Movie Night
The Disco Biscuits will make their way to Worcester, MA in late October for two shows at The Palladium. The group will appear at the venue on October 30 and 31, with the Halloween gig offering a Movie Night.
The band will deliver an improvisational score to a film that is selected by the band’s fans. The group has done this on multiple occasions in the past. On December 31, 1999, they performed to Akira. In 2001 during four consecutive shows that began on Halloween they presented soundtracks to Alice In Wonderland, It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Koyaanisqatsi and Run Lola Run. More recently on October 31, 2004 at the Caverns, it was 2001: A Space Odyssey.
This band has just opened this year’s selection to a fan vote, with the choices running the gamut from the 1922 silent classic Nosferatu to the 1998 Disney Channel family offering Halloweentown (alas, Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge is not an option).
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Watch Chris Stapleton and The Heartbreakers Perform Three Classics at the Americana Honors & Awards
Last night at the Ryman Auditorium, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Annual Americana Honors & Awards. The four surviving original Heartbreakers were on hand for the ceremony and performed some Petty classics with Chris Stapleton fronting the group.
Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Stan Lynch and Ron Blair were joined by Stapleton for “American Girl” and “Breakdown.” This was a rare appearance by Lynch with his former bandmates, as he left the group in 1994. The group’s later-era drummer Steve Ferrone then swapped in for Lynch, along with multi-instrumentalist Scott Thurston for “You Wreck Me.”
Watch the complete Lifetime Achievement sequence, including the band members' remarks below:
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Dave Matthews, Trey Anastasio and Chris Stapleton performed at the 51st annual New York Honors Gala at New York’s Cipriani 42nd Street last night. The evening benefited The T.J. Martell Foundation, a leading music industry foundation that provides funds for innovative cancer research, and ended up raising more than $3.2 million.
Matthews presented his longtime manager and close friend, Red Light Management founder Coran Capshaw, with the Lifetime Music Industry Award and spoke at length about their collaborative history during a highly improvised speech. Of note, he discussed Capshaw’s charitable initiatives in his hometown of Charlottsville, VA, particularly his efforts to put together A Concert for Charlottesville: An Evening of Music and Unity in 2017 after The Unite the Right rally caused a riot in the otherwise peaceful college down. While accepting the award, Capshaw touched on his clients’ own charitable initiatives and how he ultimately accepted the foundation’s award after 3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold, a Red Light client, passed away earlier this year due to cancer. He also nodded to agent Chip Hooper, who helped look over Phish and Dave Matthews Band during their rise through the ranks but, ultimately, lost his battle to cancer.
“We all get hit by cancer—whether it's an artist we work with, ourselves, friends and family,” Capshaw said. “It makes me think of our friend Chip Hooper. It's been over 10 years now. He left us early, and it's a loss I feel to this minute. He was close to many of us in this room. It’s nice to see such a cross section of the industry here: promoters, agents, labels, publishers, attorneys, and artists we work with,” said Capshaw. “I think what really unites this room, both the musicians and the business side alike, is our industry’s inclination to do good and to give back. Without fail, we really are the go-to industry for fundraising and responding in times of need-whether it be a flood, a hurricane, fire relief, or helping our communities - musicians and the teams behind them, really step up. As we’re hearing tonight, this is the 51st year of this event. Not quite the same ring as the 50th, 60th… 25th… who wants to be 51st? And actually, we’re here together for the first year of the next 50 years of this organization. We hope some real breakthroughs will happen in this next chapter.”
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Nathaniel Rateliff, Stephen Stills, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler, State Radio, Anthrax’s Scott Ian and The Last Internationale have joined the lineup for the upcoming Power to the People event. Curated by Tom Morello, the “once in a lifetime day of peace, love, justice and music” will take place at Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion outside Washington, D.C., on Saturday, October 3. They round out a stacked lineup that already includes: Morello, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Jack Black, Bruce Springsteen, Public Enemy, Joan Baez, Brittany Howard, Cypress Hill, Killer Mike, Dropkick Murphys, Serj Tankian, The Linda Lindas, Taylor Momsen, Matt Cameron and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, among others.
State Radio was Dispatch co-founder Chad Stokes’ politically charged primary project between 2002-2013, though the band has been inactive for the past 13 years. Black has also confirmed that his backing combo for Power to the People, dubbed Jack Sabbath, will feature Tom Morello’s son Roman Morello and Scott Ian’s son Revel Ian, as well as Yoyoka Soma and Hugo Weiss.
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Kevin Morby: New Single, Timeless “PBJ” Recipes
A few months after issuing his eighth studio album, Little Wide Open, via Dead Oceans. Kevin Morby has released a new single, “PBJ.” The track was recorded by Morby and producer/National guitarist Aaron Dessner during the Little Wide Open sessions and finds The Slip/Barr Brothers’ Andrew Barr on drums, Dessner on bass and guitar, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on guitar, and Morby handling the rest of the guitar and vocals.
“Once, long ago, a friend described the act of driving with the windows down while still blasting the air conditioning as ‘Peanut Butter Jelly.’ She told me this phrase was common where she came from but no one I’ve ever talked to has said the same nor can I find anything about it online,” Morby said in a statement. “But I always loved the phrase and have used it ever since. I also love a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (and all its variations) and so this is a very fun song for me. An end of summer song. Listen to it with the windows down… and the air conditioning up.”
To promote the single, Morby will partner with a mix of eateries around the country to offer special PBJ-rooted items.
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Taper’s Choice Add Dates, Mark Anniversary with Special Five Thee Well Show at Brooklyn Bowl
Taper’s Choice has confirmed a series December shows. The California-based, self-described “subversive jamband” will return to the Northeast for performances at Boston, MA’s Sinclair on December 10, New York’s Brooklyn Bowl on December 11 and Kingston, NY’s Tubby’s on December 12. Taper’s Choice were supposed to play Tubby’s in early 2025, but the show was cancelled at the last minute after the Southern California wildfires caused Taper’s to scrap most of their winter tour. The quartet have not performed in Boston since 2023.
Of note, Taper’s Choice’s upcoming Brooklyn Bowl show has been officially dubbed Five Thee Well and will celebrate their fifth anniversary as band. (Their first official gig took place at Los Angeles’ Gold0Diggers on December 10, 2021.) Their 2025 appearance at Brooklyn Bowl as part of Relix 50 is now available on cassette.
Taper’s Choice will kick off a run of shows at Live Oak, FL’s Huluween on October 25 and route through the Southeast and Midwest, before bringing things to a close with a Halloween gig at Chicago’s Garcia’s on October 30.
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