In this column I review the latest titles from Lainey Wilson, Mark Bacino and Colman Gota.
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Friday, September 13, 2024
New music: Lainey Wilson, Mark Bacino, Colman Gota
Thursday, September 12, 2024
'The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono' vinyl out Nov. 22, 2024
Exciting news for Beatles fans! How amazing is it that after 60 years, The Beatles are still the gold standard, and the most important rock artist ever. Read on music friends!...Robert Kinsler
The Beatles creating magic in the studio.
Photo courtesy of The Beatles/Apple Corps Ltd.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
NRBQ announce 'Brass Tacks' 10th Anniversary Edition out on Oct. 18 via Omnivore Recordings
NRBQ's wonderful album "Brass Tacks" is set to get an expanded 10th anniversary reissue next month. Learn more via the official media release below...Robert Kinsler
NRBQ Announce Brass Tacks 10th Anniversary Edition on LP, CD, and Digital out on October 18 via Omnivore Recordings |
CD and Digital Release Contain Three Bonus Tracks |
Photo credit: Norm DeMoura |
“What a KILLER record! Right up there with the Q’s best! Production, arrangements, performances and songs … just knocks me OUT!” – Bonnie Raitt |
September 10, 2024: NRBQ have announced a 10th Anniversary Edition of Brass Tacks to be released on October 18 via Omnivore Recordings. The acclaimed album returns with updated artwork including photos, new liner notes from John DeAngelis, and fresh remastering from Alan Stockwell, all fully approved by Terry Adams and the band. Plus there are three bonus tracks on the CD and Digital versions, two from the album recording sessions and a rare radio spot featuring Adams.
“If you look it up in your dictionary, you’ll find that ‘getting down to brass tacks’ means to get down to some sort of serious business,” writes DeAngelis in the liner notes. “But for NRBQ—in general, and specifically on this outstanding album from 2014—it means getting down to the business of making unique, memorable music while also having some serious fun.” |
“Man, I love hearing a record that is not ironic or cynical. I love that the layers on it are musical and not a superficial spin on the top. Real emotion. It’s killing me.” — Penn Jillette |
With guitarist Scott Ligon, bassist Casey McDonough, and drummer Conrad Choucroun, the record starts out with a slamming beat from Choucroun on the fun “Waitin’ on My Sweetie Pie,” written by Ligon. Ligon also wrote one of the most touching songs, “It’ll Be Alright.” The band tears through originals, “I’d Like To Know” (written by long time Whole Wheat Horns member Jim Hoke), and a version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Getting To Know You” from The King And I. (Come on—it’s NRBQ!) The record also serves as the debut of new bassist and songwriter, Casey McDonough. He wrote and sang two of their most popular songs in recent years, “Fightin’ Back” and “Can’t Wait to Kiss You”. A hell of a debut!
With songs like “Greetings From Delaware,” “This Flat Tire” and “Places Far Away,” Brass Tacks features some of Terry Adams’ most inventive works both musically and lyrically in the band’s long history. Brass Tacks not only showed the band was back—but back with the songs and sounds and fun NRBQ has always been known, loved, and revered for. |
“NRBQ’s Brass Tacks is pure heart and soul nonstop. Listen from start to finish. Music you’ll find nowhere else.” –P.J. O’Connell |
The album was widely praised by the likes of Rolling Stone who said, “Brass Tacks contains the fun, zest, humor and flat-out rock that has defined the band since their birth decades ago.” In PopMatters, Will Layman wrote, "All of the music might have appeared on an old NRBQ collection: it is tuneful, rootsy, rockabilly, sentimental, about cars or love or both, weird, interesting.” AllMusic said, "NRBQ's mix of rock ’n’ roll, jazz, and R&B is as singular and as satisfying as ever,” and the Los Angeles Daily News exclaimed, “Brass Tacks is as accomplished and as spirited an album as the band has ever made …is a terrific addition to the band’s catalog, one that might even act as a gateway drug to NRBQ’s long and rewarding back history.”
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“Keep Rockin’ NRBQ!” — Terry Adams |
Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/1gqHvYfktNE
Pre-order Brass Tacks: www.omnivorerecordings.com/shop/brass-tacks
Brass Tacks tracklist: 1. Waitin’ On My Sweetie Pie 2. Greetings From Delaware 3. Sit In My Lap 4. Fightin’ Back 5. It’ll Be Alright 6. Places Far Away 7. This Flat Tire 8. Can’t Wait To Kiss You 9. I’d Like To Know 10. I’m Not Here 11. Love This Love We Got 12. Getting To Know You
Bonus Tracks 13. That Makes Me A Fool (Early Version) 14. Yes I Have A Banana 15. Radio Spot - Rhodes All Over The Map |
Thursday, September 05, 2024
Stagecoach Festival announces monumental lineup for 2025
What do Jelly Roll, Lana Del Rey, Sammy Hagar, Zach Bryan, Creed, Brothers Osborne, Goo Goo Dolls and Luke Combs have in common? All are slated to appear at the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, CA next April. A truly diverse and wide-ranging lineup for sure...Robert Kinsler
STAGECOACH FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES MONUMENTAL LINEUP FOR 2025
Superstars Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll, and Luke Combs Will Headline California’s Country Music Festival
Lineup Also Includes Brothers Osborne, Sturgill Simpson, Midland, Lana Del Rey, Nelly, Carly Pearce, Shaboozey, Goo Goo Dolls, Tucker Wetmore and DASHA and many, many more!
Friday, April 25 - Sunday, April 27, 2025 at Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA Festival Passes On-Sale Friday, September 13, 2024 at 11 am PT |
LOS ANGELES, CA – September 5, 2024 – Stagecoach is thrilled to announce their 2025 lineup. Country music’s biggest festival will be back in the saddle April 25-27, 2025. This year’s festival will feature headline performances from country music legends in the making Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll, and Luke Combs in addition to performances by Brothers Osborne, Sturgill Simpson, Midland, Lana Del Rey, Nelly, Carly Pearce, Shaboozey, Goo Goo Dolls, Tucker Wetmore and DASHA and many, many more. The festival will see iconic late-night performances by Stagecoach first timers Backstreet Boys and Creed, while T-Pain returns after a guest appearance at last year’s festival for a full set of his own.
Passes go on sale starting this Friday, September 13 at 11 am PT at stagecoachfestival.com.
Returning headliner Luke Combs shared his excitement saying, “Super pumped to be coming back to headline Stagecoach. It was one of the most memorable parts of the year when we did it in 2022, so really glad they’re having us back for round 2. We’re gonna have a blast.”
First time headliner Jelly Roll also said, “Last year I got to play Stagecoach for the first time and it was incredible. And I didn’t just get to play. I got to hang out as a fan of artists I love and take my daughter to see some of the best entertainers in our format. Coming back to headline Stagecoach this year is a dream-but I’ll be attending as a fan this year as well, so get ready. See you in April.”
Fan-favorite Guy Fieri’s Stagecoach Smokehouse is back again for its sixth year to reveal new chefs, pit bosses and BBQ vendors. Guy and friends will be showcasing their pits and rigs and offering taste tests to fans throughout the weekend. “Every year I’m shocked that the Stagecoach lineup can get that much bigger and badder,” says Guy. “...so I gotta step it up and do the same for my Stagecoach Smokehouse! Come on down to the Smokehouse to see your favorite artists cookin’ it up with me and my crew. You’re not gonna wanna miss it!" Stay tuned for the full food line-up and to find out which artists Guy will be doing cooking demos with this year.
Returning to the festival for a fourth consecutive year are California’s homegrown, Compton Cowboys. They are a crew of ten Black horseback riders whose ranch is one of the very last in a semirural town in Compton called Richland Farms -- and they are bringing their horses to Stagecoach to tell their compelling story of community engagement and share in the experience.
Late Night at Stagecoach keeps the party going! T-Pain (Friday), Creed (Saturday), and Backstreet Boys (Sunday) will close each evening of the festival for Late Night in Palomino, and for the third year in a row, Stagecoach mainstay Diplo will be bringing some of the biggest names in dance music to Diplo’s HonkyTonk.
Pass and Merchandise Prices: 3-Day GA Tier 1 - $579 3-Day GA Tier 2 - $599 3-Day GA Tier 3 - $619 3-Day GA 6-pack Tier 1 - $569 3-Day GA 6-pack Tier 2 - $589 3-Day GA - Shuttle Combo - Tier 1 - $689 3-Day GA - Shuttle Combo - Tier 2 - $709 3-Day GA - Shuttle Combo - Tier 3 - $729 3-Day GA Rhinestone Saloon - $974 Desert Diamond VIP Package - $4023.85 Gold Rush VIP Package - $2586.35 Hi Ho Silver VIP Package - $2011.35 Corral Reserved Seating - C3 - $1199 Corral Reserved Seating - C2 - $1499 Corral Reserved Seating - C1 - $2299 3-Day Corral Standing Pit - $1999 Stagecoach Lineup Tee - $50 Team Stagecoach Jersey - $75 Stagecoach 2025 Merch Bundle - $105 Full list of add-ons and lodging available at stagecoachfestival.com
Returning for this year’s festival is the Saloon pass which offers fans access to standing room only areas on the west side of the Corral and access to the Rhinestone Saloon featuring specialty food & drink vendors, air-conditioned restrooms, shaded seating areas, and full (cashless) cash bars. Shuttle passes, tent, yurt, and BYO RV reservations on the Safari Campground as well as Travel Packages that bundle festival passes with local hotel accommodations for 2 or 4 people are available via Valley Music Travel.
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The STAGECOACH 2025 lineup is as follows:
49 Winchester Abby Anderson Abi Carter Alana Springsteen Alexandra Kay Angel White Anne Wilson Annie Bosko Ashley McBryde Austin Snell Avery Anna Backstreet Boys Blessing Offor Brent Cobb Brothers Osborne Bryan Martin Carly Pearce Chayce Beckham Colby Acuff Conner Smith Creed Crystal Gayle Dasha Diplo's Honkytonk Drake Milligan Drew Parker Dylan Gossett Dylan Scott Flatland Cavalry George Birge Goo Goo Dolls Jelly Roll John Morgan Kashus Culpepper Koe Wetzel Lana Del Rey Lanie Gardner Louie TheSinger Luke Combs Maddox Batson Mae Estes Midland Myles Kennedy Nelly (25 Years of Country Grammar) Nikki Lane Niko Moon Noeline Hofmann Sammy Hagar Scotty McCreery Shaboozey Sierra Ferrell Sturgill Simpson Tanner Usrey The Bacon Brothers The Castellows The Wilder Blue Tiera Kennedy Tigerlily Gold Tommy James & The Shondells T-Pain Tracy Lawrence Treaty Oak Revival Tucker Wetmore Vincent Mason Waylon Wyatt Whiskey Myers Zach Bryan
STAGECOACH is produced by Goldenvoice. |