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Goodbye Summer: ATO’s Free Fall Music Sampler

September 27, 2013 – 11:14 am

It’s finally Fall, which means the temperature’s dropping, the leaves are changing color, and ATO has a new free sampler. Enjoy!

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1. Midlake – Antiphon
2. Okkervil River – Stay Young
3. J. Roddy Walston & The Business – Heavy Bells
4. Drive-By Truckers – Don’t Be In Love Around Me
5. Kopecky Family Band – Are You Listening
6. Old Crow Medicine Show – Dixieland Delight (Alabama Cover)
7. Rayland Baxter – Bad Things
8. Gogol Bordello – Lost Innocent World
9. Jim James – State Of The Art (A.E.I.O.U.)
10. Jonny Fritz – Goodbye Summer
11. Caitlin Rose – Waitin’
12. SOJA – She Still Loves Me (feat. Collie Buddz)
13. Stars – The Light
14. Alabama Shakes – You Ain’t Alone

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Old Crow Medicine Show Inducted Into Grand Ole Opry and Win Trailblazer Award

September 24, 2013 – 2:26 pm

Last week was a big one for Old Crow Medicine Show, who won the Trailblazer Award at the Americana Music Awards and were also formally inducted into the Grand Ole Opry by members Dierks Bentley and Marty Stuart. Among the award-winning group’s first performances in Nashville were on the sidewalks outside the Opry House in Summer 2000, playing for fans entering and exiting Opry performances. The band graduated to the Opry stage for its official Opry debut on Jan. 13, 2001, quickly became a fan favorite during dozens of Opry performances since, and was invited by Stuart to join the Opry on Aug. 16 in Cleveland, Ohio. Just before show time, the band reprised its Opry Plaza performances from more than a dozen years ago, walking outside the Opry House and playing tunes including “Brave Boys” and “Hesitation Blues” for surprised fans waiting outside for the evening’s Opry show.

On stage later in the night, Opry Vice President and General Manager Pete Fisher and Opry members Dierks Bentley and Stuart took the stage alongside Old Crow Medicine Show, presenting the group with its Opry member award. “Congratulations, Old Crow, on being a part of the coolest club there is,” Bentley said. Addressing the band, Stuart added, “You offer a whole new energy and love for country music in the 21st century.” Speaking on behalf of the group, Ketch Secor related that years ago members of the band asked themselves if they’d ever make it big in TV. Secor recalled having said, “I don’t know about TV, but we might make something of ourselves on radio.” Fast forwarding to tonight’s show, Secor concluded, “We’re standing out here on the most beloved broadcast anywhere on earth. I think we made it big on radio! … We the Old Crows are just so proud to be entrusted to carry on the traditions of the Grand Ole Opry’s good-natured riot.”

After tearing into the band’s signature “Wagon Wheel,” the group invited fellow Opry members Bentley, Stuart, Connie Smith, and the Del McCoury Band to join them on the standards “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” and “I Saw The Light.”“Old Crow has over the years become a favorite of Opry audiences and everyone backstage, as well,” said Fisher. “It’s fun for so many of us that in many ways Old Crow looks and sounds a lot like some of the great early Opry bands like Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys—bands which helped propel the Opry to national prominence. Tonight represents a great full circle, and as the great Jimmy Dickens says, ‘The circle can’t be broken.’” After the induction, the group added a plaque bearing its name to the Opry Member Gallery backstage at the Opry House.

Old Crow Medicine Show is scheduled to perform concerts on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 at the Ryman Auditorium. Tickets will go on sale Sept. 27 at 10:00 a.m.

Old Crow Medicine Show got its’ start busking on street corners in New York state and up through Canada, winning audiences along the way with their boundless energy and spirit. The band eventually found themselves in Boone, North Carolina where they caught the attention of legendary folk icon Doc Watson who invited them to play at his Merlefest, helping to launch their career. Shortly after, the band relocated to Nashville for a residency at the Grand Ole Opry, where they entertained the crowd between shows. Fifteen years later, the band has toured the world, sold over 800,000 albums, and performed at renowned festivals like Bonnaroo, Coachella, and The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. 2013 was a big year for Old Crow Medicine Show. The band along with Mumford & Sons and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, won the Grammy Award for “Best Long Form Music Video” for the film Big Easy Express which was shot as they toured from California to New Orleans on a vintage train, playing shows along the way. In May, the band’s classic single “Wagon Wheel” received the RIAA’s Platinum certification for selling over 1,000,000 copies. On their newest ATO Records release, Carry Me Back, Old Crow continues to craft classic American roots music while pushing themselves in new directions.

Photo By: Chris Hollo

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J. Roddy Walston & The Business’ “Essential Tremors” Available Everywhere Today

September 10, 2013 – 5:15 am

The new album from J. Roddy Walston & The Bussines, Essential Tremors is now available everywhere. Pick it up on iTunes / Amazon / Official Store

The third album from J. Roddy Walston & The Business, Essential Tremors borrows its name from a nervous-system disorder that’s long plagued the band’s frontman. “It’s this condition where my hands shake―sometimes not at all, but sometimes pretty bad,” says singer/pianist/guitarist Walston. “I’ve referenced it throughout all our records in some way, but it made sense to be more open about it on this album, which is partly about owning and embracing your weirdness instead of letting it hold you captive because you don’t even want to talk about it.

For J. Roddy Walston & The Business―who formed in 2002 in Walston’s hometown of Cleveland, Tennessee―embracing weirdness means a mumble-out-loud celebration of that great and terrible burden of being human. Forcing the oft-clashing worlds of art and rock-and-roll to make nice, the band (including guitarist/vocalist Billy Gordon, bassist/vocalist Logan Davis, and drummer Steve Colmus) deals in a scrappy yet sublime sound that honors both their Southern roots and punk spirit. On Essential Tremors, J. Roddy Walston & The Business builds off that formula with a mix of heavy hooks and elegant melodies revealing their affinity for artists as disparate as Led Zeppelin, pre-disco-era Bee Gees, The Replacements, Randy Newman, and the Southern soul outfits that once populated the Stax Records label.

Co-produced by Matt Wignall and Grammy-winning producer/engineer Mark Neill at Neill’s own Soil of the South Studios (a Valdosta, Georgia-based facility where J. Roddy Walston & The Business were the first to ever record), the follow-up to 2010’s much-acclaimed self-titled sophomore album also finds the band crafting lyrics that ultimately serve as a secret language to the initiated listener.

“It seems like most bands write for either the animal side of people or for the side that’s more in tune with the spirit or even just the psyche, but we tend to just smash all those things together,” says Walston. “It’s like we’re writing religious songs for the animal side. We’ve got songs that feel like party songs but if you look at it closer, it’s something more cerebral. So for the people who want to dig in and connect all the weird crosswires, the song can turn into something else.” And because J. Roddy Walston & The Business is practiced in the art of subversion, he adds, “these are songs you can get away with listening to around ‘the straights.’ The danger is in what lies behind the codes and the prose, and how gently they unravel once you’ve digested them.”

Tour Dates

8/10/13-Davis, WV-Canaan Valley Resort
8/11/13-Wilmington, DE-World Café Live at the Queen
8/17/13- Portsmouth, NH- Redhook Ale Brewery
9/5/13-Cleveland, OH-Beachland Ballroom and Tavern
9/6/13-Indianapolis, IN-Deluxe
9/7/13-St Louis, MO-Loufest
9/9/13-Minneapolis, MN-7th Street Entry
9/10/13-Milwaukee, WI-Club Garibaldi’s
9/11/13-Madison, WI-High Noon Saloon
9/12/13-Chicago, IL-Double Door
9/14/13-Cincinnati, OH- PNC Pavilion at Riverbend
9.20/13- Baltimore, MD- Rams Head Live
9/24/13- Pittsburgh, PA- Club Cafe
9/25/13-Louisville, KY- Waterfront Park
9/28/13- Kansas City, MO- Czar Bar
9/30/13-Denver, CO- Hi-Dive
10/1/13- Salt Lake City, UT- The State Room
10/3/13- Portland, OR- Mississippi Studios
10/5/13- Vancouver, BC, Canada- Biltmore Cabaret
10/7/13- Seattle, WA- Tractor Tavern
10/10/13- San Francisco, CA- The Independent
10/11/13- Los Angeles, CA- Troubadour
10/12/12- San Luis Obispo, CA- SLO Brewing Company
10/13/13- San Diego, CA- Soda Bar
10/15/13- Phoenix, AZ- Crescent Ballroom
10/18/13- Austin, TX- Stubbs Jr.

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Caitlin Rose Covers The National’s “Pink Rabbits”

September 9, 2013 – 12:01 pm

Caitlin Rose just released an incredible cover of The National’s single, “Pink Rabbits.” In an exclusive interview with ELLE, Caitlin said “this song creeped up on me in the same way the band did. It was something I’d heard and enjoyed on several occasions. To sort of know something is great before it resonates with you, then all of a sudden it’s under your skin, like nothing else. Like being told this juicy secret you already know. It’s my favorite way to fall in love with music. ”

Purchase on iTunes

Upcoming Tour Dates
09.18.13 – eTown Hall – Boulder, CO @
09.20.13 – Mercy Lounge – Nashville, TN
09.20.13 – 09.22.13 – Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion – Bristol, TN
10.08.13 – Georgia Theatre – Athens, GA *
10.09.13 – Cultural Arts Center of East Alabama – Opelika, AL *
10.12.13 – Centennial Park – Nashville, TN
10.15.13 – Vinyl Music Hall – Pensacola, FL *
10.16.13 – State Theatre – St. Petersburg, FL *
10.23.13 – 24th Melbourne Festival – Melbourne, AU
10.25 – The Basement – Sydney, AU
11.02.13 – Shakespear’s Pub – Kalamazoo, MI #
11.03.13 – The Loft – Lansing, MI #
11.04.13 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH #

* with Dawes
@ with Leon Russell
# with Langhorne Slim

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DBT’s Alabama Ass Whuppin’ Reissue Out Now

September 9, 2013 – 4:02 am

A newly remastered version of Drive-By Truckers third album Alabama Ass Whuppin’ is now available everywhere. Originally released in 2000, the record has been out of print for years. The album has been re-mastered by Greg Calbi and includes updated artwork by Wes Freed. This is the first time the album has been available on vinyl.

Purchase on iTunes / Amazon / Official Store

“This was our third album and the connecting thread between our earlier work and the band that we went on to become later. It’s a documentation of a period in time that I wouldn’t go back to for all the money in the world, but I’m proud of the shows that we played and the songs that we wrote, “ says Patterson Hood.

Paste Magazine is also streaming the album here!

On Tour

September

28 – State Line, NV @ Harrah’s Tahoe South Shore Room

October

5 – Mobile, AL @ Bayfest

6 – Greenville, MS @Mighty Mississippi Music Festival

19 – Live Oak, FL @ Magnolia Music Festival

30 – Dubuque, IA @ Diamond Jo Casino

31 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre

November

1 – Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak

2 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Ballroom

3 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom

5 – Philadelphia, PA @ TLA

6 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall

7 – Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird Theater

8 – Covington, KY @ Madison Theater

9 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall

10 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom

December

6 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel

7 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Don Quixote’s International Music Hall

13 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge

14 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge

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OKKERVIL RIVER’S ‘THE SILVER GYMNASIUM’ OUT NOW!

September 4, 2013 – 9:09 am

The Silver Gymnasium on iTunes | Amazon

It’s human nature to romanticize a specific time and place in the past — a moment when everything just felt right, or opportunities were laid out like a banquet. For Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, it’s been impossible to let go of Meriden, N.H., circa 1986: That tiny town is where he spent his childhood (he turned 10 that summer) and where his parents taught at an area boarding school. Meriden is where Sheff’s visions of youth and innocence reside, even as he’s gone on to live in Austin and Brooklyn, and to tour the world. Sheff sets Okkervil River’s seventh album, The Silver Gymnasium, square in the heart of his own childhood; in the specific spot that produced his most sepia-toned memories. As such, the record captures not only his own autobiographical details, but also musical cues from the era.

To complement the release of The Silver Gymnasium, Okkervil River has released an 8-bit adventure video game, an interactive map (created with NPR Music), a video documenting Sheff’s high school bands, footage of him performing in his old high school gym – the inspiration for the album title – and more. Revisit all of these at Mashable: http://on.mash.to/1asKjIK

Over the weekend, the New York Times reported on a writer’s trip to the small town of Meriden, NH to explore the origins of Okkervil River’s ‘The Silver Gymnasium’ (out today) with frontman Will Sheff. The Times called the album “an aural bildungsroman,” based around Sheff’s small-town childhood in the mid-’80s. Read the story, and go on a Sheff-guided video tour, here: http://nyti.ms/14nk3bz. Read the NY Times story here: http://nyti.ms/14nk3bz

Okkervil River’s tour begins later this month. See full dates below.

Okkervil River Tour Dates:
9/06 – Boston, MA – Gilt City Boston @ Royale
9/07 – Boston, MA @ Boston Calling
9/19 – Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
9/20 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder
9/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
9/23 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
9/26 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 (w/ Pickwick and Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears)
9/27 – Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
9/28 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
9/29 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
10/1 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
10/2 – Little Rock, AR @ Revolution
10/4 & 10/11 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
10/18 – El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
10/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
10/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
10/22 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
10/24 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
10/25 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
10/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
10/28 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
10/29 – Bozeman, MT @ The Filling Station
10/31 – Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
11/01 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
11/02 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
11/03 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
11/04 – Oklahoma City, OK @ ACM / UCO Performance Lab

Hi Res Photos / Bio / Links:
http://www.shorefire.com/clients/okkervilriver

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Entertainment Weekly Premieres Divided & United Track by Karen Elson and The Secret Sisters

September 4, 2013 – 5:11 am

“Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War” is now available everywhere

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The album is a collection of 32 songs recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. These melodies and ballads have been reinterpreted and brought up to the modern day featuring artists like Karen Elson, Dolly Parton, Lee Ann Womack, Loretta Lynn and more. The awesome Randall Poster, well known for his work on film music, supervised and developed much of the album collaborating with ATO Records.

Check out the full track list below:

Divided & United

Disc 1

Take Your Gun and Go, John – Loretta Lynn
Lorena – Del McCoury
Wildwood Flower – Sam Amidon
Hell’s Broke Loose In Georgia – Bryan Sutton
Two Soldiers – Ricky Skaggs
Marching Through Georgia – Old Crow Medicine Show
Dear Old Flag – Vince Gill
Just Before the Battle, Mother/ Farewell, Mother – Steve Earle and Dirk Powell
The Fall Of Charleston – Shovels & Rope
Tenting on the Old Campground – John Doe
Day Of Liberty – Carolina Chocolate Drops
Richmond Is a Hard Road to Travel – Chris Thile and Michael Daves
Two Brothers – Chris Stapleton
The Faded Coat Of Blue – Norman Blake, Nancy Blake and James Bryan
Listen to the Mockingbird – Stuart Duncan featuring Dolly Parton
Kingdom Come – Pokey LaFarge

Disc 2

Rebel Soldier – Jamey Johnson
The Legend of the Rebel Soldier – Lee Ann Womack
The Mermaid Song – Jorma Kaukonen
Dixie – Karen Elson with The Secret Sisters
The Vacant Chair – Ralph Stanley
Hard Times – Chris Hillman
Down By the Riverside – Taj Mahal
Old Folks at Home/ The Girl I Left Behind Me – Noam Pikelny and David Grisman
Secesh – The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band
The Battle of Antietam – T Bone Burnett
Pretty Saro – Ashley Monroe featuring Aubrey Haynie
Aura Lee – Joe Henry
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier – AA Bondy
When Johnny Comes Marching Home – Angel Snow
Battle Cry of Freedom – Bryan Sutton
Beautiful Dreamer – Cowboy Jack Clement

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Rayland Baxter’s Ashkelon EP Out Now + New Tour Dates & Music Video

August 20, 2013 – 11:14 am

ashkeLon, a new EP from Nashville singer-songwriter Rayland Baxter, is out now on ATO Records. Purchase the album on iTunes

“A beautiful storyteller and singer…someone I think we’re going to hear from a lot.” —Bob Boilen, NPR Music
“…songs will absolutely bring you to your knees,”—American Songwriter

The five-song digital EP features three new songs as well as alternative versions of “the mtn song” and “driveway meLody,” which were featured on Baxter’s acclaimed full-length debut, feathers & fishHooks. The track, “bad things,” can be heard below. Additionally, a live, in-the-studio video of the song is available to view here.

In celebration of the new EP, Baxter will embark on a series of tour dates, including a fall European tour supporting Kacey Musgraves. See below for complete details.

On August 13, the music video for one of the new tracks, “Ghost, Again,” premiered at CMT Edge and is now available to view/embed here. Additionally, the audio and video for the track “bad things” premiered earlier this year at Paste Magazine. Moreover, a new video entitled “Who is Rayland Baxter” is available to view/embed here.

Named after the town in Israel where Baxter spent a pivotal time of his life, ashkeLon was recorded live in one day, at East Nashville’s Casino studio. Of the title, Baxter comments, “ashkeLon is where I started writing songs and where I have returned numerous times. For me, that was where this all began. I thought it very fitting to name this group of songs ashkeLon for that reason. It’s a very special place. It’s my little green garden in the desert.” He goes on to explain, “the creation of ashkeLon was inspired by every live show I have played since the time feathers & fishHooks was released. The songs turned into something else on the road…so I figured it’d be nice to go into the studio with my buds and see what would happen. We’d run through each song a time or two, and then track it three times. Pick the best take and move on to the next. That’s it. I think it’s a nice stepping-stone from feathers & fishHooks—showing a little bit more—and leaving a high ceiling for the second album. I love recording live. You can hear everything…the foot taps, the wood bench creaking, my buddy Dave (who filmed the entire session) tripping on the mic cable in the middle of a song…all of that makes for a incredibly unique listening experience. That’s the goal. No sugar. No salt. Just the song.”

Of last year’s feathers & fishHooks, Interview Magazine praises, “its 12 tracks…betray the studied, well-worn maturity of a songwriter who has done his fair share of living,” while the Nashville Scene asserts, “Play your kid Mozart—maybe he’ll grow up to be a math genius. Play your kid Steve Earle and Bob Dylan’s steel-guitar melodies—maybe he’ll grow up to be Rayland Baxter.”

ashkeLon track-listing:

1. the mtn song

2. bad things

3. driveway meLody

4. ghost, again

5. the coLd easy Life of a Loner

RAYLAND BAXTER CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
September 10        Los Angeles, CA        Hotel Café
September 11         Los Angeles, CA       Royce Hall*
September 14          Riverside, CA Fox         Performing Arts Center*
September 15          Temecula, CA     Thorton Winery*
September 18-22           Nashville, TN           Americana Music Festival
September 19           Charlotte, NC           Stage Door Theater
September 20 & 21            Bristol, TN           Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion
September 22           Austin, TX            The Parish†
September 23            Dallas, TX            House of Blues†
September 24           Oklahoma City, OK            The Blue Door†
September 26            Boulder, CO            Fox Theatre†
October 2            Stockholm, Sweden            Nalen‡
October 3            Oslo, Norway            John Dee‡
October 6            Berlin, Germany            Postbahnhof‡
October 7            Amsterdam, Netherlands           Paradiso‡
October 9            Glasgow, U.K.            Oran Mor‡
October 10            Manchester, U.K.           Academy 2‡
October 11            Dublin, Ireland            Whelan’s‡
October 13           London, U.K.            O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire‡
October 17            Birmingham, AL            Workplay Theatre#
October 19            Ozark, AR            Harvest Festival
October 20            Northport, AL            Kentuck Festival
*supporting Boz Scaggs
†with Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
‡supporting Kacey Musgraves
#supporting Holly Williams

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Old Crow Medicine Show to join the Grand Ole Opry family!

August 19, 2013 – 3:19 pm

We’re excited to announce that Old Crow Medicine Show was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry and will be formally inducted on Tuesday, September 17th.

They were taken by surprise last Friday night at The Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH when Grand Ole Opry member and country music icon Marty Stuart surprised them on stage and asked if they’d like to become the next members of the legendary establishment. Old Crow members answered with a resounding yes and hands in the air while the sold-out crowd responded with a standing ovation. Stuart and the band then combined forces on “We Don’t Grow Tobacco” before the band launched into their signature fan favorite “Wagon Wheel.” Here’s the video:

“From our humble beginnings on street corners to finding acclaim on stages worldwide, our eyes have always been on one prize in particular. More than anything else Old Crow Medicine Show has wanted to be a part of the Grand Ole Opry, “ said OCMS fiddler Ketch Secor. “To join the company of those brilliant, bright stars who first shot across Country Music’s most celestial stage— Roy Acuff, Deford Bailey, Uncle Dave Macon, Maybelle Carter, Sarah Cannon— is the finest company that any picker could ever hope to keep.”