Arggh, new website God, why must you curse us so? Anyway, sorry, yet again, if you were expecting to see something shiny and new in this space - this week, we promise (with a small p anyway). Billboard reports: "As a resident of New York for the last two decades, Rosanne Cash readily admits that she's no longer up on the latest music coming out of Nashville.

Posted by  markamericana  on  Monday, September 06, 2010

Have an ace weekend whatever you're up to - we should be back on Monday morning with something quite exciting, all being well! Billboard reports: "Crosby, Stills & Nash are about one-third done with their next album, a set of classic rock covers produced by Rick Rubin, but Graham Nash won't hazard a guess on when it will be finished and released. "It's a lot slower than it's ever taken us to do an album," Nash tells Billboard.com, "because we've been on the road since May, and we don't quit until October. "We all want it to be right -- Rick, too -- so we're taking our time to make sure it is."

Posted by  markamericana  on  Friday, September 03, 2010

Billboard reports: "Neil Young has announced the release of new solo album "Le Noise," due out Sept. 28 on Reprise Records. The eight-song follow-up to 2009's "Fork in the Road" is a stripped-down collaboration with Grammy-winning producer Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan).

Posted by  markamericana  on  Thursday, September 02, 2010

Pitchfork reports: "He's baaaack! Literary indie-pop god Sufjan Stevens is touring this fall, and now he's returned to the fold big-time with All Delighted People, a new eight-song, 60-minute EP that he's released onto the internet effective right now! At this very second, you can cruise on over to Sufjan's Bandcamp page to buy the EP for a super-reasonable $5, or stream the whole thing for free above. Two songs on here are more than 11 minutes long! Holy shit! Let's go!

Posted by  markamericana  on  Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Metaphorically speaking that is. A verbal cuddle. NME reports: "Band Of Horses paid tribute to the Reading Festival security teams during their NME/Radio 1 Stage set today (August 29). Playing to a heaving tent with a fair share of hardcore fans in attendance, frontman Ben Bridwell noticed the amount of audience members climbing over each other to get a better view and commented on it before playing 'No One's Gonna Love You'.

Posted by  markamericana  on  Tuesday, August 31, 2010