Well that’s it for this week dear readers, and what a wretched one it’s been in various ways. We leave you anyway with something decidely not-wretched. The lovely people over at NPR Music are currently streaming a new Townes Van Zandt record on their site which comes out a week today. The album is a new collection of previously unreleased recordings from the late singer-songwriter (22 years now) which includes early drafts of songs like ‘Pancho and Lefty’ and ‘Rex’s Blues’ recorded with Bill Hedgepeth in 1973. It also features two previously unreleased songs – ‘Sky Blue’ and ‘All I Need’ (which you can hear below) along with covers of songs by Richard Dobson and Tom Paxton. Head over to NPR for a bit more about the album as well as the stream itself. Have a good one.
November 25th sees the return of the “Black Friday” Record Store Day and once again the list of releases has many albums to delight any Americana fan. Among the vinyl being released are some rare live recordings, previously unreleased gems, remasters, anniversary editions, interviews, and even a rare soundtrack. It…
One of the troubadour voices that define Americana, Townes Van Zandt, saw the release of an album -'Sky Blue' - of "lost tracks" at the start of the year. And here, at the back end of 2019, comes news of the release of two of his original albums. To call…
Italian band Lowlands have form in the tribute album area with their homage to Woody Guthrie from a few years back a fine reimagining of the old hobo's songs. Here they celebrate the late great Townes Van Zandt with a song by song delivery of his last ever setlist, a…
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