"Outer Road" CD.
This song is about change. We like things to stay in that sweet comfortable now but that's something we can't control. In my part of rural America there are hundreds of miles of railroad tracks, there just aren't any more trains.
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Bryan Clark's Gossip, Inspiration & Slander Creates Cosmic Ripple
Double-Disc Set Available Today On Rainfeather Records
Nashville, TN (March 31, 2009) -- Singer/songwriter Bryan Clark's newest CD - GOSSIP, INSPIRATION & SLANDER- is creating a cosmic ripple, spurring a tour, producing a flurry of media attention, and inspiring Flatpicking Guitar magazine to offer Clark a guest column in their May issue. The double-disc set is available today on Rainfeather Records.
First Dates of the GOSSIP, INSPIRATION and SLANDER Tour include:
May 2 Backyard Jam @ The Island, Clarksville
May 15 Strawberry Music Festival, Clarksville
May 22 Norm's River Roadhouse, Nashville
June 9 Listening Room, Nashville
Early Media Comments:
“Bryan Clark’s stellar playing and singing combine influences from numerous musical aspects. As a soloist, he’s equally soulful and ambitious, able to execute complex progressions or edgy chord flurries with the same care and dexterity he brings to sweet, soothing ballads. Clark’s new double CD Gossip, Inspiration and Slander has both an electric and acoustic side, and has him displaying his fluency in bluegrass flatpicking, jazz and blues tunes, and his proficiency operating as either a leader or a rhythm contributor.” Ron Wynn / NASHVILLE CITY PAPER
"Gossip, Inspiration, and Slander is a testament to Bryan’s abilities as a picker, singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and producer. The boy can do it all! The CD is more Newgrass than Bill Monroe and really more Americana than bluegrass, but the songwriting and vocals are very strong and the performance turned in by all of the band members is phenomenal. Be prepared to add a new name to your list of favorite flatpickers” - Dan Miller / FLATPICKING GUITAR Magazine
The new CD led to a feature in the March/April issue of Flatpicking Guitar magazine, additional coverage (both current and upcoming) in Vintage Guitar, Country Weekly, The Alternate Root, Americana Music Times and more. His musical compositions can be heard on ESPN, America’s Next Top Model and The History Channel, and eight live performance videos are posted at www.bryanclarkmusic.com. Bryan Clark is endorsed by Collings Guitars, John Pearse Strings, Elliot Capos, Pro Pick Fingerpick and Red Bear Flatpicks.
This is a song by the new group from Scotland that Colt Records just signed. They are not your average traditional country band more Americana but they are super nice folks and very good at what they do.
Veterans Day: The Tom Russell Anthology is a 2-disc set produced by Tom Russell and Shout!
Born in Los Angeles in 1953, the masterful songwriter now lives on the El Paso-Juarez border. Raised on the American West’s cowboy music, Russell’s musical style emerged as a mix of this as well as country, Tex-Mex and folk. Russell has recorded 25 albums and his songs have been covered by artists such as Johnny Cash, Nancy Griffith, Joe Ely, k.d. Lang, Suzy Bogguss, and Ramblin´ Jack Elliott. Tom Russell, who along with Dave Alvin was a pioneer of the Americana radio format, has received awards from ASCAP, CMA, and Folk Alliance, among others. Russell has appeared on “The Late Show With David Letterman” four times in the last few years. In addition to his songwriting career, Russell has lived a fascinating life. He has published three books, is an established painter, earned a Master´s Degree in Criminology from the University of California and taught school in Nigeria during the Biafran war Streaming Links:
“Out in California” http://www.shoutfactory.com/av/tom_russell/veterans_day/out_in_californiaFULL.asx “Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall?” http://www.shoutfactory.com/av/tom_russell/veterans_day/whos_gonna_buildFULL.asx
Factory’s David McLees that includes a 24-page booklet featuring photos, Russell’s art, and an essay by Mike Regenstreif. Anthology contains 2 previously unreleased songs, “Dark Angel,” (acoustic version), and a new recording titled “Roll The Credits,” as well as songs from 19 of his albums including “Navajo Rug,” “Big Water,” with Iris Dement, “One And One” with Shawn Colvin, recorded about four years before her debut album, 4 songs co-written with Dave Alvin, and of course, “Veteran’s Day,” a song about an American POW once powerfully covered by Johnny Cash.
Tour Dates
Tom Russell
Oct 27-31: Cowboy Train Dates throughout Canada w/ Ian Tyson, Eliza Gilkyson.
Nov 6-8: Heber City, UT (Cowboy Poetry Gathering)
Nov 10-14: Song Train Dates throughout Canada w/ Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
Nov 28 – San Diego, CA – Acoustic Music
Nov 29 – Santa Monica, CA – McCabes
Nov 30 – Thousand Oaks, CA – Thousand Oaks Library
Dec 1 – Visalia, CA – Maverick’s
Dec 3 – Santa Ynez, CA – Tales From The Tavern
Dec 4 – Monterey, CA – Monterey Live
Dec 5 – Santa Cruz, CA – Don Quixote
Dec 6 – Berkeley, CA – Freight And Salvage
Dec 7 – Winters, CA – The Palms
Dec 8 – Reno, NY – Great Basin Brewing Company
Jan 28-29 – Elko, NV – Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Feb 5 – Fort Worth, TX – McDavid Studio
Feb 6 – Austin, TX – Cactus Café
Feb 7 – Houston, TX – Mucky Duck
FREE 20-Song multi-genre CD, WHO WOULD JESUS BOMB?, featuring the Nashville Session Players. All songs and related videos may be downloaded for no cost at: www.FreedomTracks.com