The Alternate Root Americana Music News

The Nashville Showcase Promotion Winner.
Well we knew going in that a coveted slot on a Showcase during the Americana Music Conference would be something that people would get excited about. Unfortunately it became something people would also find a way to win at costs that are, well less than admirable. We don't have a way of determining how many votes were cast illegally but we know a number of them were. So many in fact that the votes crashed our servers on Saturday. Unfortunately we will will not repeat this next year. The winner, or at least the person with the most votes (there were no winners in this) was Chase Bean and so the opening slot on the Alternate Root Showcase is his. Congrats! We'll see you in Nashville.

The Americana Airplay Chart


August 16,  2010.
John Mellencamp remains at #1 for the third week holding off the fast charging Los Lobos who stayed at #2. Alejandro Escovedo remained at #3 and Paul Thorn stayed steady #4 with Darrel Scott rounding out the top 5. Four new records debuted this week including Marty Stuart at # 14, Robert Plant at #18, Ray Lamontagne and The Pariah Dogs  at #35 and John Brannen at #36. Big movers include Frazey Ford from #25 to #19 and Nu-Blu from #37 to #32 on the Americana Airplay Chart. To view the entire chart   ...  CLICK HERE 

American Graveyard - 'Common Ones'...
Could this be the FIRST Americana Roots video to go 'viral?'
Well I guess that depends on what you consider viral and what you compare it to but at least from our research vantage point 280,000 views in a few days is among the fastest moving YouTube videos for a band that has both feet firmly planted in the roots/Americana format. Watch American Graveyard - "Common Ones" and let us know...CLICK TO WATCH

Adam Ezra visits Alternate Root TV
 











Boston Acoustic Rocker Adam Ezra pays a visit to Alternate Root TV for an acoustic performance and discussion with show host Reb Landers to promote 'View From the Root his latest release with his band Adam Ezra Band.' Read Reb Landers' feature and watch the performance.
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It's The Everly Brothers meets The Beatles meets Rockpile meets The BoDeans...no, it's The Blue Shadows and you need to hear it!

The Blue Shadows  Roots Music
















Walking with your heroes can be tough, especially for musicians. You are, first and foremost, a fan. Playing someone else’s tunes is tough enough without  having the extra baggage of really liking both the original artists and the material. Okay, you get the idea. Now, if you are a musician who is probably a hero yourself, the stakes rise. Case in point is Billy Cowsill. Billy grew up in the public eye as a member of the popular 1960’s group of siblings and their Mom, The Cowsills. 
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The Queen of the Beehive, Christine Ohlman and
her band Rebel Montez visit Alternate Root TV
Soulful, bluesy, always rocking, Christine Ohlman and her quartet Rebel Montez paid a visit to Alternate Root TV for a set from her album The Deep End, filmed at Horizon Music Group Studios in West Haven ,CT. Along with guitarist Cliff Goodwin, drummer Larry Donahue and bassist Michael Colbath, Ohlman performed "Love You Right" and her tribute to the city of New Orleans post Katrina, "The Cradle Did Rock."  CLICK TO WATCH


Folk Music icon Jeff Talmadge visits Alternate Root TV
Like the troubadours that roamed the American landscape in earlier times, venerable folk icon Jeff Talmadge upholds the truest traditions of the folk music movement. He plays acoustic, thought provoking music that while it makes you think; it's never an in-your-face delivery that forces one side of a particular issue. Talmadge stopped by Alternate Root TV to talk about his music and to perform a few songs from his upcoming album 'Kind of Everything.'
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The Alternate Root Magazine Ottomatic Slim 
Blues Harpist Extraordinaire Ottomatic Slim Visits Alternate Root TV
Otto Lenz is somewhat of a regional legend around New England. He's been one of the premier blues harp players for some 20 years playing smokey clubs in and around Boston and his base in Northampton, festivals in Montreal and sharing the stage with legends like James Montgomery, Roomful of Blues, David Maxwell and others with his band Ottomatic Slim. Guitarist Scott Monette is a master axe-man in his own rite and when the two join together on stage it's kind of a magical event.
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 The Alternate Root Magazine Felix Cavaliere
 
 Danny McCloskey interview with Felix Cavaliere on the release of 'Midnight Flyer' with Steve Cropper.
Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere are rock’n’roll legends. Steve was one of the builders of the Stax sound in the 1960’s as a guitarist for Booker T & The M.G.’s and co-writer for many classic songs by artists such as Otis Redding (‘Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay’), Eddie Floyd (‘Knock on Wood’) and Wilson Pickett (‘In The Midnight Hour’). Felix was ground zero for blue-eyed soul as the voice of The Rascals. They have joined forces for a second time on their recent release ‘Midnight Flyer’. Listen to selections from this amazing new album. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY.
The Alternate Root Magazine Tift Merrit
Tift Merritt's candid conversation with Wayne Waters.
 
Tift Merritt has now demonstrated her splendid singing and song craft on four major studio albums and two live recordings. For her new album, ‘See You On The Moon,’ Tift brought in producer Tucker Martine, probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell and The Decemberists. Martine produced, recorded, and mixed this fine collection of musical short stories. Along with Tift’s regular band mates, including husband and band co-founder Zeke Hutchins on drums, pedal steel guitarist extraordinaire Greg Leisz and My Morning Jacket’s Yim Yames are among others who joined in on the ‘See You On The Moon’ sessions. CLICK TO READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW.

YARN, Alt Country Americana Music

Yarn’s latest release, ‘Come on In,’ is the best of three exceptionally good records that finds the band melding into one of the most formidable forces in jam-based roots / Americana music. Front man and founder Blake Christiana still has one of the most versatile and accomplished surrounding casts in the business; Trevor MacArthur on rhythm guitar and vocals, Andrew Hendryx on mandolin, harmonica and the stalwart rhythm section of Rick Bugel on bass and new drummer Robert Bonhomme but the addition of ace axe-man Rod Hohl has broadened the YARN sound to include a more edgy side. It’s still sweet mountain-country rock it just has a Rolling Stones alter ego.
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