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Our good friend and fellow artist Darrell Scott’s new album, Long Ride Home, is great.  I recommend you pick it up at iTunesMusic.

27th Annual TEC Awards WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Robert Plant and the Band of Joy have received two Awards:

OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
Record Production/Single or Track
“Angel Dance”, Robert Plant

Remote Production/Recording or Broadcast
Robert Plant and the Band of Joy,
Live in Concert, NPR Music

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27th Annual TEC Awards Nominees
Outstanding Creative Achievement

Projects from Robert Plant’s Band of Joy garnered nominations in four categories, including Record Production for the eponymous album and single “Angel Dance”; Remote Production for an NPR radio broadcast; and a nomination in Tour Sound Production.

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CBC Radio 2 will broadcast Robert Plant & The Band of Joy live in Winnipeg, recorded at the Winnipeg Jazz Festival, June 21, 2011. Broadcast: Nov. 18, 19:00 to 20:00 Eastern Standard Time.

The concert is also available On Demand, from the CBC website here. (more…)

Want to see Robert Plant and the Band of Joy, Buddy Miller, Gregg Allman, Lucinda Williams, The Civil Wars, Amos Lee, The Avett Brothers and more, all performing on the Americana stage at the historic Ryman Auditorium?  Check out the clip and find out where to see the entire event.

“ACL PRESENTS: AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL”
NATIONAL BROADCAST TO BEGIN AIRING NOVEMBER 19th on PBS

ROBERT PLANT, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, GREGG ALLMAN
THE AVETT BROTHERS, THE CIVIL WARS & MORE FEATURED IN ONE HOUR SPECIAL

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Robert Plant collects album of the year at 2011 Americana Awards as Buddy Miller scoops artist of the year and Mumford & Sons honoured.

Robert Plant was honoured by the country music community in America again last night when he won ‘Album Of The Year’ at the Americana Music Association Awards in Nashville.

The former Led Zepellin frontman won for his Band Of Joy album, which included the excellent musicians Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin. Miller was the main winner on the night, collecting ‘Artist of the Year’ and ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ at the Ryman Theatre. (more…)

MARFA – It’s official. Rock legend Robert Plant will be performing with Patty Griffin tonight at El Cosmico’s Trans-Pecos Festival of Music and Love in Marfa.

Marfans should note that locals get special ticket pricing: $25 for each night of music or $60 for all three nights of the fest. But act fast if you’re gonna groove: the discount expires at 5pm tonight.  Of 300 ticket-holders so far, about 30 have cashed in on the local discount. (more…)

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY LAUNCHES BOB MARLEY CAMPAIGN TO REACH 600 MILLION FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FANS TO SUPPORT SAVE THE CHILDREN’S EAST AFRICA APPEAL

Today sees the launch of a ground-breaking social media campaign, ‘I’m Gonna Be Your Friend’ supported by many of the world’s most famous names in entertainment and their fans. A global audience of 600 million* Facebook and Twitter fans will be able to view a short film of the crisis in East Africa created by award-winning director Kevin McDonald from footage of East Africa.  The film is set to the 1973 Bob Marley & The Wailers song ‘High Tide or Low Tide’ and will reach over a billion people**.

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American Routes samples the best live music collaborations from the 2011 Jazz Fest season in New Orleans. Each year, music from the festival at the fairgrounds spills over into the streets and clubs of our city. We’ll camp out at Preservation Hall for an evening of jazz and country with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Nashville song man Buddy Miller, with special guest Robert Plant. Then we’ll catch the Hot 8 Brass Band and Mos Def at the Howlin’ Wolf across town. All this, plus more musical surprises.

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