Amerikinda: 20 Years of Dualtone, a new compilation celebrating the Nashville label s artists and alums. Rebecca Caridad/Danny Clinch / Courtesy of the artists
Nashville-based label Dualtone Records is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a special collection of songs called
Amerikinda: 20 Years Of Dualtone. The compilation album is being released on Aug. 6, and features Dualtone artists and alumni including The Lumineers, Brett Dennen, Gregory Alan Isakov, Mt. Joy, Hayes Carll, Shovels & Rope, Langhorne Slim and others, all covering each other s songs in celebration of the label s landmark birthday.
Dualtone was co-founded in 2001 by Scott Robinson and Dan Herrington, who were joined by Paul Roper (president and partner) soon after. The label s first release was A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC by Hayseed Dixie, and since then, Dualtone has released over 200 albums, garnered Americana Music Association award nominations, multiple Grammy nominations and four Grammy
Amerikinda: 20 Years of Dualtone, a new compilation celebrating the Nashville label s artists and alums. Rebecca Caridad/Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artists
hide caption
Gregory Alan Isakov (left) and The Lumineers cover one another s work on
Amerikinda: 20 Years of Dualtone, a new compilation celebrating the Nashville label s artists and alums. Rebecca Caridad/Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artists
Nashville-based label Dualtone Records is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a special collection of songs called
Amerikinda: 20 Years Of Dualtone. The compilation album is being released on Aug. 6, and features Dualtone artists and alumni including The Lumineers, Brett Dennen, Gregory Alan Isakov, Mt. Joy, Hayes Carll, Shovels & Rope, Langhorne Slim and others, all covering each other s songs in celebration of the label s landmark birthday.
Article Contributed by conqueroo | Published on Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Bringing some much-needed good news to music fans across the country, the Mighty Roots Music, LLC today announced its lineup for the inaugural
Mighty Roots Music Festival to be held Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2 on historic Stovall Farms, just outside of Clarksdale, Miss., and 70 miles south of Memphis, Tenn. The lineup delivers a diverse array of roots-music performers and a unique experience on the site of the old Stovall Gin Company cotton gin complex and farm where Muddy Waters grew up.
Friday’s lineup will feature Jamaican-born Mystic Bowie, also known as the lead singer of the 1980s Talking Heads side project Tom Tom Club. Bowie’s Talking Dreads performance will highlight not only his Jamaican musical heritage, but also his unique fusion of reggae and Talking Heads classics. Also Friday are The Minks, a Nashville-based “psychedelic-bloos” band; Mississippi native
Saturday will highlight two of Americana music’s brightest stars: headliner
Deer Tick, a band known for strong songwriting, excellent music, an avid fan base developed over the course of eight albums, and a bio that simply states, “Deer Tick likes to rock out”; and fan favorite
Keller Williams, an artist often described as a “one-man jam-band” and known for his collaborations with Yonder Mountain String Band, String Cheese Incident, and Umphrey’s McGee.
Saturday’s line-up also includes the esteemed Texas-born Americana singer-songwriter
Radney Foster; Jackson, Miss. bluesman
Jarekus Singleton; Harrison AR bluegrass band
National Park Radio; Austin blues rockers