SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country was live from the Nashville studios on Thursday, Sept. 18 and Friday, Sept. 19, as a part of the Americana Music Festival. Live performances included Carlene Carter & Marc Wiseman, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Boogie Down Piano Party and “Americana’s Most Wanted Guitar-Pull.”
Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives. Photo: Parker Young
Carlene Carter. Photo Credit: Parker Young
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The progressive, tradition-based
artists responsible for the resurgence of Downtown Nashville’s Lower
Broad reunited in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CMA
Theater for a one-of-a-kind show, playing the songs that inspired Music
City’s “new scene” in the mid-90’s. Featuring performances by BR5-49, Paul Burch, and Greg Garing, R.B. Morris, and more, the show also included the musicians’ behind-the-scenes stories of the Lower Broad revival.
BR5-49. Photo: Rick Diamond
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Roots music champion Ry Cooder sat down with Barry Mazor
on Friday, September 19 for an exclusive, rare interview about his
impact on the American music landscape over the past fifty years. Cooder
discussed his distinct legacy that covers his groundbreaking solo
albums of the 1970s, his recordings with the Rolling Stones and Rodney Crowell, and soundtracks for such films as The Long Riders and Paris, Texas.
Pictured
(L-R): Music journalist and author Barry Mazor, the Country Music Hall
of Fame and Museum’s Kyle Young, Ry Cooder, the Americana Music
Association’s Jed Hilly and Mark Moffatt backstage. Photo: Rick Diamond
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SoundExchange President, Michael Huppe
hosted a gathering at Soulshine Pizza in Nashville in association with
the Americana Music Festival and Conference on Friday, Sept. 19. Linda Bloss-Baum, who was recently appointed Sr. Director of Industry Relations, was also mingling. Jim Lauderdale entertained the crowd with an acoustic set while pizza, salad, wings and hummus were served with drinks on the upstairs patio.
Photo: Bev Moser
Photo: Bev Moser
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