Jim Lauderdale News

The last time alt-country godfather Jim Lauderdale was in town, he came as part of Elvis Costello's touring band .

You couldn't ask for a better cast of traditional-minded artists to support ThanksUSA, a non-profit group whose annual national 'Treasure Hunts' through the annals of American history benefit the children and spouses of military service members.

Long before the term Americana was even a gleam in Jim Lauderdale 's eye, Dave Alvin and his brother Phil formed The Blasters , one of the coolest roots-rock bands ever to sport pompadours.

George Strait, the uncontested King of Country, reigns supreme in the December 2009 issue of Cowboys & Indians, The Premier Magazine of the West.

The songs of Jim Lauderdale have been recorded by George Strait, Lee Ann Womack, Gary Allan, Blake Shelton, Patty Loveless, George Jones, the Dixie Chicks, Mark Chesnutt, Kathy Mattea, Vince Gill, British talents Dave Edmunds and John Mayall and classic soul man Solomon Burke.

Jim Lauderdale, Wednesday night at the Alys Stephens Center in Birmingham, Alabama.

Emmylou Harris is among the artists set to appear on today's inaugural Music City Roots: Live From The Loveless Cafe show, beginning at 7 p.m. The show is sold out, but it'll be broadcast on WSM, AM-650, and simulcast online at www.wsmonline.com . This week's show also features esteemed singer-songwriters Pam Rose and Mary Ann Kennedy, as well as ...

Jim Lauderdale recently hosted the Americana Music Awards ceremony in Nashville with his pal, Buddy Miller.

The 23rd annual Asheville Greek Festival opens today and runs through Sunday at Martin Luther King Jr.

Shadow on the Ground Bound by genre but separated by style, George Strait and James Hand play and sing music that's still better off danced to than analyzed.

The Del McCoury Band is recording like they have something to prove. Not six months after releasing a 50 song career retrospective, with all recently recorded tracks, Del and the boys have another new album ready for release on October 27.

Like black pepper to almost any dish, Jim Lauderdale's voice and delivery seem to blend in well with whatever style of music fascinates him.

Since his days as a 1970s London pub punk rocker, Elvis Costello has galloped through the vast American musical landscape.

For the sixth time, the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival promises four days of song and dance through more than 40 musicians and performers.

The stage setup employed by Elvis Costello and his band The Sugarcanes at Ravinia Wednesday night didn't even include a drum kit, but it proved that an acoustic string-band-type format can do energetic justice to Costello's tremendous back catalog and even redeem some less-memorable new stuff.

Two new concerts have been announced for Birmingham's Alys Stephens Center : Jim Lauderdale has performed in Birmingham several times over the past 12 years, including a concert with Lucinda Williams at Five Points South Music Hall.

Can Tanya Tucker really be 50? She had her first hit, "Delta Dawn,'' at 13, then graced the cover of Rolling Stone at 15.

TRUMANSBURG - Musical collaboration and cross-pollination characterized the four-day GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance, which often resembled an extended jam session more than a formal event.

Here's a look at some of the events happening around Southern California this weekend.

Four days. Four stages. Sixty-eight bands and artists. All are good reasons that the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance will live up to its motto, 'a music lover's paradise.' All are good reasons, too, that more than 15,000 fans will descend on the Trumansburg Fairgrounds for the 19th edition of the region's largest music fest, ...