No Depression Relaunches Online

NoDepression.com, a greatly expanded and enhanced website from the former bimonthly magazine No Depression, makes its debut today as the primary destination for fans of American roots music in all its various incarnations.
Like the magazine, which was the authoritative voice for roots music from 1995 to 2008, NoDepression.com stresses first-rate writing - now bolstered with [...]

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Rodney Crowell - Tour Dates and Media Player

Americana literati Rodney Crowell continues down the path blazed by his previous three records with Sex & Gasoline. Crowell bounded onto the music landscape in 1988 with the Top 40 crossover album Diamonds and Dirt, which produced an astonishing five number one singles and a Grammy Award for the single ‘After All This Time.’ As [...]

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Acoustic Aficionado and Songwriter Monte Montgomery Returns with Self-Titled Release Today, Sept. 30, 2008

Nashville, Tenn.– Austin-based guitar-slinger and songwriter Monte Montgomery will once again turn the music world on its well-tuned ear with the release of his self-titled seventh studio album on September 30th on Eminent Records with distribution through Thirty Tigers/Sony RED Music.
Named as one of Guitar Player Magazine’s “Top 50 All-Time Greatest Guitarists” and the only [...]

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We’re still kickin’

We’ve been down and out with the virus that’s been making the rounds. Two weeks and counting….sigh….we’ll be back soon….
Stay tuned - we haven’t gone anywhere…

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No Depression to end publication with next issue

NO DEPRESSION MAGAZINE
TO CEASE PUBLISHING
AFTER MAY-JUNE ISSUE
No Depression, the bimonthly magazine covering a broad range of American roots music since 1995, will bring to an end its print publication with its 75th issue in May-June 2008.
Plans to expand the publication’s website (www.nodepression.net) with additional content will move forward, though it will in no way replace [...]

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Blogs More Than MySpace Sell Music Says News Study

A new study by New York University’s Stern Business School tracked blog chatter for 108 albums for four weeks before and after their release dates.
The study showed that the volume of blog posts led to future sales, but that large increases in an artist’s Myspace friends had a weaker correlation to sales. According to the [...]

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Hall of Fame nominations announced

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The newest members of the Country Hall of Fame are Emmylou Harris, Tom T. Hall, the Statler Brothers and the late Ernest “Pop” Stoneman.
Their upcoming induction was announced Tuesday in Nashville.
Tammy Genovese of the Country Music Association says Harris is a revered song interpreter, while Hall is a renowned storyteller with [...]

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Old Habits can be changed

Newly healthy country star Willie Nelson  has taken up jogging at the age of 74, in a bid to stay fit.
The life-long marijuana smoker recently kicked the drug and he has taken up exercise to boost his life expectancy.
He tells Spinner.com, “I have started running. What I was trying to do was do at least as much [...]

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Get your Music on TCB’s MySpace Player

We’d like to introduce our 2008 myspace page. It will be where we archive our newsletters, post breaking news and provide additional information on how to share and discover great independent roots music.
Please send an add request to: www.myspace.com/takecountryback2008
If you’d like to have your music showcased on our myspace media player and referenced in [...]

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TCB Newsletter Returns

TCB Newsletter - Feb 3 2008

We’re set to roll once again. It’s been awhile but we’re back with a vegence and renewed energy. We will be starting up our weekly newsletters once again. If you prefer to be removed from the mailing list the information is included at the bottom of each newsletter.

If you’ve got [...]

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