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Americana Music Festival announces initial showcase lineup

By Julia Reidy on 10:51 AM on May 28, 2008

[Above: Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell perform at the 2007 Americana Honors & Awards Show]Strap on that acoustic guitar and tie up that bandana, y'all. It's time to start planning for the 9th Annual Americana Music Festival and Conference, which takes place Sept. 17-20 in Nashville, and will feature everyone who's anyone in the Americana genre. The Americana Music Association recently announced the initial list of performers, but promises that many more will be added before September. The vanguard includes Jim White, The Belleville Outfit, James McMurtry, Paul Thorn, The Snake The Cross and The Crown and The SteelDrivers....  read more

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James McMurtry: Just Us Kids

By Lynne Margolis on 10:59 AM on April 15, 2008

If we ever appoint a sarcasm-slinging cynic laureate...  read more

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James McMurty releases new album

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on September 8, 2005

James McMurty's new album, Childish Things, is the singer/songwriter's first studio release in over three years. The record contains a mix of cover songs and McMurty's own material, including the controversial protest song "We Can't Make it Here." McMurty will tour the remainder of 2005 and into next year in support of the album. ...  read more

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James McMurty prepares new album

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on July 18, 2005

Texas singer/songwriter James McMurtry is back with his first studio album in more three years, Childish Things, due out Sep. 6 on Compadre Records. In 2003, James McMurtry joined forces with the Houston label to release Live in Aught-Three. The new album features ten new McMurtry songs as well as covers of Peter Case’s “The Old Part of Town” and the country standard “Ole Slew Foot.” The son of acclaimed author Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment), James' first album, released in 1989, was produced by John Mellencamp and marked the beginning of a series of projects for...  read more

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James McMurtry & The Heartless Bastards

By Matt Fink on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

“I used to think I was an artist … come to find out I’m a beer salesman,” croaks James McMurtry to a lively Nashville crowd in his dry-as-dust deadpan...  read more

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