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10 Live Recordings That Trump Their Studio Counterparts

Recording a single song in the studio is usually a full day's work. So when a band can step out on stage, and capture something more spectacular in a single take, it's an accomplishment.  read more

Listen Up: The Whores of my Youth

Sometime in the late 1960s, Townes Van Zandt wrote a song called "Tecumseh Valley"...  read more

Steve Earle pays tribute to Townes Van Zandt

As if naming his son after the songwriting legend was not tribute enough, Steve Earle will release Townes, a tribute CD to his long-time friend and mentor, Townes Van Zandt, on May 12. The album will be available in 180-gram vinyl and as a two-CD set. ...  read more

Fat Possum To Reissue 6 Townes Van Zandt Albums

Fat Possum Records has announced the re-release of six albums by legendary singer/songwriter (and, many would argue, great American poet) Townes Van Zandt, including his first four solo albums, all of which have been out of print for a number of years. The re-releases will be issued on May 1st, 2007, nearly ten and a half year’s after Van Zandt’s death from a pulmonary embolism at age 52 on New Year’s Day 1997. Titles being re-issued include For The Sake Of The Song (1968), Our Mother The Moutain (1969), Townes Van Zandt (1970), Delta Moma Blues (1971), Flyin’ Shoes...  read more

Townes Van Zandt Film Slated for Summer Release

Townes Van Zandt—who died in 1997—released dozens of albums since the mid 1960s, solidifying his place in America's country/folk pantheon. Be Here To Love Me is a portrait of Van Zandt's life and career, featuring Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, Kris Kristofferson and more. The film was directed by Margaret Brown and shot by Lee Daniel (Slacker, Dazed and Confused). ...  read more

Townes Van Zandt

From Tomato Records: In 2002, Tomato Records began restoring Texas singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt’s entire body of recorded songs to print, and in the process exposing a new generation of fans to one of America’s most important songwriters. The New York City-based independent record label was home to Van Zandt for over a decade, beginning in 1967 with its original incarnation, Poppy Records. Over the years, Tomato/Poppy would release nine albums by Van Zandt that would virtually define the singer/songwriter genre. Despite never achieving mainstream commercial success, the songs endured, and now more than ever in his...  read more