Gram Parsons news

The Outlaw Roadshow with Counting Crows and Special Guests Tuesday, Aug. 7 6pm, $39-75 ADV/$43-78 DOS The alt-rockers that brought you “Mr. Jones” are at it again and this spring released an album of cover songs called Underwater Sunshine. The new record is 15-songs strong and features remakes of songs from Bob Dyaln, Norman Blake, The Byrds, Gram Parsons and others. Sounds fun. An energetic ...

Shirley Halperin A key player in two Gram Parsons bands, the bassist and singer helped define the West Coast country-rock sound of the late 1960s and early '70s and spent eight years on the road with Willie Nelson. read more

He talks about those golden days with Gram Parsons and Roger McGuinn. He's touring with Herb Pederson playing and singing sweet harmonies from their new CD @ Edwards Barn. Read all responses to this article

Sweden's sister duo First Aid Kit sings of Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons and June and Johnny Cash on their sophomore album, "The Lion's Roar," constructing a musical love letter to American roots music. If not quite outsiders, the harmonizing pair weren't the most likely young'uns to dream of wide-open, acoustic landscapes. After all, there wasn't, said Klara and Johanna Söderberg, much of a folk ...

BLAIRSTOWN -- Brooklyn-based Americana/alt-country band Yarn's sound owes as much to Gram Parsons and Earl Scruggs as to Jerry Garcia and Exile On Main Street-era Rolling Stones.

Ben Fong-Torres, a former Rolling Stone reporter and author of classic rock tomes "Eagles: Taking It to the Limit" and "Hickory Wind: The Life and Times of Gram Parsons," writes the Datebook section's Radio Waves column....

The record is the first from the 'Mr Jones' group in four years - and also their first as an independent group, having split from record label Geffen - and features tracks originally recorded by Bob Dylan, Travis and Gram Parsons, among others.

Ryan Adams is an alt-country genius, the second coming of Gram Parsons or perhaps Bob Dylan for Generation X. This is the view held by most of the fans at the Perth Concert Hall on Saturday night, when the mop-haired 37-year-old kicked off his Australian tour with a gig for the Perth International Arts Festival.

Counting Crows have confirmed a series of dates in support of their new album Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) . Scheduled for release on April 10 via Collective Sounds, the album features covers of artists like Dawes, Gram Parsons, Tender Mercies, Big Star, Kasey Anderson and The Faces.

The new Gram Parsons Foundation will celebrate its official launch with two events in Austin, TX around the SXSW music conference. Both events will take place at Austin’s Hotel San Jose on March 14, 2012, featuring a mix of bands inspired by the country-rock pioneer.

Counting Crows will release their first album of new material in over four years on April 10, 2012 via Collective Sounds. Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) is a collection of covers described as “a testament of a band geek-obsessed with music.”