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Breaking: Dawes

Who: These folk-rock rookies started their career as the buzzy post-punk band Simon Dawes, co-fronted by ­Malibu native Taylor Goldsmith. But when the band’s other songwriter bowed out, the remaining members — Goldsmith, his brother Griffin (drums) and bassist Wylie Gelber — shortened the name and traded their Smiths rec­ords for plaid shirts and pedal steel. Sounds Like: True to its Cali roots, the group’s new debut, North Hills, is full of twangy folk rock à la Gram Parsons and Neil Young. “Ta

Published: 2009-11-11 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Breaking

Bono Creates A Stink With His Dutch Lovin'

In the good old days of rock-star tax-dodging, anyone hoping to avoid the government simply had to to hole up in a private French estate with a bag of heroin and Gram Parsons. But as U2 and the...

Published: 2007-02-05 Provider: Idolator Keywords: Bono, Rolling Stones, U2

Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris Talk Rock at Country Music Hall of Fame

Photo:Gries/Getty In the new issue, Rolling Stone’s Andy Greene reports on why mainstream artists like Bon Jovi and Jewel are going country, but what do country’s legends have to say about the trend? Rock Daily found out last night at the Country Music Hall of Fame/All For the Hall NY Benefit at Nokia Theatre in Times Square. • Darius Rucker Leads Country Crossover Pack “There wouldn’t be rock & roll if there wasn’t country,” host Billy Bob Thornton announced after a performance with his band The Boxmasters. “So any time you’re up there bumping your ass on the dance floor, remember that.” Country luminaries Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Levon Helm, Jerry Douglas and Rodney Crowell were all in attendance, as well as Larry Campbell, who joined them for a haunting, two-hour guitar pull filled with impromptu collaborations of Harris’ “Tragedy,” Crowell’s “Still Learning How to Fly” and the Band’s epic “Evangeline.” Before the show, 2008 CMHOF inductee Emmylou Harris took some time to address the country crossover that seems to be dominating the music industry. “I could have been considered an interloper myself, coming from the world of rock and folk with Gram Parsons,” she said. “But I don’t think anything should be closed off to anybody. People are influenced by a lot of different things, so everything is bleeding into everything else.” Vince Gill, who serves as president of the Board of Officers and Trustees of the CMHOF, also embraced the crossover. “I always root for the lines to be blurry,” he said. “The Eagles were always country, but the records in 1975 weren’t country at all in comparison. Music is so much more important than the label you stick on it.” Related Stories: • Darius Rucker Leads Country Crossover Pack • Eagles, Kenny Chesney Lead Country Music Award Noms • Beyoncé Ropes in Country Fans • Jewel Goes Country

Published: 2008-10-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Aggregated Assault: What The Music Blogs Are Posting Right Now

- If you download one song today, make it Dinosaur L's stretched-out workout "Go Bang." [20 Jazz Funk Greats] - Eight songs for anyone who's too tongue-tied to propose. [BuzzSugar] - Gram Parsons'...

Published: 2007-03-28 Provider: Idolator Keywords: aggregated assault

The jingle-jangle daylight of the Byrds

Ah, the sound of the Byrds: the jangly interplay of six- and 12-string guitars, the folk-tinged California vocal harmonies -- and the reverberations of Louvin Brothers murder ballads, Ravi Shankar ragas and John Coltrane's "Africa/Brass." The influential and versatile band has a new box set.

Published: 2006-09-27 Provider: CNN Keywords: John Coltrane , Ravi Shankar , Country-Western , Europe , Florida , Great Britain , Illinois , Los Angeles (California) , Roger McGuinn , Bob Dylan , Chicago (Illinois) , Brian Jones , David Crosby , Gram Parsons , Chad , Mick Jagger , Nik Cohn , Pete Seeger , Bobby Darin , Tom Petty , California , Music , Family , California Recall