The Times Picayune of New Orleans has a beautiful piece on Chris Smither and the recording of the retrospective.

Dave Alvin is featured on five tracks of The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County with brother Phil Alvin and Sheryl Crow including the songs, "So Goddam Smart" and "And Your Days Are Gone". You can find the Ghost Brothers Soundtrack for sale on the merch table at Dave's upcoming shows:

We will miss her greatly. Read her obituary here.

East meets West: Anaheim CA's Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys are pleased to announce today's signing of a record deal with Northampton MA's Cow Island Music! Look for Big Sandy's new all-acoustic release "What A Dream It's Been" to hit the streets this summer.

Read this fabulous illuminating interview right here, right now.

"The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County" CD featuring Dave & Phil Alvin, Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash and many other stars will be released on June 4th.

Stillhouse, the side project of Chatham County Line's Dave Wilson and Greg Reading is being released today.

Eilen and the band won the award for Folk/Roots Act of the Year last night at The New England Music Awards held last night at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Eilen, Jason (Lowell native!), Jerry and Johnny (Reading native!) are honored to receive this award after years of slugging it out in the Boston scene and eventually around the world together.

Dave Alvin’s version of the Darrell Scott song “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” was featured in the closing moments on the 4th season's finale of the FX hit TV show Justified, (air date 4/2) marking the fourth time Dave and his music have been featured on this show. Listen to it here. Listen right here, right now.

March 14, 2013 - Ocala, Florida - Man in Sonny Landreth T-Shirt Robs Bank and goes on 140 mile per hour car chase to avoid capture. Robber is still at large.

Watch The Brothers Comatose on their first live TV performance on FOX LA. Check it out here. The performance and interview can be seen here.

The new Harry Connick, Jr. album, Smokey Mary features Sonny Landreth and his stellar guitar playing on the rock song, "Angola(At the Farm)"

We are saddened to hear of Ann Rabson's passing and send our love and condolences to her husband, George. The obituary can be read here.

Watch the performance here!

Hundred Dollar Valentine is on the Mojo Magazine, Best of 2012 Americana list - alongside some mighty fine company, Lampchop, Iris DeMent, and the Winterpills to name a few.

Los Straitjackets are pleased to be performing on All Things Considered, live from Washington D.C., on Wednesday, December 5th. The event will mark the first time in over a decade that live music has been incorporated into the broadcast.

Chris Smither's song "What They Say" will be aired on Parenthood on December 4, 2012

Acadiana Symphony Orchestra presents Sonny Landreth and Children's Chorus "Acadiana Sings!" for a Louisiana Christmas" on Thursday December 13, 2012 at the Heymann Performing Arts Center in Lafayette, LA.

San Francisco Giants are on top of the world!

Sonny Landreth inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame last night! Congratulations !

Special guests, Dave Alvin and Chuck Prophet will join the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's tribute honoring Chuck Berry this weekend at the State Theatre in Cleveland, OH!

In other news, KEVIN BACON LIKES LAKE STREET DIVE. The most recently released video of "I Want You Back" has reached over 347,000 views and one of those views is from the man himself. That man is KEVIN BACON. Check this out. And watch the video for yourself if you haven't seen it yet here! Lake Street Dive - I Want You Back

Sonny Landreth will be performing Blue Tarp Blues on Treme. Episode #308 will premier on November 11 and is titled "Don't You Leave Me Here."

The UTNE Reader will be including the title track from Charlie Hunter's new album in their October 2012 Music Sampler! The Music Sampler runs online once a month, and they offer the track as free download for the full month of October 2012. Here is the current Music Sampler: http://www.utne.com/utne-reader-music-sampler.aspx

Milwaukee's Uilein Stage at the Marcus Center, magically became host to the city's own Paul Cebar. As Bonnie says, " Paul Cebar is a national treasure..." We heartily agree!

Paul Cebar - Milwaukee Magazine Feature Article

Did anyone catch the Olympic medal montage on the BBC on Saturday? Yes? Did you catch who's music was playing in the background? None other than Thea Gilmore and Sandy Dennys 'London'. How wonderful to hear Sandys words from the past echoing over such a current event. If you didn't manage to see it, check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrSpE68YCvo It'll bring a lump to your throat!

Brad Madison just announced his East Coast Tour which will commence out of Pittsburgh, PA on September 27, 2012.

Dave Alvin will help kick off the opening of the new City Winery in Chicago, IL.

Check it out! We made Rolling Stone's "Highest Highlights of Outside Lands" - under the Dr. Flotsam stage!: The Brothers Comatose - Outside Lands "Highest Highlights of Outside Lands".

The Brothers Comatose will be performing each day at Outside Lands on the Dr. Flotsam's Hell Brew Review Stage!

Perfect album from a well travelled blues singer. Ever since his first appearance, on the ‘60’s Boston folk scene, Chris Smither hid a little from the limelight. For the sleeve of his 1970 debut, I’m a Stranger Too!, the title was bill-stickered over his face. On 1971’s Don’t It Drag On, he sat naked in his kitchen, eyes closed to the world. Both albums blended seductively sad cosmic blues with Dylan and Stones covers, as if too much confession was bad for the soul. Then he disappeared, returning intermittently, before a run of Noughties albums steeped in time and experience. Hundred Dollar Valentine, his first LP of complete originals, is a thing of profound beauty; deep, sad, wise songs, allied to perfectly crafted arrangements, from a man who’s lived long enough in darkness to address the big, heavy questions with a lightness of touch.

For more info visit this link: Flaco Jimenez - National Heritage Fellowship Winner!

Chris Smither Associated Press Article

ALSO! Chris’s recent Mountain Stage performance will be rebroadcast on stations around the country beginning this Friday, June 15th. Check your local NPR station for airtimes.

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Read the article here: Chuck Prophet in the Washington Post!

Read the article here: Lowell Hunt - University of Toronto Athletics!

Read the article here: Chris Smither in the Boston Globe!

Eilen's Everywhere I Go is featured in the new T Mobile campaign. Check out the video here: Eilen Jewell T Mobile -!

Texas Music Magazine Accolades: Caroline Herring's first album, "Twilight" was named one of the 50 Essential Texas Albums by Texas Music Magazine's April 2012 issue. Caroline made the album in Austin, TX in 2001. EVEN BETTER: They also named "Mistress" (from "Wellspring") as one of THE Top 50 Classic Texas Songs.

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Read the article here: Dave Alvin Uncut Article

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Check it out here.... http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/03/video-premiere-clarence-bucaro-child-of-war/

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Airtimes vary by station, a complete list of which can be found here: http://www.mountainstage.org/mtnstageaffiliates.aspx

Check out this documentary on Chuck Prophet's muse, San Francisco. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIuUm66jgI&feature=player_embedded --

Details to follow.

Mongrel Music will be showcasing Chris Smither, Joy Kills Sorrow, The Brothers Comatose and Lake Street Dive at Ten Oak on March 14.

Paul Cebar's wonderful use of facebook in mourning his mother, Dorothy Cebar is featured. Using scans of photographs that he had unearthed in a scrapbook Paul memorializes and cherishes her memory. Please read the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/us/on-religion-in-a-new-ritual-many-find-solace-online.html

Tim's thoughts on his connection with Woody Guthrie can be read here on No Depression. http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/tim-o-brien-on-woody-guthrie- He will be performing with Del McCoury's band at the Brady Theater in Tulsa, OK as part of a celebration for Woody's 100th birthday. Arlo Guthrie, John Mellencamp, The Flaming Lips and Old Crow Medicine Show will be just part of the stellar line-up. The Guthrie Family and the Grammy Museum host.

“Dave Alvin’s music speaks to our show, both melodically and lyrically. We were fortunate enough to have him perform on the show last season, and it was a song that he felt spoke to our characters and the overall attitude of Justified,” said Greg Sill, music supervisor for the show. “He was absolutely spot on. It is a rarity to find an artist who speaks the visceral ‘language’ of a character as well as Dave’s music does with Raylan Givens. Graham Yost (creator/executive producer), Michael Dinner (director/executive producer) and myself decided that Dave’s voice was that of a voice that would be playing in Raylan’s head. Especially when you consider the breadth of our story lines this season. The poignancy is scary, because it’s so real and kind of haunting, but amazingly good. We love you, Dave Alvin.”

Eilen Jewell has met the real cupid and he's a real sharp shooter. Check out the song here: http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/the-real-cupid-revealed-thanks-to-eilen-jewell

Clarence Bucaro Debuts "Two Men Down" At Nat Geo Music Brooklyn Songwriter Pens Tribute To Fallen Journalists Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/article/content.article/two_men_down/en_US

His song, "Every Night About This Time," will be on the season opener, January 17, 2012 on FX.

The review can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/arts/music/listening-to-sia-tolno-wye-oak-etta-james-and-givers.html

Chuck Prophet and the Spanish Bombs, Warren Hellman, Ry Cooder, Oregon Ducks Football, Daddy-O-Grande, "Baghdad by The Bay", Baghdad, "Everybody's Famous", Aspen, Co, Shorty and Wyatt, Lake Street Dive and Joy Kills Sorrow at the Freight and Salvage and to all a good night.

Congrats to all !

"This NYC band's socially conscious second outing digs deep into the red clay of Southern Soul and excavates emotionally powerful performances from belting baritone Tre Williams, pocket-tight Memphis musicianship, and nods to Johnnie Taylor and Ronnie Lovejoy that would make these blues giants proud." Soul Tracks Visit them here: http://www.soultracks.com/2011-critics-pick

Magnet Magazine at http://www.magnetmagazine.com has chosen both Joy Kills Sorrow's, This Unknown Science and the Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers album, Starlight Hotel as best of 2011 indie/roots records!

Red Shoe Stringjam. It’s a collection of whichever awesome music buddies happen to be in Nashville – residing or visiting – along with other interesting like-minded creative types. Kick it off!

Sarah Borges' new record will be performed for the first time in it's entirety at Johnny D's in Somerville, Ma on November 23. The band that performed on the record, (Russell Chudnofsky, Kimon Kirk, and Andy Plaisted) will be performing the debut as well as playing a super fun set of music fit for dancing. Perfect way to burn off all of the calories you're going to eat on Thursday. Sarah's new record was produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos and features a guest appearance by the famed NRBQ'r, Terry Adams! Release Date TBA.

Casey Driessen appeared with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones on The Jimmy Fallon Show on November 14! Please visit this link to see the gang in glorious musical action: http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/bela-fleck-and-the-flecktones-where-the-river-meets-the-sea/1368398/

Eilen Jewell is up for best Americana Artist of the Year in Boston. To place your vote for Eilen, please visit this link: http://www.bostonmusicawards2011.com/

It was a very exciting day yesterday for Crooked Still lead singer Aoife O'Donovan, who appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno with the legendary Yo Yo Ma and got to meet the other guest on the program, President Obama! You can watch the performance here: http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/tuesday-october-25-2011/1364618/?tin=2280&__source=tnt%7Chome%7Cslidepromote%7Cslide3 Aoife is featured on the new Yo Yo Ma album The Goat Rodeo Sessions which also includes great bluegrass musicians Chris Theile, Stuart Duncan and Edgar Meyer. Crooked Still is in the midst of their 10th Anniversary Tour which continues on the west coast next week. Their new EP Friends Of Fall was released October 11th.

Mongrel is thrilled to announce the signing of the legendary Texas Tornados featuring Flaco Jimenez, Augie Myers and Shawn Sahm. Please call us for avails for 2012 -

Don Henley covers Jeffrey Foucault's elegant song, "Everybody's Famous" at his live shows! - Henley discovered the song on XM satellite radio ~ Watch Jeffrey and his band perform it here..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOftjZRZRqM

Greetings! Mongrel Music is very pleased to announce representation of the brilliant duo Cahalen Morrison and Eli West, from Seattle. Offering for 2012. Please give them a look. www.cahalenandeli.com.

Crooked Still will be releasing an EP on October 13 called Friends of Fall! It will be available digitally via Signature Sounds and at shows. It is truly a gem.

Lake Street Dive has a new Live CD and concert movie available digitally via their website. The album was recorded and filmed at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, Ma. It is a must have for all LSD fans! - Yay! Filmed on location by the infamous Dr. Gregory Liszt of Crooked Still, the trailer is viewable here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zsVk8eoPq4&feature=player_embedded

Tyler Ramsey, of Band of Horses has a new album, "The Valley Wind" It will be released on September 27, 2011 on Fat Possum records. You can listen to the title track by visiting his website, www.tylerramsey.com.

Dave Alvin's song "Johnny Ace is Dead" from the new CD, Eleven, Eleven is featured on Damages tonight. The song is playing in the bar scene.

Sonny Landreth is a featured artist on Johnny Winter's new CD, Roots, to be released on September 27. Featuring an all star group of unknown's such as Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, John Medeski, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, John Popper, Jimmy Vivino and Johnny’s brother Edgar Winter contributing their talents.

Returns from beach vacation on Monday July 25.

To read the full article please visit this link: http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/dave_alvin/reviews/14975

Dave Alvin's new album, Eleven, Eleven, charted on Billboard in the top two hundred!

Eilen is also featured on World Cafe Live today. Please visit this link to hear an interview with Eilen and David Dye. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137471050/eilen-jewell-on-world-cafe.

Dave Alvin's all-new album Eleven Eleven is already receiving high praise from some of rock's top critics. Click HERE to read the Wall Street Journal's short-but-sweet preview of Dave's new album as they add it to this week's picks for The Short List. The Washington Post's Geoffrey Himes also sings the praises of Eleven Eleven saying the album is full of "sharp-eyed stories of the past...steeled by a hard-rocking rhythm section and his electric guitar." Click HERE to read the full review now.

Eilen talks about the minor key, Loretta Lynn, Fred Eaglesmith and more in her recent interview with American Songwriter Magazine. http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/06/eilen-jewell/

The Danny Amis benefit at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles was a stellar night! Opened by Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Vivino's Basic Cable Band, the show was raising funds to help Danny Amis of Los Straitjackets, who is battling multiple myeloma. Stars performing included Big Sandy and Little Sandy, (AKA El Vez), Johnny Rivers, Ben Vaughn, Exene, David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos, Stan Ridgeway, Tony Valentino (inventor of the classic Standells's - Dirty Water guitar lick) Mike Campbell (#1 Heartbreaker), Rosie Flores, Dan Marcus, Pete Anderson, Ron Dziubla, Scott Esbeck and Los Straitjackets. More benefits are planned at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, TN, Fitzgerald's in Berwyn, Il, Lee's in Minneapolis, Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ and one in Mexico City. Please visit this link for more details and to donate. http://www.daddyogrande.com/news.html Thank you to Jimmy Vivino and Jake Guralnick who organized the show....! Big Thank You's to all who participated and attended the show! Viva Danny Amis!

Eilen Jewell's "Warning Signs" will be NPR's Song of the Day on May 12th. Also, her World Cafe broadcast is set for May 31st.

Jeffrey Foucault's latest, "Horse Latitudes" released on May 3! "Foucault’s voice, and his themes, are gruff, sombre, and deep, and his accompanying musicians, including the Pretenders’ Eric Heywood, on pedal steel, create a sparse, dramatic soundscape.” The New Yorker reviewing his show at Joe's Pub.

Caroline's newest CD, "The Little House Songs", is based on the book, The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton. Please visit Caroline's website at www.carolineherring.com to purchase it.

Notorious for their legendary, energetic live shows, in 1982 The Blasters were officially banned from performing in the city of Davis, California following a particularly raucous concert. Recently, on April 5th, Davis Mayor Joe Krovoza presented Alvin with a formal proclamation pardoning the band and inviting them to once again play in the city. Read all about it at the Los Angeles Times music blog Pop & Hiss.

Sonny Landreth was joined by Eric Johnson and Sam Bush at this year's Old Settlers Music Festival in Driftwood, Tx on April 16.

MIlton and his band will perform on Martha Stewart's Sirius Satellite radio show, on Tuesday 4/26 from 7 to 9pm. He will be playing music throughout the show and chef Tom Colicchio is going to sit in with the band on a couple of numbers.

Please visit this link to listen to Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore. http://www.npr.org/2011/04/07/135183452/mollie-o-brien-and-rich-moore-on-mountain-stage Joy Kills Sorrow can be heard as well here: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/04/135129500/joy-kills-sorrow-on-mountain-stage

Sonny Landreth performs April 1 at a sold out XPN Free at Noon show. This very special show is being played at World Cafe Live at the Queen in Wilmington, DE. Click here to listen to the live stream: http://www.xpn.org/music-artist/xpn-stream

Rich Moore who accompanies Mollie O'Brien is featured in the newest issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine. Check out the "Lick of the Month" here: http://www.acousticguitar.com/article/Default.aspx?ArticleID=26953

Eilen Jewell to perform April 15th at WXPN's Free at Noon Concert Series from the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. The show is broadcast live on air and on the internet at XPN.org.

Bill Kirchen wins a 2010 Wammie for Word to the Wise. Cheers to the Titan of the Telecaster!

Dave Alvin to appear on the new hit FX show, "Justified" on February 23. Visit this link to the LATimes piece detailing his appearance. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/dave-alvin/

Chris Smither featured in an article about frequent fliers in the Business Day section of the New York Times. Please visit this link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/business/08flier.html?scp=1&sq=chris%20smither&st=cse

Eilen Jewell and Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers to perform at No Depression's SXSW showcase on March 17. For more info, please visit this link: http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/announcing-the-2011-no

The Ducks go down to Auburn 22 - 19. Tears were shed in San Anselmo, CA.

Tim O'Brien and his album, Chicken and Egg is Number 12 on NPR's Folk Alley Best of 2010! ~ To read more, please visit this link: http://www.folkalley.com/surveys/bestof2010

This year's APAP conference in NYC will include Mongrel Music. We will be located in America's Hall in Booth # 502. Please drop by and say hello.

Crooked Still's album Some Strange Country and Gradas Natural Angle are in NPRs Folk Alley's Best Folk Albums Of 2010. Check out this link for the full story. http://www.folkalley.com/surveys/bestof2010

We grabbed the kids and went bowling last night for our annual holiday get together. We had three turkey's in the group! That's three strikes in a row. Val hit the sweeper, and someone at the lanes bowled a perfect 300. Country Club Bowl in San Rafael was the sweet spot. Pictures to follow.

Mongrel Music will be at the APAP conference in New York from January 8 - 10. Booth #502, Americas Hall.

Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers join the Mongrel roster. The band is currently recording a new album for Signature Sounds.

Eilen Jewell and Sarah Borges are nominated for Best Female Vocalist by the Boston Music Awards. Visit www.bostonmusicawards2010.com for more information.

Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles are nominated for the Best Americana Artist of the Year by the Boston Music Awards. Please visit www.bostonmusicawards2010.com for more information about the awards.

Sonny Landreth plays the title track on the just released benefit album Louisiana Swamp Stomp.

SF Giants Win the World Series! There is a new sheriff in town...Bruce Bochy and his deputies, Tim, Matt, Jonathan, Madison and Brian.

Crooked Still's performance at Mountain Stage will air on NPR on November 5th.

Tim O'Brien is on the cover of The Fretboard Journal and in an article with Sam Bush in the fall issue. Check out Social Call - Popping in on Sam Bush and Tim O'Brien. This article is a wonderful conversation between the two friends. www.fretboardjournal.com

Mongrel Music launches third generation website today October 19!

Aoife O'Donovan of Crooked Still has an original song performed by Allison Krauss on the new movie with Robert Duvall "Get Low".

Caroline Herring duets with Garrison Keillor on Prairie Home Companion on May 22, 2010. To listen to the show, please visit this link: http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/www_publicradio/tools/media_player/popup.php?name=phc/2010/05/22/phc_20100522_64

Eilen Jewell's song "Till You Lay Down Your Heavy Load" featured on True Blood. Butcher Holler, her Loretta Lynn Tribute album reached # 6 on the Americana Radio Charts.

Tim O'Brien, Grammy Award Winner and past IBMA Vocalist of the Year, is nominated for 2010's Best Male Vocalist at the IBMA!!

Kevin Ford, producer of the Faux Blood Festival in St. Francisville, LA on Halloween weekend, survived a 1400 pound tractor rolling over on him.

Mongrel Music welcomes Bill, The Titan of the Telecaster, Kirchen to our roster. The new album Word to the Wise features duets with Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Maria Muldaur, Squeeze's Paul Carrack, and Dan Hicks among other unknowns.

MIlton and his band will perform on Martha Stewart's Sirius Satellite radio show, on Tuesday 4/26 from 7 to 9pm. He will be playing music throughout the show and chef Tom Colicchio is going to sit in with the band on a couple of numbers.

The Danny Amis benefit at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles was a stellar night! Opened by Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Vivino's Basic Cable Band, the show was raising funds to help Danny Amis of Los Straitjackets, who is battling multiple myeloma. Stars performing included Big Sandy and Little Sandy, (AKA El Vez), Johnny Rivers, Ben Vaughn, Exene, David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos, Stan Ridgeway, Tony Valentino (inventor of the classic Standells's - Dirty Water guitar lick), Mike Campbell (#1 Heartbreaker), Rosie Flores, Ron Dziubla, Scott Esbeck and Los Straitjackets. More benefits are planned at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, TN, Fitzgerald's in Berwyn, Il, Lee's in Minneapolis, Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ and one in Mexico City. Please visit this link for more details and to donate. http://www.daddyogrande.com/news.html Thank you to Jimmy Vivino and Jake Guralnick who organized the show....!

Dave Alvin's new record, Eleven, Eleven is reviewed in Uncut Magazine. Visit this link to read the full article: http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/dave_alvin/reviews/14975

Check it out here.... http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/03/video-premiere-clarence-bucaro-child-of-war/

Check it out here.... http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/03/video-premiere-clarence-bucaro-child-of-war/

Brad Madison announces East Coast Tour commencing in Pittsburgh on September 27, 2012.

In other news, KEVIN BACON LIKES US. Our most recently released video of "I Want You Back" has reached over 55,000 views and one of those views is from the man himself. That man is KEVIN BACON. Check this out. And watch the video for yourself if you haven't seen it yet here!

Los Straitjackets will perform LIVE musical breaks on NPR's All Things Considered - December 5!

Los Straitjackets will perform LIVE musical breaks on NPR's All Things Considered - December 5!