Woody Guthrie songs performed live by Rosanne Cash, Lucinda Williams, John Mellencamp, Del McCoury, Jackson Browne, Tom Morello, Judy Collins and more. CD+DVD companion to June 2013 PBS American Masters special.
Nic Harcourt (KCSN – Los Angeles) hosts weekly new music specialty show. Unique playlists built by Nic’s latest favorites, submissions from unsigned artists, and picks made by affiliate stations.
Paul Anka – Duets album in stores 4/9 celebrates his 55 year career. Includes new and vintage tracks of Anka with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Willie Nelson and more.
New studio album of country and pop standards performed by the “Willie Nelson and Family” band. First in a series of 80th birthday releases and events.
Celebrate Willie Nelson’s 80th birthday (April 29) with one or both of Joyride Media’s Willie Nelson specials – My Own Peculiar Way and True Outlaw Stories. Podcast series also available for websites.
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5/6 – Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre
5/7 – Washington, DC 9:30 Club
5/9 – Glen Allen, VA SnagAJob Pavilion
5/10 – Charleston, WV Clay Center
5/11 – Wilkes-Barre, PA F.M. Kirby Center
5/12 – Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre
5/13 – Kingston, NY Ulster PAC
5/15 – Providence, RI The VETS
5/16 – Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre
5/17 – Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre
5/18 – Philadelphia, PA – AAA Noncommvention (day)
5/18 – Newport News, VA Ferguson Center (night)
5/19 – Fredericksburg, VA Job.com Pavilion
6/3 – Houston, TX Free Press Summer Festival
6/5 – Nashville, TN Schermerhorn Symphony Center
6/7 – Waukegan, IL Genesee Theatre
6/8 – Winsted, MN Winstock Country Music Festival
6/10 – Interlochen, MI Kresge Auditorium
6/14 – Enterprise, AL BamaJam
6/15 – Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre
7/4 – Ft Worth, TX Billy Bob’s / Ft Worth Stockyards
7/13 – Costa Mesa, CA Orange County Fair
9/7 – Puyallup, WA West Washington Fair
9/13 – Saratoga, CA – Saratoga Mountain Winery
11/15 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Live at Moody Theatre
WILLIE NELSON – HEROES Full track list
A Horse Called Music (feat. Merle Haggard and Lukas Nelson)
Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die (feat. Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, Jamey Johnson)
That’s All There Is To This Song
No Place To Fly (feat. Lukas Nelson)
Every Time He Drinks He Thinks Of Her (feat. Lukas Nelson)
Come On Up To The House (feat. Lukas Nelson & Sheryl Crow)
Hero (feat. Billy Joe Shaver, Jamey Johnson)
My Window Faces The South (feat. Lukas Nelson)
The Sound Of Your Memory (feat. Lukas Nelson)
Cold War With You (feat. Lukas Nelson & Ray Price)
Just Breathe (feat. Lukas Nelson)
My Home In San Antone (feat. Lukas Nelson)
Come On Back Jesus (feat. Lukas Nelson & Micah Nelson)
The Scientist (Coldplay Cover)
Willie’s First Album For Legacy Recordings Showcases New Songs & Deep Country Classics With Guest Artists Including Merle Haggard, Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver, Sheryl Crow, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson & Micah Nelson
Legacy Recordings is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Heroes, the eagerly-awaited album of new songs and re-imagined classics performed by Willie Nelson, America’s legendary outlaw country music avatar, on Tuesday, May 15.
The first release under the artist’s historic new deal with Legacy, Heroes is essential Willie Nelson, a seamless collection of top-flight pop-country songs (including covers from the 30s and 40s and new songs by Willie, his sons, Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson, and more) performed with the easy-going homespun warmth and honesty that have become his trademarks.
Produced by Buddy Cannon, Heroes was mainly recorded by Steve Chadie at Pedernales Recording Studio in Austin, Texas (with three tracks–”Hero,” “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” and “Come On Back Jesus”–recorded by Butch Carr at Cannon Productions and Sound Emporium Recording Studios in Nashville).
Backing Willie and his guitar, Trigger, on Heroes is The “Roll Me Up” Band featuring Kevin “Swine” Grantt (bass), Bobby Terry (electric guitar, acoustic guitar), Jim “Moose” Brown (piano, Wurlitzer, B-3 organ), Mike Johnson (steel guitar), Tony Creasman (drums), Mickey Raphael (harmonica), Lukas Nelson (electric guitar).
Additional musicians on the record include Paul Shaffer (B-3 organ), Butch Carr (synthesizer), Steve Brewster (drums) and producer Buddy Cannon (bass, acoustic guitar). Melonie Cannon, Buddy Cannon, Lance Miller and Kris Kristofferson contribute background vocals to Heroes.
The album opens with Willie and Merle Haggard joining forces on a powerful new rendition of Wayne (“The Letter,” “Always On My Mind”) Carson’s “A Horse Called Music” (the title song from Willie’s 1989 album) then tears into the rollicking “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,” one of the album’s new Willie Nelson songs (this one cowritten with Buddy Cannon, Rich Alves, John Colgin and Mike McQuerry with the recording featuring special guests Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson). Other brand-new Willie Nelson compositions making their debut on Heroes are “Hero,” featuring guest appearances by Jamey Johnson and Billy Joe Shaver, and “Come On Back Jesus” (co- written with Buddy Cannon and Micah Nelson) featuring Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson.
The collection includes producer Buddy Cannon’s new composition, “That’s All There Is To This Song” and three tunes penned by Lukas Nelson–”No Place To Fly,” “Every Time He Drinks He Thinks of Her,” and “The Sound of Your Memory” (cowritten with Elizabeth Rainey). Lukas performs with his dad on several of the album’s tracks including a droll soulful take on the Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan composition, “Come On Up To The House,” sung with Sheryl Crow.
Willie revisits the roots of classic country with three pre-rock gems: the 1930′s ballad “My Window Faces The South,” Fred Rose’s immortal “Home In San Antone” from 1943, and 1949′s “Cold War With You,” a still timely take on the battle of the sexes with guest artist Ray Price. (Price made Willie’s composition, “Night Life,” a smash in 1960 and Willie served as a member of Ray’s band, the Cherokee Cowboys).
Willie’s interpretation of Coldplay’s “The Scientist,” featured in an acclaimed animated short film produced by Chipotle to demonstrate the company’s commitment to sustainably raised food, is featured on Heroes.
The album’s focus track is Willie’s sublime interpretation of Pearl Jam’s “Just Breathe,” performed with Lukas. Heroes marks the first release in a historic new record deal between Willie Nelson and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announced in early February. The deal marks a label homecoming for Nelson, who, from 1975-1993, cut a phenomenal string of top-selling singles and albums for Columbia Records, beginning with 1975′s seminal smash Red Headed Stranger.
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I’ve treasured this series over the years, and really like the quality of production and repertoire, no matter who is the subject. Thanks and congratulations, all around – John.
John McLaughlin, PhD, Host/Producer
Roots & Wings, WMUC-FM, UMD, College Park, MD
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11713 Hatcher Place
Silver Spring, MD 20902
February 24th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
I’ve treasured this series over the years, and really like the quality of production and repertoire, no matter who is the subject. Thanks and congratulations, all around – John.
John McLaughlin, PhD, Host/Producer
Roots & Wings, WMUC-FM, UMD, College Park, MD
Alternate Address:
11713 Hatcher Place
Silver Spring, MD 20902
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