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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor Announces Debut Solo Album
Ketch Secor, the leader of Old Crow Medicine Show, takes a stroll down one of Nashville's most out-to-get-ya streets — I know, I lived there for 10 years — in his debut solo song 'Dickerson Road.' Featuring strung-out, skronk-blues guitar from the Cadillac Three's Jaren Johnston, the track evokes the gritty, hustling, danger-around-the-corner vibe of Dickerson Pike, a gasoline alley of car lots, tire shops, and seedy motels. 'Who's knocking on the screen door/rattle the bars/he's got one shoe/gas can stuck in his arms y'all,' Secor raps in the opening verse. Later, he nods to the storied history of the pike, the pre-interstate thoroughfare between Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, where country stars spent the night on their way into and out of Music City and James Brown recorded 'Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine' at the now demolished Starday Studios: 'This old postman tried to get me to hear his song by the Piggly Wiggly/said he used to blow some sax with Jimmy.' More from Rolling Stone Asheville Musicians Are Trading Guitars for Chainsaws to Clean Up After Hurricane Helene Outlaw Country Cruise 2025: Old Crow Medicine Show, John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams Will Headline Willie Nelson's 2024 Luck Reunion Enlists Tyler Childers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Madi Diaz 'Dickerson Road' also announces Secor's album, Story the Crow Told Me. Due July 11, it's the debut solo LP for the charismatic singer, musician, raconteur, and activist. Musically, the song evokes the hybrid bluegrass of artists like Gangstagrass or even Elvie Shane, with whom Secor and Johnston once collaborated on the Cadillac Three song 'Hillbilly.' But to younger ears, Secor's solo track may call to mind 'Dirt Road Anthem,' the country-rap hit that was all over country radio in 2011. Far less polished and produced than that song, 'Dickerson Road' bristles with the same energy of its namesake. 'The Grand Ole Opry has stars and the Hall of Fame has plaques, and in the year 2000 there was one premier destination for Nashville's castoffs, rejects, n'er-do-wells, petty thieves, lowlifes, losers and users; so like a barfly to a bottle I went to where I felt I belonged, straight up Dickerson Road,' Secor says in a statement. 'Nowadays you can only catch a fleeting glimpse of the misfit glory that once teemed down this boulevard of broken dreams, but once in awhile I'll see some stray dog licking at some grease trap and know they're still clawing their way to the top of trash pile down on The Dick.' Story the Crow Told Me, arriving on Equal Housing Records via Firebird Music, features guests Molly Tuttle and Marty Stuart, along with Old Crow Medicine Show members past and present, like Critter Fuqua and Willie Watson. Secor produced the LP with Jody Stevens and recorded it at Old Crow's Hartland Studios — located just off Dickerson Pike. Tracklist 1. 'Busker's Spell' 2. 'Talkin' Doc Blues' 3. 'Ghost Train' 4. 'Dickerson Road'5. 'Old Man River' 6. 'Catch Me If You Can'7. 'Highland Rim' (feat. Marty Stuart)8. 'Junkin'' 9. 'On the Wall'10. 'Thanks Again'11. 'Holes in the Wall'12. 'What Nashville Was' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Little Rock CVB launches resident survey to further improve tourism
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau says the tourism industry is vital for Arkansas' capital city. Officials say visitor spending generates over a billion dollars for the city each year. Wendy Camarena is from California, she says coming to Arkansas was at the top of her list. 'Honestly something that you look for in California is the greener and the scenery. Coming to Arkansas was the number one choice for that.' Camarena said. 'Its resources are good for everyday adventure hiking, walking and exploring especially the water.' Show Calendar: Concerts happening in Arkansas in May Gina Gemberling is the President & CEO of the LRCVB. She says the tourism industry has become a significant cornerstone for Little Rock. 'Annually, the economic impact is at $2.6 billion into the local economy and over $80 million in local taxes,' she said. She says people come in for vacations, conventions, business travel and more which generates millions in local and state tax revenue, saving households in Little Rock money. 'The local sales tax that's coming in through our visitors saves each household in Little Rock over $1000 dollars annually,' Gemberling said. Now On Sale: Tickets for Bowling For Soup, Old Crow Medicine Show and more at The Hall This week Gemberling says they launched a survey from residents to learn what they think of tourism and how they can improve to elevate the city as a travel destination. 'We want to know what residents think of tourism, what sights and attractions are our residents' vision and what do our residents feel we are missing out on in Little Rock,' Gemberling said. Gemberling said they already did a survey for tourists. Camarena adds she doesn't have many suggestions but does have a few. 'I feel like concerts could be a little more in Little Rock, rather than driving to Rogers for the AMP,' Camarena said. Maryland rockers Clutch return to the capital city with 'Full Flank Ahead' 2025 Tour Despite that, she says the Natural State offers more than she imagined. Gemberling says the for the resident survey will be available for two to four months. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBC
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Iceberg Alley is going to rock out at Quidi Vidi for 10 days this summer
Festival season in St. John's is full steam ahead as Iceberg Alley joins the growing list of organizations announcing its musical lineup. The Iceberg Alley Performance Tent will be open for ten nights in Quidi Vidi this summer, running from June 19-29. Old Crow Medicine Show, the band that popularized a song co-written by Bob Dylan's, Wagon Wheel, is kicking off the festival. ZZ Top is also hitting the stage, along with Mother Mother, Chilliwack and many more. Filling a ten-night schedule with dozens of musical acts isn't a simple job, says festival producer Shawn Basha. "You can't have five days in a row of classic rock," Basha told CBC Radio's The St. John's Morning Show. "We get a headliner first," he said, "we have to find two other bands that are going to complement that band on that particular night. But then the next night, we don't want the same type of genre of music so we have to try to go get something else." Earlier this week the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival announced its lineup for July 11-13. Last month the Churchill Park Music Festival announced The Killers would be its headline act. Iceberg Alley was under fire last year because of a lack of female representation on the lineup. Basha says in 2024 it was unintentional, but it's a similar situation this year. British Columbia rock band Mother Mother is the only headliner offering up any gender diversity so far. Basha says festival organizers face unique barriers when it comes to booking performers because Newfoundland is an island. His team strategically picks featured acts based on where they're touring, he says. For example, if someone has a stop in Europe, they can play in St. John's on the way there. It may be hard to get there, but Basha says the island still has a distinct charm. "Every band who plays here thinks this place is magical," he said. Iceberg Alley also makes sure local artists are getting their time in the sun, says Basha, withTim Baker, Mick Davis and Thin Love, Damian Follett and Rum Ragged set to perform. A busy summer Newfoundland and Labrador is heading into a summer packed with events like the Canada Games and other music festivals but Basha says that doesn't complicate his job booking acts. He says he also works for the Churchill Park Music Festival and they co-ordinate to make sure they go after different performers for the separate festivals. "We're trying not to step on each other's toes. And Churchill Park is a totally different thing because that is a large outdoor venue," he said. "The bands that they're going after are way out of our wheelhouse because we would never be able to afford them, because we don't have the attendance." Basha says the lineup usually isn't announced until everything is set in stone. June 26 is the only day of the festival where the lineup hasn't been announced yet but Basha says it's coming soon.
USA Today
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Mumford & Sons rediscover creative spirit with 'Rushmere,' showcase 'magical' revival
Mumford & Sons rediscover creative spirit with 'Rushmere,' showcase 'magical' revival Folk rockers Mumford & Sons discuss how their newly released album "Rushmere" highlights an era of creative, spiritual revival. To describe Grammy-winning folk-rock trio Mumford & Sons members as anything less than well-rested would be missing much of the point of their reunion. The reunion was inspired by the trio's presence at an encore featuring Dwane, Lovett, Brandi Carlile and Jerry Douglas at Marcus Mumford's solo gig at the Mother Church of Country Music, Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on Oct. 22, 2022. It was there that Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, and Ted Dwane played music together live in public for the first time in nearly three years. By the time they closed with a cover of Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel," they'd committed, in essence, to releasing their first new music since their chart-topping 2018 release "Delta." "When these boys popped up there for support and we sang together, what's contained in the Ryman Auditorium's walls (allowed for) something magical to happen when we physically saw each other for the first time in years," says Mumford, in an interview alongside his bandmates. The band released its fifth studio album, "Rushmere," March 25. More than an album, it's a representation of their personal and professional journey. They discovered the connective ties between youthful nights in southwest London and being older and wiser while standing in the shadows of folk music's progression on Nashville's Lower Broadway. This personal growth yielded a new album's worth of material inspired by the curiosity that spawned how far they have traveled as artists and people. "We're now more self-aware, self-controlled and (even)-tempered as people, too," Lovett says. "That allows the energy we give to our performing and songwriting to feel more relaxed. Learning to slow down was important because playing and touring almost non-stop for a decade forced us to not do so well at managing our (bodies and lives), which led to us all burning ourselves out. Being well-rested allows us to be more honest with ourselves and our music." Mumford & Sons guided by a rested, renewed and creative spirit "Rushmere" showcases Mumford & Sons as not the driving stadium act they became by 2020, but rather their best and most recovered selves. They're at their best when crafting thoughtful, acoustic melodies and rhythms. This appoach showcases what rest, reflection and refocusing your spirit can occur from an unflinchingly honest mindset. Four years have elapsed since the group's former banjo player, Winston Marshall, left the band because he believed his conservative political beliefs were too potentially "controversial" to continue without his ideals personally and professionally affecting his bandmates. Meanwhile, lead vocalist Mumford in a 2022 solo album revealed that he was sexually abused as a child in "Cannibal," its lead single. "I can still taste you and I hate it / That wasn't a choice in the mind of a child and you knew it / You took the first slice of me and you ate it raw / Ripped it in with your teeth and your lips like a cannibal / You [expletive] animal," he sings. Emotionally devastating moments followed the frenetic pace of spending much more time performing and recording music than relaxing and enjoying the spoils of success. This makes asking about the group's current mental health an essential framing for the conversation. "Because we're no longer as rushed as we used to be, the creativity of 'Rushmere' comes from us carving out more space for our (best) artistic selves," Mumford said. "Having the time to explore our emotions and dive into how they inspired our creativity (developed) songs that feel like they're doing as much breathing and (engaging in as much) freedom as we are as a band." Recording 'Rushmere' with Dave Cobb Being artistically refocused married incredibly well with the production ethos often used by the producer of "Rushmere," Grammy-winning new Universal Nashville co-chief, Dave Cobb. Alongside work done in Marcus Mumford's UK-based studio in Devon, the album was completed at RCA Studio A in Nashville and at Cobb's Savannah, Georgia home. Cobb's the producer-in-residence at Studio A and has built a home studio amongst his hometown's Spanish moss-draped oak trees a half hour's drive from the Atlantic Ocean. Cobb's a soul reclamationist whose songs are driven by discovering how an artist's heart interacts with silence-draped ambiance. Revived via a magical Nashville moment, the group then set upon recorded demos highlighting how they had rediscovered the folk stylings that governed their initial dives into indie rock grooves. Like the trio, Cobb dialed in on focusing on the band as more an intimate, thoughtful unit as opposed to the group that, after only five years together, had sold over 10 million albums worldwide, including songs like their anthemic 2012 single "I Will Wait." The success of that song led to the band headlining the Glastonbury Festival in front of 80,000 people in 2013. Recording at Cobb's Savannah home often reduced the size of the audience, band and producer included, to a factor much smaller. "Once we arrived at Dave's house in Savannah, we began recording in his living room," Mumford said. "From there, we played five songs at first. That (empowered us to) step out in the faith that if we continued to play the chords and sing the songs we'd written, more would come." "We (revived) the intangible excitement that happens when we come together," Dwane said. "By having us record in an intimate, domestic setting, Dave simplified our creativity and inspirations. "His steady and safe pair of hands created the spontaneous alchemy (reflected in) the energy in the room that we needed at this point in our careers. Dave's animated spirit encouraged us to chase down the truth about how we played and wrote." Mumford & Sons 'Rushmere' Dive into the songwriting on "Rushmere" and alongside the title track, songs like "Malibu" and album closer "Carry On" reflect notes of redemptive salvation governing the band's mindset. "I'm still afraid / I said too much / Or not enough," Mumford sings on "Malibu." "Don't you miss / The breathlessness / The wildness in the eye?" When the album hits "Carry On," he sings, "I will take this darkness / Over any light you cast / You and all your original sin." Being saved isn't being healed but reflects a step along that path. "Songs are opportunities to express your deepest feelings in a way you can't articulate with words in a conversation," Mumford said. "I'm excited that every creative act I take is me walking along a path to redemption, I suppose." He adds that his picking and playing through "Monochrome" reflects how plugging into reflection alongside his creativity yielded a new, soulful path along his artistic journey. "Then, when we're singing together, you're honestly hearing what sounds like the three of us healing as a band and human beings." Rediscovering 'the collaborative spirit' Lovett describes Mumford & Sons as a band that, by 2019, was virtually driven to delirium by exhaustion caused by rising expectations. "Every time we wanted to set down the reigns, something incredible would happen," he said. The keyboard player describes a process where the mental and physical work required to collaborate, create and perform at a level commensurate to five consecutive years of award victories, world tours, a platinum album and pair of platinum-selling singles eventually wore the ties that bound Mumford & Sons together too thin to allow for them to continue to soldier forth. "Time has allowed us to discover the beauty that comes from checking out and surrendering (to that pressure)," Lovett said. "Because we rested, the sun rose again (on Mumford & Sons)." Mumford said this recording process allowed the band to rediscover their most creative selves. "(Rediscovering) the collaborative spirit that guides this band celebrates how, at the heart of what we do, our friendship is driven by storytellers (who succeeded) at creating songs that welcomed the world into the beauty of our intimate, personal creative process," Mumford said.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Old Crow Medicine Show founder speaks ahead of ONEP debut
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Old Crow Medicine Show will make their debut at the Old National Events Plaza in Evansville on Thursday night as part of their Circle the Wagons Tour. Founder and frontman Ketch Secor had the chance to speak with Gretchen Ross on Eyewitness News to tell fans about what to expect ahead of the show. You can view the full interview in the video player above. Old Crow Medicine Show will take the stage at Old National Events Plaza at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Tickets start at $35. Eyewitness News. Everywhere you are. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
