The Tennessean

Graham Nash, Iris DeMent among Americana honorees
The Tennessean
The Americana Music Association revealed this year's recipients of lifetime achievement awards and other accolades. Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Graham Nash will receive the "Spirit of Americana" Free Speech in Music Award, which is …
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CMT.com

Robert Cray, Iris Dement, Graham Nash Tapped for Americana Honors
CMT.com
Blues singer-guitarist Robert Cray, singer-songwriter Iris Dement and rock legend Graham Nash will receive special honors during the Americana Music Association's 16th annual Honors & Awards ceremony taking place Sept. 13 at Nashville's Ryman …

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Wide Open Country

Song Premiere: Hear John Prine Guitarist Jason Wilber's Divine 'Heaven,' Featuring Iris Dement
Wide Open Country
Iris Dement joins Jason Wilber on the divinely peaceful yet rootsy and grounded new song “Heaven.” In the tune, the pair sing of a much more personal place after passing. “Simply put, 'Heaven' expresses the notion that heaven might be unique for each …

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Knoxville News Sentinel

At 70, John Prine is the hippest songwriter in Nashville
Knoxville News Sentinel
At age 70, folk singer-songwriter John Prine is releasing his first ever book – a songbook of his most famous songs, along with family photos and handwritten …

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The Guardian

The Leftovers: it's the TV event of the year (to me and me alone?)
The Guardian
It took on a new, winkingly self-referential theme tune in Iris DeMent's Let The Mystery Be. It had more momentum than the gloomy tone poem of before. Characters had a little more light to counterbalance all their terrible shade. It turned into a

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CityLab

The CityLab Playlist: A New Kind of Neighborhood
CityLab
Other, mellower exercises in hometown nostalgia come from Bruce Springsteen (“My Hometown”), the Pretenders (“My City Was Gone”), and Iris Dement (“Our Town”). But further down the playlist you'll find quite a bit of (justified) anger about

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Wide Open Country

10 Non-Cliche Country Wedding Songs – Wide Open Country
Wide Open Country
From a Willie Nelson classic to a surprising Sturgill Simpson cut, here are 10 non-cliche country wedding songs to use on the big day.

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Wide Open Country

11 Country Music Movies Every Country Fan Should See
Wide Open Country
From "Pure Country" to the Soggy Bottom Boys, country music has made an indelible mark on Hollywood. Here are 11 country music movies you need to see.

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Brooklyn Vegan (blog)

Bon Iver, Jenny Lewis, & others cover John Prine at Eaux Claires …
Brooklyn Vegan (blog)
One of the collaborative highlights of the third edition of Eaux Claires was 'Bon Iver Presents: John Prine and the American Songbook,' which featured artists like …

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