PORTER WAGONER CELEBRATES 50 YEARS WITH THE GRAND OLE OPRY BY SIGNING NEW RECORD DEAL WITH ANTI RECORDS New album produced by Marty Stuart due out in May 2007 Los Angeles based Anti Records announces the signing of Country Music Hall of Famer, Porter Wagoner in celebration of his 50th …
With the release of his latest album "I Stand Alone" earlier this year, legendary country artist Ramblin' Jack Elliott has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best traditional Album" category. This is a great achievement by a celebrated artist and all of us here at ANTI- would like …
On Friday Dec 8th, KEXP is scheduled to deliver Michael Franti's recent performance as the week's Live Performances podcast! There are approximately 40,000 subscribers for this particular podcast and it's delivered through iTunes and at KEXP.ORG. You can use the link below to check this podcast out and subscribe to …
While the rest of the music press, from Mojo to Blender, has rushed in with effusive and colorful acclaim for Tom Waits' new three-disc, 56-song sprawl "Orphans" – and let me quickly add that it's been entirely justified – I've taken my sweet time with this beast. www.ocregister.com
Tom Waits has spent an uncompromising career on the rough fringes of folk and rock, producing gritty poetry by surveying the back alleys of humanity and replicating the seamiest of underbellies. He digs into his vaults for 54 entrancingly rough-hewn songs, 30 released for the first time, on the potent …
Tom Waits 'Orphans' (3 discs, $49.98) Music: 4 Stars Tom Waits is the weirdo uncle who'll pull out his glass eye on an unsuspecting nephew just to illustrate the horrors of the real world, and then, when the kid can't sleep, he'll rock him to bed with a lullaby. Eeriness …