Los mejores discos de 2025 hasta la fecha, según Rolling Stone | #RollingStoneES
https://es.rollingstone.com/arg-los-mejores-discos-de-2025-hasta-la-fecha-segun-rolling-stone/
#badbunny #boniver #discos #ericchurch #ladygaga #mileycyrus #stereolab #thomyorke
Various Artists, All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman, 2014 on Rounder
A tribute concert to Gregg Allman with a star-studded set of guests, recorded January 10th, 2014 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, and put out on Blu-Ray, DVD, and CD by Rounder.
Allman faced significant health issues in the 2010s, including hepatitis c, liver cancer, and a lung transplant – it’s great they were able to film this concert with Allman participating before he died in 2017.
Some great tributes here from some of the expected folks (Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, The Allman Brothers Band) as well as some I did not expect: Dr. John, Keb’ Mo’, Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal, John Hiatt, Eric Church.
My copy is the 4xLP vinyl edition Rounder put out in 2022, which I got directly from the Rounder Store. It’s a well packaged box set with a booklet of photos and credits.
#2010s #2014 #2024 #AtlantaGA #boxSet #DerekTrucks #DrJohn #EricChurch #FoxTheater #GreggAllman #JacksonBrowne #JohnHiatt #KebMo_ #Reissue #rounder #TajMahal #TheAllmanBrothersBand #variousArtists #vinyl #vinylcollection #WarrenHaynes
Eric Church: Evangeline vs. the Machine
I don’t write much about music these days. If you’re not using the proper terminology, it’s hard to say anything about it without trotting out clichés, like When the drums kick in and so on. The other thing, of course, is that I am very out of touch, and though I might be as willing as I ever was to discover new music in my favoured genres, the algorithms have made it just about impossible. We’re hamstrung, hogtied, caught in the maw of the machine, unable to escape.
I think back to how I used to discover new music. It was so analogue and organic: I’d browse record shop bins (yes, like one of those guys) and I’d read magazines and I’d watch the CMA awards every year, hoping for something new to catch my ears. But as I wrote a while ago, the CMA awards are now wall-to-wall face tattoos and stunt duets hoping to capture the Chris Stapleton/Justin Timberlake magic. There are no magazines*, and the few record shops that exist seem to be carrying the same selection they had 30 years ago.
And then there are politics. Since the Dixie Chicks Incident, it has been a positive minefield, and it has only got worse since half of America lost its mind. I love country music/americana, but I tend to steer clear of paying attention to the actual words, most of the time. I avoid the face tattoos, the redcaps, the dixie cups, the rappers, the beer-and-truck guys, all the signifiers of Problematic Views.
Which doesn’t leave much else.
You hope with all your heart that Jason Isbell was right and that there can’t be more of them than us, but there’s little evidence that is true. I didn’t feel moved, anyway, to write anything about Jason Isbell’s divorce record (though, in hindsight, weren’t the last couple divorce records?). And the fact is that there aren’t enough Amanda Shires and Brandi Carliles in the world to compensate for the overwhelming tidal wave of N-word spouting white dudes.
Which brings us to Eric Church. I posted a while ago about a few of his songs that get heavy rotation in my ears. In 2021, I posted about his two-albums-and-an-EP collection Heart & Soul. I’ve been living with those records for years now, and they still get played more than almost anything else in my collection. Even the ampersand EP, &, got a wider release eventually.
His new record is Evengeline vs. The Machine, which features the greek letter Sigma on its cover. On apple music, this 𝚺 rotates so that it is sometimes an E and sometimes and M. Evangeline/Machine. The use of sigma is also a nod to the yoof, of course, who use the word to refer to a certain personality type: the self-reliant lone wolf. Not an Alpha, who relies on the pack for status, but Sigma. Anyway, once you’ve fought your way out of that rabbit hole you have just 8 tracks to come to terms with. The album is just 36 minutes long (which is actually a little bit longer than the individual Heart & Soul albums).
The notable thing about this record is that the arrangements make extensive use of orchestra and choir. If you like, it sounds even less like a “country” album than Church’s previous work, which already didn’t really sound like a country album. He just doesn’t. I’d call this rock, except rock as a genre has something completely different going on these days. But the thing I’d say to you about Eric Church is that, when I have music on in the car or at home and there are people around, he is the one people ask about. ‘Who is this please?’ they want to know. It’s Eric Church. He’s very good.
Anyway, Church doesn’t need my endorsement. I think he’s very popular in his home nation. I suspect, he said, with a measure of contempt, there might be a lot of “Born in the USA” syndrome going on. I think there are an awful lot of his audience pumping their fists along to songs like “Stick That In Your Country Song” not realising that it’s an implicit critique of all the other stuff they pump their fists to.
Anyway, as you might expect with its title and it’s rotating sigma symbol, this is an album about duality. It’s about staying human and creative in the face of the machinery of capitalism and, you know, BIG TECH. The combination of a choir with Church’s voice, is interesting, and a musical direction he has used before, on “Mistress Named Music” on his 2015 album Mr. Misunderstood. The effect he’s going for is the contrast between the cool silkiness of the choir and the hot gravel of his voice. It works. It’s a good album, and you’ll hear echoes here of lots of other stuff that you probably like. On “Evangeline”, for example, you’ll hear “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, and there are references to Dylan, AC/DC, Elton John, and more, and more. In that, he reminds me a bit of Kevin Rowland, and the way he would try to evoke soul/emotion by referring to songs that had soul and emotion. Which is not to say that Church is a fake, or producing mere pastiche. This is not the place for those tired old authenticity arguments. I just think it means that Church is thoughtful and deliberate in what he does.
But you do wonder. How much of his audience is turning up to hear “Springsteen” and pump their fists to “Stick That In Your Country Song” and aren’t really paying attention to the message? Because, with AI coming for everybody’s jobs, we are all Evangeline vs. the Machine.
Evangeline
On a banjolin, light bleeding in
Through the stained glass of my heart
Song she humsStuck in my head could raise the dead
Bring a blind man out of the dark
https://youtu.be/-jz9owb08qA?si=vzqONCEFzlIBvF__
#americana #country #CountryRock #EricChurch #Music #reviews #rock #soul
Eric Church Performs Live Debut of ‘Hands of Time’ at 2025 ACM Awards
Michael Jordan’s $3B Hornets sale turned heads, but his exit was solid https://www.rawchili.com/nba/18973/ #Basketball #Charlotte #CharlotteHornets #CharlotteHornets #EricChurch #Hornets #MajorityStake #MichaelJordan #NBA #NorthCarolina
Country Superstar Eric Church on Wanting His Adventurous New Record, ‘Evangeline vs. the Machine,’ to ‘Have Its Own Vibe, Like “Pet Sounds”… Where You Know Which Album the Songs Are From’
#Variety #News #EricChurch
Eric Church’s ‘Evangeline vs. the Machine’ Is Dazzling, Challenging, and a Masterwork
Amazon Prime Video Taps Eric Church, John Fogerty for NASCAR Theme Based on Retooled CCR Smash
#Variety #News #EricChurch #Johnfogerty #Nascar #PrimeVideo
Lainey Wilson, Blake Shelton, Eric Church Set as Performers for May’s ACM Awards Show
#Variety #News #AcmAwards #BlakeShelton #EricChurch #LaineyWilson
Eric Church Covers Tom Waits on Upcoming Album ‘Evangeline vs. The Machine’
Eric Church’s Nashville Bar Is Reportedly Selling a Drink Inspired by Morgan Wallen's Chair-Throwing Incident
CMA Awards EP on Post Malone, Why Beyoncé Is Always Invited and That Epic Justin Timberlake-Chris Stapleton Duet
#MusicNews #News #AlanJackson #Beyonce #ChrisStapleton #CMAAwards #EricChurch #JustinTimberlake #Music #PostMalone #RobertDeaton
Going to this show tomorrow at The Forum in Inglewood, California. If you're at the ultimate jam see yah there. 🎵🔥☯️
https://www.songkick.com/concerts/42093435-trey-anastasio-at-kia-forum
#Thursday #October17 #Forum #lineup #TreyAnastasio #RyanBingham #MikeCampbell #EricChurch #EricClapton #ElvisCostello #WarrenHaynes #BruceHornsby #JimJames #JameyJohnson #NoahKahan #DanielLanois #TajMahal #VanMorrison #MargoPrice #RobertRandolph #NathanielRateliff #AllisonRussell #MavisStaples #BenmontTench #DonWas #BobWeir #LucindaWilliams #MartinScorsese
𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗮 𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗮𝗻
Countryster Luke Combs en singer-songwriter Eric Church organiseren een benefietconcert naar aanleiding van de ravage die orkaan Helene onlangs aanrichtte in het westen van de staat North Carolina. Aan Billboard vertellen de zangers, die zijn opgegroeid in de regio, dat ze erg zijn...
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I'll be watching the #debate tonight but this is something to stream later:
#AngeliqueKidjo, #BeBeWinans, #CarleneCarter, #ChuckLeavell, D-Nice #DNice, Drive-By Truckers #DriveByTruckers, #DuaneBetts, #EricChurch, #GROUPLOVE, #IndiaArie, #LalahHathaway, #RickeyMinorBand, #SpelmanCollege Glee Club, The B-52’s, #TheWarAndTreaty and #TheAtlantaSymphonyOrchestra Chamber Chorus
100th #Birthday #Party for Jimmy #Carter #President #PresidentCarter
in 30 min:
Ted Tocks Covers
Dixie Chicken
Originally posted on June 29, 2019
Innovative guitar player and songwriter, Lowell George of Little Feat died of a heart attack 45 years ago today. Another great artist who died way too soon. He was only 34.
“If you'll be my Dixie chicken, I'll be your Tennessee lamb
And we can walk together down in Dixieland”
#LittleFeat #LowellGeorge #GarthBrooks #Phish #BlackCrowes #EricChurch #ChuckLeavell
Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Journalists - by Stephen Macaulay
Let’s see.
The Los Angeles Times laid off >20% of the people who work in its newsroom. Line up five people. One is given a cardboard box. About 115 people got boxes.
Over at Time magazine, the CEO sent out a memo to staff that says, in part, “We must continue incre...
Read more: https://gloriousnoise.com/2024/dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-journalists
#country #EricChurch #GQ #journalism #MorganWallen #Pitchfork #music #blog
Eric Church and Morgan Wallen Join Team to Relaunch Field & Stream Brand, Including Fall Music Festival, Print Magazine Revival
#Variety #News #EricChurch #MorganWallen
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#MetalInjection
10 Country Artists Who Are Inspired By Metal
"Hellraisin' Redneck Metalheads!"
https://metalinjection.net/lists/10-country-artists-who-are-inspired-by-metal
#countrymusic #metallica #JohnnyCash #IronMaiden #merlehaggard #blackstonecherry #hankwillaims #steenryders #ericchurch #gretchenwilson #tobykeith
That one hits different! #SpringSteen #EricChurch #RustyRocks
