New Music Video From Alison Brown & Steve Martin - "Dear Time" (feat. Jackson Browne with Jeff Hanna)

New Music Video From Jackson Browne - "Running on Empty"

A new version of "Running On Empty," with newly remastered sound and a faithful reproduction of the original artwork, will be available July 5 on CD, 180-gram vinyl, and digitally- so Jackson Browne celebrated with a brand new music video for one of his most revered songs. 

New Music Video From Jackson Browne - "The Dreamer" (featuring Los Cenzontles)

Bruce Robison & the Back Porch Band Sets Album Release Date Of April 28

Artist: Bruce Robison
Album: Bruce Robison & the Back Porch Band
Label: Motel Time Music
Release date: April 28, 2017

Bruce Robison has taken his time releasing Bruce Robison & the Back Porch Band. Available on April 28, the album marks his first solo project since 2008 (The New World).

Robison has been making music professionally for decades, including No. 1 hits for Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, and George Strait, but he has never lost his genuine enthusiasm for music – writing it, recording it, playing it, sharing it. He literally can’t keep it to himself, and you feel that urgency of discovery and passion on every cut of this new album. Robison has also poured that passion into his new project, The Next Waltz, a blossoming community of artists, fans and friends gathering both virtually and at his recording studio in Lockhart, just outside of Austin. With impeccable musical taste and ability, Robison is a trusted North Star for anyone searching for music that is rooted in rich traditions and untethered creativity.

“Writing is where it all starts for me,” he explains. “Whether it’s my writing, or songs I want to do with somebody else. I love the mechanics of it; how simple it can be.”

Keeping it simple was the guiding principle behind the album, which is a collection of Robison originals, co-writes, and covers that capture country’s most beloved stylistic elements: good-time, lighthearted romps (“Rock and Roll Honky Tonk Ramblin’ Man;” “Paid My Dues”) and wistful, sometimes bittersweet ballads (“Long Time Coming;” “Still Doin’ Time”). But even the Who’s “Squeezebox” — which Robison calls “a great country song by some English dudes” — shows up, in a lively version dressed with Cajun fiddle by Warren Hood and acoustic guitar and harmonies by Robison’s wife, Kelly Willis. Robison’s last two albums were with Willis (Cheaters Game and Our Year) and while they are currently creating separately, Robison found the perfect love song to record for this album (he says he’s incapable of writing one of his own): Damon Bramblett’s “The Years,” a sweet, slow waltz with harmony from Willis.

The album reflects other influences as well: Christie Hayes’ “Lake of Fire” displays his love of the ‘70s West Coast sound embodied by Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt.

“I’m always collecting songs,” he says. “That’s what The Next Waltz is about, too; I’m just a fan of songs, and I love the way they come alive in the hands of the right artist.”

The Next Waltz is a musical salon where you can find Jerry Jeff Walker’s ruminations on writing “Mr. Bojangles,” an exclusive recording of Randy Rogers singing Merle Haggard’s “Misery and Gin,” the Turnpike Troubadours performing “Come As You Are,” or Rodney Crowell telling Robison and Willis about how he came to own one of John Lennon’s suits.

Robison has created a place where songs are re-imagined, with reinvigorated covers and crafted new works. Meanwhile, he’s cultivating a house band he hopes might one day be as revered as Stax Records’ Booker T. & the M.G.’s or Muscle Shoals’ Swampers. The Back Porch Band does it old-school, all analog, cutting songs together in one paneled room where “happy accidents and all kinds of things that just feel real,” including sound bleed, are allowed to occur.

Next Waltz sessions are documented on video, along with interviews in which Robison, speaking artist-to-artist, often draws out stories journalists don’t. The content is designed to let fans peek behind the curtain to witness the creative process, not only providing unique insights, but tightening their connection to the proverbial unbroken circle of country music. That influence extends far beyond songwriting; Robison’s ultimate dream for The Next Waltz is to follow in the late Guy and Susanna Clark’s footsteps by providing a safe, welcoming place for artists, a haven where musicians can socialize, inspire one another artistically and find a creative, emotional and spiritual nourishment.

The windows are rolled down; fresh air pours in: “It’s all about performing the song and seeing where it takes us,” says Robison, “and having great players in a real collaborative atmosphere.”

1. Rock and Roll Honky Tonk Ramblin' Man
2. Long Time Comin'
3. Paid My Dues (featuring Jack Ingram)
4. Lake of Fire
5. Squeezebox
6. The Years
7. Long Shore
8. Sweet Dreams
9. Still Doin' Time (In a Honky Tonk Prison)

New Early 1970's Live Eagles Concert Recording To Be Released- With An Assist From Jackson Browne

Artist: Eagles
Album: Lives of Outlaw Men: Live Pop Gala 1973 & California Jam 1974
Label: Iconography
Release date: January 13, 2017

With the death of Glenn Frey last year, the future of the Eagles remains cloudy at best. But fans can look back this next year rather than look forward with the release of a single album featuring live performances from the early 70's- many with contributions from Jackson Browne.

Shortly before the worldwide release of Desperado in April 1973 the Eagles, while touring Europe, performed at the Sporthal de Vliegermolen in Voorburg, Holland on 10th March. Recorded for a Dutch TV broadcast, the band played a rip-roaring set for 50+ minutes, including a storming 11 minute version of the classic, debut album cut "Witchy Woman." Don Henley and Glenn Frey wanted the band to break away from the country rock style and move more towards a harder-edged sound, and turned to Bill Szymczyk to produce. Requiring a rawer guitar sound, the band brought in Don Felder, a guitarist who had jammed backstage with them in 1972 when they opened for Yes in Boston. The Eagles played at the California Jam festival in Ontario, California on 6th April 1974. Attracting more than 300,000 fans and billed as "the Woodstock of the West Coast". Portions of the show were telecast on ABC television in the United States, exposing the Eagles to a much wider audience.

Felder missed the show when he was called away to attend the birth of his son, but Jackson Browne filled in for him on piano and acoustic guitar. The group played a short 20 minute set at the festival and these tracks are also included on this project.

New Classic Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Live Recording Available In August

Artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Album: Nashville 1974: The Tennessee Broadcast
Label: All Access
Release date: August 12, 2016

Immediately leaping into the burgeoning Californian folk rock scene, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band toured extensively around the local area, becoming well known for their uniform of pinstripe suits and cowboy boots. After early member Jackson Browne left to concentrate on his solo career, the band was joined by the McEuan brothers: John on banjo, fiddle and mandolin, and older sibling William serving as manager. It would be William that helped the group get a contract with Liberty Records, ultimately resulting in their eponymous debut album and first single, Buy For Me The Rain, in 1967, the latter becoming a Top 40 hit.

 By 1974, after a number of albums that had failed to set the charts alight, the band began to enjoy their greatest successes. Having scored a surprising 36 week stay in the charts in 1970 with their cover of Mr Bojangles, which peaked at No. 9, the group began work on their most ambitious offering to date: the triple album Will The Circle Be Unbroken. Released in 1972 and featuring guest appearances from Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs and Merle Travis, the record peaked at No. 4 in the US Country charts and was nominated for two Grammy awards. Now reduced to a four piece, the band continued to tour worldwide through the 1970s, spurred on by their newfound fame. Stars & Stripes Forever - a live album recorded for a select, invited audience and released in 1974 - reached No. 28 in the Billboard 200 and spawned a number of successful singles.

This set, recorded live earlier that year in Nashville and broadcast to the local area by WKDA-FM, captures the group during this period, a time that would be considered one of the defining highlights of a long and celebrated career.  It's a previously unheard and unavailable recording (unless you were listening to WKDA the day it was recorded.)

New Vintage 1990 Bruce Springsteen Live Album Features Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt

Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: The Christic Shows: November 16 and 17, 1990
Label: live.brucespringsteen.net
Release date: June 2016

Bruce Springsteen is making live performances- current and vintage- available for download through his live.brucespringsteen.net website and the latest in those great releases is the legendary 1990 solo acoustic performances in support of The Christic Institute. The 2 night stand featured premieres of 6 new songs, stunning rearrangements of classics and guest appearances by Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne covering Bob Dylan in the encore.

The first night of the Shrine concerts, November 16th, featured the live debuts of Human Touch's "Real World" and "57 Channels (and Nothin' On)" plus "Red Headed Woman" and "When the Lights Go Out," while the November 17th gig featured the premiere of "Soul Driver" and Human Touch's "The Wish."

Both shows are available to download together as one release ranging from MP3 to 24 Bit HD and Audiophile DSD versions.  The 3 CD set of both concerts is shipping now.