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Show
of
hands....who
misses
Grayson
Capps......whoa,
can't
count
that
high,
I
run
out
of
fingers
and
toes.
June
7th
is
the
date
for
Grayson
Capps
next
effort,
'The
Lost
Cause
Minstrels'.
This
first
release
from
the
album
helps
to
usher
in
and
celebrate
the
season
of
Mardi
Gras.
So
stock
up
on
feathers
and
your
libation
of
choice,
turn
up
the
volume
and
enjoy
Grayson
Capps
free
download,
'Ol'
Slac
(&
The
Mobile
Mardi
Gras)'.
The Carolina Chocolate Drops on Alternate Root TV
“Tradition is a guide, not a jailer. We play in a traditional style but we are modern musicians,” says Justin Robinson, one of the founding members of The Carolina Chocolate Drops. His quote sums up the mission statement of the group, three young and accomplished black musicians who have embraced their history and brought it, with fervor, to the forefront of American roots music. The band is composed of fiddler and singer Rhiannon Giddens, banjo player and singer Dom Flemons and singer, fiddler, banjo picker and various noises from auto harp to jug, Justin Robinson. Their 2010 release, Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch) rose to the top of the Americana Music Airplay Chart and cemented the bands place as one of the most exciting groups to arise from a format that has been hijacked by classic rock musicians on the downside of popular music careers.
The Re-Emergence of Saint Hayes
Seeing
Hayes
Carll
is
an
event
unto
itself.
Understated,
soft
spoken,
sharp
witted
and
shrouded
in a
quiet
brilliance
Hayes
delivers
a
constant
stream
of
body
blows
to
conventional
popular
music
with
a
distinct
voice.
Seeing
him
as
one
of
just
a
few
people
in a
photography
studio
in
Nashville
was,
as
expected, a
moving
experience.
Hayes
was
in Nashville
promoting
his
latest
release
Kmag
Yoyo
and
while
making
the
rounds
at
press
and
radio
stopped by
the
studio
to
record
an
acoustic
set
of
new
material
for
Alternate
Root
TV.
We'll
be
featuring
songs throughout
the
second
season
but
wanted
to
give
a
taste
of
it
here.
Paul Thorn Drops in on Alternate Root TV
There’s
an
art
form
to
Paul
Thorn’s
writing.
When
you
think
about
it
writing
in
the
style
of
Paul
Thorn
is
what
is
missing
from
today’s
brand
of
country
music
which
isn’t
really
‘country’
music
at
all.
Thorn’s
‘co-axial’
poetry
makes
you
think.
His
lyrics
let
you
think
about
things
that
you
like
to
think
about
and
challenge
you
to
think
about
them
differently
too.
He
delivers
meaningful
songs
about
the
everyday
human
condition
with
a
pleasant
yet
somewhat
gravelly
voice,
masterful
guitar
skills
and
an
everyman
perspective.
Spiced
with
the
frequent
use
of
double
entendre
that
has
always
separated
“true”
country
music
from
almost
all
other
style,
Thorn’s
music
represents
the
best
of
what
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Americana
....
music,
in
its
“truest”
form,
encompasses.
Peter Karp and Sue Foley on Alternate Root TV
The album ‘He Said, She Said’ is a new project from two long time working musicians, Peter Karp and Sue Foley. The songs are based around letter written and sent between the two over the course of a year. What started casually grew becoming more revealing, more personal. It was during the Americana Music Association Conference and festival in Nashville that Peter Karp and Sue Foley dropped by Hatcher and Fell Photography Studios where Alternate Root TV was filming for the second season. The formidable blues duo did an impromptu acoustic set and an extensive interview with show host Reb Landers which will air later in the season. We've decided to showcase a couple of the songs here along with an interview by Danny McCloskey about their latest project.
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The Melroys on Alternate Root TV
Call
it
“Beatle-billy,”
if
you
will,
a
raucous
blend
of
high
energy
alt-country
rock
with
harmonic
flavor
born
out
of
the
fertile
..
Mississippi
..
plains
between
....Memphis ....
and
St.
Louis.
That’s
what
The
Melroys,
a
....St. Louis ....
based
trio,
have
melded
together
to
form
their
signature
sound.
The
Melroys,
bassist
Gregg
Hopkins,
drummer
Mike
Enderle
and
guitarist
Jordan
Leiner
were
not
intended
to
be a
three
piece
but
after
the
sudden
passing
of
front
man
and
co-founder
Randy
Leiner
(
....Jordan ....
’s
father)
in
2005,
the
band
pressed
on
with
the
remaining
three
members.
Enderle
and
Hopkins
have
been
mainstays
on
the
Southeast
Missouri
music
scene
since
the
1970’s
playing
in
several
bands
that
became
well
known
throughout
the
region
but
it
wasn’t
until
2003,
after
Randy
Leiner
joined
them,
that
the
band
began
recording
original
music
and
the
resulting
debut
"The
Melroys"
(2004
95
North)
was
pure
magic.
Robbie Robertson's First Release in Over a Decade
Get
a
First
Listen
at
The
Alternate
Root!
The
Band
guitarist
and
songwriter
Robbie
Robertson
announced
today
that
his
latest
project
is
finally
done
Robertson’s
album,
his
first
since
1999,
is
also
full
of
special
guests,
the
most
surprising
of
which
is
Nine
Inch
Nails
auteur
Trent
Reznor.
The
new
LP,
dubbed
How
To
Become
Clairvoyant,
will
arrive
in
April
via
429
records,
and
features
collaborations
with
Eric
Clapton,
Robert
Randolph,
Rage
Against
the
Machine’s
Tom
Morello,
and
Dawes’
vocalist
Taylor
Goldsmith.
Love Is In The Air
Love is in the Ear! Thanks to everyone who submitted, voted and listened. The Alternate Root 2011 sampler is ready for downloading. We would like to thank our friends Stone River Boys, Susan Foley & Peter Karp, Greg Trooper, Cindy Bullens, Addie Brownlee, The Wild Rumpus, Randy Thompson, Kate Jacobs, AJ Downing, Twilight Hotel, Stacie Collins, The Famous and Geoff Atchison for offering music for this years sampler.
After over 20,000 listens, the Top 25 artists selected by voting will join those artists in celebrating, ignoring, singing about, crying over and letting you know their thoughts on love for Valentine's Day 2011