Townes Van Zandt

North Americana Rock 

LISTEN: Derek Thomas Shares ‘Running Fast Ain’t Free’

June 4, 2026June 4, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments California, Derek Thomas, Jackson Browne, Live at The Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center, Nicaragua, Soul Water Surf, The Velvet Underground, Townes Van Zandt

New EP, Live at The Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center, out Aug. 14

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Records 

An Omnivore Recordings Midyear Report 2024

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Arlo Guthrie, Camper Von Beethoven, Doris Troy, Dr. John, Dream Syndicate, Game Theory, Jellyfish, Little Richard, NRBQ, Skeeter Davis, Terry Adams, The Babys, The Korgis, Townes Van Zandt, Young Fresh Fellows

Digging into the latest titles from one of our favorite reissue label

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Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Rock 

LISTEN: Ross Cooper Shares “Life’s Too Short to Live in Dallas”

September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dallas, Guy Clark, Lightning Heart, Lubbock, Nashville, Ross Cooper, Texas, Townes Van Zandt

His new album, Lightning Heart, comes out on September 29th

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Country and/or Western Folk Rock 

A Far Cry From Dead: Remembering Townes Van Zandt

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1997, Boston, Danny Silverman, Emmylou Harris, Gerde’s Folk City, Hank Williams, Justin Townes Earle, Mickey White, RIP, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt

Paying tribute to the master singer-songwriter on the anniversary of his passing

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Country and/or Western Folk Remembrance 

Remembering Nanci Griffith: A Love Light Lost

August 16, 2021March 29, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments Bob Dylan, Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, Pete Seeger, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson

Reflections on the loss of an American country-folk poet

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Folk North Americana 

John Craigie: Infinity and Simplicity

July 22, 2020July 30, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments Arlo Guthrie, Asterisk the Universe, John Craigie, John Prine, Thirty Tigers, Tom Snyder, Townes Van Zandt

An exclusive chat with the man who wants to asterisk the universe

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North Americana Rock 

ALBUMS: Steve Earle Is Seeing Ghosts

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Coal Country, Eleanor Whitmore, Erik Jensen, Ghosts of West Virginia, Guy Clark, Jessica Blank, New West Records, Steve Earle, Steve Earle and The Dukes, Townes Van Zandt

The Grammy winner and his Dukes summon up haunted memories with Ghosts of West Virginia 

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North Americana Remembrance 

David Olney and the Poetry of Life and Death

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Austin City Limits, David Olney, David Olney and the X-Rayss, Nashville, RIP, Rounder Records, Townes Van Zandt, Waylon Jennings

Reflecting upon the career of this Nashville luminary, gone too soon at age 71, through an insightful 2007 interview

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Country and/or Western Folk North Americana 

‘Summer’s Gone Now, Our Walkin’s Done’: Townes Van Zandt at 50

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 Zachary Corsa 2 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Bob Dylan, Guy Clark, HBO, Lungs, Nashville, None But The Rain, Poppy Records, Townes Van Zandt, True Detective

The Texas songwriting legend’s eponymous third album stands as the first to accurately depict and fully deliver on the promise of the man’s songcraft

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North Americana 

David Quinn: The Wanderin’ Fool

May 6, 2019May 7, 2019 Jason Scott 0 Comments David Quinn, Hayes Carll, The Old Quarter, Townes Van Zandt

The Chicago troubadour pushes restart on his life with a new album

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Country and/or Western Folk 

Sky Blue Sky

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1973, Fat Possum Records, Townes Van Zandt

Prepare for a rebel’s revival with the most revealing posthumous Townes Van Zandt title in nearly 20 years

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