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Get Off Your Ass: It’s St. Patrick’s Day!

Posted on March 17, 2016June 20, 2025 by Editor

St. Patrick's Day is a polarizing holiday. Either you love donning green, downing beer, and doing kegstands with a thousand of your favorite rowdy frat boys, or you, well, don't. If you fall into the second of those two camps, we feel you, so we put together a list of several great shows happening across the country tonight. From BGS presenting the Infamous Stringdusters in Nashville to Bruce Springsteen rocking Los Angeles, there's a little something for everyone here. Aren't you lucky you have us?

Nashville, TN // BGS Presents the Infamous Stringdusters // Exit/In

We've presented a number of shows on the Infamous Stringdusters' most recent tour, and it's because we love those dudes so darn much. You'll be hard-pressed to find a better live band, and lucky to see them in as intimate a setting as Exit/In.

Los Angeles, CA // Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band // Los Angeles Sports Arena

This one's a no-brainer: What better way to celebrate Irish heritage than with the quintessential American rocker? Maybe he'll wear green; maybe he won't. Who gives a damn? He's the Boss!

New York City, NY // Lucinda Williams // City Winery

Lucinda Williams' roots run Southern, but her affinity for deeply personal songwriting is something she shares with her Irish brothers and sisters in song. Look for tunes from her excellent new album, The Ghosts of Highway 20.

Denver, CO // Darlingside // Swallow Hill Music (Daniels Hall)

Darlingside are one of our favorite new acts in roots today, and their live shows do not disappoint. With a new album under their belt, they put on a dynamic show that highlights both their classically trained chops and their knack for pop-inflected harmonies.

Chicago, IL // Devil in a Woodpile // Hideout

A lot of people like to get a little devilish on St. Patrick's Day, so why not do it with Devil in a Woodpile, a Bloodshot Records band that blends blues, jazz, hillbilly, and ragtime with such ease that you might swear they sold their souls?

Photo credit: sebastien.barre via Foter.com CC BY-NC-SA

Watch Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson Cover “Amarillo Highway”

Posted on October 16, 2015June 20, 2025 by Editor

If you've ever dreamed of seeing Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson perform together, you're in luck. The two took the stage together in Tuscaloosa last night for a cover of Terry Allen's "Amarillo Highway," and the results are pretty rad. Watch the performance below.

Other Roots Music News:

• Rolling Stone talks to Tom Hiddleston about becoming Hank Williams.

• Preview a new track from Flatt Lonesome at Bluegrass Today.

• Oh Pep! stopped by NPR for a Tiny Desk Concert.

• Bruce Springsteen's The River is getting the ultimate box set treatment.

• Father John Misty performed a couple tunes on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Natalie Prass covered a Slayer song for A.V. Undercover.

Between the Lines: ‘Easy Money’

Posted on October 1, 2015June 20, 2025 by Editor

I never would have guessed in a million years we'd be caught up in this way of surviving.

She put on her coat. I put on my hat.

I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror, glazing over my eyes, only seeing the outlines of who I'd become. A thief. A thief in unassuming demeanor.

She put out the dog. I put out the cat. I lit my last cigarette and threw the empty pack on the kitchen table.

“I see you put on your red dress for me tonight honey,” I said to my partner in life and crime, attempting to add what little warmth I could to an otherwise cold-blooded way to live. Despite any attempt to romanticize the night, I am left with only the comfort of a pull from my last cigarette.

“We’re going on the town now,” she said while opening the garage door. “Looking for that easy money.” Offering me that stone cold tone of confidence and of manifest destiny … a tone one could only hope for coming from your accomplice.

The last patron had stumbled out of the saloon, and I knew the only one left in there was “the boss.” At least that's what they call him. I’ve been staking the place out for about a month, and I know if he escorts the last person out and locks the door, the next scene is he's counting the profits — not only from his liquor sales, but from the dirty deals he's doing out the back door. Twenty minutes later he's headed home with a bottle and a briefcase.

The last light inside the saloon is shut off. We walk arm-in-arm giving illusion that we are merely a couple arriving a little too late for their night cap. She reaches her hand into mine and whispers close, “There’s nothing to it, mister. He won’t hear a sound when his whole world comes tumbling down. And all them fat cats, they’ll just think it’s funny.”

With the last boost of confidence and blood in my stare, I watch him step outside and lock the door behind him. Clockwork … a bottle and a briefcase.

“Oh hey, any chance we could …” I say only to be interrupted by him now facing toward us half-annoyed,

“Closed for the night, come back tomorrow.”

We walk closer to him with one arm still in each other's and my other hand in my jacket pocket.

“Mister … sir. I don’t think you understand. I got a Smith & Wesson .38. I got a hellfire burning and I got me a date. Got me a date on the far shore where it’s bright and sunny.”

With my .38 pointed at him, and my other hand now free, I finish where I left off: “Dirty money stays dirty. Now hand over the briefcase. You can keep the bottle. We're going on the town tonight, looking for easy money.”

Story by Daniel Rodriguez of Elephant Revival based on "Easy Money" by Bruce Springsteen. Photo credit: Vince_Ander / Foter / CC BY.

Ryan Adams Is Gonna Party Like It’s ‘1989’

Posted on August 7, 2015June 20, 2025 by Editor

There's never a dull moment in the career of Ryan Adams, but he may have just topped himself with his latest move: covering Taylor Swift's chart-topping 2014 release 1989 start to finish… in the style of the Smiths. He's already shared a clip or two, and it sounds pretty epic.