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[Pollstar] The Avett Brothers have added 18 arena and amphitheater dates to their 2024 schedule, extending an already lengthy tour deeper into the fall. The Avetts will set out on tour next month and by November will have played more than 50 dates, including headlining, festival and support shows. The newly announced stops begin in September and carry them through mid-November. See the routing below. Tickets for all the latest tour dates are on-sale at 10 a.m. local March 22, with an Avett Guild pre-sale starting at noon local March 19. On New Year’s Eve, The Avett Brothers sold out PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, grossing $943,637 on 10,195 tickets, according to Pollstar Boxoffice reports. They are repped by Paul Lohr at New Frontier Touring. Avett Brothers Added Dates 2024 9/12 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse w/ Houndmouth 9/13 – Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amp w/ Melissa Etheridge 9/14 – Duluth, GA – Gas South Arena 9/17 – Little Rock, AR – First Security Amp! 9/18 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center! 9/20 – New Braunfels, TX – Whitewater Amp 9/21 – New Braunfels, TX – Whitewater Amp! 10/6 – San Diego, CA – Rady Shell 10/9 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre 10/11 – Grand Prairie, TX – Texas Trust CU Theatre! 10/12 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre! 10/24 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Center % 10/25 – Moline, IL – Vibrant Arena 10/26 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena w/ Houndmouth 11/7 – New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre 11/8-11/10 – Miramar Beach, FL – Moon Crush “Avett Moon” 11/15 – St. Augustine, FL – Saint Augustine Amp 11/16 – Clearwater, FL – The Sound @ Coachman Park 11/17 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live #w/ Luke Combs ^w/ Sierra Ferrell % w/ Trampled by Turtles *w/ Sammy Rae & The Friends !w/ Jamestown Revival

California Guitar Trio made it back to Nashville Friday March 8 for their first show there since they played the Ryman Auditorium as support for King Crimson in July of 2021! Here they are pictured after the show at The City Winery with NFT owner/agent Paul Lohr, and his wife Mary Matthews. Picture L-R: Bert Lams, Paul Richards, Matthews, Lohr, and Tom Griesgraber.

The Avett Brothers Out May 17th via Ramseur Records/American Recordings/Thirty Tigers Today, The Avett Brothers return with news of their first album in five years, out May 17th via Ramseur Records/American Recordings/Thirty Tigers. Produced by longtime collaborator, friend and early champion Rick Rubin, The Avett Brothers is as much untitled as it is self-titled, for as Thomas Keating said: “Silence is God’s first language – everything else is a poor translation.” From the album’s all-vocal opening to the sharp, scrappy and scorching rock n roll blast of lead single “Love Of A Girl,” to the novel strains of folk, roots, synth and strings that have landed The Avett Brothers numerous Billboard Top 5 and chart-topping albums, three GRAMMY nominations, five Americana Music Awards, a documentary co-directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, and so much more, this record is one that revealed itself naturally over time. Pre-Order The Avett Brothers, and listen to “Love Of A Girl” now: https://orcd.co/loveofagirl Recorded in Malibu’s Shangri-La Studios, as well as Nashville, Mar Vista, and the band’s hometown of Concord, NC, The Avett Brothers is a collection of songs seen through a lens of independently studied spirituality; questions and considerations in the interest of the divine unknowable. In an ongoing attempt to comprehend existence and our interpersonal connectedness, these songs seek the sacred in the commonplace: a cheap cup of coffee, the smallest movement of love, broken hearts and school bus lessons, a baby’s first and second steps, growing older and holding on to one’s roots, losing someone and accepting fate, rediscovering hope and finding sanctity in tragedy...ultimately reveling in the fun and surrender of what we cannot understand. As their first full-length release on Ramseur Records/Thirty Tigers since 2007’s Emotionalism, The Avett Brothers is both a cumulative opus and fresh start for the band’s future as a multifaceted and singular force. In the time that has passed since their last album, the band have also debuted Swept Away, a new musical inspired by and featuring their music, backed by a cast and crew that have earned a collective nine Tony Awards. Hailed as a “spellbinding tale” and “worthy of a broadway christening” (The Washington Post), the show has completed successful runs in Berkeley, CA and Washington, DC, with more news to be announced soon. Furthermore, the North Carolina Music Hall of Famers recently earned a Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance from the Americana Honors & Awards, while Seth Avett released a solo album celebrating his songwriting hero Greg Brown, Bob Crawford created a podcast about John Quincy Adams, and Scott Avett had multiple exhibits for his work as a figurative painter (while creating all the artwork and illustrations that will accompany The Avett Brothers LP). The Avett Brothers will begin performing music from The Avett Brothers on a far-reaching tour this spring and summer, including their own five-day festival in Mexico, a headline show at NYC’s Forest Hills Stadium on album release day, three nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, LA’s SoFi Stadium with Luke Combs, and more across the US. Find the full list of dates below and tickets at theavettbrothers.com/tour. Artwork by Scott Avett The Avett Brothers Tracklist Never Apart (w/ Vocal Prelude) Love Of A Girl Cheap Coffee Forever Now Country Kid Orion's Belt 2020 Regret Same Broken Bones We Are Loved

[No Depression] If you’re a country music fan, you’d do well to acquaint yourself with Colby T. Helms. The 21-year-old, with a voice and stylistic bent that’s reminiscent of current country star Tyler Childers, has the potential to be the next Appalachia-based singer-songwriter to make a splash. With his debut LP Tales of Misfortune, Helms begins to turn potential into reality. Each of the eight tracks on Tales of Misfortune is well-written, with memorable melodies and vivid lyrical imagery about life in Helms’ rural Virginia hometown. Album opener “First Snow” is exuberant, a ramshackle honky-tonk number about the thoughts running through his head and realities he’s facing while traversing his hometown in the Blue Ridge Mountains after snowfall. “Mountain Brandy” showcases Helms’ ability to weave a compelling narrative. He uses home-stilled and bootlegged liquor as a prism to highlight one of the uniquities of mountain life and to bemoan the loss of certain cultural traditions. He sings, The old folks have been dying out, and all the yanks are moving in Lots of folks around town been talking ‘bout them old ways coming to an end As long as them geese fly North and that creek runs South You can run up my holler and shake my hand I got something that will shut your mouth On “Leanne,” Helms is lovesick and broke as hell, pining for and unsuccessfully courting the song’s titular figure. Aided by some phenomenal fiddle playing by Billy Hurt (who also produced the record), he offers up a soulful lamentation on how his inability to get ahead in life and love have him feeling “like a fool again.” Tales of Misfortune concludes with the up-tempo but poignant “Daddy’s Pocket Knife.” Helms processes the loss of his father through the story of finding his lost pocket knife and the memories it brings to the surface. It’s a common trope in country music — waxing poetic over a family heirloom — but it’s true to Helms’ real-life experiences and he imbues his spin on it with genuine emotion. That emotion, infused into Helms’ consistently passionate, heart-on-his-sleeve vocals, propels Tales of Misfortune. With this strong first album, Helms proves himself to be a solid talent with a bright future. Colby T. Helms’ Tales of Misfortune is out Jan. 19 via Photo Finish Records.

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A sad time on Harmony Ranch. Our great friend and collaborator Steve Arwood, aka Texas Bix Bender, The Voice That Sold A Million Baby Chicks Over Border Radio, passed away unexpectedly on December 28, 2023. Every once in awhile you find a true friend, somebody who knows you well enough to finish your sentences when you pause for a second. And then once in a very, very great while you’re lucky enough to find somebody who not only finishes your sentence, but takes it in an unexpectedly clever hilarious direction that you didn’t see coming, building on your idea and then building on the next idea as well. And you make something together that’s better and funnier than what either of you could come up with by yourself. That was Bix and me. He was a true collaborator in every sense. We met in 1981, I think, when he had the idea of producing a Riders TV show which eventually became Tumbleweed Theatre on the Nashville Network. We started cranking out scripts and kept at it for almost 20 years. A rough count adds up to close to 150 TV shows, 250 public radio shows, a couple albums, and a book. Ranger Doug, Woody, Joey, and Zeno all contributed to these scripts, but Bix and I did the heavy lifting. We’d meet in a conference room, or his kitchen, or some motel room, and improvise, making each other laugh until we literally fell on the floor. One of Bix’s gifts was organizing our improv moments into a cohesive narrative which, on some cosmic comedy level, made sense. To say we shared a million laughs is an underestimation. More like ten million. And that was even before rehearsal. We didn’t agree on everything, but if one of us had a really strong opinion, the other guy would usually back away. Bix was a sweet man, a kind, humble man, a charming man, and the best friend you could have. By a lucky stroke of fate, my son George and I had lunch with Bix on his last day. We laughed of course, talked books, American colonial history, Texas politics, our four decades football wager, and reminisced about Riders Radio Theatre bits, regaling George with jokes and situations we still found funny. We hugged in the parking lot, said we loved each other, and he drove home to his precious Sally. Rest In Peace, Bix. Fred “Too Slim” Labour, 12/31/23

Check out Chatham County Line's new music video for their single, "Right On Time." The band's new album, Hiyo, will be released January 26, 2024 via Yep Rock Records.

Congratulations to The Great Divide, who won big at the Texas Country Music Awards on Sunday, November 12th. The band was awarded Song of the Year, Country Band of the Year, and Keyboard Player of the Year which went to Bryce Conway. Check out the latest performance of their song "Milk Cow Blues" below.

It was announced on Friday, Nov. 10 that GRAMMY® Award-winning troubadour Rodney Crowell has received a GRAMMY® Award nomination for Best Americana Album. The recognition is for Crowell's new record, The Chicago Sessions, produced by Jeff Tweedy and engineered by Tom Schick, which has received immense worldwide acclaim. "I'm filled with gratitude that The Chicago Sessions has been recognized by the Recording Academy," Crowell said. "I owe a huge debt of thanks to New West Records and to Jeff Tweedy, Tom Schick and the superb musicians without whom the songs surely wouldn't speak for themselves. And to my daughter, Chelsea, who first visualized the collaborative possibilities." Crowell is the songwriter's songwriter and an icon among giants. A native Texan, Crowell's work has resulted in fifteen number one hits. Over the course of his career, Crowell has gracefully blended his own mainstream success as an artist with a prolific catalog of songs cut by the likes of Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Keith Urban and more, making him a master among his peers. The 2024 (66th) GRAMMY® Awards will take place Sunday, Feb. 4, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California and will air live at 8 p.m. ET on the CBS Television Network and will stream on Paramount+.

COLBY T. HELMS FINDS “DADDY’S POCKET KNIFE” - AND HIS OWN SENSE OF PURPOSE - IN NEW SONG AND VIDEO OUT TODAY The track is the second preview from Helms’ upcoming debut album, ‘Tales Of Misfortune’ due 1.19 via Photo Finish Records Today (11.8), 21-year-old Appalachian phenom Colby T. Helms shares his latest single, “Daddy’s Pocket Knife.” The vulnerable track centers around Helms’ journey through grief and reconciliation. After the passing of his father at age 12, Helms searched everywhere for the pocket knife his father carried every day of his life, but was unable to find it. Years later, in a completely random moment, Helms happened upon it in the bottom of a drawer, right where his late father had intended him to find it, opening a flood of suppressed emotion in the process. Colby has said he lost himself when his father passed, but finding the rusty piece of steel renewed his sense of purpose and set him on the path to a life in music. The “Daddy’s Pocket Knife” (Live Performance) video – also out today – features Helms alongside his band The Virginia Creepers, and was filmed live from his hometown of Boones Mill, VA. Watch the “Daddy’s Pocket Knife” (Live Performance) video above and here Listen to “Daddy’s Pocket Knife” here The track is the second preview of Helms’ upcoming debut album, Tales Of Misfortune. Out January 19th via Photo Finish Records, the 8-track collection recounts his origin story and artistic coming-of-age, drawing inspiration from his upbringing in small-town Appalachia. After the release of the album’s lead single “Higher Ground,” American Songwriter hailed that Helms’ brand of bone-raw brand of country folk has “the name, the background, and the music to become the next big thing in country.” Pre-save Tales of Misfortune here. About Colby T. Helms: At the bottom of the Southwest Virginia foothills half-a-mile from the nearest neighbor, Colby T. Helms resides in an “underground house” built by his late father on land his family has owned for generations. Helms first dreamed of making music his life at the age of 12, when a group of Blue Ridge Mountain old-time and bluegrass players performed songs like The Ozark Mountain Daredevils’ “Standing On The Rock” and the gospel classic “A Beautiful Life” at his father’s funeral in Boones Mill, VA. He taught himself guitar, banjo, and mandolin by watching local performers and YouTube videos, and by age 18 he was a veteran performer in the Blue Ridge/Appalachian Mountains region, fronting his band The Virginia Creepers. About Photo Finish Records: Photo Finish Records is an independent record label boasting a diverse artist roster including alternative rock, indie pop and hip hop. The label was created and founded by Matt Galle and in 2021 celebrated its fifteenth year of success. As the label grew and developed, Matt brought in his business partner Mike Marquis to co-run the label with him. PFR is known for developing and breaking an eclectic roster of artists such as 3OH!3, SHAED, Marian Hill, MisterWives, ROZES, The Mowgli's, and newer signings The Maine, Colby T. Helms, Delacey, Billy Lockett, AVIV, Elliot Lee, and joan. SHAED’s track "Trampoline" is triple platinum in the US with over 2 billion streams worldwide, 3OH!3's debut album "Want" is certified Gold with 3 platinum singles and over 15 million singles sold which includes collaborations with Katy Perry, Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi, Lil' Jon and Ke$ha. Marian Hill's releases including their debut album “Act One” have sold 12 million tracks making big waves with the breakthrough hit "Down" as well as successful albums from MisterWives and their gold single "Reflections," Anthony Green, Handsome Ghost, and many others. Matt Galle and Mike Marquis are well known and respected leaders in the music industry having both been recognized in Billboard’s 40 under 40 and three years (2020, 2021, 2022) in a row on Billboard’s Indie Power Players list. The team is located in NYC and PFR is distributed through Virgin Music, Label and Artist Services. Follow Colby T. Helms here: Website: https://www.colbyhelms.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colby.t.helms/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@colby.t.helms Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/colbythelmsmusic/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@colbythelms9940 Upcoming Colby T. Helms Tour Dates: 11/25 - R.W. Shucks Block Party - Martinsville, VA 12/2 - A Very Merry Larry Keel Experience at 5 Points Music Sanctuary - Roanoke, VA 5/3 - Rooster Walk Music & Arts Festival 2024 - Martinsville, VA

Band Embraces Freedom to Evolve on Highly Anticipated Tenth Studio Album Hiyo Out January 26 on Yep Rock Records Listen/Share: "Right On Time" North Carolina’s Chatham County Line debut “Right On Time,” the first song unveiled from their highly anticipated tenth studio album Hiyo, out January 26 on Yep Roc Records. Building from a dreamy instrumental to a rollicking, harmony-driven ode to young love and the open road, the album’s rousing opening track balances nostalgia with the contemporary setting the stage for the band’s first album in four years. Listen/share: “Right On Time” “The best music is made with complete total freedom,” says singer/guitarist Dave Wilson. “We spent a lot of years pushing at the fences, but with this album, we’ve finally busted out of the corral.” Fueled by new sounds, collaborators, and experimenting with fresh sonic palettes and innovative approaches to instrumentations, Hiyo marks an evolution for the band, who spent 15 years performing around a single microphone and chose to add a drummer to their touring lineup after the 2020 departure of their banjo player. Recorded at Asheville’s Echo Mountain, the album was co-produced by Dave Wilson and Rachael Moore (Kacey Musgraves, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss), whom the band befriended during a stint serving as the backing band on the Showtime series George & Tammy, shot in Wilmington, NC. “I could tell the guys were ready to go somewhere new, and I wanted to see how far we could stretch the boundaries,” offers Moore. “We agreed we’d still do things thoughtfully and be true to who they were, but this felt like a chance to explore some springs that they maybe hadn't gotten to tap into before.” The resulting album takes Chatham County Line’s enduring sound and injects it with an adventurous spirit of discovery and vitality, incorporating synthesizers, drum machines, and more electric guitar and percussion than ever before, rounded out by Dave Wilson’s classic songwriting – rich, evocative tales of love and heartbreak, joy and sorrow, revenge and righteousness. “There’s this liberating element to getting rid of all the preconceptions about who we are and what we sound like, and I think it shows in these songs,” says Dave Wilson. A roots music staple for over two decades, Chatham County Line – Dave Wilson (vocal, guitars, harmonica, synthesizer, banjo); John Teer (mandolin, fiddle, guitars, vocal); and Greg Readling (bass, pedal steel, piano, clavinet, organ, vocal) – built a devoted following on the strength of their genre-bending live show before breaking out internationally in 2003 with their self-titled debut. Since then, the band’s critically acclaimed albums have topped Billboard Bluegrass charts four times, they’ve shared the bill with the likes of Lyle Lovett and Guy Clark to The Avett Brothers and Steve Martin & Martin Short, and have collaborated with Judy Collins, Sharon Van Etten, and Jonas Fjeld. Hiyo Tracklisting: 1. Right On Time 2. Magic 3. Way Down Yonder 4. Heaven 5. Lone Ranger 6. B S R 7. Under The Willow Tree 8. She’s Got You 9. Stone 10. Summerline