Watch: Relive The Billy Reid Shindig

Esteemed Southern clothier Billy Reid has been described as a “musician at heart.” So it’s no surprise that the designer is the perfect candidate to host the Shindig, a showcase during SXSW that featured some of the very artists that inspire Reid’s clothing line, including Brendan Benson, Delta Spirit (pictured above), Phosphorescent and Punch Brothers.

Be sure to check out our video of the event, where Reid waxes about the connection between music and fashion.

“Fashion and music are so interconnected,” Reid said. “So every six months, we’re basically putting together a new album, and then we put on a show and we’re out, trying to promote it. You just pray that people like it, and write something nice about it and people buy it … Those similarities create a lot of synergy that even behind the scenes doesn’t get talked about as much.”

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Willie Nelson, Music and Donuts: Jonny Corndawg’s Wild SXSW

Jonny Corndawg’s 2012 SXSW experience included a trip to Willie Nelson’s ranch, and the kind of food you might want to eat after visiting said ranch.

Check out the photo set with Corndawg’s captions here.

M. Ward On Teaming With Dawes, SoundLand, And The She & Him Christmas Album

We had the opportunity to talk to the mighty M. Ward, who will be sojourning to Nashville this week to help headline the inaugural SoundLand music festival. We quizzed the Monsters of Folk and his team-up with L.A. rockers Dawes, who will back Ward up during their show at the War Memorial with Jonny Corndawg on September 21.

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Announcing the Country Way Digital Sampler Vol 2, present by CMT

In conjunction with our new country music issue, American Songwriter and CMT proudly present The Country Way Digital Volume 2, featuring 31 must-hear tracks from some of our favorite artists. And the best thing about it? It’s free!
 

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Check out the full track listing here: 

1.       The Apache Relay - “American Nomad”

2.       Jessica Lea Mayfeld - “Our Hearts Are Wrong”

3.       Dylan LeBlanc - “Emma Hartley”

4.       Caitlin Rose - “Shanghai Cigarettes”

5.       Justin Townes Earle - “Learning To Cry”

6.       Hayes Carll - “Stomp & Holler”

7.       Sunny Sweeney - “From a Table Away”

8.       Sons of Bill - “The Rain”

9.       Jonny Corndawg - “Night Rider”

10.   Joe Pug -“How Good You Are”

11.   The Civil Wars - “Barton Hollow”

12.   Matraca Berg - “Racing The Angels”

13.   Steve Earle - “Waitin’ On The Sky”

14.   Middle Brother - “Me, Me, Me”

15.   Ponderosa - “I Don’t Mind (Live from American Songwriter)”

16.   Randy Montana - “1000 Faces”

17.   Walker Hayes - “Why Wait For Summer”

18.   Miss Willie Brown - “Couyon Crazy”

19.   Randy Rogers Band - “Interstate”

20.   Josh Kelley - “Gone Like That”

21.   Diana Jones - “High Atmosphere”

22.   Andrew Combs - “Wanderin’ Heart”

23.   Charlie Louvin - “Weapon Of Prayer”

24.   Robert Ellis - “Westbound Train”

25.   Wrinkle Neck Mules - “Catfish And Color TVs”

26.   Ryan Tanner - “I Never Did My Best”

27.   Marty Stuart - “Hummingbyrd”

28.   Jim Lauderdale - “Patchwork River”

29.   Lori McKenna - “Still Down Here”

30.   Buddy Miller - “God’s Winged Horse”

31.   Jason Isbell - “Codeine” 

Watch: Jonny Corndawg and Deer Tick “When A Ford Man Turns To Chevy”

It was as good as any party at SXSW, but it happened in East Nashville, just a few days after the madness in Austin had ended.

On Tuesday, Jonny Corndawg and Deer Tick played a “secret show” to mark the opening of a new East Nashville clothing boutique called High Class Hillbilly.

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