Martin Wimmer. A Haven For Songs. Book. The new book about Americana, country, folk, songwriters, Texas music is available worldwide. With A Haven For Songs: Connecting The Dots About Americana Music, selected works of novelist, lyricist and music critic Martin Wimmer are available in the USA for the first time. Book (ISBN: 9783754156919): 19,99 US-Dollar Amazon.com (USA), 14,99 Euro Amazon.de (Deutschland) ebook (ISBN: 9783754157046): 7,99 US-Dollar Amazon.com (USA), 6,99 Euro Amazon.de (Deutschland) Martin Wimmer explains his personal relationship with the art of magicians such as Townes Van ..read more

Folk music has always been the subject of university research. As folklore studies, ethnology or cultural anthropology, people from academia around the world analyze how songs are passed down through generations and spread beyond their region. Professor Kathleen Hudson from Schreiner University in Kerrville is the leading expert on US music traditions in Texas. Kathleen Hudson: Corazon Abierto. Mexican American Voices in Texas Music (book cover) Her new book is the third in a series with Oral History. Musicology and music criticism often focus on a selection of music makers distorted by commer ..read more

There are only a few days left until Townes Van Zandt’s 80th birthday (March 7th). The outstanding new tribute album „To Live Is To Fly – Remembering Townes Van Zandt“ has just been released on time by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Mr Jones, Markus Rill and Robert Hasleder. Highly recommended! You can get it here: https://mrjones.net/product/art-15-cd-to-live-is-to-fly/ There‘s also an accompanying tour: https://mrjones.net/tvz/ To Live Is To Fly Remembering Townes Van Zandt Tribute Album 80th Birthday March 7th 2024 Markus Rill Mr Jones Robert Hasleder Cover ..read more

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For details on all upcoming Townes Van Zandt tributes on New Year’s Day or his birthday in March 2023, go to https://www.facebook.com/townes20! The big Townes Van Zandt Tribute tour 2024 with Mr Jones, Markus Rill, Tobias Panwitz, Robert Hasleder, Claudia Nentwich and many more ..read more

Follow our playlist on Spotify: A Haven For Songs – 100 Most Loved Covers in 2023 Singer-songwriter, blues, country, folk, bluegrass – this playlist features the 100 most memorable covers of 2023. Of course, there are solid blocks of Bob Dylan, Blaze Foley, Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, and The Beatles, but there’s so much more, from stone-age classics to your favorite ’80s tune. Our number one: I‘ve Got A Feeling by Kendell Marvel. Yours? A few examples ..read more

Songwriter Mr Jones startet Tribute-Revue mit den Gästen Markus Rill, Robert Hasleder, Kerstin Richter, Tobias Panwitz und Claudia Nentwich Der Einfluss des US-Songwriters Townes Van Zandt auf die Folk-, Country und Indie-Szene ist ungebrochen. Auch namhafte deutsche Künstler wurden in ihrem musikalischen Werdegang maßgeblich von dem Texaner beeinflusst. Der bayrisch-texanische Liedermacher Mr Jones holt sie für eine Deutschland-Tournee rund um den 80. Geburtstag von Townes Van Zandt am 7. März 2024 zusammen. In der abwechslungsreichen Tribute-Revue „To Live’s To Fly“ spielen je nach Auftritt ..read more

The monthly updated Americana „charts“ with our most loved songs of the year. Hope you like it and have a good day y‘all, your A Haven For Songs team. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/76EWbrNtPTTBORkxZDiIVH ..read more

Encounters with Blaze Foley, his songs, and Duct Tape by Carmen & Kai Nees (224 pages, self-published, August 2023, over a hundred pictures and illustrations) (German version see below / Deutsche Version weiter unten) www.blazefoleybuch.de Now, when talkin’ ’bout the history of Social Democracy in Germany, you can kick it off with old August Bebel, jump straight into Willy Brandt, or take a backward stroll from Olaf Scholz. Or you see it through the eyes of a completely unknown, never-elected, early-departed local politician who personified the myths and values without ever having much to ..read more

Songs with the best lines about MONEY by The Man In Black Johnny Cash and his daughter Rosanne Cash. On occasion of the republica 2023 in Berlin. Curated by The Borderlord. CASH ..read more