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Check Out the Accolades for Austin-based Eight 30 Records!
BIG NEWS: Eight 30 Records was just spotlighted on Turnedstyledjunkpiled.com. CLICK HERE for the full article!

"Eight 30 Records, an Austin, Texas-based label, honors and preserves the music of influential but little known artists through tribute albums, that at once bring deserved recognition to their subjects as they call upon some of the most talented singer-songwriters in the Americana community, such as Hayes Carll, James McMurtry, Slaid Cleaves and Terri Hendrix, who have collectively banded together to honor their little known influencers, such as Gary Floater and Adam Carroll, bringing about the recognition they deserve, with the releases Highway Prayer: A Tribute to Adam Carroll and Floater: A Tribute to the Tributes of Gary Floater.

At the helm of Eight 30 Records, music promoter Jenni Finlay (Kent Finlay, Dreamer: The Music Legacy Behind Cheatham Street Warehouse) and producer and author, Brian T. Atkinson (I’ll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt) are working together through an organic approach, as they help new and veteran artists find their place in today’s Americana music scene. It’s intentionally slow and careful work, signing artists based on quality and soul. Named after the morning hour when Townes Van Zandt (“Pancho and Lefty”) traditionally called Susanna Clark (“Black Haired Boy") over the course of their thirty year relationship, Eight 30 Records handpick songwriting outsiders focusing on the depth of their creative work."

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Mary Gauthier Notches A Big AMA Nomination!
Congratulations to all the Americana Music nominees, and especially to Mary Gauthier. Her latest album, Rifles and Rosary Beads (produced by Neilson Hubbard), has been nominated for BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR at the Americana Music Association"s Awards and Honors in September 2018. The awards ceremony will take place at Nashville"s historic Ryman Auditorium on September 12. CLICK HERE for more details!

Country Music Hall of Fame Honors Kent Finlay
Nashville"s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum includes legendary songwriter and Cheatham Street Warehouse owner Kent Finlay in its new exhibit Outlaws & Armadillos: Country"s Roaring "70s. “Dad would have been so incredibly honored to be mentioned along with all the icons in this incredible exhibit,” Jenni Finlay says, “and I"m so proud and grateful to the Country Music Hall of Fame.” The exhibit opened on May 25 and is scheduled to run for three years.

Some other names you might recognize are honored: Willie Nelson. Waylon Jennings. Kris Kristofferson. Bobby Bare. Jerry Jeff Walker. David Allan Coe. Cowboy Jack Clement. Tom T. Hall. Billy Joe Shaver. Guy Clark. Townes Van Zandt. Tompall Glaser. Today, all names synonymous with the word “outlaw,” but forty years ago they started a musical revolution by creating a culture that shook the status quo on Music Row and cemented their place in country music history. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum"s upcoming major exhibition, Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ’70s, explores this era of cultural and artistic exchange between Nashville, Tenn., and Austin, Texas, revealing untold stories and never-seen artifacts.

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Eight 30 Records" Gary Floater Tribute Out NOW!!
Eight 30 Records is proud to announce the release the eighteen-song Floater: A Tribute to the Tributes to Gary Floater“We"re so excited about our latest tribute album honoring the great Gary Floater,” says Eight 30 Records" Jenni Finlay, who produced the album with label co-owner Brian T. Atkinson. “There"s truly never been anyone like him.” Indeed, Floater tunes are singular. Consider a few titles: “Whatever Man,” “Thanks Me,” “Let Me Kiss You Where It Hurts,” “A Hero Never Learns,” “Grandpa"s Promise,” “Pull Over I Wanna Eat That,” “Sunburn Lake.”

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Floater: A Tribute to the Tributes to Gary Floater offers a veritable who"s who of singer-songwriters with their takes on Floater"s solid gold country classics. A short list – The Band of Heathens (“The Dirty South”), James McMurtry (“Grandpa"s Promise”), Jason Eady (“Stand Back Boys I"m Fixing to Care”), Rod Picott (“That"s What I"m Gonna Do”) – gives a glimpse. Floater himself will embark on his 40-city “Drink a Forty for the Fortieth” tour later this year celebrating the 40th anniversary of his unforgettable 1978 landmark album Denim on Denim, which features several songs on the new tribute.

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Johnny Irion"s Driving Friend Available NOW!!
It’s been a long time between solo albums for Johnny Irion, more than a decade, in fact, since his Ex Tempore won critical acclaim upon its 2007 release. Thankfully, the drought is over and Irion’s new solo record Driving Friend was released on May 18! The album was produced by Tim Bluhm and backed by Blackwing, the artisan pencil makers with a diverse musical heritage. By teaming up with Blackwing, a portion of every album sold will benefit the Blackwing Foundation, which funds music and arts programs in public schools.

The record, which includes members of Dawes, Wilco and the Mother Hips, ranges across a wide expanse of roots genres, from blues and gospel to folk and country. Everything about it feels authentically crafted, a carving out of raw, lived American experience. Whether Irion is singing about Santa Barbara, Pittsfield or the Rapture, his sharp wit, telling description and brief character studies take us to a musical hometown of his own, quite a feat for a rocker whose last record with his band US Elevator was hailed by Rolling Stone as being as “lovingly handcrafted as the jeans on the back of After The Gold Rush.”

Johnny Irion is on the road!! CLICK HERE for a show near you!

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Eight 30 Records Signs Songwriter Matt Harlan
Eight 30 Records is pleased to announce that it has signed Matt Harlan! The Houston-based singer-songwriter plans to release his forthcoming as-yet-untitled new album on the Austin-based label in Spring 2019. “"I"ve been involved in a few Eight 30 projects before and I really dig their approach to making and releasing records,” Harlan says. “They really get me and what I"m trying to do, which goes a long way when you"re putting something you care about into the world. I can"t wait to get into the studio and lay down the new songs I"ve been writing and give "em a proper send-off."

Harlan joins banjo virtuoso Danny Barnes and celebrated songwriters Chris Fullerton and Emily Herring as artists on the label, which has released the tributes Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins, Dreamer: A Tribute to Kent Finlay, Highway Prayer: A Tribute to Adam Carroll and the recent Floater: A Tribute to the Tributes to Gary Floater, all produced by label co-owners Jenni Finlay and Brian T. Atkinson.

Stay Updated on the New Film About Guy Clark
Guy Clark Fans: Want to stay up-to-date on the making of the Guy Clark documentary Without Getting Killed or Caught? Want to interact with other Guy Clark friends and fans? Join the Facebook group HERE.
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New Video Coming Soon from The Robert Kraft Trio
Great News: The Robert Kraft Trio recently recorded a brand-new music video for the band"s crowd-pleasing hit "Wonder," directed by Scott Rice (Two Shot West Production Co.). Stay tuned about the release date!

Meanwhile, catch the Robert Kraft Trio every Friday at 8:30 p.m. at the legendary Continental Club Gallery in Austin, Texas. Don"t miss out on this scene: It"s one of the greatest nights of music in town. (The Robert Kraft Trio is available in June. If you"d like to see the Robert Kraft Trio in your neck of the woods at a venue, house concert or shindig, CLICK HERE!)

“ROBERT KRAFT MAKES SMART MUSIC THAT"S ALSO IRRESISTIBLY DANCEABLE. EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES BECOMES AN INSTANT CLASSIC.” - BRENNEN LEIGH

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Listen up to Liz Frame and the Kickers!
Liz Frame and the Kickers will release the exciting new Sparrow in a Shoebox on June 1! After all, good things come to those who wait. Seven long years have passed since the Boston-area quartet released its critically acclaimed first full-length album, Sooner. The years between have found powerhouse vocalist and songwriter Liz Frame busy writing, recording and touring choice rooms throughout the country as well as high-profile festivals like DelFest and Merlefest. Additionally, the group released the popular EP Justine (2014) while fans have waited patiently for a more substantial collection.

The wait"s officially over. After Frame and the Kickers release Sparrow in a Shoebox with its nine original tunes in June, they’ll be on the road in support of the record this summer and fall and certainly will make some legions of new fans along the way. “Honestly, I feel like we’re this undiscovered little gem of a band,” Frame says. “I mean that in all modesty. We’ve worked hard the last five years — touring and recording, playing as many shows as we can, given our somewhat complicated lives outside of music. We all have days jobs, but we all love making original music. It sustains us. It’s what I love to do most.”

“Take a healthy dose of Aimee Mann, add a hint of Lucinda Williams and a dash of Chrissi Hynde, and you get the power and the glory that is singer/songwriter, Liz Frame,” says popular singer-songwriter and Berkley College of Music instructor Susan Cattaneo. “Full of memorable melodies and well-crafted lyrics, Liz’s new album Sparrow In A Shoebox confidently explores musical territory from honky tonk ballad to rocking Americana anthems. Liz Frame is one of my favorite artists, and this album deserves to be played often and loud.”

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Rod Picott Hits The Road!
Starting June 7, Rod will be touring with great songwriter and performer Brock Zeman for a run of shows from Ontario to Nashville. Check out the tour dates (above) and don"t miss a show near you!

Rod Picott hit a prolific peak with Out Past the Wires, a double album nearly two decades into his songwriting career, that serves as the inspiration for an accompanying book of short stories. The record arrives less than three years after Fortune, Picott"s previous collection of American roots music. During that time, he"s become a published poet, written a screenplay, two books of short fiction and the first draft of a novel. He puts all these those skillsets to work with Out Past the Wires, whose 22 songs mix poetry and prose in equal doses. The result is undeniably the strongest album of his career.

"You write what you know," says Picott, whose background — including more than a dozen years spent in the construction business, where he specialized as a sheetrock hanger — informs his blue-collar songwriting. "My father was a welder. I was banging nails at 18 years old. We bailed out the cellar every spring because my father couldn"t afford a sub-pump for years. When you"ve actually done that work, there"s an honesty in the sense of language that you can access. I listen to a song like "Take Home Pay," which I wrote with Slaid Cleaves, and I know there"s nothing dishonest there. We really painted the right picture of that character."

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Jon Dee Graham New Hometown Residency At El Mercado!
ATTN AUSTIN: Jon Dee Graham has a brand new residency each and every Sunday (when he"s not on the road) at South Austin"s funky and cool El Marcado. Featuring special guest performers, it is truly a night to remember!

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john Arthur martinez"s San Antonio Woman
john Arthur martinez hits the road this month! CLICK HERE for tour dates and don"t miss his incredible live show near you!
CLICK HERE to purchase john Arthur martinez"s brand new record, San Antonio Woman, an intelligent, lyrical and melodic singer-songwriter recording with elements of modern and traditional country, contemporary folk, honky tonk, western swing and blues. "San Antonio Woman, the album, encompasses a lifetime of living, loving, losing, and learning—including collaborations with my mentor Kent Finlay and my longtime friends Mike Blakely and Ande Rasmussen," Martinez says. "However, the recording also includes many works I"ve written in solitude, which often offer solace to listener and insight into my soul."

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New Single by Nichole Wagner Available Now!
Great News: A brand new single ("This Kind of Love") is available now from Nichole Wagner! CLICK HERE to check it out! And stay tuned for the next sneak peek June 8.

Note the title: And the Sky Caught Fire. Nichole Wagner"s new album casts more than a hint of gorgeous color and light through its confessional prism — more than enough, at least, to illuminate her way forward as a determined performer primed and ready to catch fire herself. Seeing as how it’s only been three years since her first time braving an open-mic, the stellar singer-songwriter really now gets to live out her lifelong dream.

After a well-recieved "sneak peek" EP before her first trip to Folk Alliance in 2017, She landed an opening spot for Joan Osborne in her native Colorado. Wagner is a woman burning with a true sense of artistic purpose. With a hint of whimsy (and a nod to her habit of rocking the occasional sequined dress), she calls her music “sparklefolk” — but don’t let that handle fool you. She can truly test the mettle of the strongest human heart. Wagner pulls no emotional punches on her just-finished full-length debut, And the Sky Caught Fire (July 2018).

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James McMurtry and Leo Kottke Team Up in June
James McMurtry teams up with Leo Kottke this month! Don"t miss it!
THUR JUN 14 CHAUTAUQUA AUDITORIUM (SOLO CO-BILL WITH LEO KOTTKE) BOULDER, CO

FRI JUN 15 MISHWAKA AMPHITHEATRE (SOLO CO-BILL WITH LEO KOTTKE) BELLVUE, CO

CLICK HERE for the FREE download of McMurtry"s new single, "State of the Union"

CLICK HERE for the recent feature in The New York Times

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Jenny Van West"s New Happiness to Burn!
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The heavily-anticipated follow-up to her award-winning album Something Real, Happiness to Burn is Jenny Van West’s second full-length album. The new collection consists of 10 vocally-driven originals that fuse folk, rock, swing and country – songs that Van West describes as “confessional fiction that connects introspection and personal experience.” When it came time to make Van West’s new record, her long-time friend and musical collaborator Ed DesJardins recommended veteran singer-songwriter and producer, Shane Alexander. Flying out to his Los Angeles studio, Buddhaland, last summer, Van West spent a week immersed in the music, living at the studio and recording every day. The experience resulted in a modern classic album that showcases her sublime voice and songwriting.

Jenny Van West hits the road in July. CLICK HERE for tour dates.

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