20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
CMT News (Free subscription) | 01/25/2010
A special bluegrass performance featuring Asleep at the Wheel Founder Ray Benson, banjo player Alison Brown, singer-songwriters Jim Lauderdale and Michael Martin Murphey, guitarist Bryan Sutton and singer-fiddler Gabe Witcher will be featured during Sunda
NPT Media Update (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
It was 35 years ago when a self-described “rag tag bunch of long-haired hippie public television types” caught Willie Nelson on video camera and produced the very first episode of Austin City Limits. To celebrate the show’s anniversary and his new record, Nelson returns with Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel for a very [...]
Haystak Music (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
In 2005, at age ten, Ruby Jane acted in her second film, contributed an original song to a film soundtrack, performed as the youngest invited fiddler in the history of the Grand Ole Opry, played at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop three times, and won the National Beginners Fiddle Championship (which ranked her first nationally under twelve). She was also a subject of artist James Patterson's state-commissioned,...
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
The legendary western swing band, Asleep at the Wheel will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance at the Americana Honors & Awards ceremony in September at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Willie Nelson, himself a past award recipient of the AMA's Lifetime Achievement for Songwriting is especially proud of the band as he recently collaborated with the band. Since 1969,...
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Nashville, TN -- The Americana Music Association proudly announces Asleep at the Wheel will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance at the 8th Annual Americana Honors & Awards ceremony, presented by the Gibson Foundation, scheduled for September 17th at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville Tennessee. ...
George Strait News (Free subscription) | 05/05/2009
Big Bear Real Estate and the San Bernardino National Forest Association (SBNFA) are pleased to announce Gala 2007 at the Discovery Center on Saturday, July 28, featuring the “Kings of Texas Swing,†Asleep at the Wheel . Over the course of the last 37 years, Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel have boldly defied [...]
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 01/20/2009
It makes sense the long-running Western swing band would finally get together with country legend Willie Nelson and record an album. The original band moved to its current home in Austin, Texas at the behest of Nelson way back in 1972, after all. The Wheel are still led by guitarist Ray Benson – now the only original member – and haven’t shied away from updating their sound, as the...
The Blog of JesusRaptureMe.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Members of the bicycle team Roaring Mouse Cycles and others did a ride through Golden Gate Park to remember teammate Matt Peterson, a 29-year-old San Francisco resident, and star triathlete Kristy Gough, a 30-year-old San Leandro resident, who were killed Sunday morning in a collision with a Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office patrol car.
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Bobby Troup wrote “Route 66″ in 1946 and the first version was Nat King Cole’s (same year), although Perry Como followed a dozen years later. Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones had hit versions and dozens of other artists have done it as well, from Tom Petty, John Mayer, Manhattan Transfer, Them, Natalie Cole, Brian [...]
iVoryTowerz (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
This week, we are listening to the underground podcast with a knowing look and a snarky smile curled across our lips. Do we have edgy music, as usual? Of course. Do we have bands playing while enjoying an unusually good time? No doubt. Do we have xylophone solos? Get real! Yes! So put on those earbuds and get ready for a hefty dose of Texas swing, funk, and the best eclectic new music we could find,...
MTV News (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
T-Pain gets mixed up, plus Kate Nash, Marah, Sia, the "Wire" and "Juno" soundtracks and more, in New Releases.
CMT News (Free subscription) | 12/31/2007
Country music's long-established superstars are keeping a low profile on New Year's Eve, but several prominent acts will be ringing in 2008 with shows in Nashville and throughout the U.S.
Yet Another Comics Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2007
It's December, and that means it's time for our annual Christmas Extravataganza on Yet Another Music Radio ! Tune in and listen to more than one hundred tracks, including music by: Adrienne Pierce; Aimee Mann; Ali Lohan; Allison Crowe; Aly & AJ; Antigone Rising; The Apples in Stereo; Asleep at the Wheel; BarlowGirl; Bethany Dillon; The Beu Sisters; Bianca Ryan; Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Billy Dean;...
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 11/26/2007
If you are visiting only for the Christmas tunes, we invite you check out another of our regular features here at AM, Then FM. Each Sunday, we serve up a little slice of greatness from Sleepy LaBeef. Sleepy LaBeef, the human jukebox, is a national treasure. I don't remember how I came to know his music roughly [...]
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