Cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Evil” also features Raconteurs, My Morning Jacket members.

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards are but days away! And, like we said , we'd sincerely love to help you with your office pools and living room side-bets with some sure-thing, professionally insightful, insider info Vegas-ready odds. But, again, we always seem to be dead wrong (you will rue the day you met us , Esperanza Spalding). So while we already told your our faves for the nine biggies , here are 11 more completely arbitrary, critical decisions on who should win some of our favorite sleeper categories. • Grammys '12: Who Should Win the Major Categories Best Rock Song Coldplay - "Every Teardrop ...

To punctuate how little the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences cares about music this year, Deadline reports the Oscars will not allow the two nominees for Best Original Song — Bret McKenzie for The Muppets ' "Man or Muppet" and Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, and Siedah Garrett for Rio 's "Real in Rio" — to perform at the February 26 ceremony, as has been the the custom since as far back as 1946. The decision follows the Academy's snub-tastic nomination of the bare minimum in the category (not to mention only songs from family-friendly, animated flicks), despite there being a ...

The initial lineup for the 2012 Hangout Music Fest , which will be held on the sandy beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama from May 18 – 20, was announced via the festival’s Facebook page in the middle of the night and the headliners include new solo artist Jack White, musical legend Steve Winwood, PollStar’s Top Grossing Act of the ’00s Dave Matthews Band and Colorado jam band String Cheese Incident, who are set to play two sets at the event. Promoters promise to announce another headliner this week and more acts in the coming days. [Photo by Allison Taich] Hangout ...

As we previously reported, Son Volt’s Jay Farrar, Centro-Matic’s Will Johnson, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and Varnaline’s Anders Parker will appear on New Multitudes , which will be released on Feb. 28. The album is a homage to Woody Guthrie and will feature interpretations of unrecorded Guthrie lyrics.

A dream team of Americana stars including Jay Farrar (Son Volt), Will Johnson (Centro-matic), Anders Parker (Varnaline), and Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket) have gathered to reinterpret unrecorded lyrics from Woody Guthrie. Preview a track here! New Multitudes: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie, to be released on Feb. 28 by Rounder, actually sprung from a trip to the Guthrie archives [...]

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In Opening Track, we take an early look at a forthcoming record that we’re excited about. Today, we check in with an Americana supergroup made up of Jay Farrar , Centro-Matic's Will Johnson, Varnaline's Anders Parkers, and My Morning Jacket's Jim James (billed as Yim Yames), who team up for the  Woody Guthrie-inspired New Multitudes, which comes out Feb. 28. Why we're excited: The talent involved involved in New Multitudes speaks for itself. The concept is also intriguing (and well-tested): Woody Guthrie's daughter Nora opened up her father's archives of previously unrecorded lyrics, and ...

In Opening Track, we take an early look at a forthcoming record that we’re excited about. Today, we check in with an Americana supergroup made up of Jay Farrar , Centro-Matic's Will Johnson, Varnaline's Anders Parker, and My Morning Jacket's Jim James (billed as Yim Yames), who team up for the  Woody Guthrie-inspired New Multitudes, which comes out Feb. 28. Why we're excited: The talent involved involved in New Multitudes speaks for itself. The concept is also intriguing (and well-tested): Woody Guthrie's daughter Nora opened up her father's archives of previously unrecorded lyrics, and ...

More acts have been announced for the upcoming Boogie Festival at Bruzzy's Farm in Tallarook, Victoria, over the Easter Long Weekend (April 6-8). They include: “The Superholics” comprising Beau Campbell (Front End Loader), Jamie Cibej (bluejuice), Kram (spiderbait) and Sultan">Dan Sultan; My Morning Jacket singer Jim James/Yim Yames in his only solo show in Australia; LA psych-jam outfit Dead Meadow; US singer Eilen Jewell; Americana outfit Dawes; Pink Mountaintops, the alter ego of Black Mountains’ Stephen McBean; and local acts The Rubens, The Gooch Palms and Sures. New Modular signings Pond have had to pull out to ...

Both clips to be featured on limited edition DVD following initial release of artist’s “Heart Like Feathers” out Feb. 7th. +++ Robert Deeble as photographed by Xeandra. +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE See the videos for “Sunflower” and “Eucharist,” two songs from Robert Deeble’s upcoming “Heart Like Feathers” album. [YOUTUBE]: “Sunflower”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksc3pW-GGS0 (dir. Todd Zeller)   [YOUTUBE]: “Eucharist”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0td3zU2mm0 (dir. Tommy Harrington) +++ “ Deeble ’s authentic lyrics, along with stunning instrumental arrangements, make this album one of his strongest.” – Performer Magazine “ Deeble ’s new record seems limitless… It’s beautiful music ...

Both clips to be featured on limited edition DVD following initial release of artist’s “Heart Like Feathers” out Feb. 7th. +++ Robert Deeble as photographed by Xeandra. +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE See the videos for “Sunflower” and “Eucharist,” two songs from Robert Deeble’s upcoming “Heart Like Feathers” album. [YOUTUBE]: “Sunflower”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksc3pW-GGS0 (dir. Todd Zeller)   [YOUTUBE]: “Eucharist”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0td3zU2mm0 (dir. Tommy Harrington) +++ “ Deeble ’s authentic lyrics, along with stunning instrumental arrangements, make this album one of his strongest.” – Performer Magazine “ Deeble ’s new record seems limitless… It’s beautiful music ...

Some observations from Big Day Out veteran DARREN LEVIN as the festival celebrated its 20th year at Flemington Racecourse on Sunday (January 29). Photos by LEAH ROBERTSON . ‘Are you nice and sweaty?’ Attending a festival in 35-degree heat is difficult enough without bands telling you just how hot it is. “Hope you don’t die in this heat,” quipped Stonefield’s singer Amy Findlay at midday when the sun was at the height of its powers. “Are you nice and sweaty?” quizzed The Vaccines’ Justin Young. Kimbra Johnson asked us if we were “hot and sticky”, before Soundgarden’s Chris ...

Interview: Ruminations on New Multitudes by New Multitudes New Multitudes is: Jay Farrar (Son Volt), Will Johnson (Centro-matic), Anders Parker (Varnaline) & Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket) New Multitudes is an intimate interpretation of American icon and musical legend Woody Guthrie’s previously unrecorded lyrics from a dream team of Americana torchbearers: Jay Farrar (Son Volt), [...]