FREE Music From Muddy Roots
Yes, I know you are all probably tired of hearing me yap about the Muddy Roots Festival coming up this weekend, but now there is a way for ALL of us to participate, whether we make it out there or not.
The Festival, in conjunction with thealternateroot.com has released a FREE compilation of music from performing artists. Now nothing is probably ever going to live up to the Outlaw Radio Chicago Compilation, but this is a good way to wet your whistle for the Festival, or live vicariously through your stereo if your one of the poor bastards like me that can’t make it out there.
The compilation includes previously released music from headliners Wayne “The Train” Hancock, Billy Joe Shaver, as well as The Sawyer Family, Ten Foot Polecats, Pearls Mahone, Husky Burnette, and many others.
It can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE and navigating to the bottom of the page. There’s also a player there where you can listen to all the music.
Also been enjoying listening to the Our Name’s On This One Compilation from ninebullets.net. Joe Pug, .357 String Band, Ray Wylie Hubbard, good stuff.
May 27, 2010 @ 11:38 am
Thanks for the heads up! If you are going make sure to check out the Ten Foot Polecats! They are from my neck of the woods and I can confirm they fully kick ass!!
May 27, 2010 @ 12:58 pm
thanks, triggerman.
May 27, 2010 @ 6:04 pm
Hope somebody films all the proceedings as I canlt take off three days to see the bands
May 28, 2010 @ 4:09 am
Don’t take the following as a serious complaint or anything, more like a suggestion/thought: I know it’s free and that’s cool. I also know that people are generally busy. But these days there’s free music everywhere – and I’m just talking about legal downloads – be it from bands, blogs or small record companies (samplers and that kinda stuff). What attracts me to blogs like A Truer Sound and Romeo Sid Vicious is that they make the effort to do some nice artwork and put some thoughts into their compilation. In this case there isn’t even a sequencing. As I said: I don’t wanna complain, it’s just that I think with a bit more work (and the best case scenario is that it’s fun to do it!) it could be a lot more attractive. I find myself reluctant to listen to just a folder of mp3s, though that of course is my problem.
Cheers,
MLP
May 28, 2010 @ 2:35 pm
You still miss the ole LPs don’t ya Martin Luther Presley? Heh heh, I hear you. I still buy CD’s as I am obsessed with cover artwork. Infact ANY artwork. Thanks for the heads up Triggerman!
May 29, 2010 @ 7:02 am
y’all be careful leaving the event… tennesse GESTAPO will be watchin’…