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Moon River 2020 Lineup: Sheryl Crow, Yola, Indigo Girls, Nickel Creek, Billy Strings & More

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The folk and Americana music festival returns to Chattanooga, Tenn. Sept. 12–13, with a stacked lineup curated by Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, who will also perform
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Feb 11, 2020 - 1:34 pm

Tennessee's Moon River Music Festival has announced the lineup for its September 2020 fest, featuring GRAMMY winners Sheryl Crow and Nickel Creek as headliners. 2020 Best New Artist GRAMMY nominee Yola, GRAMMY-winning legends Indigo Girls and the Rebirth Brass Band, as well as longtime gospel powerhouses The McCrary Sisters, will also perform.

The festival, which is in its seventh year, will also feature a set from founder/curator Drew Holcomb, with his band Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors. Billy Strings, Dawes, Shovels & Rope, Molly Tuttle and Natalie Hemby also join this year's lineup.

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— Moon River Festival (@MoonRiverFest) February 11, 2020

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The two-day festival returns to Chattanooga, Tenn. for the third time, after relocating from its original, smaller venue in Memphis in 2018. The fest will be taking place Sept. 12–13, along with a special kick off concert on Sept. 11—a live taping of NPR's "Live From Here with Chris Thile" at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium. Participating artists for this show will be announced at a later date, with Moon River ticketholder getting pre-sale access on Feb. 19.

Moon River prides itself in giving back to the local community, and has donated over $20,000 in annual ticket donations non-profit partners including Friends of Outdoor Chattanooga and St. Jude Children's Hospital of Tennessee.

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"In just a few short years, Moon River Festival has become one of the most eagerly anticipated annual events in our community," said Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke.

Event founder Holcomb is also excited: "Absolutely thrilled to invite folks back to Coolidge Park in beautiful Chattanooga, Tenn. this September. I could not be more proud of this year's lineup and cannot wait to share the stage with them!"

Remaining tickets (the pre-sale happened last week) go on sale Feb. 13 at 10 a.m. EST. For more info on the lineup and tickets, visit their website.

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Ohana Festival 2020 Lineup: Pearl Jam, Maggie Rogers, Yola, Real Estate & More

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The fifth annual beachside Southern California music festival will also feature sets from host Eddie Vedder, Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, the Pretenders, Mon Laferte, Sharon Van Etten, Jade Bird and others
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Mar 9, 2020 - 12:22 pm

Today, Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival announced its 2020 lineup, featuring headline sets from Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, Maggie Rogers, the Pretenders, Pearl Jam and lead singer Vedder himself, both as a solo act and with the band. Yola, Mon Laferte, Sharon Van Etten, Real Estate, Jade Bird, Durand Jones & The Indications and Dermot Kennedy will also perform at the three-day beachside Southern California music festival.

The fifth annual event returns to its home at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, Calif. on Sept. 25–27. Other acts rounding out the rich, diverse lineup including Broken Social Scene, The Frames, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien (as his new solo act EOB), Mac Demarco, Wild Belle, Shovels & Rope and Combo Chimbita.

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— The Ohana Fest (@TheOhanaFest) March 9, 2020

Vedder launched Ohana Fest in 2015 and has performed every year. According to the website, a portion of the proceeds will benefit the San Onofre Parks Foundation and the Doheny State Beach Foundation. Rolling Stone notes there will be "panels with conservationists, environmentalists, researchers, and professional surfers" during the festivities.

Tickets, which include single-day, weekend and VIP options, go on sale this Fri., March 13 at 10 a.m. PST.

Ahead of the fest, Pearl Jam will release their follow up to 2013's Lightning Bolt on March 27. The forthcoming album, entitled Gigaton, will be supported by a spring and summer world tour.

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The legendary "Hot In Herre" rapper will be performing his debut 2000 album, 'Country Grammar,' in full at the 19th annual fest
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Jan 7, 2020 - 1:57 pm

Just a few days after the 2020 Coachella lineup dropped, Bonnaroo 2020 has followed suit with an incredibly stacked and diverse lineup featuring GRAMMY winners/current nominees Tool, first-time GRAMMY nominee Lizzo and past nominee Tame Impala as the headliners. Current GRAMMY nominees Flume, Lana Del Rey, Vampire Weekend, J.I.D, DaBaby, The 1975, Brittany Howard, Altın Gün and Yola will also perform at the 19th annual four-day music festival held in Manchester, Tenn.

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The farm-set event will take place from June 11–14 and will also feature major sets from versatile pop queen Miley Cyrus, bass legend BASSNECTAR, recently-reunited rock supergroup Oysterhead (consisting of Les Claypool of Primus, Trey Anastasio of Phish and Stewart Copeland of The Police), Primus and GRAMMY-winning St. Louis rap icon Nelly, who will be performing his GRAMMY-nominated debut 2000 album, Country Grammar, in full.

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The colorful lineup poster also reveals more exciting acts across genres, including past GRAMMY nominee Femi Kuti, GRAMMY winner Leon Bridges, as well as Cuco, Run the Jewels, Megan Thee Stallion, Dashboard Confessional and Dermot Kennedy. Glass Animals, Young the Giant, TroyBoi, The Band Camino, Denzel Curry, Yaeji and Billy Strings are also slated to perform.

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Leading this year's Bonnaroo SuperJam is Durham, N.C. electro-pop act Sylvan Esso. The annual jam session curated by a different artist each year, to bring together musicians in honoring late heroes (GRiZ led the jams last year). The iconic, longstanding Nashville music venue Grand Ole Opry will be hosting a special showcase for the third year in a row, on the first day of the event. Those not frolicking at the fest can even tune into this showcase online, via opry.com and WSMonline.com and their respective mobile apps.

All ticket options for Bonnaroo go on sale this Thurs., Jan. 9 at noon ET; more info on their site.

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Presented by Consequence of Sound, Angel From Maywood: A Livestream Tribute To John Prine will benefit three Nashville-based nonprofit organizations
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Apr 11, 2020 - 2:19 pm

Music and culture website Consequence Of Sound (CoS) has announced a livestream tribute benefit concert in honor of John Prine, the two-time GRAMMY-winning folk and Americana icon who died this week (April 7) at 73 due to COVID-19 complications. Dubbed the Angel From Maywood: A Livestream Tribute To John Prine, the online event will feature cover performances from Prine's friends, collaborators and artists who were influenced by the legend, including Warren Haynes, Norah Jones, Grace Potter, The Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy, Kevin Morby, Butch Walker, The Head And The Heart and many others. 

The tribute is streaming live today (April 11) on the CoS Instagram account starting at 2 p.m. EST and running until approximately 9 p.m. EST; the performances will be available online for 24 hours after the livestream. 

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In accordance with the wishes of Prine's wife, Fiona Whelan Prine, the tribute event, which is open to the public for free, is raising donations to benefit three Nashville-based nonprofit organizations, including Nashville Rescue Mission, Room In The Inn and Thistle Farms.

A beloved singer-songwriter in the country folk and American roots genres, Prine was considered one of America's greatest songwriters and a master of lyrical craftsmanship. Counting 11 career GRAMMY nominations, he won two golden gramophones in the Best Contemporary Folk Album category for his albums The Missing Years (1991) and Fair & Square (2005). 

In 2016, Prine visited the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles for an unforgettable event presented by the Recording Academy, which featured an in-depth conversation with the legend himself alongside GRAMMY winner Sturgill Simpson, led by acclaimed music writer and author of Songwriters On Songwriting, Paul Zollo.

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"Songs are different from the music business and music and even records," Prine said during the panel. "If people didn't have music, they'd come up with it. They'd just drone and moan in the kitchen at night, and music would come out of it. It's something that people need, and they need to get stuff out of them[selves], so people would write songs. Otherwise you'd never get it out of you."

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Ed Helms (R) performs with Margo Price

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Facing Lockdown, Ed Helms Is Spreading The Joys Of Americana, Bluegrass And Comedy With His "Whiskey Sour Happy Hour" Online Series

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With the help of special guests and beloved artists from the wider American roots community, the famed actor and established musician is combining his love of music, humor and humans to help raise funds for MusiCares and Direct Relief
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May 4, 2020 - 11:33 am

In mid-March, famed actor and comedian Ed Helms was busy working on his new TV show "Rutherford Falls," an upcoming comedy series, scheduled to debut on NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service, in which he was set to write, co-executive produce and star. The writing for the show had begun, and he and his team were on course to begin production around the third week of the month. Then on March 19, at the height of the early coronavirus pandemic scare, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a sweeping statewide stay-at-home order, essentially shutting down the state, including the Hollywood entertainment complex. Helms was stuck, but he wasn't down for the count.

Now quarantined inside his Los Angeles home with his wife and young child—"We're on toddler watch all the time," he says—Helms is keeping very busy while facing his own version of the "new normal" taking shape around the world. The writers' room for his new show has gone completely virtual since the California lockdown. His production company, Pacific Electric Picture Company, is juggling multiple projects in development. And all day long, he's taking phone calls and video Zoom meetings. Lots and lots of Zoom meetings. 

Still, even with a stacked schedule and a curious toddler eating up his time, Helms felt he needed to do his part to help those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. So he did what he does best: He strapped on his guitar, turned on the camera and started singing and cracking jokes.

It's all part of "Whiskey Sour Happy Hour," Helms' newly launched limited web series benefiting MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund and Direct Relief. Launched April 22, the online variety show, streaming every Wednesday now through May 13, invites some of the leading and emerging artists from the wider American roots community to perform intimate shows directly from their homes. (Of course, the show also features hilarious cameos from some of Helms' comedy friends.)

The first two episodes featured big-name artists like Lee Ann Womack, Ben Harper, Yola and Billy Strings, among others, while future guests include Rosanne Cash, Langhorne Slim, Mandy Moore, Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi, Valerie June and more. 

Hosted each week by Helms, a vocal advocate of bluegrass and American roots music and culture and a master banjo player, "Whiskey Sour Happy Hour" is his way of bringing a smile to fellow fans and newcomers during these troubling times.

"I think that what makes the show really fun to watch is the really warm and benevolent energy of these musicians," Helms tells the Recording Academy. "They're just some of the most wonderful people. That is a big part of who we want to showcase, just because we want the show to feel good and to be a really positive experience for anyone."

Amy Reitnouer Jacobs echoes the sentiment. As the co-founder and executive director of The Bluegrass Situation, Helms' own bluegrass- and roots-centric music and lifestyle website and the show's presenting partner, she's worked with the comedy giant to build out the show's diverse lineup week after week. She likens the task of curating an eclectic artist roster to "a beautiful chess game." 

"At the beginning of this process, I was just so happy to be putting my creative energies into a good cause and over the moon to be raising money for these two amazing charities and supporting our artistic community at the same time," she tells the Recording Academy via email. "But over the past few weeks, I've also recognized how rapidly our industry is changing and how different everything is going to look over the next couple of months. It's clear that the way we present and intake live music is going to be one of the biggest paradigm shifts, long after shelter-in-place orders are lifted. So maybe in some small way, what we're starting here can continue to build in the hope of working toward a new, or at least temporary, norm."

The Recording Academy chatted with Ed Helms to discuss the benevolent vision behind "Whiskey Sour Happy Hour," his dream lineup for the show and the new creative challenges, and benefits, he's facing while working in quarantine.

How are you, man?

I am doing really pretty well, all things considered. I'm feeling pretty lucky that my family is healthy, and I'm staying pretty busy.

Speaking of your family, have you or your family been impacted directly by the COVID-19 pandemic?

Yes. I had a TV show about to start production. It's [now] completely on pause except for the writing. So now our writers' room has gone virtual, and that's been an adjustment, but thankfully a successful one. We're getting a lot of work done. My immediate family is all healthy, which I'm extraordinarily grateful for. But I have some very close friends dealing with some really tough situations and it's ... been a bit of a ... reality check or something.

In terms of "Whiskey Sour Happy Hour," how long did the show take to come together, from idea to actual series?

[Laughs] Really fast ... I think part of the emotional toll of this quarantine is a real feeling of impotence ... Amy [Reitnouer Jacobs, co-founder and executive director of The Bluegrass Situation] and I were talking about what we could do. [With] The Bluegrass Situation being a music entity, MusiCares felt like a really natural fit. I hosted their gala a couple of years ago. I'm a big fan of that organization. And then more directly on the medical front, Direct Relief was also just a no-brainer because they're doing incredible work [to make] sure frontline workers are properly protected and supplied.

But then the question was, "Well, how do we do it?" Well, let's just leverage our resources and our network and try to do something that'll get some attention and draw some viewership and then ask for money. And then from that conversation to actually putting it together—Amy started booking the music acts right away, and our first episode was up maybe two weeks later.

Things got really scary in the U.S. in mid-March, with the pandemic and shutdown starting to spread throughout the country last month. "Whiskey Sour Happy Hour" launched April 22. Was there a moment or event that truly sparked the show and pushed you to launch it and get involved?

The Bluegrass Situation is lucky to have a lot of relationships and access to great musicians, and we just wanted to do something. This just sort of gelled as the idea. But as soon as the lockdown happened, it was clear.

If you're looking for that inflection point, I think it would be really when all the news was flooding in about how overwhelmed Italy was and just what we were seeing around the world. So many countries and communities in so much pain and struggling just to deal with this thing, and a feeling that it was right around the corner for all of us here in the United States, and that there's just a need to try to help.

What do you and Amy look for when you're putting together these artist and guest lineups?

I think that what makes the show really fun to watch is the really warm and benevolent energy of these musicians. They're just some of the most wonderful people. That is a big part of who we want to showcase, just because we want the show to feel good and to be a really positive experience for anyone. So it's just people who are great, who also play great music, if I had to summarize it.

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Has it been difficult to get artists and guests to participate in the show?

Not at all. People are so eager to jump onboard and pitch in. Honestly, it's so moving to me [to see] the eagerness that people bring to it and just the enthusiasm. And people are putting a lot of time into these segments. They're shooting themselves in their homes and just getting really great recordings and great performances. I don't know if you've watched the last two episodes, but they just feel so personal and natural and intimate. I've been just incredibly moved by all the participation.

I wasn't sure how it would feel to watch people do a show like this, where people are just playing by themselves and shooting themselves in their homes and at a very lo-fi way. But when I watch the episodes, there's an immediacy there. There's an intimacy to these performances that I think is incredibly special and charming and endearing and uplifting. It's turned out better than I could have hoped. It's so, so fun to do, and I think it helps everyone feel invigorated to be part of a communal effort and a community that's trying to help.

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ANNOUNCING: #WhiskeySourHappyHour!! I'm hosting an online music variety show to raise money for @musicares and @directrelief. Tune in every Wednesday, starting 4/22 at 5p PDT / 8p EDT and DONATE! pic.twitter.com/zV5s8ik3AC

— Ed Helms (@edhelms) April 15, 2020

While the bluegrass and American roots music community may not be huge, it does seem tight-knit. Have you seen the bluegrass and roots community banding together during this crisis?

Yeah. Our show is just one example. I think there are so many performers out there that are raising money in all different kinds of ways and supporting each other. We don't pretend to be the definitive voice of Americana, roots—we're just proud to be part of a larger community.

I agree with you. [The community] doesn't have quite the scale of some other music genres, but I think it makes up for that in a really exciting and dynamic vibe internally.

Do you see yourself extending the show beyond the May 13 window? Is this something you would perhaps expand after the quarantine and pandemic?

Well, it's a little early to know. It's a lot of work, and I still have a lot of other projects churning in the background as an actor and producer. But I'll just say this: I love doing this. It has been incredibly fun and meaningful to me, so I think anything is possible.

Besides producing "Whiskey Sour Happy Hour," how are you spending your time in quarantine?

I have a two-and-a-half-year-old, so we're on toddler watch all the time. I have a TV show that's going to be on [NBCUniversal's streaming service] Peacock, and we were supposed to start production the week of the quarantine, so that has paused. But the writing of that TV series is still going full speed ahead. I'm in writing meetings multiple days a week, and those are very long meetings in the virtual writers' room.

Then my production company, Pacific Electric Picture Company, we just have a ton of projects in development and at various stages, and so that's a process of keeping up with scripts and giving notes and lots and lots of phone calls and Zoom meetings. So there's plenty going on, and it's been an adjustment and quite a rapid learning curve trying to figure out how to juggle all this.

But [it] seems to be going really well. Like I said, I couldn't be happier with how "Whiskey Sour Happy Hour" has turned out and the kind of production pipeline that we're still figuring out, but it seems to be dialing in. It's obviously a very simple production, but we just want to make it as good as we can. We're learning as we go [and] trying to have some fun, too.

Has the quarantine or the pandemic affected your creativity or how you approach your art and various projects?

I think working from home on all these things has been both a challenge and a little bit of an exciting stimulant for me, creatively. Whether it's writing a TV show or shooting these little interstitials for "Whiskey Sour Happy Hour," I'm so used to just being in a room with other people [and] collaborating on these things. That produces a certain kind of result that I'm very used to. But being by myself and really just having to crank a lot of this stuff out on my own, it's exhilarating.

A lot of times I wish I had someone to bounce some things off of in a more immediate way before I commit to them. [Laughs] But I don't, so you just have to power through. I think it's an exciting challenge. I do firmly believe that necessity is the mother of invention, and this new paradigm is forcing everyone to be innovative and creative in new ways. It's a terrible situation, but there are some interesting and beautiful things emerging out of it.

Who would be your dream guest(s) to book on "Whiskey Sour Happy Hour"?

I mean, we have a dream lineup. I'm just so overjoyed with everyone that we've got. It's funny because I immediately go to bands. I think of bands like Del McCoury or The Infamous Stringdusters or Steep Canyon Rangers or so many more. But bands can't perform together right now.

So we're kind of having to readjust how we approach booking ... And not every artist wants to perform without their band, or if they're a part of a band. There's nothing that's not happening that I wish were happening on these shows. I think we have unbelievable lineups, and I'm super proud of how it's all coming together. That's a nonanswer for you. [Laughs]

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