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Lyle will perform "White Freight Liner Blues" on David Letterman. Tune into CBS Monday, February 27th to catch the performance.

"As Santo observes early on, “things are rarely ever what they seem.” While Billy Jack’s redneck title seems to suggest that Honeyhoney have smoothed over all of their weirder tendencies, that’s fairly inaccurate, even if the pair’s eccentricities are more subtle and less self-conscious this time around. Instrumentally, Santo and Jaffe are mostly neck-deep in twang (Santo’s wonderful banjo counter-melodies are particularly great), and their classic country influences shine blindingly through (Their unified harmonies on the bouncy “I Don’t Mind” echo The Everly Brothers). But Billy Jack never sounds dated or placid: The gorgeous six-strings and pedal-steel layers that build and climb in the instrumental climax of “Turn That Finger Around” are downright psychedelic. Meanwhile, their slower, jazzier coffee-shop reveries like “LA River” and “All On You” are fairly lightweight by this album’s previously excellent precedent, even if they are quite lovely as they drip along."

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WATCH A SPECIAL VIDEO HERE

Hayes is throwing a NYE party with two of his favorite bands.

Shovels and Rope from Charleston, South Carolina and The Sideshow Tramps from Houston, TX.

Get in the spirit by dressing up and throwing down on what will be an unforgettable evening. Prizes will be awarded for the freakiest, sexiest or classiest look.

So throw on your feathers and fedora's, your top hats and high heels and come be part of a very special Austintacious NYE

Shovels and Rope

Saturday December 31st

La Zona Rosa

Austin TX

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Here’s the complete list:

1. Wilco – The Whole Love

2. Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest

3. Adele – 21

4. Drive-By Truckers- Go-Go Boots

5. Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong

6. Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO

7. Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What

8. Pistol Annies – Hell on Heels

9. The Black Keys- El Camino

10. Feist – Metals

11. Tom Waits – Bad As Me

12. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Here We Rest

13. Lucinda Williams – Blessed

14. My Morning Jacket – Circuital

15. Bon Iver – Bon Iver

16. Miranda Lambert – Four The Record

17. Jessica Lea Mayfield – Tell Me

18. Ryan Adams – Ashes and Fire

19. Radiohead – The King Of Limbs

20. Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know

21. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

22. Bright Eyes – The People’s Key

23. The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow

24. The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient

25. Sarah Jarosz – Follow Me Down

26. Pieta Brown – Mercury

27. Deer Tick – Divine Providence

28. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy

29. AA Bondy – Believers

30. Felice Brothers – Celebration, Florida

31. Robert Ellis – Photographs

32. Decemberists - The King Is Dead

33. Honeyhoney – Billy Jack

34. Joe Henry – Reverie

35. KORT -Invariable Heartache

36. Old 97′s – The Grand Theatre, Vol. 2

37. Steve Earle – I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive

38. Real Estate – Days

39. Those Darlins – Screws Get Loose

40. The Middle East – I Want That You Are Always Happy

41. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo

42. Noel Gallagher – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

43. Jonny Corndawg – Down On The Bikini Line

44. Tristen – Charlatans At The Garden Gate

45. JEFF The Brotherhood – We Are The Champions

46. Loney Dear – Hall Music

47. Caitlin Rose – Own Side Now

48. Abigail Washburn – City of Refuge

49. Beirut – The Rip Tide

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AMERICANA MUSIC'S BEST SHINE IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
"ACL PRESENTS: AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL"
NATIONAL BROADCAST TO BEGIN AIRING NOVEMBER 19th on PBS

ROBERT PLANT, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, GREGG ALLMAN
THE AVETT BROTHERS, THE CIVIL WARS & MORE FEATURED IN ONE HOUR SPECIAL

Nashville, TN-November 8, 2011-Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris, Gregg Allman, Alison Krauss, The Avett Brothers and The Civil Wars are just a few of the artists appearing on “ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival,” sponsored by Nissan and airing starting November 19th on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings). Called "the best awards show in the world" by Paste Magazine, the hour long special was filmed live at the Ryman Auditorium on October 13, 2011 during the sold-out Americana Music Association's Honors and Awards and features special performances from the genres' established and rising stars.

Hosted by Jim Lauderdale, with an all-star house band led by Americana favorite Buddy Miller, the show runs the gamut of Americana music. It opens with a moving performance of "I'll Fly Away," in tribute to the 10th anniversary of the “O' Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack, with Harris, Krauss and others, and closes with an uplifting finale spotlighting the legendary Allman.  In between are performances by Lauderdale, Miller, Plant and The Band of Joy, Candi Staton, The Avett Brothers, Lucinda Williams, The Civil Wars, Elizabeth Cook, Justin Townes Earle, Jessica Lea Mayfield, and Amos Lee. Most are backed by Miller's ace sidemen, featuring Don Was, Greg Leisz, the McCrary Sisters, along with John Deaderick and brothers Cody and Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars.

"It was time to bring the Americana Honors to another level," said Jed Hilly, executive director of the Americana Music Association. “We could not have better partners than Nashville Public Television president and CEO Beth Curley for our Middle Tennessee premiere, and Austin City Limits executive producer Terry Lickona to take this to a national audience."

The program, described by Emmylou Harris as "the shining star of Nashville and music everywhere," was filmed by High Five Entertainment and co-produced by its president Martin Fischer and Lickona. For more on the show, photos, and clips click here.

Performance Rundown:

• Emmylou Harris Alison Krauss Buddy Miller, Jerry Douglas and Don Was /I'll Fly Away, “O'Brother” Tribute Performance
• The Avett Brothers / The Once And Future Carpenter
• Lucinda Williams / Blessed
• Amos Lee / Cup of Sorrow
• Elizabeth Cook / El Camino
• The Civil Wars / Barton Hollow
• Justin Townes Earle / Harlem River Blues
• Jessica Lea Mayfield / For Today
• Buddy Miller / Gasoline And Matches
• Candi Staton / Heart On A String
• Jim Lauderdale / Life By Numbers
• Robert Plant / Monkey
• Gregg Allman / Melissa

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