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The Tasty Brew
“The Tasty Brew” is an eclectic mix of roots music formed by the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical melting pot.
Lee Ann Womack, one of the truest voices in REAL country music, is coming to Kansas City this week. The Grammy award winning artist’s songs hit you “right between the eyes.” Her most recent effort “The Way I’m Living” was fully embraced by the Americana Music Association and it’s members. Lee Ann will be at Knuckleheads Friday, August 12.
Jamey Johnson, with that sweet baritone voice, is coming to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia on August 17. Jamey Johnson is one of the fortunate individuals to have counted the late Merle Haggard among his friends, and his honest, sympathetic approach to songs about working-class life makes him one of the country legend’s closest modern analogs. The two performed together on numerous occasions and, in 2012, Haggard joined Johnson for a version of Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard’s “I Fall to Pieces” that appeared on Johnson’s album Livin’ For a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran.
Americana favorite Parker Millsap will be returning to Kansas City at Knuckleheads in support of Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters on August 18. Millsap’s rootsy rock-and-roll poetry offers open-armed love of people and their stories. New album The Very Last Day is the anticipated follow-up to his eponymous 2014 release, which netted him high-profile praise from NPR, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and others, as well as a nomination for Americana Emerging Artist of the Year. Whether the 23-year-old is singing from the perspective of a convenience store robber haunted by his past, or as the King of the Underworld wild with passion, his character-driven songs mine deep wells of joy and despair to create gut-punching narratives that are sometimes hellish, sometimes heavenly, and always human.
Diana Linn’s in studio guest will be Kansas City singer/songwriter Wyatt Brewer.
