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CMT Edge posted an exlcusive stream of Luke Winslow-King's "You Don't Know Better Than Me" from his upcoming album The Coming Tide.

They kinda flipped over it. "Here’s my favorite new song I’ve heard this week."

Check it out HERE along with info on tour dates

Wayne "The Train" Hancock's new album Ride isn't in stores until February 26th---though you can pre-order it--- but you can get the self-titled single NOW on iTunes and Amazon.

You can also hear it HERE on CMT's The Edge, as well as read about Wayne's inspiration for writing it.

Exciting news: Roger Knox's PRI The World piece runs today!

The program airs nation- and world-wide on public radio stations, such as Chicago’s WBEZ, which airs at 7 PM CST tonight.

Or listen ONLINE

It's that time again:  South by Southwest, Austin TX, March, music, margaritas, corporate sleaze fests trying to out "indie" each other, zombie-like mobs of insensate spring breakers bumping into clutches of jaded industry insiders, "bloggers" sitting on every curb trying to be the first to talk smack about THE NEXT BIG THING and a thousand broken dreams littering 6th Street.  And lots of litter littering 6th Street.

As Mitch Hedberg used to say, handing out fliers on the street is like saying "here, throw this out for me."

Once again, Bloodshot heads down south, shedding layers of flannel along the way and stopping at every plywood sign with the letters B B and Q on them, to bring you parties and showcases and music for your unadulterated enjoyment.

This list will be constantly updated as more parties, appearances times and venue details are confirmed.

GO HERE FOR THE UP TO DATE LISTINGS

Bottle Rockets' front man Brian Henneman took over the podcast "Thanks for Giving A Damn" with Otis Gibbs.

Listen to Brian telling tall tales, vague recollections and creative insights from backstage and beyond.

Download it HERE

For an entire week, No Depression helped us tell the story of the remarkable new album by Roger Knox and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts Stranger In My Land.

This album features the talents of Sally Timms, Kelly Hogan, The Sadies, Jon Langford, Andre Williams, Charlie Louvin, Dave Alvin and many more and each day ND posted a story by these artists on the recording.  They also posted a stream of each song.

HERE are the stories and streams in their entirety

Read all about the how Roger's story and his music affected all the incredible talent Langford was able to pull together for Stranger In My Land and we hope you'll support this once-in-a-label's-lifetime project.

Also:  Here's a short (5 minutes) documentary piece that Chicago filmmaker Scott Alexander made on Roger.  Features interviews with Roger and Jon Langford and some live footage featuring the Sadies and Sally Timms

As we in Chicago ready ourselves for the Ralph Stanley show at the Old Town School of Folk Music tomorrow, HERE'S a story from the Tribune today that mentions his collaboration with Paul Burch.

They dueted on the classic "Little Glass of Wine" which appeared on Paul's album East to West a few years back.

Catch THIS video of the session.

What's that?  You don't know of Ralph Stanley and the Stanley Brothers?

Take two steps back in the game of Musical History Knowledge.  Now, go rectify that.

That's right, get ready to hit "record" on your betamax this Thursday, January 31st.

Graham Parker & the Rumour will be hitting the late night TV waves with an appearance on the Late Show with Jimmy Fallon.

Check yer local listings for air times...

Bloodshot Records seeks full-time New Media Publicist to work in our Chicago office (meaning, this is an IN-HOUSE position).

Candidate must have experience as a new media publicist or in new media marketing. We're looking for someone who can develop tailored online publicity and online advertising campaigns for each release, and update Twitter, Facebook, other social sites, and our website. The applicant must know photo editing and formatting, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, how to compress PDF files, rip hi-quality MP3s and tag them and prepare for upload, and be comfortable using a CMS similar to TypePad (run on Drupal), also helpful to know Illustrator and InDesign.

The candidate needs to be self directed and extremely comfortable working independently, a great writer, witty, level-headed and affable. The ideal person is passionate about much of the music on the label and assumes it's their mission to get Bloodshot bands the attention they deserve. Strong indie ethics and a degree in Communications, IT, English, or Journalism are a plus.

Current Bloodshot artist roster includes Lydia Loveless, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Scott H. Biram, Deadstring Brothers, Wayne Hancock, Ha Ha Tonka, and many more; further info on Bloodshot at www.bloodshotrecords.com

Pay commensurate with experience (within the scrappy indie label world); benefits include health insurance, profit sharing, and the freedom to drink on the job. If interested AND QUALIFIED, send resume to: < nan at bloodshotrecords dot com > or New Media Position, Bloodshot Records, 3039 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago IL 60618, or fax to 773-604-5019.

Well, not really, but that's the kind of headline that garners attention in this internet age.  We were also considering "Eddie Knocks Up Kate Middleton" but, really, who cares?

Anyway, Eddie is doing some solo shows out West this week, and the LA Examiner interviewed him about performing solo and how the Supersuckers ended up in Seattle.  He also does, in fact, rib the French a bit for the "encore" and their dislike of rock and roll.

Read it all HERE.

And keep in mind, Eddie's most recent solo album Sundowner is on sale for the rest of the month for only $9.99!