Simpson makes Opry debut Friday
Simpson will be introduced by Marty Stuart who said, "Walking out onto the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for the first time is a milestone in any artist's career. I'll be cheering for Sturgill Simpson when he makes his debut on Aug. 23, 2013. I have no doubt that it will be a memorable night. I'll pass along the same words to him that Minnie Pearl often said to new artists before their first appearance on the Opry: 'Just go out there and love them, and they'll love you back.'"
In September, Simpson, who is currently top 20 on the Americana Music Radio Chart, will showcase at the Americana Music Festival at The Basement in Nashville, one of a series of dates in September and October.
Tour dates are:
Aug. 23 - The Grand Ole Opry - Nashville
Sept. 1 - Rosemary Beach - Rosemary Beach, FL
Sept. 4 - The Altamont - Asheville, NC
Sept. 5 - Scenic City Roots - Chattanooga, TN
Sept. 6 - The New Vintage - Louisville
Sept. 7 - Barley's Tap Room - Knoxville, TN
Sept. 8 - Eddie's Attic - Atlanta
Sept. 9 - Georgia Theatre, Rooftop Series - Athens, GA
Sept. 11 - The Evening Muse - Charlotte
Sept. 12 - The Pour House Music Hall - Raleigh, NC
Sept. 19 - Americana Music Festival - Nashville
Sept. 21 - The Groove - Nashville
Sept. 26 - Red Dirt Dance Hall - Tulsa, OK
Sept. 27 - Wormy Dog Saloon - Oklahoma City
Sept. 28 - The Foundry - Dallas
Oct. 1 - The Western - Scottsdale, AZ
Oct. 3 - The Griffin - San Diego
Oct. 3 - The Hotel Cafe - Los Angeles
Oct. 5 - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival - San Francisco
Oct. 30 - Music City Roots - Nashville
More news for Sturgill Simpson
- 06/05/24: Simpson, aka Johnny Blue Skies, surfaces with new disc, tour
- 05/10/24: Kelley, McCreery, Peck release new music
- 04/23/24: Simpson headlines Outside Lands
- 04/05/24: Simpson's "Metamodern Sounds" coming back
- 08/20/21: Wanda Jackson, Simpson, McMurtry, Booth, Williams lead new releases
- 07/21/21: Simpson plans on concept album
- 05/24/21: Simpson, Price, Shovels & Rope join MerleFest
- 12/11/20: Simpson, King dish out new releases
CD reviews for Sturgill Simpson
Anybody that believes you can have too much of a good thing, obviously hasn't listened to Sturgill Simpson's "Cuttin' Grass" collections, volumes one and two. Volume one contains a plentiful 20 songs, and it's a hoot and a holler – start to finish.
Simpson's point of view is complicated. He sounds just as natural singing about God, as he does on "All Around You," as he does while traveling down that highway to hell with "Railroad of Sin. ...
If scratching your head about the sounds emanating from Sturgill Simpson's third release, then "It Ain't All Flowers" from his last release, the excellent "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music," ought to serve as a reference point. In a disc filled with traditional country sounds, "Flowers" was about as far away as one could get with the electronics sounding so completely disjointed from everything else on the release. Put it this way - " Islands" ...
The first time you hear Sturgill sing you may feel like you've heard a ghost - the ghost of Waylon Jennings, that is. Although his voice isn't as low as Jennings' was, it's nevertheless still in the same general vocal range ballpark. Better still, the Kentucky native sings wonderfully honest country songs. "Life of Sin," for instance, is a song about, well, sinning, which is really some of what great country is all about.
Yes, most of this album will do a ...
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