Keith, Hank Jr. added to Kristofferson tribute
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 – Toby Keith, Hank Williams Jr., Martina McBride, Jennifer Nettles, Lee Ann Womack and Jack Ingram were added to The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson tribute on, March 16, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, it was announced today.
The new additions to the lineup join previously announced performing artists Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Ryan Bingham, Rosanne Cash, Eric Church, Emmylou Harris, Jamey Johnson, Willie Nelson, Darius Rucker, Trisha Yearwood and Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson will perform throughout the night. Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks.
Don Was will serve as music director and will lead an all-star band backing the performers at this concert event taping and recording for multi-platform distribution throughout traditional media (worldwide broadcast, music and digital).
More news for Kris Kristofferson
- 09/29/24: Kris Kristofferson passes away
- 06/29/22: Brooks honored with Kristofferson award
- 01/28/21: Kristofferson retires
- 11/05/19: Kristofferson receives CMA Willie Nelson award honor
- 04/26/18: Kristofferson debuts at MerleFest
- 06/17/16: Pardi, Kristofferson release CDs
- 05/04/16: Kristofferson returns with double disc
- 01/20/16: Bentley, Lady A, Church help Kris K make it through one night
CD reviews for Kris Kristofferson
Picture Kris Kristofferson in your mind, and he's likely not a young man. There's probably a salt-and-pepper beard and a wizened look on a lined face that's seen its share of tavern punches. But it's hard to wrap one's head around the concept of the actor/songwriter today at 80. Slowing down has never been in the Texas troubadour's blood, though. And so we come to this 2016 double-album recording of a frantic, mostly-live recording session in Austin from 20214. ...
Even in his youngest days when he was starting out, Kris Kristofferson always managed to sound older than his age. His gruff vocals and his tattered tales, told from the perspective of world-weary souls travelling desolate roads in search of redemption, made songs such as The Pilgrim, Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, Help Me Make It Through The Night and, yes, Me and Bobby McGee testament to those all the worse for the wear.
It's not surprising then, at the ripe old age of 76, ...
There's a certain something in "Closer to the Bone" that just might make your eyes well up or put a knot in your stomach. It is in the subtlety beautiful guitar work of the late Stephen Bruton, the longtime Kristofferson band member to whom the album is dedicated. And it's also, of course, in the sad, reflective words the celebrated songwriter has penned, but it's the 73-year-old's unmistakable voice, which has aged well and become old-country-singer-enhanced through ...
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