(The video for the Randy Rogers Band's "Interstate" off of "Burning the Day.")
Before the Zac Brown Band came along, some thought the Randy Rogers Band was set to become what ZBB became, if that makes any sense.
RRB is scheduled to perform three times in Kansas and Missouri in late September/early October: Sept. 28 at the Blue Note in Columbia; Sept. 29 at the Wareham in Manhattan; and Oct. 8 at the Granada in Lawrence. Get your tickets here.
After the jump: An Associated Press interview with Randy about the band's new album, "Burning the Day."
This duo's backstory is well-known. She is a well-known young actress with a music background. He is a songwriter who has built up lots of acclaim and credibility in the indie-rock world for his songs and his guitar playing.
At his music blog There Stands the Glass, B2R contributing reviewer Bill Brownlee reviews Marty Stuart's performance Saturday night at the Paola Roots Festival.
She is coming to Yardley Hall at Johnson County Community College on Nov. 14, a Sunday, as part of the college's Performing Arts Series. It will be an "all-acoustic show," according to the college. Tickets are on sale now. Prices: $40, $50 and $100 (for seats in the pit).
Yep, they're still around and they're coming to the Midland on Oct. 17, a Sunday, with Skillet, Trapped and My Darkest Days. They're calling it the Monsters of Annihilation Tour. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
The indie-folk/pop duo of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel (or Mrs. Ben Gibbard) will be at the Uptown Theater tonight. The Chapin Sisters open. Tickets are $32.45 (service charges included).
He has been through Kansas City so many times over the past 25-plus years, Alejandro Escovedo has cultivated a cult of feverish fans and a group of close friends. Saturday night, more than 200 of those fans, including several of those friends, filled the Record Bar to hear one of the best songwriters and best live performers of their generation. It was his first club show in Kansas City in several years. He gave them the usual: an evening of raw intimacy and genuine emotion.
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