{"id":585,"date":"2011-05-10T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=585"},"modified":"2011-05-10T09:23:59","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T13:23:59","slug":"bits-booker-t-jones-buddy-holly-willie-nelsons-country-throwdown-the-kills-strand-of-oaks-the-imperial-rooster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/05\/10\/bits-booker-t-jones-buddy-holly-willie-nelsons-country-throwdown-the-kills-strand-of-oaks-the-imperial-rooster\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits: Booker T. Jones, Buddy Holly, Willie Nelson&#8217;s Country Throwdown, The Kills, Strand of Oaks, The Imperial Rooster,"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Booker T. Jones&#8217; new album <i>The Road from Memphis<\/i> is out today. You can see and hear his recent Tiny Desk Concert for NPR <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/05\/05\/135840639\/booker-t-jones-tiny-desk-concert\" target=\"blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy Records will be putting out a Buddy Holly tribute album, <i>Rave On Buddy Holly<\/i>, on June 28, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pitchfork.com\/news\/42197-modest-mouse-my-morning-jacket-julian-casablancas-black-keys-on-buddy-holly-tribute\/\" target=\"blank\">the contributor list<\/a> is wild. You can hear the Black Keys&#8217; contribution, a cover of &#8220;Dearest&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.topspin.net\/api\/v2\/widget\/70323\" target=\"blank\">here<\/a>. And if you visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcrw.com\/music\/programs\/td\/the_drop\" target=\"blank\">Liza Richardson&#8217;s May 7 KCRW show<\/a>, you can hear Modest Mouse&#8217;s take on &#8220;That&#8217;ll Be the Day&#8221; (at the 6:00 mark) and Cee-Lo doing &#8220;(You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re So Square) Baby, I Don&#8217;t Care&#8221; (around 36:35).<\/li>\n<li>A free 8-song sampler from artists on Willie Nelson&#8217;s Country Throwdown Tour, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/05\/05\/austin-lucas-constant-sound-of-thundering-rails\/\" target=\"blank\">Austin Lucas<\/a>, is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrythrowdown.com\/itunes-download\" target=\"blank\">from iTunes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Take a trip over to <i>Vinyl Hounds<\/i> to see a <a href=\"http:\/\/vinylhounds.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/kills-blood-pressures-mini-doc.html\" target=\"blank\">cool mini documentary<\/a> about the Kills.<\/li>\n<li>KDHX has a <a href=\"http:\/\/kdhx.org\/music\/live-performances\/strand-of-oaks-5\/3\/11\" target=\"blank\">live in-studio set<\/a> from the always beautiful Strand of Oaks.<\/li>\n<li>A reminder that our friends The Imperial Rooster will be playing at El Farol in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on May 10 at 6 PM MST and the set will be broadcast live on Radio Free Santa Fe (you can catch it on the web at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kbac.com\/\" target=\"blank\">the Radio Free Santa Fe website<\/a> or in the Santa Fe area on 98.1). They will also be a part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirstyearfestival.com\/festival\/2011_festival.html\" target=\"blank\">Thirsty Ear Festival<\/a> going on in Santa Fe June 10-12. They&#8217;ll be joining the likes of Calexico, the Handsome Family, the Cedric Burnside Project and many more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Booker T. Jones&#8217; new album The Road from Memphis is out today. You can see and hear his recent Tiny Desk Concert for NPR here. Fantasy Records will be putting out a Buddy Holly tribute album, Rave On Buddy Holly, on June 28, and the contributor list is wild. 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