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Bob Schneider will release his next LP Lovely Creatures, Sept. 29 on Dallas/LA label Kirtland Records. The CD contains a duet with Patty Griffin on “Changing Your Mind.” The first single “40 Dogs” has already been receiving airplay on Austin’s KGSR. Schneider plays ACL Fest in October with the Scabs.

Here is footage from Bob Schneider’s Bombananza Christmas show at the Paramount Theatre in Austin TX – 12.19.2008 – set to “40 dogs (romeo and juliet)”:

Kelly Clarkson (Burleson) appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman on Monday (July 13) and sang “Already Gone,” the latest single off her fourth studio album All I Ever Wanted:

Demi Lovato (Dallas) is riding the Disney wave — and it’s taking her far this summer. She will release her second album,  Here We Go Again, next week. She’s coming off a huge TV hit just a few weeks ago — the Disney Channel movie  Princess Protection Program premiered to 8.5 million viewers, making it the highest-rated scripted show on cable this year. (She co-starred in the show with BFF Selena Gomez (Grand Prairie).  The teen pop singer starred in Disney’s Camp Rock, as well as the regular series Sonny With A Chance. Demi’s debut album, Don’t Forget, sold half a million copies and she performed for over one million people as special guest on the Jonas Brothers’ 2009 sold out Burning Up tour.

Here is the track list for Here We Go Again:

Continue reading Oh Yeah, ‘Here We Go Again’ With Demi Lovato

Selena Gomez (Grand Prairie) drops a video note home in this post from May:

“Hi Texas, hope you’re taking care of my family! Hope you’re doing well! I love you guys! God bless You Rock!”

From Austin360.com’s Michael Corcoran:

Frank Sinatra. Barbra Streisand. Bing Crosby. Jamie Foxx.

Those are the only four entertainers who have both won an Academy Award for acting and released a number one album. Although the first three are singing legends known more for their music than their movies – and Foxx is the other way around – the Terrell native made good on his boast Saturday night at the Erwin Center that “we’re not playing around. We’re gonna put on a great show for y’all.” >> Read the full review

Erykah Badu at the House of Blues in Dallas on May 13, 2009 (Photo: erykah-badu.com)

Billboard reported this week that just over a year after releasing her fourth studio album, New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War, Erykah Badu (Dallas) is back with the second installment tentatively titled New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return Of The Ankh. Although no release date has been announced yet, sources close to the singer confirm she is currently in the studio working with long-time collaborator James Poyser.  >> Read the full item

Beyoncé’s (Houston) new video “Sweet Dreams” from the album I Am…Sasha Fierce was released this week:

Willie's crew is uploading great photos and backstage news from the summer tour with Bob Dylan.

Willie Nelson (Austin) is once again doing a summer ball park tour with Bob Dylan, this time with John Mellencamp joining. Here’s a report from the recent Milwaukee show: “Pairing Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson for a tour seems completely natural—this is the second time in five years these two towering American music icons have shared a stage—and yet Wednesday’s Summerfest concert at Marcus Amphitheater showed how totally different they are as performers. Nelson’s known for ambling onstage and embracing his audience’s love with open arms and a mile-wide grin. Dylan sneaks in and stares into the masses like it’s a plain white wall. Nelson plays virtually the same songs every night. Dylan changes his playlist every night and never plays the songs the same way. Nelson radiates warmth and ease, Dylan chilliness and vague discomfort. Which is a long-winded way of saying that last night’s concert was pretty much par for the course for these soulfully craggy, endlessly eccentric singer-songwriters.”

>> Read more at Decider Milwaukee

>> Follow news and see crew photos from Willie’s tour

Pancho and Lefty by Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan

A Dylan/Nelson duet of a Townes van Zandt song at Willie Nelson’s 60th birthday celebration. If you like this video you will like Bob Dylan’s version of “Hard Times” from the same concert:

From A&E’s Live by Request:

Joe Ely, Joel Guzman and Glen Fukunaga perform the Tom Russell song “Gallo Del Cielo” at Queens Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland on 20 April 2007: