Birthdays and bloggers and Americana!

Today I'm 27, and I'm celebrating by (a) taking the day off from work (I slept in and I've been kickin it with the cats and a good book), (b) eating ice cream for breakfast and (c) participating on a panel at the Americana Music Conference this afternoon.  No really, now that I'm a year older I'm suddenly all official and stuff.

Anywho, I'm pretty psyched to be involved in this - my friend JT (you might know him from his guest-DJ slot on Out the Other last summer) set it up, and it's going to be pretty awesome.  Here's the official blurb:

The Americana Music Festival and Conference will play host to an exploration and celebration of the blogosphere Friday, September 19. The epitome of the anarchic world of contemporary tastemaking, blogs break bands, amplifying traditional grassroots campaigns and word-of-mouth buzz. Innovative industry outfit Thirty Tigers will partner with bloggers My Old Kentucky Blog and Aquarium Drunkard to present a two-pronged AMA event: A daytime panel featuring My Old Kentucky Blog's Craig "Dodge" Lile, Aquarium Drunkard's Justin Gage, Amanda Petrusich (New York Times, Pitchfork, Paste) and Janet Timmons of Nashville’s Out the Other will take a multifaceted look at blogs: who’s reading them? Who is writing them? How do Americana bands reach them? Friday evening, an eclectic Americana lineup of blogger darlin’s featuring Jason Isbell, O’Death, Those Darlins, Blair and Le Switch will take the stage at the Basement.

Dodge and Justin both do an amazing job with their blogs, and I'm sure this is going to be a great conversation.  If you're in town for the conference, make sure you stop by.

And if you're in town period, make sure you stop by the showcase they set up at the Basement tonight.  That's the flyer up above, and it's a pretty kick-ass indie-friendly Americana lineup - all the acts are pretty stellar.  It's free if you have a festival wristband.

Have a great weekend - I know I owe you guys some recappage, and I hope to tackle that in the next few days!

Comments

[Andrew J.]

Happy birthday!

27 is not bad.

Try 30. In two weeks.