JEFF BLACK's "Taproom" webcast this evening is a winner, with SAM BUSH and STEPHEN MOUGIN joining the live performance

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On the web, Tuesday, January 15, at 6 pm Pacific... (link at the end)
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Sure, we know what you're thinking when you see "folk" and "Nashville" in the same sentence. There's a short circuit. But not always. Not tonight. Not where JEFF BLACK is concerned.
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When hosts at Folk Alley and Acoustic Café agree, and we're on board at the Acoustic Americana Music Guide, we're sure you'll be interested.
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This evening (Tuesday, January 15) at 6 pm Pacific, acclaimed Nashville singer-songwriter JEFF BLACK releases a new album and plays songs from it live on a streaming video webcast. It's a "Worldwide Listening Party Live in 333 from the TAPROOM."
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The new album, the ninth from Jeff Black, is "B-Sides and Confessions, Volume Two." It's collecting plenty of critical acclaim, including those we mentioned:
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“Song crafting at its best.”-- Rob Reinhart, Acoustic Café.
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“Black has created another masterful music soundscape.” -- Elena See, Folk Alley.
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And, there's this...
"Jeff Black has the troubadour quality of a Steve Goodman, the poetic dignity of a Bruce Springsteen, and the outer-fringe edge of Townes Van Zandt. We kid you not.”-- Steve Morse, The Boston Globe.
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Singer-songwriter Jeff Black is a respected influence on modern folk and roots music, a position he's held for more than three decades. His new "B-Sides and Confessions, Volume Two" follows Black’s "Plow Through the Mystic" (2011), which was hailed as a “masterful music soundscape” by Folk Alley and celebrated by PopMatters as an example of “the tradition of an artist delivering songs that are damn near perfectly crafted, and filled with the wisdom of the ages."
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This latest album is a new chapter of moving and soulful songs from an insightful storyteller. To celebrate the release, Jeff is hosting tonight's worldwide release party from his virtual speakeasy, the TAPROOM.
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Broadcasting from "333" -- the TAPROOM's stage to the world -- Black is now in the midst of streaming the album for a full 24 hours before performing songs from it -- and other favorites -- live this evening.

Jeff's friends SAM BUSH and STEPHEN MOUGIN join him for the live performance.
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The album features special appearances by several music legends. In addition to the iconic Sam Bush, there are musical contributions by JERRY DOUGLAS, MATRACA BERG, and GRETCHEN PETERS. With these friends lending their musical support, Black has releasing another remarkable collection of roots-driven, moving and cinematic songs.
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The album was recorded at Black’s Arcana Studios and mixed by Dave Sinko, known for his work with Punch Brothers, The Bee Eaters, and legend Don Williams.
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The new release maintains Black’s celebrated and personal style of matching verse and melody with portrait and tone.
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Jeff Black has been a collaborator with some of Americana / roots music’s most credible names, including Waylon Jennings, Dierks Bentley, Sam Bush, Alison Krauss, Iris Dement and more.
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Black’s song “Frozen Fields” - co-written with Jon Randall Stewart - was featured on both last year’s GRAMMY award-winning album "Paper Airplane" by Alison Krauss & Union Station, and on Jerry Douglas’ album "Traveler," released in 2012.
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Frequently flying below the radar, Black is an innovator in how he connects directly with his fans as patrons. Dubbed “The Blacklist,” Black’s supporters have transformed over the years from a group of faithful podcast subscribers into a fervent almost-family.
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Black takes that connection one step further with The TAPROOM, a cutting-edge file exchange website. The TAPROOM features continuous streaming audio and an "arthouse-style" film and video portal. It serves as a platform to evolve his podcast program "Black Tuesdays" into a multi-format series.
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The TAPROOM also hosts Black’s virtual stage, the "333" -- the address of the infamous speakeasy of folklore that once occupied that same cellar.
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The combination of portals is yet another way Black has distinguished himself from mainstream artists, bucking the traditional model and catering to the those who appreciate his work, solidifying them as ardent supporters. (Other artists' mental wheels are turning as they read this.)
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Black’s 2013 tour kicks-off with performances at the "30A Songwriters Festival" in Florida, January 18-20. He has a string of petformances with EDWIN McCAIN, including a January 24 benefit for Habitat for Humanity in Salisbury, N.C. Black returns to Kansas City in March to benefit longtime friends and supporters at community radio station KKFI,followed by stops in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic for summer tour dates. If we get word of Southern Cal shows, we'll let you know.
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More info on Jeff Black and "B-Sides and Confessions, Volume Two" are available at www.JeffBlack.com.
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The WEBCAST this evening (Tue, Jan 15) at 6 pm Pacific is accessible to everyone. You will need to sign-up, FREE, to be a member of the TAPROOM. Go to their site as early in the day as you can, to avoid last-minute crush delays:
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http://tr.jeffblack.com/index.php?cID=498
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**Click "register here" at the bottom of the page, fill-out the short form, and you'll be able to watch tonight and access future weekly TAPROOM webcasts.
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There's MUCH more, including all of tonight's live music in Southern California (and plenty happening waaay beyond this week) in the "events" edition of the Acoustic Americana Music Guide, available just below or in the sidebar at left, depending on where you are reading this.
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