A long time coming. For all intents and purposes, Appalachia has become one of the epicenters for today’s biggest and brightest stars in the flourishing independent/alternative scene. Of course, you have the staples of the genre such as Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson and Chris Stapleton hailing from Kentucky. With that being said, however, once you expand out and include the likes of both Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia, it truly shows just how talented the region is, with other stellar acts such as Charles Wesley Godwin, Sierra Ferrell, 49 Winchester, Brit Taylor, Cole Chaney, Ole 60, John R. Miller, Low Gap, Nolan Taylor and many more hailing from the region. One artist who has continually flown under the radar is none other than Ian Noe. In case you’re unfamiliar with the Kentucky native, there was a time when it felt like he was going to be the next big thing flying out of the alternative country scene. This was thanks to his phenomenal debut album, Between the Country, back in 2019, which contains phenomenal tracks such as “Letter to Madeline,” “Meth Head,” “Dead on the River (Rolling Down)” and more. Since then, however, he’s only released one album, River Fools & Mountain Saints, in 2022. After a long wait, Noe is FINALLY returning with a brand new record. Announced this morning, the 36-year-old singer/songwriter is releasing his third studio album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band, on Friday, September 25th. View this post on Instagram If you’re a fan of Noe, the prospect of a new album after four years is exciting enough. However, it becomes even more interesting when you dive into the details. Canyon Falls Trailer Band is a 16-track concept album which follows the titular, fictional band who will “perform for one night only as a showcase seeking industry approval.” Additionally, he promises to explore a plethora of different styles throughout the project, ranging from folk rock to country. Given how inherent the frustration with the music industry is with many artists such as Noe and his Appalachian counterparts, it’s an album that’s ripe with potential, commentary and stellar storytelling – especially from a writer like Noe. Discussing the album, the “Junk Town” singer would call it a parent of the first two records, noting that it brings together just about everything he’s been writing over the past seven or eight years. “It feels like the parent or maybe the grandparent of the first two records. Once it was finished, I realized it brought together everything I’d been writing about over the last seven or eight years.” To kick things off today, Noe dropped the album’s first single, “The Heidelberg Fisherman’s Ball,” a fiddle and steel-fueled romp that he describes as a simple story of fishermen gathering down by the riverside to find themselves a wife. “This is simply the story of a fisherman’s gathering down by the riverside where the various women of Heidelberg present themselves like a date auction and try to find a mate. That is the Heidelberg Fisherman’s Ball.” If you’re a fan of the independent/alternative scene lately, Canyon Falls Trailer Band is nothing short of a must-listen when it drops on September 25th. Canyon Falls Trailer Band Tracklist “Canyon Falls Trailer Band” “The Heidelberg Fisherman’s Ball” “Tobacco Moon” “She’s Familiar (In the Strangest Ways)” “Kentucky Hurricane” “What I’d Give” “Redneck Mess” “Antarctica” “Another Night Like That” “Bible County” “Leeann” “Return of the Interstellar Angels” “Whiskey to Work” “Jukebox Blues (For Blaze Foley)” “Dixie Speed” “Kickin’ it in Nashville” “The Heidelberg Fisherman’s Ball” The post Ian Noe Announces Long-Awaited Third Album, ‘Canyon Falls Trailer Band’ first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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You can tell how much that bothered her. Megan Moroney was forced to abruptly cut short her concert at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado tonight due to illness after trying to power through but being unable to make it through the entire show. The “Am I Okay?” singer is currently out on her Cloud 9 Tour, but was only able to make it through three songs – including “Stupid,” “Medicine,” and “Bless Your Heart” – before addressing the crowd while sounding noticeably under the weather: “This is obviously the last thing I would want to do, but I am obviously extremely sick and I thought I did everything to make myself better but then obviously two songs in I just can’t play this song tonight. I will make it up to you guys, I absolutely promise I’ll be back, y’all will be able to come, but I want to give you guys the show you deserve. And I’m probably going to go cry in my dressing room now. I’m sorry.” @yyearn4agonyy Megan Moroney cancelling her show tonight it in Denver. hope you feel better soon, we love you to the moon @Megan Moroney @MoroneyHQ #meganmoroney #cloud9 #denver ♬ original sound – yyearn4agonyy That’s tough. You can obviously tell that she’s not feeling well and was trying to push through, and you can also tell how bad she felt about having to pull the plug. But it sounds like most of her fans understood as they cheered for her while she left the stage. (I also have to say: Props to Megan for addressing the crowd herself. Most of the time when an artist cuts a show short they send a member of their crew out to make the announcement, and I don’t think it should go unnoticed that Megan took that responsibility on herself, as tough as it obviously was for her to do). The Cloud 9 Tour, which kicked off back in May in Chicago, is Moroney’s first headlining arena tour, and the 28-year-old was immediately forced to add more dates after the tour went on sale due to overwhelming demand. The US tour wraps up on August 28 at Bridgestone Arena here in Nashville before Moroney heads overseas for a European leg that will run through the first weekend of October. It’s obviously a taxing run for any artist, so hopefully Megan takes care of herself for the rest of the tour. No date has been announced for the rescheduled Denver concert, though it sounds like Megan intends to return and put on the show that her fans were hoping for. (But hey, at least they got to hear three songs). Hopefully she gets better soon and is able to finish up the rest of the tour like she planned. Megan Moroney On Her Relationship Status Moroney recently sat down for a lengthy feature with Cosmopolitan Magazine, where she discussed her ascent to stardom, her Cloud 9 Tour, life on the road, and of course, her dating life, spilling about how she writes very personal songs, like “Who Hurt You?”. View this post on Instagram And she talked about how this is one of her first tours where she hasn’t been dating anyone, and it’s been completely distraction-free, and that has obviously made it a lot easier for her to completely enjoy it without having to worry about anyone else. She admitted that she’s had a lot of “big moments and fun times” ruined by guys she’s been with (her song “Hell of a Show” is about exactly that), and so it’s been a completely different experience this time around… and she’s also doing her first arena tour, playing much bigger venues as well: “It’s really nice that this is one of the first tours I’ve been on where I’m not dating anyone, so I literally have no distractions. And that sounds really silly, but there have been a lot of big moments and fun times that have been ruined by a guy for me. It’s nice to just have a clear head. I’m learning what I like and what I don’t like and what my goals are. It’s been cool to be so disciplined with my routines, to see what I’m capable of when everything is going like it’s supposed to.” But she admits that she loves having “a crush” and the excitement of getting into a new relationship, so she will probably be “on the prowl again” after her tour comes to an end in October. But for now, Megan explains that it’s been “so nice” to have her friends and family out with her and focusing on that, rather than being heartbroken by some guy: “There is something about having a crush that’s exciting, and when my tour wraps up in October, when I’m back from Europe, I’ll maybe be on the prowl again. Yeah, it’ll be fall. It’ll be cuffing season, but right now, it’s been so nice to have my friends and family out [with me] and that not be an aspect of my life that is any sort of problem for me. I wrote ‘Hell of a Show’ about being onstage and having my biggest headlining tour yet and it being ruined. I’m crying right before I go onstage. Life is peaceful. I got a dog in February. That’s what I needed all along—no man, a dog.” She’s having a huge moment in her career, something she’s been working towards for years that is a total dream come true, and she should be doing nothing but enjoying it. She definitely picked the most “peaceful strategy in terms of being single right now, but Megan was spotted partying with USMNT soccer star Christian Pulisic this week in Nashville, and while I’m sure they were probably just having fun as friends, she’ll likely have plenty of suiters when she’s ready to get back to dating again. Cloud 9 Tour Dates: AUGUST 1 | Portland, OR – Moda Center 2 | Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena 5 | Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center 7 | Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena 11 | Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena 14 | Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center 15 | Tulsa, OK – BOK Center 16 | Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center 18 | Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena 21 | Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena SEPTEMBER 13 | Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene 15 | Stockholm, SE – Annexet 18 | Cologne, DE – Carlswerk Victoria 19 | Tilburg, NL – 013 Poppodium 21 | Paris, FR – Le Trianon 23 | London, UK – Eventim Apollo 26 | Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo 27 | Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy OCTOBER 1 | Belfast, UK – SSE ArenaThe post Megan Moroney Breaks Down In Tears As She Abruptly Cuts Denver Concert Short After Only Three Songs Due To Illness first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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The summer of cancellations rolls on. It seems like buying concert tickets these days is always a crap shoot, because more and more shows are being canceled after they’ve been announced. Just this week, Kacey Musgraves announced that she was cancelling three shows, including the opening night, on her upcoming Middle of Nowhere tour, and we’ve seen several other artists pull the plug on concerts – or entire tours – due to an apparent lack of ticket sales. Luckily for Jason Isbell it doesn’t appear that he’s come down with the dreaded “blue dot fever,” a name that’s been given to artists cancelling shows due to lack of ticket sales thanks to the “blue dots” that appear on Ticketmaster when you go to buy tickets. But the “If We Were Vampires” singer recently cancelled one upcoming show while postponing three more – though he hasn’t yet given fans an explanation as to why. The show on Friday, July 31 at ParkStage in Freehold, New Jersey has been cancelled, with a message on the venue’s website informing fans that they would be issuing refunds to ticket holders: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT scheduled for Friday, July 31st at ParkStage has been canceled. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Refunds will be issued automatically to the original payment method used to purchase your tickets. No further action is required; the refund will be processed directly through your point of purchase. We hope to see you at another show soon.” In addition to the cancellation, it was announced yesterday that Isbell’s show that was originally scheduled for tonight at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts has been rescheduled for September 4, while the show at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia on Thursday, July 30 will now take place on August 20, and his show at the Berglund Performing Arts Theatre in Roanoke, Virginia originally scheduled for Saturday, August 1 will now be on August 19 instead. There’s been no official explanation for the changes (in fact, some ticket holders have reported not even receiving emails from the venue), but the fact that the shows were rescheduled so soon after the original date makes it seem like it’s nothing too serious. (Somebody on Reddit suggested that maybe someone accidentally ate the diarrhea lettuce…) Isbell hasn’t been on X/Twitter for a while now, but he does still post on Threads, where he was active as recently as two days ago, though it’s no uncommon for him to go days between posts. Whatever it is, it’s good to see that he’s able to get (most of) the shows rescheduled so quickly so that hopefully fans will be able to make the new dates.The post Jason Isbell Abruptly Cancels Upcoming Concert, Postpones Three Others Without Explanation first appeared on Whiskey Riff.