International Press Round-up!

Nanci and her gang of merry bandits are currently on the road in the UK and will head to Australia early March; see the round-up below of recent international press on the international leg of The Loving Kind tour. Gig review: Nanci Griffith, Queens Hall– SIMPLICITY is a much underrated quality in music but it’s what Nanci Griffith specialises in. Her simple tales of simple people, simply sung, have a power to lift the audience and a... [Read More...]

Live in Atlanta this Friday and Atlanta-Journal Constitution Feature

See Nanci live this Friday, June 26, in Atlanta: The Atlanta Botantical Gardens 8:00 PM Buy Tix HERE And check out the Atlanta-Journal Constitution interview wth Nanci HERE: Nanci Griffith gets feistier, more political ‘It just all came flowing out.’ Singer-songwriter to perform at Botanical Garden. By Bob Townsend For the AJC Sunday, June 21, 2009 On her new album, “The Loving Kind,” Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith... [Read More...]

“The Loving Kind” Is Out Now! Check Out What Everyone Is Saying About The New Album…

HUFFINGTON POST I had never been to the relatively new (December, 2008) Grammy Museum in Downtown L.A. until Monday night. I went to see Nanci Griffith speaking about the making of her new album, The Loving Kind… USA TODAY Nanci Griffith, The Loving Kind * * * VELVET GLOVE Wielding a clear, insistent voice and a soft acoustic guitar, the folkie star tackles a host of weighty topics, including interracial marriage, capital punishment and the... [Read More...]

SCOTT BAIO, NANCI GRIFFITH, SECRET POLICEMAN’S BALL AND OTHER SIGNS OF AGING

LA Weekly’s Picks: Nanci’s Grammy Museum Appearance Read full story here MONDAY, JUNE 8 THE NANCI GRIFFITH SHOW If you caught the always-lovely Nanci Griffith at the Acoustic Music Festival on the Santa Monica Pier yesterday, you won’t want to miss this super-rare chance to hear the country-folk singer/songwriter speak about her swoon-worthy new album, The Loving Kind, at the Grammy Museum. The museum’s new series, called “The Drop,”... [Read More...]

Down With Tyranny Feature

Read full story here Bruce Springsteen plays in DC tonight. I had to laugh when I read how over a dozen Republican members of Congress are throwing fundraisers at the sold-out Verizon Center show. Lobbyists were buying scalped $100 tickets from the congressmembers for $2,000 a pop. I hope right-wing kooks like Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Dave Camp (R-MI), Baron Hill (Blue Dog-IN), Tom Petri (R-WI) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) aren’t expecting any nostalgia... [Read More...]

The Huffington Post on “The Loving Kind”

Read full article here Nanci Griffith has a new album coming out in early June, The Loving Kind. I’ll try to remind you about it when Rounder releases it. The record is spectacular but today I just want to say a few words about the title track. It’s a really powerful song about a couple in Virginia, Richard and Mildred Loving. Despite Virginia’s anti-miscengenation law which prevented mixed-race marriages– something that more... [Read More...]