Peter Blackstock of No Depression Magazine on the West Coast produced a tribute to Newbury, Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited, available on the Appleseed label. “My primary motivation for putting together ...

After a stint in the Air Force, Newbury bummed around while before hitting Nashville in the days when Kris Kristofferson and Tom T. Hall were still roaming the streets. It was the mid-60’s, and these ...

This cover image released by Scarlet Letter Records shows "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury" by Gretchen Peters. ( Scarlet Letter Records via AP) Gretchen Peters, “The Night ...

Songwriter Gretchen Peters, whose formidable catalog includes Martina McBride’s “Independence Day,” pays homage to one of her songwriting heroes with the forthcoming album The Night You Wrote That ...

Today, Gretchen Peters shares her new song "Wish I Was", the latest single from her forthcoming album The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury, out ...

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Queensland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this ...

Along with Bobby Bare, who also demanded control over his albums, Newbury was in the vanguard of the Outlaw Movement, the first guys to successfully buck the Nashville system. Waylon, Willie, and ...

To call Mickey Newbury, who passed away on September 29 after struggling for years with emphysema, a “country singer-songwriter” does the man little justice. Newbury, a native Houstonian, and his ...

Gretchen Peters, “The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury” (Scarlet Letter Records) It took Gretchen Peters years to complete her album dedicated to Mickey Newbury’s rich catalog, a ...

skewing mostly toward the dark side of life — that interpreting these 12 tunes in just a few sessions could have been as intense as it would have been unnecessary. Even the only truly bouncy piece ...

Gretchen Peters, 'œThe Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury'ť (Scarlet Letter Records) It took Gretchen Peters years to complete her album dedicated to Mickey Newbury's rich catalog, ...