The musical collaboration of the decade, Raising Sand is the sound of two iconic figures stepping out of their respective comfort zones and letting their instincts lead them across a brave new sonic landscape. Despite hailing from distinctly different backgrounds, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant share a maverick spirit and willingness to extend the boundaries of their respective genres. This spirit, expertly honed by producer T Bone Burnett, has resulted in an album pitched three steps beyond some cosmic collision of early urban blues, spacious West Texas country, and the untapped potential of the folk-rock revolution. Supported by the unparalleled musicianship of Marc Ribot, Dennis Crouch, Mike Seeger, Jay Bellerose, Norman Blake, Greg Leisz, Patrick Warren, and Riley Baugus, Plant and Krauss -- as both solo and harmony vocalists -- tackle an intriguing selection of songs from such tunesmiths as Tom Waits, Gene Clark, Sam Phillips, Townes Van Zandt, The Everly Broth! ers, and Mel Tillis. Raising Sand finds Robert Plant and Alison Krauss exploring popular music's elemental roots while still sounding effortlessly, breath-takingly contemporary. The song "Killing the Blues" is featured in the new JC Penney American Living Campaign.

Sofia Jannok (born 15 September 1982) is a Swedish singer from Gällivare, Sweden. She mainly sings in Sami and does yoiking. Sofia was born in 1982 and comes from Gällivare in the top of Sweden. She has always been singing and when she was about 11 years old she stepped onto the stage. Since that day she has been performing a lot with her music and also taken part in CD’s, music for film and TV, musicals and other nice events.

For Woodpigeon songwriter Mark Andrew Hamilton, For Paolo was inspired by his parents, the cassette tapes they played on long, family drives across the prairies of Canada. Hamilton said, “My parents were always the type to find an artist and album they liked and then listen to it non-stop in the car for years. It’s these tapes which, whether I liked them at the time or not, formed an undeniable part of my musical DNA: Carole King, Falco, a truck-stop Hits of the 1960s compilation. The songs of the For Paolo EP are a valentine of sorts to those old cassettes of my parents – I’d like to think there’s more than just a dash of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Tango in the Night’ in the title track, a little bit of girly one-hit wonder in ‘One To Many’. But then again, whenever I think I’m getting pretty close at sounding one way, I’m the only one who hears it – so you’ll have to excuse the thought that there’s a little bit of Boys Don’t Cry’s ‘I Wanna Be a Cowboy’ and Iron Butterfly mixed in here somewhere too.”

《醉乡民谣》是由伊桑·科恩、乔尔·科恩联合执导，奥斯卡·伊萨克、凯瑞·穆丽根、加内特·赫德兰主演的剧情片。影片讲述了歌手勒维恩·戴维斯在20世纪60年代美国民谣盛行时期不懈奋斗的故事，于2013年12月20日在美国上映。 1961年的格林威治小镇，民谣歌手勒维恩·戴维斯（奥斯卡·伊萨克饰）四处游荡，穿梭在各色街道之间。勒维恩·戴维斯与别人组建过民谣乐队，由于他玩的音乐没办法赚钱，勒维恩·戴维斯接受着一些朋友和音乐人的赞助过活，吉姆（贾斯汀·汀布莱克饰）也是其中之一。勒维恩·戴维斯在纽约和芝加哥受到各种冷遇，最后他又回到了家乡的小酒馆，唱起心爱的歌曲。