When the Barnes Brothers began shooting a documentary about Todd Snider, Elizabeth Cook and the burgeoning alt-country scene taking place across the river from Music City's commercial center, they intended to capture the spirit of the music. Instead, drugs and alcohol rapidly took over the project, and they ended up with 'East Nashville Tonight.'
The inspiration for Elizabeth Cook's latest recording project, an EP called Gospel Plow, (out June 12), can be traced back to May 2011. Elizabeth and her trio, comprised of herself, husband Tim Carroll and Bones Hillman, were playing the Strawberry Festival in northern California and were asked by the event's promoter if they would perform at the festival's Sunday morning Gospel Brunch...
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The Americana Music Association has announced the nominees for their upcoming Honors and Awards ceremony. Robert Plant and Elizabeth Cook lead the nominations with three each, while singer-songwriters Justin Townes Earle and Hayes Carll were each nominated in two categories...
Elizabeth Cook is truly a living dichotomy -- how can someone so young obviously have the soul of a veteran performer from the most glamorous era of the Grand Ole Opry?
When Elizabeth appeared earlier this month at the legendary Birchmere in Alexandria, Va...
"This is my first big girl gig in L.A.," singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook told the crowd at Los Angeles' McCabe's Guitar Shop Saturday night (September 18). "I got my big girl pants on today." For an hour-and-a-half, Elizabeth transported the filled room to Music City, and the audience began to emulate that of another Saturday night show, the Grand Ole Opry...
Elizabeth Cook's concert just outside Richmond, Va., this week was so crowded that servers couldn't keep pace with customers' food and drink orders.
"They're up to their a--es in alligators," said a manager at the Ashland, Va. club -- who was too busy waiting on customers during the May 19 show to give his name -- when asked about servers' workloads...
Elizabeth Cook admits her distinctive musical sound was influenced by two major forces: her legendary country heroes and her mother. But it wasn't until she began working on her upcoming album, 'Welder,' that the genre-breaking artist discovered there was an entirely different style of music she wanted to explore...