NYE Burlesque Circus and Sideshow Freakout

WATCH A SPECIAL VIDEO HERE Hayes is throwing a NYE party with two of his favorite bands. Shovels and Rope from Charleston, South Carolina and The Sideshow Tramps from Houston, TX. Get in the spirit by dressing up and throwing down on what will...

Year End Acclaim

KMAG YOYO is on several "Best of 2011" lists - check out the list below and swing by later for additional updates: #1 Song for "Another Like You" - American Songwriter #6 Album - American Songwriter #32 Album - Spin #43 Single for "KMAG YOYO" -...

Mountain Stage

Tune in to NPR on December 23 for a re-airing of his performance from Mountain Stage.  Channel & air times can be found here  and watch some backstage footage here

"Another Like You" is #1

American Songwriter has ranked Hayes Carll's "Another Like You" as the #1 Song in their Top 50 Songs of 2011!  Check out the entire list by clicking here & swing back by for additional year-end nods to be posted in the future.

American Songwriter ranks KMAG YOYO #6 best of 2011

Here’s the complete list: 1. Wilco – The Whole Love 2. Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest 3. Adele – 21 4. Drive-By Truckers- Go-Go Boots 5. Dawes – ...

Free In-Store

If you live in Asheville then make plans to come to Harvest Records on Wednesday, November 9 at 4:00 PM for Hayes' free acoustic in-store.  Then, come see the whole band at the Grey Eagle that night.  For tickets to the show, click here .

USA Today Playlist: Tracks from Bonnaroo weekend acts

KMAG YOYO, Hayes Carll Clockwork Orange-like talking blues about a smack-dealing soldier who gets pumped with psychotropics by the government.

Spin Bonnaroo Mixtape 2011

Bonnaroo turns 10 this year, and to celebrate the June 9-12 festival in Machester, TN, SPIN has put together a free 20-song mixtape featuring My Morning Jacket, Florence + the Machine, the Walkmen, Explosions in the Sky, and Robert Plant — along with...

Boston Globe: Live Review

MUSIC REVIEW A double dose of tough and tender country-folk April 26, 2011 By Stuart Munro JASON ISBELL and HAYES CARLL At: Brighton Music Hall, Saturday In these still-perilous economic times, it would be hard to think of a better value for your...

Recent quotes for KMAG YOYO

"He spins a yarn with fresh wit, details a failure with unflinching honesty, and everything in between remains admirably cliché-free.” - Los Angeles Times “…extends a worthy Texas tradition: the weathered, hard-drinking, weary but clear-eyed troubadour….”...

Creative Loafing Charlotte Feature

Hayes Carll has walked a long road on path to success April 12, 2011 By Jeff Hahne Hayes Carll With Shovels and Rope. $13. April 17. 7 p.m. Stage Door Theater. www.blumenthalarts.org Though people are still slowly learning the name Hayes Carll, the...

"Stomp & Holler" one of Esquire's 50 Songs Every Man Should Listen To

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Hayes Carll's Daytrotter Session

Hayes Carll recently paid a visit to the Daytrotter studios to record some acoustic versions of a few of his newer tunes. Check 'em out here.

Hayes Guest Writes for Austin Chronicle

My SXSW BY HAYES CARLL, FRI., MARCH 18, 2011 7am: The boys all gather by the van to head down to the Four Seasons for a KGSR performance. The sun hasn't risen, and neither has the drummer, so we wait in the car listening to the radio. I contemplate...

Ft Worth Weekly Hits The TX Club Tour

Nights in a Hayes When I found out that up-and-coming Americana singer-songwriter Hayes Carll was going to kick off his national tour right here in North Texas — and not in his hometown of Austin — I squealed (a little) and marked my calendar. Not only...

Salt Lake Magazine Review

Hayes Carll’s latest is earning him well-deserved attention BY SCOTT MURPHY Since the release of his fourth album last month, Texas troubadour Hayes Carll seems close to getting the larger audience he deserves. “KMAG YOYO” seems closer to delivering...