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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...
Entertainment Weekly Reviews KMAG YOYO
MUSIC REVIEWKMAG YOYO (& other American stories) (2011)Reviewed by Chris Willman | Feb 23, 2011 Carll is locked in a not-so-fierce battle with Ryan Bingham for the title of new king of alt-country. Here he splits the difference between Bingham's tender...
KMAG YOYO Review in MOJO
Texas troubadour's latest tales are his most potent.Click here to keep reading...
#3 in Austin Weekly's 11 Bands to Watch
Two days before New Year's Eve, Hayes Carll stands before a packed house at Antone's, cracking dry witticisms ad conducting a sing-along of "Drunken Poet's Dream,"......click here to keep reading.
3.5 Stars in Rolling Stone!
ROLLING STONE MAGAZINEFebruary 17, 2011 Texas smartass delivers hilarity and heartache.Click here to keep reading...
4 Stars on The 9513.com!
Album Review: Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYOBLAKE BOLDT | FEBRUARY 2ND, 2011 The title of Hayes Carll’s fourth and best album is a reference to the military acronym that stands for “Kiss My Ass Guys, You’re on Your Own,” and a pair of tracks...
New York Times Critics' Choice: KMAG YOYO
HAYES CARLL (Lost Highway) Hayes Carll has a dry, chapped voice, bolstered and puckered by Texas twang. His music puts forth a fair amount of bluster, steeped in wanderlust or whiskey, or both at once. “Well, I followed my feet all across this...
SPIN: 9 out of 10!
Hayes Carll'KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)' We're totally screwed, but damn, that drawl is sweet Hayes Carll is a wiseacre well versed in both kinds of music -- "honky" and "tonk" -- played in a roadhouse out on Highway 61. KMAG YOYO (a...
LA Times: 3.5 out of 4 Stars!
You can’t listen to this freewheeling Texas singer and songwriter long without becoming thoroughly convinced that he’s a full-blooded relative of Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb and Merle Haggard. Waylon Jennings’ famous observation about Grand Ole Opry...
Hayes Playing Lone Star Music Awards Show Sunday, March 27th
Come see Hayes Carll at the Lone Star Music Awards Show this Sunday, March 27th, 2011 @ 7:00PM. Tickets are only $5! Lone Star Music Awards Texas Music Theater San Marcos, TX http://www.lonestarmusic.com/
New Live Performance EP from SXSW now Available at iTunes
Hand-selected songs from Hayes Carll's landmark performance during Lost Highway's 10th Anniversary Revue at this year's SXSW are now available to purchase exclusively at iTunes! Hayes Carll iTunes Live: SXSW Hard Out Here Chances Are Another Like You...
People gives KMAG YOYO 3/4
"On his latest, [KMAG YOYO], this Texas singer-songwriter cover gritty alt-country territory"
Carll Epitomizes the Texas Singer-Songwriter Sound
The lightly soused, quietly ironic tradition of Texas singer-songwriters is alive and well in the form of Hayes Carll. Carll has been bubbling under for the past couple years, a reliable draw at area venues, where the shows invariably become a sort of...
NPR Music on Hayes Carll
"KMAG YOYO" is a military slang term that translates approximately to "Kiss My [You-Know-What], Guys — You're On Your Own." That message seems to have inspired country rocker Hayes Carll, a 34-year-old Texan with a reputation for irreverence. Carll's...
Carll Celebrates Debauchery on new album
Hayes Carll doesn't concern himself with politeness or discretion. Instead, the Texas singer-songwriter continues to detail the debauched lifestyle of a charming rake who not only acknowledges his rambling ways, but at times celebrates his wayward...
Texas Platters
The irreverent wit honed in the dive bars of Crystal Beach now displays the kind of maturity that bites with purpose but assuages with a wink. Carll's crackling drawl settles into these tunes like boots, whether kicking up dust on the hard rhythm of...
KMAG YOYO Marked as Career High for Carll
KMAG YOYO, the new album from acclaimed Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll, is #63 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 10,500 units in its first week (Lost Highway). This is Carll’s highest debut to date and follows his celebrated 2008 release, Trouble...
Hayes Carll at SXSW 2011!
Saturday March 12th 9:00pm Threadgills Sunday March 13th 9:00pm IFC Crossroads House 612 Brazos St @ 6th St. Wednesday March 16th 8:30am KGSR at The Four Seasons 3:00pm Billy Reid Party Swan Dive 651 Red River Thursday March 17th 9:30am KUT Live at... Critical Praise for KMAG YOYO Keeps Rolling In
"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….”...
KMAG YOYO in Best Buys Find 'Em First!
KMAG YOYO is promotionally priced at Best Buy for only $9.99 this week! Pick up your copy at your local Best Buy!
Hayes Carll & Mojo Nixon
SIRIUS XM Outlaw Country (Sirius 63, XM 12) Long Tall Texan troubadour Hayes Carll goes head-to-head with the “Loon in the Afternoon” Mojo Nixon for a good natured Outlaw gabfest, and will perform four songs live in-studio from his new Lost Highway...
Hayes Carll: 9 out of 10 Spin Review!
Lost Highway's own Hayes Carll receives a 9 out of 10 review for his upcoming album, KMAG YOYO (& other American stories). CLICK HERE to read it now! Pre-Order KMAG YOYO now at iTunes Amazon.com
"KMAG YOYO" single Available Online Today!
Hey Ho Here We Go...The title track to Hayes Carll's upcoming album, KMAG YOYO (& other American stories) is now available to purchase online! iTunes AmazonMP3
Watch Hayes Perform "KMAG YOYO"!
Hayes and his band The Poor Choices performed "KMAG YOYO" on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday, January 21. Click here to watch the performance now!
Early KMAG YOYO Love
Check out what folks are saying about KMAG YOYO... American Songwriter Speaking of weird album titles, “She Left Me For Jesus” writer Hayes Carll will release KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories) in February, the followup to his much...
Christmas Song Featured on NYT
“I’m Grateful for Christmas This Year” (Lost Highway) For Texas singer-songwriters, Robert Earl Keen’s “Merry Christmas From the Family” is the holiday season’s gold standard. Mr. Keen’s hilariously wry tale of excessive drinking and awkward...
Hayes Carll's "Grateful For Christmas" Available Now!
Hayes Carll's bittersweet holiday single, "Grateful For Christmas" is available now at iTunes and AmazonMP3. For those of you forward-thinking folks, get "Grateful For Christmas" instantly (along with other exclusive stuff) when you pre-order the...
Sirius Outlaw Country
Long tall Texas troubadour Hayes Carll is gearing up for the release of his new album KMAG YOYO in February, but will be paying a short holiday visit to Outlaw Country for a gab session with the “Loon in the Afternoon” Mojo Nixon and performance of his...
Gigs
Hayes will wrap up 2010 with a handful of gigs, including a south & northeast tour with Old 97's as well as dates with Bobby Bare Jr. for the annual post-Christmas run of dates in Texas. Check out the Tour section for a complete list of upcoming shows &...
Austin City Limits
The new episode of Austin City Limits, featuring Hayes Carll, premieres the week of October 30. Visit austincitylimits.org to check your local listings & preview a video from the taping.
Imus Ranch Record II
Don Imus' The Imus Ranch Record II will be available on October 26. Artists featured on this second album include Hayes Carll, Jamey Johnson, Elizabeth Cook, Levon Helm, Delbert McClinton and many more. Proceeds from this special CD benefit the Imus...
Labor Day Bash
Leave it to hard workin', Texas troubadour Hayes Carll to host a bash out at Historic Luckenbach, Texas on Labor Day weekend. The award winning singer/songwriter has taken time out of the studio to gather a stellar cast of artists to hang out, eat, drink,...
Labor Day Bash Giveaway
Lone Star Music wants to send 5 lucky winners and their guests to Hayes Carll's Labor Day Bash in style. CLICK HERE to enter to win VIP meet and greet tickets and a chance at an autographed Epiphone guitar. All entries are eligible for the autographed...
Pickathon
Hayes Carll is joining the line-up for 2010's Pickathon in Portland, OR. The three day festival also includes Dr. Dog, Langhorne Slim, Bonnie Price Billy and several other talented musicians. For festival times, details & tickets, visit pickathon.com
Squidbillies
On Sunday, July 18th at midnight, America’s fourth-favorite-animated-family, Squidbillies, premieres a special 30-minute all-star musical, "America: Why I Love Her" on Adult Swim. Creators Dave Willis and Jim Fortier pulled out their rolodex to reel in...
Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits will tape sets with Robert Earl Keen and Hayes Carll on Wednesday, August 4th. Keen has appeared on ACL multiple times, but this will be the first appearance by Hayes Carll. Both shows will appear as part of ACL’s 36th season on PBS,...
KAPS Radio Benefit
Hayes Carll, Bruce Robison and Jimmie Dale Gilmore will perform Thursday, May 27, at 8 pm at the Katherine Anne Porter School to benefit KAPS radio, a new web-based community radio station serving the Wimberley Valley. Jody Denberg will host the event. ...
Share Your Pics, Win a Shirt!
Hayes Carll is on the road with Dierks Bentley for the Up On The Ridge Tour and he's throwing a contest! In hopes of scoring some great images or footage, Hayes is offering a free shirt to whoever captures the best Carll moment. After you're...
Celebrity Softball Jam
Hayes Carll will join the Round Rock Express and Reckless Kelly for a Celebrity Softball Jam at the Dell Diamond. This year's event will be held on Sunday, April 25 and will benefit the Miracle League at Town and Country, Little League of Austin and the...
Texas Crawfish & Music Festival
Hayes Carll will return to the annual Texas Crawfish & Music Festival on Saturday, April 10 in Historic Old Town Spring. For the second year, the festival & Carll will partner and donate a portion of the day's ticket sales to the Bolivar Peninsula Chamber...
Up On The Ridge Tour
On April 21, Hayes Carll will join Dierks Bentley's Up On The Ridge Tour for a run of 24 shows in 30 days. The tour is scheduled to visit both large and small venues and will highlight the musician's acoustic musicianship. Carll will kick off the...
Carll & Imus
On March 8, Hayes Carll visited Don Imus on the set of Imus In The Morning. The two discussed a variety of topics and then Carll performed "Beaumont" - you can view both via YouTube by clicking the links below: Hayes Carll & Don Imus interview & in...
Love Don't Let Me Down
Two newly penned Hayes Carll song's will be featured in the upcoming film Love Don't Let Me Down. The movie, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester & Tim McGraw, recently wrapped filming in Nashville and will be released later this year. More details...
Midnight Ramble Cancellation
Hayes Carll's gig at Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble scheduled for this Saturday, March 6th has been canceled due to a death in Larry Campbell's family.
Back to Basics
from the Houston Chronicle... The last time Hayes Carll had a new batch of songs ready for release, he was playing a festival in Colorado. Backstage he told friend and mentor Ray Wylie Hubbard he planned to title his album Trouble in Mind. “You can't...
SXSW Showcase
Hayes Carll will participate in the Americana Music Association's annual SXSW showcase. The evening is set for Thursday, March 18 at Antone's with an incredible line-up, including: Jim Lauderdale, Elizabeth Cook, Court Yard Hounds, and Grace Potter & the...
Hayes Returns to Imus
Don Imus, who once declared "She Left Me For Jesus" as the "greatest country song ever," has invited Hayes Carll back to his studios for a morning of conversation and song. Hayes will return to the studio on Monday, March 8. For local listings, please...
Midnight Ramble
On March 6, Hayes will travel to Woodstock, NY to participate in Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble. The evening's line-up includes the Levon Helm Band as well as Little Sammy Davis & Fred Scribner. The Ramble Sessions are based on the southern medicine...
Valentine's Day
Bring your Valentine and join Hayes Carll at the Saxon Pub for an evening of music, friends and lots of love. Tickets are almost gone, so make your plans and get your tickets here.
Holiday Q&A with Hayes Carll
from Austin Music Source: Last year, Hayes Carll’s bawdy wit (“She Left Me for Jesus”) and cerebral storytelling (“Beaumont”) fully blossomed on the album “Trouble in Mind.” Its success earned good company: The 33-year-old swaps smiles with iconic...
Hayes Carll Birthday Bash
Mark your calendars & join Hayes Carll this Saturday, January 9 at Billy Bob's for a night of live music, football and birthday celebrations. See you there?
KGSR Broadcasts V.17
KGSR Broadcasts Volume 17 is now available. This limited edition 2 CD set, featuring Hayes Carll and Steve Earle on the cover, inclues live studio recordings from a variety of artists. Click here to purchase!
On The Road with Steve Earle
Hayes will join Steve Earle for a round of Canadian and western U.S. dates in early 2010. For a complete list of shows and links to purchase tickets, visit the Tour section.
In The Studio
With new songs to share and an album to record, Hayes is returning to the studio this winter. He will be joined by Trouble In Mind producer Brad Jones. Friends and fans can expect a new collection of songs in 2010.
Dry Patter & Whiskey-Bottle-Bottom Voice
After this summer's performance at Cambridge Folk Festival, Maverick Magazine's Hazel Davis has some very nice things to say about Hayes Carll: "...Wry Texas singer Hayes Carll won the audience over on Friday with his dry patter and whiskey-bottle-bottom...
Wowing Cambridge
He wowed the audience on Stage 2 yesterday and now US singer songwriter Hayes Carll brought his bourbon soaked, bar room story acoustic country folk to Stage 1. As entertaining for his anecdotes as for his sublime music, the set proved it was a firm 2-0...
Carll's 2009 Festivals
Hayes Carll will make travel for several festivals this summer and if you're in Canada or the UK, then you're in luck! Check out his plans below and come out for a weekend of music...
Decider D.C. Interviews Hayes
The Texas music scene, for all its grounding in outlaw country traditions, has become a big tent in recent years, and one of its most consistently entertaining acts is Hayes Carll. Born in the Houston suburbs, Carll’s music career was a slow starter;...
STINGAREE
This year's Stingaree Music Festival will join forces with the Texas Crab Festival to celebrate the return of the Bolivar Peninsula. The festivities will take place May 29-31 at Crystal Beach's Gregory Park. Artists scheduled to perform include Hayes Carll, Ryan Bingham and Ray Wylie Hubbard. To purchase tickets, click here.
Houston Music Awards
Nominations for the Houston Music Awards have been announced with many nods towards Hayes Carll in the following categories: Best Local Song, Songwriter, CD/LP, Local Musican and Roots-Rock/Americana
Q&A with Hayes Carll
Prior to his headlining gig at the Old Settler's Music Festival, Hayes Carll spent time with Austin's Decider for a round of questions. To read their conversations on Texas, adventures in Europe and Carll's version of payola - click here.
Critics Loved Trouble in '08
2008 was good to Hayes Carll. Trouble In Mind debuted in April, Imus praised Carll for his smarts and fans discovered their new hero at one of his many live shows.In typical year-end fashion, everyone is making their "Best Of" lists and Trouble is receiving the recognition and praise it deserves.
Hayes Leads Americana
Hayes Carll is officially the most-played Americana artist for 2008! Trouble In Mind received more radio airplay than many legends & veterans including Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Steve Earle, John Hiatt and Alejandro Escovedo. Congrats Hayes!
DC Live Review
You don't write a cheeky tune such as "She Left Me for Jesus" unless you know you've got the goods to dodge the novelty-act bullet. At the Rock & Roll Hotel on Friday night, Hayes Carll -- a backwards-named Texas hellraiser-with-a-sensitive-side, though...
Carll Charms
Hayes Carll is coming to town on a wave of well-deserved critical acclaim for Trouble in Mind, his first album for Lost Highway Records. The record covers a lot of territory — all of it good. Carll’s music ranges from rocking Texas country to ballads...
DC Preview: Hayes Carll
This has been a year of many ups and one humongous down for Texas troubadour Hayes Carll. In April, he released "Trouble in Mind," his third album of expertly observed barroom songs, to rave reviews. In addition to American and European tours that...
2008 Best Of..
AMAZON -#9 : Editors Picks
#1 : Best Country
#32 "Beaumont" : Top 100 Songs
BLENDER -
#33 Trouble In Mind : 33 Favorites
Hayes Carll on Imus
Hayes Carll sat down with Imus this week for a chat and some tunes. Click HERE to hear them cover it all - including Jesus, touring, home life and the woes of being a 'walking typo'
Sarcastic Storyteller
He's the snarky slacker with a heart of pure Kerouac. He's a modern storyteller's dream, wrapped in a cloak of country-folk charm. Hayes Carll is the traveling Texas troubadour for today's X Generation, singing about both savage skies and...
Q&A w/ Hayes Carll: Lawrence Preview
When one of the sponsors of your tour is the eminent online voice of humor/sarcasm The Onion, it shouldn’t surprise too many people that you have an award-winning song about a guy who wants to extract some revenge on Jesus for stealing his...
Old-Fashioned Texas Twang
Hayes Carll's first major-label release, Trouble in Mind, came out via Lost Highway in April to rave reviews. Carll hadn't made a record since 2005, which helps explain the disc's broad sonic swath: from Texas to Tennessee, from Earle to Keen to...
5 Best Songs You Didn't Hear
"She Left Me for Jesus" - Hayes Carll She says I should find Him and I'll know peace at last / If I ever find Jesus I'm kickin' His ass. Pansy-ass country-radio programmers screamed blasphemy, but the true offense was denying their audience this...
Q&A with Hayes Carll
9 p.m. Thursday — Blueberry Hill's Duck Room — $10 — 314-727-4444 Singer-songwriter Hayes Carll's new album "Trouble in Mind" recounts his rowdier days and includes the tall tale "She Left Me for Jesus," which recently won the Americana Music...
He's Got a Gig, Baby...
The Onion and Hayes Carll are joining forces for Carll's Fall 2008 American tour. Check out his upcoming dates and don't forget to visit America's Finest News Source.
I'm Grateful for Christmas This Year
The new holiday song from Hayes Carll's performance on Imus in the Morning - "I'm Grateful For Christmas This Year" - is now available for your downloading pleasure.To access, please CLICK HERE and follow the instructions.
Portland Preview: Hayes Carll
It's all Hank Williams' fault. The great country songwriter made himself a legend by singing about the three R's: rowdiness, roaming and regret. He didn't quite get around to the fourth (redemption) before he died in the back of his Cadillac, en...
Sounds Like Trouble
Hayes Carll would never say he’s the most talented guy in the world, but the thirty-two-year-old singer-songwriter had a leg up on the competition in the Gulf of Mexico town of Crystal Beach, Texas. “I was the only one in town who could sing and play...
Mourning the Loss of Bolivar
During a concert last month in London, Hayes Carll held up a British newspaper to the crowd and pointed out a front-page photo. The photo showed a lion holed up in a church on a largely abandoned Crystal Beach after Hurricane Ike. "I took it out to...
She Left Me For Jesus Video Premiere!
If you missed the premiere of "She Left Me For Jesus" on Imus In The Morning you can CLICK HERE to watch!
Carll Gets Dumped for Jesus
In September, Hayes Carll won the Americana Music Association’s song of the year for “She Left Me for Jesus.” With a title like that there’s only so many ways the song can go. By a few seconds into this new video you should get the idea. Basically, it’s...
A Whole Lotta Trouble
In the three years since his self-released second album, “Little Rock” became available, Carll has toured relentlessly in North America and abroad (performing over two hundred shows a year), founded a successful singer-songwriter music festival on the...
A Taste of Americana
Not to be confused with American- Irish duo Hayes and Cahill, Hayes Carll is a Texan singer-songwriter billed as a cross between a young Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan. Much closer to the former than the latter, and more Townes Van Zandt than either,...
Later... with Jools Holland
While touring in the UK this fall, Hayes Carll stopped by Later... with Jools Holland to perform "She Left Me For Jesus" in the studio. Follow this link to watch his set.
Q&A with Texas Monthly
The 32-year-old singer-songwriter grew up in the Woodlands. His third album, Trouble in Mind (Lost Highway), was released to rave reviews in April, and he has been working nonstop ever since. He just filmed a video of his hit “She Left Me for Jesus.” ...
She Left Me For Jesus wins Americana Music Association Song Of The Year!
Congratulations to Hayes for winning the Americana Music Association “Song of the Year” award for “She Left Me for Jesus”. The award was presented to both writers of the song, Hayes and Brian Keane at the historic Ryman Auditorium. Watch for the video...
Crystal Beach Hit by Ike
Hayes Carll, who spent four years honing his songwriting in the bars of Crystal Beach, is currently in England where, manager Mike Crowley says, “he’s devastated about the complete destruction of Crystal Beach.” Crowley says Carll is writing something...
Reminds Me of My Own Trouble In Mind
I’ve been listening to Hayes Carll’s latest album, Trouble in Mind, nonstop since I bought it a couple of weeks ago. It’s funny how certain music draws you in — like you’ve always loved it, like you’ve somehow lived it or have always known. I feel this...
Concrete Country
Watch Hayes Carll's debut on CMT's Concrete Country and hear him perform "It's A Shame," "Beaumont," and "I Got a Gig" all while on the streets of downtown Nashville! Click here for the videos.
Jesus is Coming!
The Daily Texan captured the mood as Hayes Carll and his heavenly buddies filmed the music video for "She Left Me for Jesus." The video is coming soon but until then, quench your curiosity by visiting their website to see the Messiahs for yourself.
Hayes Carll is Coming for YOU!
Hayes Carll is coming for you, young rock fans. He will make a country music believer out of you. He'll have none of this namby-pamby, softly-strummed, lightly twang-tinged, big city “alt-country” stuff, either. Don't let his history degree from Hendrix...
Carll's Corner: Riverside & Barton Springs
If Threadgill’s south location holds 600, there seemed to be 750 on hand to hear bearded singer-songwriter Hayes Carll Saturday night. The lines for beer were 20-30 people deep for most of the 90-minute set, as Carll’s rowdy and witty beach rat songs...
Rowdy Rock Finds a Sensitive Side
Hayes Carll made a stir in Americana music with his self-released 2004 album, Little Rock. He's matured some since then, and maturity...
"Greatest Country Song Ever Written"
"Greatest Country Song Ever Written..." applauded Don Imus on his July 25 morning show. What song received such high compliments? None other than Hayes Carll's "She Left Me for Jesus" which Imus fell for after recently hearing the track from Trouble In...
Huntsville Preview: Hayes Carll
In college towns, there are always three things: wild bars, cheap Jagerbombs and singer/songwriters. That formula holds true for lots of towns - except Conway, Ark., home of Hendrix College. Conway is located in a dry county. "There were no...
Hear Hayes Carll on Mountain Stage
Hayes Carll's Mountain Stage performance is now available for your listening pleasure compliments of NPR. The live set, originally recorded on June 29th, showcases Hayes performing the songs "Beaumont," "I Got A Gig," "She Left Me For Jesus," and "Bad...
Listen to Hayes Carll's Amazon Podcast
Want more Hayes? Check out Amazon.com's Wire Podcast to hear him discuss all things Trouble In Mind. Here's your link to be transported to Hayes Heaven!
Louisville Preview: Hayes Carll
Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll recently put out an exceptional album. Trouble in Mind is Carll’s third — and once again, he shows himself as one of the brightest and most self-effacing figures you’ll see taking to a roadhouse stage. Sometimes he’s...
Tampa Preview: Hayes Carll
It's one thing for a Texas singer-songwriter to draw comparisons to the greats who preceded him. It's another to co-write with a couple of them. Hayes Carll "evokes Townes Van Zandt lyrically, Guy Clark emotionally, Steve Earle stylistically and...
Carll: Keeping His Texas Perspective
Despite the mainstream media attention he's receiving these days, Texas-based singer-songwriter Hayes Carll insists that he's same guy he's always been. However, he also adds, "I don't do much around the house anymore. If my wife asks me to do something,...
Greenville Preview: Hayes Carll
After having mild success with two independent albums during the past five years, Hayes Carll seems poised for a major breakthrough with his latest effort. The talented Texas singer-songwriter recently released a new album, 'Trouble in Mind,' on...
Awendaw Preview: Hayes Carll
Make no mistake about it, Hayes Carll has no intentions of reading this. The truth is, he's aware of the reviews and stories that are being written about him these days, especially after being nominated for two major Americana Music Association...
Awendaw Preview: Hayes Carll
You — you look like you could use a quick trip outta Dodge. Maybe you’ve been meaning to take in a little summer music under the stars but one of those big outdoor festivals is too much: time, money, gas! Still, a chance to kick back in the green grass...
Free In-Stores from Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll will perform a handful of free in-stores while on the road this summer. Tampa, Greenville, Louisville and Houston are the lucky cities for these free, short sets. Mark your calendars, bring the family/buddy/special friend and catch a...
Hayes Carll: Texas Poet's Dream
Hayes Carll is a dry-witted folk musician whose unassuming music comes to life with amusing anecdotes. The 28-year-old singer/songwriter dominates stages with his compelling confidence while mixing both poetic and humorous lyrics into his Texas-inspired...
2008 Americana Music Awards Nominee
On June 11, the nominees for 2008’s Americana Honors and Awards were announced. We are delighted to share with you Hayes Carll’s well-deserved recognition: ALBUM OF THE YEAR : Trouble In Mind SONG OF THE YEAR :"She Left Me For Jesus" The winners will...
Trouble In Mind to be Featured in Summer Music Preview
Hayes Carll and Trouble In Mind will be featured in the June 22nd episode of CBS Sunday Morning as part of Bill Flanagan's Summer Music Preview. Tune in to see hear Flanagan's raves or sit tight and we'll an post audio/video clip after it has aired.
Hayes Carll Simulcast on June 18
Bored at work? Hayes Carll is performing live at 3:00 PM PST (6:00 PM EST) and it’s for all of us online junkies! Mike Nesmith’s (yes, THAT Mike Nesmith) VideoRanch.com and KPIG in Freedom, CA will simulcast Carll’s performance for your listening...
World Cafe Live on July 3rd
Hayes Carll will appear on World Cafe Live on July 3rd with an interview and live music set. The show is scheduled to broadcast in the second hour of the show. National Public Radio's World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations...
Trouble In Mind: A- Review!
Texas singer-songwriter Carll makes nouveau-outlaw country, poetic diction delivered with a rasp (a lover who "likes to lay naked and be gazed upon," indeed). His best melodies are honky-tonk lamentations, with detours into banjo-plunking balladry ("Girl...
Listen to Carll, Bingham Concerts on NPR
Hayes Carll and Ryan Bingham performed individual live sets as part of this year's Non-Comm Radio Convention in conjunction with XPN's Free at Noon shows. The concerts, which were simulcast on multiple stations around the country, consist of five songs...
3.5 (of 4) Stars for Trouble In Mind
This Texas troubadour displays both heart (the aching "Don't Let Me Fall") and humor (the hilarious "She Left Me for Jesus") on an alt-country disc that gives Ryan Adams something to worry about. Album Rating: 3 1/2 Stars (out of 4)
4 Stars of Trouble In Mind
Hayes Carll works in the hallowed tradition of smart-aleck Texas singer/songwriters (like Ray Wylie Hubbard, who co-wrote one song here) whose shaggy-dog stories always seem to have a poetic twist. The 12 originals on Trouble In Mind—which also sports...
FREE Hayes Carll In-Store: St. Louis
Hayes Carll will play a FREE In-Store at Euclid Records in Saint Louis on June 6th at 5:00PM. This freebie is only a few hours before he takes the stage at The Pageant to open for the Old 97's as part of Twangfest. Come to one or come to both but make...
WBUR "Here & Now" Interview with Hayes
Hayes Carll has been winning fans and critical acclaim with his brand of nouveau-outlaw country music. WBUR's "Here & Now" speaks to Hayes about his latest CD Trouble In Mind. Click here to listen --
Hayes Carll - LA Times
NASHVILLE -- Hayes Carll, 32, arranges his long limbs around a high-top table in the bar of a trendy Nashville restaurant. He's clearly out of place, but frequenting these locales comes with the new visibility he's earned as one of the most talked about...
Hayes Carll HUGE feature in American Songwriter
With his stringy blond hair and hangdog expression, Hayes Carll looks like any other kid riding the counter third shift at a 7-Eleven or stringing phone wire somewhere beyond the realm of life as lived in the suburbs. It’s not shiftless; he’s not that...
FOUR STARS for Trouble In Mind
The tone is spot-on and the songs have just the right amount of heft, humour and humanity. You can see why Guy Clark championed this 32-year-old Texan and co-wrote with him on his last album. Even then Carll's own songs stood out. There are 14 on his...
Hayes Carll Reaches #1 at Americana Radio!
Hayes Carll and his new album, Trouble In Mind, were crowned with the #1 position for Americana National Airplay this week. This is his second consecutive record to reach the highest rank for this format. His previous album, Little Rock, also reached...
Portland, OR Redux: Hayes Carll
I keep hearing about people who need closure. Things must be resolved, the package must be wrapped, the ribbon strapped tight, the bow affixed and fluffed. Don't forget the card -- thinking of you! -- and then, boom, closure. Everything makes sense now,...
Three Stars for Trouble In Mind
This Texas coaster covers plenty of bases on his third album, many of them alcoholic, and the tastiest perched between stadium rockabilly and Dylan-worship rock. Whether he’s feeling nostalgic for small-town foibles or fancying himself a drunken poet...
FOUR STAR Review for Trouble In Mind
Self-Made Americana Hero Loses his Girl to the Son of God... For fans of John Prine or Todd Snider, 32-year-old Texan Hayes Carll is a familiar type—a mush-mouthed drawler who's smarter about the beat than his shambling ways would make you think and...
San Diego Preview: Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll, at 32, is poised to join the pantheon of great Texas songwriters. Last week, his remarkable third album, "Trouble in Mind," was nominated for an Americana Music Award, with Carll earning another nod for the hilarious song "She Left Me for...
San Francisco Preview: Hayes Carll
Looks like the third time's a charm for Texan singer-songwriter Hayes Carll - the rough 'n' tumble country-folk outlaw has just released album number three, Trouble in Mind (Lost Highway), and it's a huge leap forward for the guy. Not only does his...
Portland Preview: Hayes Carll
Let's say you're into pop music. Rock, country, alt-rock, alt-country, alt-whatever. You already know who you like, but where do you go to find new stuff you might like just as much or even more? That used to be the radio's job. You'd turn...
Trouble In Mind: Songs of Heartbreak, Drifters, Barflies & Journeymen
Though only in his early 30s, Hayes Carll seemed to have taken the long way 'round. But his way. The Texas singer-songwriter follows in the long line of the Lone Star State's tradition of hard-worn songwriters who share an equal love for folk and...
Denver Preview: Hayes Carll
In “Crystal Beach Memories,” an animated video accessible at www.FunnyOrDie.com, 32-year-old singer-songwriter Hayes Carll remembers his early gigs at Bob’s Sports Bar and World Famous Grille, a Texas eatery that promoted his appearances with a sign...
Hayes Carll Makes his PLAYGIRL Debut
If you prefer your country musicians to be poets with drinking problems rather than cowboys who drive SUVs, meet the aloof Hayes Carll. This Texas bred singer-songwriter, whose easygoing demeanor is leftover from his years spent dwelling in shacks on the...
Little Rock Preview: Hayes Carll
As with many a liberal arts student, Hendrix College in Conway prepared Hayes Carll for jobs waiting tables at Red Lobster, digging ditches and tending bar. But the graduate with a history degree and a minor in theater also learned how to think for...
Trouble In Mind: Sharp, Roadhouse-Friendly Songs
Hayes Carll pines for lost youth differently than Tom Waits or The Ramones. (“Pine” isn’t really a verb you’d apply to the latter two.) Waits growled through the ramshackle original version of “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up,” and The Ramones sawed through...
Corpus Christi Preview: Roll in the Hayes
Hayes Carll is easily misunderstood. A singer-songwriter with an eye for wry observation and a gift for clever couplets, Carll's new album, "Trouble in Mind," is the first indication The Woodlands-bred songsmith has a knack for keeping people on...
Hayes Carll + 'Fresh Air'
Fresh Air music critic Ken Tucker reviews Trouble in Mind, the new album from country singer Hayes Carll. The 32-year-old Texan says his music is inspired by Beat poetry, Bob Dylan and singer-songwriter Townes Van Zant. CLICK HERE to LISTEN
Nashville Preview: Hayes Carll
Time was you could use the phrase "Texas singer-songwriter" and there'd be no mistaking that you were talking about the literate, rough-hewn, folk- and blues-based songs of Lone Star troubadours like Rodney Crowell and Guy Clark. Over the past...
Hayes Carll + KGSR + Stubb's = FREE Show!
Hayes Carll will play a FREE show at STUBB'S on MAY 24th as part of KGSR's Austin T-Party. For more information, visit KGSR's site.
Carll's No Depression
Hayes Carll is featured in No Depression's May-June (and final) issue. Click on the links below to read this in-depth and fantastic article: Page One / Page Two / Page Three
Carll: A Voice Worth Noting
ESSENTIAL "Bad Liver and Broken Heart" Authentic voices are so rare these days, it's easy to overpraise newcomers but Carll's debut ushers in a compelling major voice. Following in the tradition of his many Texas predecessors, Carll delivers a...
THREE STARS for Trouble In Mind
Religion is a regular theme in country music, but it isn't often you hear a country singer vowing to administer a beating to Christ, as Hayes Carll does in "She Left Me For Jesus." Carll isn't being blasphemous; he's simply singing smart, funny lyrics...
An "A" for Trouble In Mind
The Houston native cements his credentials as the next great Texas troubadour on his major-label debut, arriving in stores Tuesday. Like Guy Clark and Steve Earle, Carll has the Texas twang and lazy drawl to bring out the boot-stomping good ol’ boy in...
Carll: A Hero In Texas
In today's fast-paced, super-connected wired world, the idea of regional scenes seems almost quaint, like rotary phones and 8-tracks. But, man, Hayes Carll sounds like Texas in the best way possible - his wit as pointed as a true cowboy's...
5 STARS for Trouble In Mind
Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll comes from the same fertile territory that yielded such iconic troubadours as Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. On Trouble in Mind, his Lost Highway debut after two independently released albums, Carll...
B+ for Trouble In Mind
Why we care: With a hang-dog delivery slathered in twang and tough luck, this eccentric Texan traverses the backwoods distance between the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan (with a little Roger Miller thrown in for comic relief). Singer-songwriters don't get...
Hayes Carll: One To Watch
On his Lost Highway debut, this Houston-based country-rock crooner covers Tom Waits' "I Don't Wanna Grow Up," but judging by the rest of "Trouble in Mind," it might be too late for Hayes Carll. The fine songwriting here, rich with Texas-music echoes,...
Three Stars for Trouble In Mind
The first of many girls who whirl through Carll’s third album likes him to watch her naked. That makes her a drunken poet’s dream, to his mind, and this Texas troubadour’s happy to play that dreamer. Carll’s characters have problems with commitment,...
Carll: Texas Songwriter Finding His Way on the Road
Texas troubadour Hayes Carll wanted to be a writer long before he wanted to be a musician. ``When I found that I could become a songwriter and not have to do 300 pages, but maybe achieve the same kind of thing in three minutes, I dove pretty heavily into...
Trouble In Mind: Odes to Drinking, Broken Hearts & the Glories of the Music Circuit
Texas troubadour Ray Wylie Hubbard is alive and well, so there's no need to seek his replacement. If there were, though, fellow Texan Hayes Carll would do a fine job. In fact, Carll's Lost Highway debut opens with a song he co-wrote with Hubbard. "Drunken...
Trouble In Mind: Style, Grace & Flair
Heartaches, disappointment, perseverance and recovery are topics that Hayes Carll brilliantly examines in his strong new CD. Besides singing about all these with depth and conviction, the stories and lyrics in such songs as "Drunken Poet's Dream," "Bad...
Trouble In Mind: Top Contender for 2008
Listen up, dusty songwriter freaks: I've made a major discovery. Texas troubadour Hayes Carll reminds me of so many of the greats, my head spins like it's full of whiskey. I hear John Prine, Todd Snider, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Waits (he covers a Waits...
Carll's Hard-Won Wisdom
With his first two albums, Flowers and Liquor and Little Rock, Hayes Carll joined the long line of take-no-prisoners Texas troubadours such as Guy Clark, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Steve Earle (the first two have already cowritten with him). Trouble in Mind...
Hayes Carll Gets Animated
Hayes Carll is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter from Texas with a distinct country bent and mighty humble beginnings. (Early in his career he had to resort to selling vacuums door to door to support himself.) He has a voice as tough and relentless as a...
Hayes Carll Listening Party -- VOTE for your Favorite Song!
CLICK HERE to visit Amazon and vote for your favorite Hayes Carll track from Trouble In Mind. If you haven't already heard of Hayes Carll, you soon will. In the three years since his self-released second album, Little Rock, became available, Carll has...
Trouble In Mind: Roadhouse Americana
Hayes Carll’s voice is a scraped-up Texas rasp. The music on his third album, “Trouble in Mind” (Lost Highway), has cleaned up a little — it’s his move to a major label — yet still sounds like roadhouse Americana: plinking banjo in some songs, honky-tonk...
3 1/2 Stars for Trouble In Mind
It's hard to decide right away which is more impressive, this 28-year-old Texan's delightfully crafted tales of life in the bars and side roads of rural America or the vibrant music he couches them in, a rootsy, country-based stew thick with roadhouse...
Carll: Another Texas Troubadour, Smarter & Funnier than Most
Texas singer-songwriters aren't so much a genre as an infestation. They spring up like a hill of fire ants—overnight you could find a handful clogging up your empty stage and begging for a bar tab. You can't necessarily make a killing burning oil from...
Hayes Carll: 4/16 Houston In-Store CANCELLED
Hayes Carll has been forced to cancel his in-store at Cactus Records in Houston tomorrow (4/16) due to illness. We're sorry for the short notice but once Hayes is back on his feet, we'll all do our best to reschedule.
Hayes Carll Q&A – Texas Music Magazine
Hayes Carll blasted his career out of a cannon in 2004. The Woodlands native’s sophomore effort, Little Rock – a salt vortex of machetes and memories that measured a young poet’s wanderlust against a seasoned brawler’s will – became the...
Trouble In Mind: Edgy, Outlaw Attitude
“I’m wild as a turkey under a Christmas moon / I’m as empty as my wallet on a Sunday afternoon.” That adroit couplet sums up Hayes Carll’s insurgent stance, now in full bloom on his pointedly titled third album. Carll’s devil-may-care spit and swagger...
Healthy Grin of World-Weary Songs & Half-Heartbreaking Ballads
With Trouble In Mind, Hayes Carll staggers back, safely, into the Americana spotlight with a healthy grin of world-weary songs and half-heartbreaking ballads. Following his self-released Little Rock won’t be easy, as it perched at the #1 spot on the...
Hayes Carll: Honest Emotion and Sardonic Wit
Hayes Carll might be the perfect artist to introduce (or perhaps reintroduce) fans of pop country to genuine country music. On his third album, Trouble In Mind, Carll keeps things gritty enough to appeal to alt-country and traditional country purists...
Another 4-Star Review for Trouble In Mind!
Far too much of the country music coming out today is “successful” in achieving a very limited aim; to be enjoyable by leaning heavily on pop-rock conventions while using the lyrics to vaguely define the emotional point of the song and to provide just...
Hayes Carll has Trouble In Mind
Hayes Carll is a Texas singer/songwriter, which is a categorical description that holds a lot of artistic weight. After all, this subset also includes Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt. And heck, let's not forget Willie Nelson and Waylon...
Carll's Best In Texas
Willie Nelson. Shelby Lynne. Van Morrison. Hayes Carll. In order, new international releases by those four artists were rolled out by Lost Highway Records in March and early April. Country and pop music fans spanning several...
An "A" for Trouble In Mind
“I’m gonna holler / And I’m gonna scream / I’m gonna get me some Mescaline.” Picture Steve Earle at his booziest singing that line from “Drunken Poet’s Dream” and you’re most of the way to understanding what this third album from Stephen King’s favorite...
AP Review: Trouble In Mind
Hayes Carll sings about gamblers and ramblers, yet he flashes his cards right upfront on Trouble in Mind," his first major-label album and third overall. The 32-year-old Texan opens with "Drunken Poet's Dream," co-written with longtime Lone Star...
Carll Feature
Music writer Andy Langer featured Hayes Carll in the April 8th revoew on NPR. The segment is 14 minutes long... Wanna skip straight to Hayes? His review begins at 10:50 mintues. LISTEN NOW
Catching Up with Hayes Carll
Trouble in mind He was born in The Woodlands, but stints in other places have deepened Hayes Carll's outlook on life. And when it's time for the singer/songwriter to get busy, he often goes to a place or recalls a time — the unhappier, the better — to...
B+ for Trouble in Mind
B+ Basic Story Um, how to describe? Dude from Texas with backward name plays country rock? The extra "l" is, presumably, for extra lovin'. Sample Grab "It's girls like this that keep me tryin' / She goes off like an...
Carll: No Longer a Mess in Texas
Hayes Carll has just released his third album, Trouble In Mind. His first, Flowers And Liquor, for Compadre Records, was produced by Lisa Morales of Sisters Morales. His second, Little Rock, released independently, was produced by R. S. Field. One of...
Houston Magazine: Carll's Going Coastal
Singer-songwriter Hayes Carll took an unusual road to success. Born in the suburbs of Houston, he moved to the Galveston area, of all places, to jump-start his career as a musician in his twenties. And it actually worked; Carll is finally enjoying the...
Trouble In Mind: "Rugged Country Folk-Rock"
The Americana singer/songwriter rises from the Stephen King approved indie ranks to the major-label sweepstakes on his third release, and first for Lost Highway. It's a strong if characteristic collection of rugged country folk-rock sung with Hayes Carll'...
Hayes Carll: Free In-Stores
Hayes Carll will be making the rounds and visiting a few record stores to perform free in-stores in support of his new release, Trouble In Mind. Tuesday, April 8 - 5:00 PM Waterloo Records 600 North Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX 512-474-2500 Friday, April...
Check out Hayes Carll's SXSW video blog & Free Download!
Catch up with Hayes at SXSW 2008! Hayes was all over Austin during this year's SXSW, earning new fans at every stop. Check out his video blog to see for yourself. Click Here To Watch Free iTunes Download! Hayes' hilarious new song "She Left Me...
Trouble In Mind: FIVE STARS!
Behold a most uncommon pleasure: Romantic poetry cresting a wave of rapid-fire rock ’n’ roll. “I’ve got a girl out in Henrietta, and her love is like tornado weather,” Hayes Carll sings on the swelling cautionary tale “A Bad Liver and a Broken Heart.”...
FREE Hayes Carll Show!
To celebrate the release of Trouble In Mind, Hayes Carll will play a free show at Stubb's in Austin, TX on Tuesday, April 8 at 8:00 PM. Come by and help Hayes celebrate the new release!
Trouble In Mind: Fine Irony
Modern journalism is rife with incorrect uses of the word ironic (mostly I blame Alanis Morissette). I guess it’s become a pet peeve of mine. Which is why the first thing to grab my attention on Trouble In Mind was that the only song Hayes Carll...
Hayes Carll, SXSW Review
Seems like every year I come to South By Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, I find myself penciling in a showcase by Hayes Carll. He's been threatening to make a new album for a while, and finally it's done -- and well worth the wait. At a midnight show on Cedar...
Hayes Carll in SESAC Magazine
Check out a feature on Hayes Carll from SESAC Magazine. Click here to read.
King's Approval
Hayes Carll, who will release Trouble In Mind with Lost Highway on April 8, has received the stamp of approval from everyone's favorite horror author/music aficionado Stephen King. Click here to read King's praise for Carll and the author's other 2007...
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