For those that live in Nashville, TN, an Epiphone Olympic belonging to Dave is on display at the Tennessee State Museum as part of a new free exhibition, The Guitar: An American Love Story. The collection of more than 150 guitars — dating from the early 1800s to the present day – run through December 30th. Watch the video below to get a glimpse of the collection, and follow this link for more information:

ABC’s new show Nashville has been featuring a lot of original music from local artists. In Episode 4, We Live In Two Different Worlds, the main character sings an unreleased track of Gillian’s called “Changing Ground.” Watch the clip below to hear the song.

ZZ Top’s new album, La Futura, features a cover of Gillian and Dave’s song “It Too Easy.” Appearing as track 9, the song is called “It’s Too Easy Mañana” on the new album, ZZ Top’s first in 9 years. “It’s Too Easy” was originally recorded by Gillian and Dave on the Dave Rawlings Machine album, A Friend of a Friend.

La Futura can be found at your favorite retailer or downloaded from iTunes here.

NPR will be rebroadcasting Gill & Dave’s interview to acknowledge their Americana Awards on Tuesday, September 18th. Click here to find a station near you or you can follow this link to listen online.

Acony Records is delighted to announce that Gillian and Dave took home two Americana Awards last night. The ceremony, held in Nashville, TN, at the Ryman Auditorium, featured live performances by Lifetime Achievement Award winners Booker T. Jones, Bonnie Raitt, and Richard Thompson. Dave won the Instrumentalist of the Year award, his first AMA, in a strong category featuring friends Buddy Miller, Darrell Scott, and Chris Thile. Gillian won Artist of the Year, the last award of the night. This marks the first AMA Award for either Gillian or Dave.

Gillian and David recently recorded their own version of the Squidbillies theme song, which debuted on last Sunday night’s new episode. You can watch the full intro below. You can also watch full episodes of Squidbillies on adultswim.com.

 

Gillian and Dave together have garnered 4 nominations for 2012 Americana Music Honors & Awards. They are nominated for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Duo/Group of the Year, and Dave for Instrumentalist of the Year. The Americana Awards will be held Sept. 12 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Wilmington, DE, Albany, NY, and Buffalo, NY have been confirmed for July, with more to come. Check out the tour page for details, tickets on sale Friday!

Gillian will be joining the first ever Interstellar Rodeo, a 3-day festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Gill and Dave will perform on opening night, Friday, July 27th. Weekend passes are available at www.sixshooterrecords.com, Ticketmaster, and Blackbyrd. Single tickets will be available starting Monday, May 28, 2012.

Gillian has just been confirmed as the Saturday night headliner for the Calgary Folk Music Festival on July 28th in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The 4-day festival is from July 26th to the 29th. Other artists include Iron & Wine, Beirut, Chris Isaak, and Randy Newman. You can find more info at the festival website, and you can buy tickets online here.