Archer Records

03/09/2024

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/495886/Lily-Afshar-to-be-commemorated-at-IAF

05/03/2023

https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2023/05/01/1173100256/30a-songwriters-sessions-amy-lavere-and-will-sexton

Memphis-based singer songwriter Amy LaVere is joined by her husband Will Sexton in this mini-concert.

05/03/2023

30A Songwriters Sessions: Amy LaVere and Will Sexton

Memphis-based singer songwriter Amy LaVere is joined by her husband Will Sexton in this mini-concert.

02/24/2023

Lily Afshar remembers her master class with Andrés Segovia on the Acoustic Guitar magazine podcast.

Andrés Segovia was born on February 21, 1893. To mark his 130th birthday, we spoke with three contemporary guitarists who each studied with the Maestro: Lily Afshar, Liona Boyd, and Michael Chapdelaine. Each of our guests shares their unique (or i...

08/19/2022

https://youtu.be/kQtNUymWHfA

Charlie Wood "The Memphis Music Story" at Edinburgh Fringe '22recorded 08.08.2022 at the Argyle & Cellar Barhttps://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on =%22The%20...

11/28/2021

Bruce VanWyngarden shares a reminiscence from May 2013, excerpted from his new book, Everything That’s True.

12/22/2020

Thank you Danny Neill and Folk Radio UK for an extraordinarily insightful review of Amy LaVere's new album and her life as an artist during the pandemic.
https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2020/12/danny-neills-top-10-albums-of-2020/

Danny Neill chooses his Best Albums of 2020 ft. Amy LaVere, Bob Dylan, Sarah Jarosz, Courtney Marie Andrews, Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom, Terry Allen & more.

10/09/2020

Archer Records' artist Amy LaVere's amazing new venture. https://is.gd/MOVale

Memphis musician Amy LaVere has created a line of vegan chocolate treats called Chocolate LaVa. Here's how her new business started.

09/29/2020

Come enjoy some great music with us!

Join us this Saturday, Oct 3rd, from 6:00-8:00pm for a porch show from Deborah Swiney. We will be socially distant & safe as we listen to some incredible music & cheer on the runners for the Cooper Young Festival 4 Miler!

07/10/2020

Check out this amazing documentary airing tonight at 7:30PM on WKNO. It features music from Archer Records & Blue Barrel Records artists Amy LaVere, Caleb Sweazy, & John Kilzer.

Downtown Memphis has changed a lot over the past hundred years, but The Little Tea Shop restaurant, founded by two women in 1918, has been a constant. This d...

06/05/2020

Thank you to the good people from Real Roots Cafe in the Netherlands for this glorious review of Amy LaVere's Painting Blue.. "..that is simply the result of the beautifully dosed semi-acoustic frame of her deep soprano, her beautifully drawy singing style and her seemingly innocent performance."
Listen to the album here if you haven't...or do it again! http://smarturl.it/PaintingBlue

Painting Blue is het zesde album van de Amerikaanse singer-songwriter en (contra) bassiste Amy LaVere. Ze schrijft en vertolkt lieflijke en enigszins fragiele luisterliedjes, die qua genre uitwaaie…

05/30/2020

We completely agree. Such an incredible song from an incredible man that speaks so true especially now.

"Until we're all free... ain't nobody free." (Official Music video) The stirring social justice anthem from John Kilzer's Archer Records release Hide Away no...

05/21/2020

Check out the latest issue of HiFi Plus Magazine for a great interview with Amy LaVere. Thanks to Sean Hannam for the write up!

05/01/2020

Amy LaVere's song, I Don't Wanna Know gets a spin on the BBC. Thank you BBC Radio Ulster!
The song starts at 44:25!

Ralph McLean has new music from Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams and Courtney Marie Andrews.

04/28/2020

They like Amy LaVere's Painting Blue in Italy as well: "No Room For Baby ... conquers you without any effort from start to finish...thanks to the sound of the arches and its almost angelic and ethereal choruses." Thank you to Roots Highway.

Painting BlueAmy LaVereI Don’t Wanna Know Solid AirStick HorseShipbuildingGirlfriendsYou’re not in MemphisNo Room For BabyNo Battle HymnPainting Blue

04/20/2020

Thanks to our friends in the Netherlands, Altcountry.nl, for this glowing review of Paining Blue by Amy LaVere.
http://www.altcountry.nl/blog/?p=26966 -26966

Een dame die al enige tijd meedraait in de americanawereld maar die hier nog nooit de aandacht heeft gekregen die ze verdient is Amy LaVere. Daar komt nu verandering in. De 45-jarige LaVere levert met Painting Blue (Archer Records) al haar zesde soloplaat af. Daarnaast is ze trouwens ook, met John P...