Rodney Crowell is set to release Close Ties on March 31 via New West Records. He will support the new album with a national tour. One of the performances on this 2017 tour will feature a conversation and performance that will kickoff the 2017 Americana Series at the GRAMMY Museum’s 200-seat Clive Davis Theater in Los Angeles. “I have declared my loyalty to Americana.  It’s a hard category for people to get their heads around, or at least the terminology is.  But all the people who represent it - Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle and more recent