Archive: 2007

Led Zeppelin may not be headlining next year’s Bonnaroo, but last week’s hot rumor wasn’t too far off the mark. As it turns out Robert Plant will be performing in Manchester, but not with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones or even Jason Bonham. Nashville’s NBC affiliate broke the news that Plant will take the stage […]

Listen My Friends, a twenty track Moby Grape compilation, is arguably superior to the now out-of-print double-cd Vintage simply because this one focuses solely on the group’s strengths.

Appreciating Mighty High means allowing for Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule to indulge their recent surge of interest in dub and other reggae flavors. There's a lot to like on Mighty High and a lot to discard. Even haters of the CD–some Mule fanatics have called it un-listenable, and they're not totally wrong, should feel comfortable knowing the band has no plans for a holding pattern with this musical output. Trust in that.

Euphonic Conceptions will be throwing the official post-STS9 after parties each night in Atlanta during the soon-to-be sold-out New Year’s Tabernacle run.  Each night features different artists at different venues, including 12/28 at the Mark Ultra Lounge with Glitch Mob, Richard Devine and others, 12/29 at Lenny’s Bar with Eliot Lipp and Telepath, 12/30 at […]

Lotus once again takes to the road in early 2008, after returning from the open seas of Jam Cruise.  The tour officially begins January 23 with a return to Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC.  Stops along the way include returns to favorite venues such as the Orange Peel in Asheville, Georgia Theatre in Athens, the […]

Led Zeppelin may not be headlining next year’s Bonnaroo, but last week’s hot rumor wasn’t too far off the mark. As it turns out Robert Plant will be performing in Manchester, but not with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones or even Jason Bonham. Nashville’s NBC affiliate broke the news that Plant will take the stage […]

Bassist Victor Wooten will release his new CD, PALMYSTERY, on April 1, 2008. In keeping with the ongoing philosophy of genre-bending eclecticism that has driven all of his solo work, Wooten’s Heads Up debut embraces a range of styles – jazz, funk, pop, soul, gospel, world music and more – and boasts a diverse guest […]

Singer/songwriter Steve Earle has announced the initial round of dates for a world tour in support of his latest, Washington Square Serenade. The first leg kicks off January 17 at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, Scotland, and will hit cities across the U.K. and Europe before wrapping February 18 at Roundhouse in London. Other […]

Sales of Led Zeppelin’s back catalogue have increased by 500%since the band announced then played their reunion show at the O2 Arena, which took place on Monday (December 10). Music retailer HMV also revealed that sales of ‘Mothership’, Led Zeppelin’s recent compilation album, rose by 50% overnight following the gig, and was the biggest selling […]

Eddie Vedder has teamed up with John Legend for the Howard Zinn documentary ’The People Speak’. The pair will handle the music for the documentary, which is based on the book ‘A People’s History Of The United States’. Matt Damon, Marisa Tomei, Danny Glover and Viggo Mortensen are also involved in the project which is […]