Archive: 2008

Robert Plan and Alison Krauss have announced plans to embark on a US tour this spring. The Led Zeppelin frontman and the country chanteuse will begin their jaunt April 20 in Louisville, Kentucky. The duo will also stop in Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 22, Chattanooga, Tennessee, on April 23 and Birmingham, Alabama on April 26, […]

They don’t have a record deal or release date for their album yet, and their name still isn’t even a 100% firm, but a new "supergroup" featuring members of the Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello’s Imposters, Toad the Wet Sprocket and others has taken shape in Los Angeles and will likely be heard from this year. Tentatively […]

The debut EP CB Radio by Chris Burns is an energetic acoustic album with enough hooks to carry any full-length release. The metaphor-rich lyrics and soft, boy-next-door vocals punctuate the songs, but it’s Burns’ compositions that stand out.

For his latest album, 12, Keller Williams employs a fairly straightforward concept: 12 songs, one from each of his 11 albums and one previously unreleased track. It’s a neat twist on the “greatest hits” concept, a unique approach that should be no surprise to fans of the eccentric musician.

With his latest album, Some Mad Hope, Matt Nathanson wants your attention.  But there’s also part of him that wants to be known for writing songs you love.  In other words, he’s not Adam Sandler’s long lost cousin.

It’s a big day for football fans, with two Sunday Specials occupying the afternoon and evening airwaves. So pick up some Tostitos and the corresponding Pace Picante, call your friends and cram five people on a four-person couch, hire a midget stripper to serve everyone Gimlets and prepare yourself for some old-fashioned slobberknockers. I think […]

Jake and Elwood Blues put their R&B band back together in an effort to save the orphanage where they grew up in 1980’s Blues Brothers movie. The film’s clearly hilarious, but it also features a slew of good music. Ray Charles, James Brown and Aretha Franklin all make memorable cameos, while always-underrated aces Donald “Duck” […]

I’m dropping down a guarantee right here and now. I am Broadway Joe in a long fur coat on the eve of Super Bowl III. I am Mark Messier before a do-or-die Game 6 in New Jersey. I am George Foreman and you are searching for a low-cost muffler. And here’s my guarantee: You will […]

Tea Leaf Green is the jamband scene’s Radiohead. Before you fume with anger at that analogy, we’re only talking about their ability to regularly provide fans with awesome simulcasts of their performances. Now the band is working with iClips to offer three live broadcasts from TLG’s upcoming tour. Check out iClips on February 2nd, 3rd […]

Jamie Lidell’s second album, Multiply caught people off-guard in 2005. Few expected the restless sonic scientist to make an uplifting soul record, but he did; and audiences and critics were captivated by the fusion of his influences with deeply felt song writing, meticulous production skills, and most of all, that amazing voice. According to the […]