From The Jam Hits North America
From The Jam featuring Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler of iconic U.K. group The Jam, has announced a run of North American dates. The band, which also includes Dave Moore and Russell Hastings, will embark on a 14-city tour January 24 at House of Blues in San Diego. Other venues on the schedule include the […]
Bruce Hornsby & Ricky Skaggs Launch New Dates
Bruce Hornsby and bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs have launched a new slate of dates to support their eponymous album release. The Grammy-winning musicians, who did a coast-to-coast US run in October, will re-team for shows in Lafayette, LA, and Mobile, AL, this weekend, and then play a steady stream of gigs from late March through […]
Hot Chip Announces Spring Tour
The music making partnership of Alexis Taylor, Joe Goddard, Owen Clarke, Al Doyle and Felix Martin came into existence in gradual stages, and has culminated in their third album Made In The Dark the follow up to the UK gold selling, Mercury Music Prize nominated album The Warning. Hot Chip has announced U.S. Tour dates […]
Dengue Fever Confirm Dates for Venus On Earth
Los Angeles’ Dengue Fever will tour the Midwest, East Coast & Canada in support of their third CD Venus On Earth (Jan 22, M80 Music). Confirmed dates are as follows: February 27 @ Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL February 28 @ Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, MI February 29 @ Skully’s, Columbus, OH March 1 @ Black Cat, Washington, DC March 2 […]
Eddie Vedder Wins Golden Globe
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder won a Golden Globe last night for best original song. Vedder won the gong for ‘Guaranteed’, a song he penned for the movie ‘Into The Wild’ directed by Sean Penn. Vedder was nominated in the same category on 2003 for a track he wrote for the movie ‘Big Fish’ but […]
British Sea Power Plan North American Tour
British Sea Power have announced a tour of North America, scheduled to begin February 25 in San Diego. The outing will support the release of the band’s third album ‘Do You Like Rock Music?’ which will be released February 12. Record in a converted water tower, a 200 year old fort and the forests of […]
Televised Tune: On the Tube This Weekend
Music fans were left in the lurch when the writers’ strike led to the temporary cancellation of all the late night shows. The hosts have returned, and we’re back to rockin’ out to incredible performances from the likes of MGMT and Rogue Wave. Tonight, Spoon peddles their wares on Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show. Friday […]
Friday Mix Tape: A Return To Imeem
So last week’s embedded test run with our new friends at imeem went swimmingly, and we see no reason to halt a good thing. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, I’m told, and I can add don’t feed a gift horse Beefarino. Rusty! This week’s edition is everywhere, starting out on the old-school […]
Stars Align: Everybody Loves Jimmy Vivino
Holy fucking shit. That’s about as clear as I can put it. Last night’s star-studded concert at BB King’s was easily one of the cooler experiences I’ve ever had in all my years of seeing live music. BEST $12.50 TICKET EVER! In all caps!
Photos by Adam Kaufman
Pretty much everyone that ever played with Jimmy Vivino came out to help celebrate his birthday, as well as promoter Bill Graham’s birthday. Everyone who was on the rumored lineup turned up, plus even more legendary musicians. This was one of the many nights that I’m so happy to live in New York City.
I had a hard time keeping track of who sat in on what, but John Sebastian came out for the first two songs. The Prisoners of 2nd Ave played the next few songs, and were joined by Elaine Caswell for the Jefferson Airplane shiz. Warren Haynes then came out for blistering versions of both Had to Cry Today and Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad. At this point Levon Helm came out, and the drawlin’ drummer stayed at the kit the whole night. An old white dude named Robert Gordon also came out to sing a couple of Elvis tunes with the ensemble.
I’d never heard of Willie Nile, but he blew me away. That dude is like a mix of early John Cougar and late Bruce Springsteen, and he sang his tune Hard Times in America to much applause. After Willie left the stage, Vivino called upon his Fab Faux band mates for intense driving versions of I Want You (She’s So Heavy) and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Warren came out for While My Guitar, giving us the monumental lineup of the Fab Faux, Warren, Levon and Paul Shaffer. I couldn’t believe my eyes. READ ON FOR MUCH MORE, PLUS VIDEOS AND PHOTOS…
Leftovers: Led Zep to Meet About Touring
Rolling Stone’s David Fricke sat down with John Paul Jones for an exclusive interview about Led Zeppelin’s reunion show. The big news out of the article is that the members of the band are gonna meet later this month to discuss the future. Is there any chance in hell this reunion tour doesn’t happen? Jones […]