Archive: 2008

Clearly, some novelty records are just silly and others are, at least on some level, actually quite serious. Words of Wisdom is certainly of the more serious variety. That's not to say that it isn't light-hearted, just that it has a real purpose.

The members of Led Zeppelin are set to reconvene this month to discuss possible touring plans. The band, who played a reunion show on December 10 last year at London’s O2 Arena, are rumoured to play further live dates this year. Speaking to Rolling Stone, bassist John Paul Jones said: “There is a band meeting […]

Caribou -the stage name of Canadian musician/producer Dan Snaith–will undertake a lengthy tour of North America this spring. The tour covers most of March and all of April before concluding with a May 4 appearance in Buffalo, NY. British indie progressive group F**k Buttons will provide opening support on all of the tour’s dates, which […]

Page McConnell will perform as part of the "Big Easy Blowout: a Mardi Gras Benefit Celebration" on January 25 at the Boulder Theatre and January 26 at Cervantes in Denver. All proceeds from the events will benefit the New Orleans Musicians Clinic and Tipitina’s Foundation. In addition to Page, the musical lineup will feature Russell […]

The real stars of the early show this New Year’ weekend were the same as 2006 but at an even higher level. Bassist Victor Wooten and drummer Dave Weckl simply astound with the fluidity imagination and detail in their playing.

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.

It’s difficult to imagine of a more inaccessible band for small children than Medeski Martin & Wood. In all my years of being the creepy guy in just a trenchcoat and knee high socks at the local playground, I’ve never heard a parent say, “You know what my kid loves? Acid jazz! And he adores five-minutes percussion solos!”

All photos by our main man Danfun

But there I was at 6 pm last night, draped in my weekday business casual in the Time Warner Center’s Borders book store, watching the always-entertaining trio play a bunch of tracks from their new kids album, Let’s Go Everywhere.

A crowd of children sat in front of the band, most of them seemingly digging the music about cats, pirates and choo-choos, while a throng of equal parts hippie and hipster watched behind them, trying their best not to rock out in such a public place. And of all the venues I’ve done the head-bob, right knee-bend and foot tap to live music, Borders may now be a top contender for the strangest of places.

Read on for more of Danfun’s photos from the book store…

We thought the gift-giving season was over, but FestivaLink proved us wrong by releasing a free MP3 compilation of their best recordings from 2007. You can now download eight amazing tracks, including Leftover Salmon playing Down In The Hollow at Red Rocks. Other artists featured include Robinella, Bob Schneider and Diane Jones. FestivaLink will continue […]

If U2’s The Joshua Tree did not represent such an artistic pinnacle for the Irish group, this Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition might seem nothing more than another contrived piece of commercialism for the holidays.

Joe Jackson has set U. S. Tour Dates in the midst of a  world tour to support his forthcoming album, "Rain." Jackson will start in late February with a month’s worth of shows in Europe and then make his way to North America for a six-week trek beginning April 1 in Toronto. Coast-to-coast US dates […]