Archive: 2008

Winter is officially upon us, and this week’s Stormy Monday celebrates the season with a mix of jam-centric seasonal favorites. First is Phish at IT with a soulful Army of One, a tune that never got enough stage time. Even so, Page McConnell’s bleak original sparkled right out of the box, and hopefully it will […]

“I’ll state my opinion any time I fucking choose.”

Those aren’t the exact lyrics to Light Is Like Water, my favorite Jerry Joseph song, but that’s how I’ll always remember the verse from the last time I heard Joseph do it live (sometime around Stockholm Syndrome’s inaugural tour in 2004).

That line sounds exactly like Joseph, the incisive folk-rocker with the serious songwriting chops and the lived-in voice, best known for Little Women, the Jackmormons and numerous other solo projects, not to mention his longstanding association with Widespread Panic. And the song’s overall attributes might describe Joseph himself, as well as his curious career: longwinded, tender, pointed, hopeful, irascible, cynical, soulful—and singular.

Hidden Track caught up with Joseph at a snowed-in tour stop in Salt Lake City late last week. His 2008 is far from over; having revived the Jackmormons name with a modified lineup, he’ll close out the year in his adopted home of New York City, booked for Dec. 29 and 30 at Crash Mansion and New Year’s Eve at the Delancey Lounge. If you’re in the area and haven’t yet made your plans, well, we’d be remiss if we didn’t recommend it.

Hidden Track: In recent years you’ve been doing New Year’s gigs in Portland and also in Costa Rica and other far-flung locales. Why New York for 2008?

Jerry Joseph: Well, I live there, for one. Originally this year we were supposed to do a bunch of Colorado shows and I think one of them was planned for after Panic, but I just wasn’t into it. So we decided to say fuck it and do this and our New York City friends were all holy shit, holy shit. This has kind of been thrown together more last minute than we usually like, so we’ll see what happens. Lots going on in NYC that week and I’d love to say we have the same fanbase as My Morning Jacket [laughs], but that’s just not true. We’ll see what happens—I know it’s been moving pretty quickly but I know a lot of people are flying in for it too.

READ ON for more of Chad’s interview with Jerry Joseph…

Last week,  my shitty cable company finally added MTV’s Hi-Def channel, Palladia, and it rivals sister-station VH-1 Classic as the best cable network for music fans. Just this weekend I got to see highlights from Rothbury 2008, a couple of episodes of Soundstage and Jay-Z’s Storytellers all in glorious HD. Be sure to shout at […]

Each year, moe. and Umphrey’s McGee headline the Summer Camp Festival in Chillicothe, IL and next year will be no exception. For the 2009 edition on May 22-24, moe. and Umphrey’s play each night of the festival and will be joined by Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood, Girl Talk, Keller Williams, Dark Star Orchestra, Cornmeal, […]

Underoath, Thrice, Bad Religion, Less Than Jake, NOFX and Anti-Flag are among the dozens of bands confirmed for the 2009 Vans Warped Tour, which begins June 26 in Pomona, Calif., and will wrap Aug. 23 in Los Angeles.Also on the bill for the 15th edition of the tour are Bayside, Bouncing Souls, Chiodos, Escape The […]

The Black Crowes ended an extremely busy and successful 2008 with a bang in San Francisco last night. Chris and Rich Robinson’s band of brothers finished a five show stand at the Fillmore Auditorium with a three song encore featuring legendary bassist Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead. Most accomplished bands would take a rest […]

Dan and his Hot Licks are at it again with a brand-new collection of compelling and witty tunes on his latest CD, Tangled Tales, due out March 24, 2009 on Surfdog Records. Featuring the same swinging music and insightful charm that has endeared him to audiences and fellow artists alike, Tangled Tales features a world-class […]

Morrissey will release “Years of Refusal” in the US February 17, 2009 on Attack/Lost Highway. “Years of Refusal” will be Morrissey’s first studio album since 2006’s UK #1 “Ringleader of the Tormentors”. In February, Morrissey will begin the US leg of his world tour that includes rare intimate club dates. Tour Dates 2/28      Boca […]

The Pretenders announced today they will be the latest artist to be part of the iTunes "Originals" series. The Pretenders edition will be available exclusively at the iTunes Store starting December 23.  On top of this release the band has released a digital holiday EP which features a new recording of the band’s classic "2000 […]

U2’s new album, No Line on the Horizon, will be released by Interscope Records on March 3. It’s the Irish rock band’s 12th studio album and their first release since 2004’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. The new album was completed after studio sessions in Fez, Morocco; Dublin, Ireland; New York; and London. Longtime […]